Rachmaninov: The Complete Solo Piano Music

CDS44041/8
(Originally issued on 047;81/2;486, 9;198;91;184)

Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Various producers
Engineered by Various engineers
Release date: March 1993
Total duration: 429 minutes 54 seconds

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'A fine achievement from Howard Shelley and Hyperion alike. These superbly recorded, idiomatic readings demonstrate Shelley's virtuoso pianism and affinity for this music in performances of the highest calibre' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

The Complete Solo Piano Music

Howard Shelley (piano)

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		Morceaux de fantaisie Op 3 English
CD1	1	No 1 in E flat minor: Élégie [5'47]
	2	No 2 in C sharp minor: Prelude: Lento [5'28]
	3	No 3 in E major: Mélodie [5'05]
	4	No 4 in F sharp minor: Polichinelle [3'09]
	5	No 5 in B flat minor: Sérénade [4'06]
		Preludes Op 23 English Français Deutsch
	6	No 1 in F sharp minor: Largo [3'37]
	7	No 2 in B flat major: Maestoso [3'36]
	8	No 3 in D minor: Tempo di minuetto [3'10]
	9	No 4 in D major: Andante cantabile [4'43]
	10	No 5 in G minor: Alla marcia [4'12]
	11	No 6 in E flat major: Andante [3'46]
	12	No 7 in C minor: Allegro [2'36]
	13	No 8 in A flat major: Allegro vivace [3'30]
	14	No 9 in E flat minor: Presto [2'00]
	15	No 10 in G flat major: Largo [3'58]
		Morceaux de salon Op 10
CD2	1	No 1 in A minor: Nocturne [3'32]
	2	No 2 in A major: Valse [3'39]
	3	No 3 in G minor: Barcarolle [4'04]
	4	No 4 in E minor: Mélodie [3'50]
	5	No 5 in G major: Humoresque [3'32]
	6	No 6 in F minor: Romance [4'00]
	7	No 7 in D flat major: Mazurka [4'54]
		Moments musicaux Op 16
	8	No 1 in B flat minor: Andantino [6'54]
	9	No 2 in E flat minor: Allegretto [2'59]
	10	No 3 in B minor: Andante cantabile [6'10]
	11	No 4 in E minor: Presto [2'58]
	12	No 5 in D flat major: Adagio sostenuto [3'30]
	13	No 6 in C major: Maestoso [5'05]
		Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor 'original version' Op 36
CD3	1	Allegro agitato [11'19]
	2	Non allegro [7'36]
	3	Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Presto [7'21]
	4	Morceau de fantaisie in G minor [1'02]
	5	Song without words [1'09]
	6	Pièce in D minor [1'26]
	7	Fughetta in F [2'05]
	8	Fragments [2'12]
	9	Oriental sketch [1'42]
		Three Nocturnes
	10	F sharp minor [4'35]
	11	F major [2'44]
	12	C minor [4'04]
		Four Pieces
	13	No 1 in F sharp minor: Romance [1'59]
	14	No 2 in E flat minor: Prelude [3'14]
	15	No 3 in E major: Mélodie [3'20]
	16	No 4 in D major: Gavotte [3'36]
		Preludes Op 32 English Français Deutsch
CD4	1	No 1 in C major: Allegro vivace [1'18]
	2	No 2 in B flat minor: Allegretto [2'57]
	3	No 3 in E major: Allegro vivace [2'31]
	4	No 4 in E minor: Allegro con brio [5'55]
	5	No 5 in G major: Moderato [3'04]
	6	No 6 in F minor: Allegro appassionato [1'26]
	7	No 7 in F major: Moderato [2'54]
	8	No 8 in A minor: Vivo [1'49]
	9	No 9 in A major: Allegro moderato [3'06]
	10	No 10 in B minor: Lento [6'06]
	11	No 11 in B major: Allegretto [2'35]
	12	No 12 in G sharp minor: Allegro [2'37]
	13	No 13 in D flat major: Grave [5'18]
	14	Prelude in F major [2'52]
	15	Prelude in D minor Op posth. [2'34]
		Études-tableaux Op 33
CD5	1	No 1: F minor [2'26]
	2	No 2: C major [2'15]
	3	No 3, Op posth: C minor [4'24]
	4	No 5, Op posth: D minor [2'30]
	5	No 6: E flat minor [1'32]
	6	No 7: E flat major [1'38]
	7	No 8: G minor [3'38]
	8	No 9: C sharp minor [2'40]
		Études-tableaux Op 39
	9	C minor [2'56]
	10	A minor [5'38]
	11	F sharp minor [3'04]
	12	B minor [3'28]
	13	E flat minor [4'52]
	14	A minor [2'37]
	15	C minor [6'24]
	16	D minor [3'28]
	17	D major [3'33]
		Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor Op 28
CD6	1	Allegro moderato [13'38]
	2	Lento [9'35]
	3	Allegro molto [14'06]
		Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor Op 36
	4	Allegro agitato – Meno mosso [8'01]
	5	Non allegro – Lento – Più mosso [5'57]
	6	Allegro molto – Poco meno mosso – Presto [5'41]
		Variations on a theme of Chopin Op 22
CD7	1	Theme in C minor: Largo [1'11]
	2	Variation 1 in C minor: Moderato [0'31]
	3	Variation 2 in C minor: Allegro [0'16]
	4	Variation 3 in C minor: L'istesso tempo [0'16]
	5	Variation 4 in C minor: L'istesso tempo [0'40]
	6	Variation 5 in C minor: Meno mosso [0'39]
	7	Variation 6 in C minor: Meno mosso [1'04]
	8	Variation 7 in C minor: Allegro [0'18]
	9	Variation 8 in C minor: L'istesso tempo [0'22]
	10	Variation 3 in C minor: L'istesso tempo [0'22]
	11	Variation 10 in C minor: Più vivo [0'34]
	12	Variation 11 in E flat major: Lento [1'40]
	13	Variation 12 in C minor: Moderato [1'33]
	14	Variation 13 in C minor: Largo [1'25]
	15	Variation 14 in C minor: Moderato [1'30]
	16	Variation 15 in F minor: Allegro scherzando [1'20]
	17	Variation 16 in F minor: Lento [1'17]
	18	Variation 17 in E flat minor: Grave [1'24]
	19	Variation 18 in B flat minor: Più mosso [0'50]
	20	Variation 19 in A major: Allegro vivace [1'17]
	21	Variation 20 in C sharp minor: Presto [1'14]
	22	Variation 21 in D flat major: Andante – Più vivo [2'54]
	23	Variation 22 in C major: Maestoso – Meno mosso – Presto [5'21]
		Variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42
	24	No 1 Theme in D minor: Andante [0'54]
	25	No 2 Variation 1 in D minor: Poco più mosso [0'39]
	26	No 3 Variation 2 in D minor: L'istesso tempo [0'35]
	27	No 4 Variation 3 in D minor: Tempo di minuetto [0'31]
	28	No 5 Variation 4 in D minor: Andante [1'09]
	29	No 6 Variation 5 in D minor: Allegro, ma non tanto [0'20]
	30	No 7 Variation 6 in D minor: L'istesso tempo [0'20]
	31	No 8 Variation 7 in D minor: Vivace [0'31]
	32	No 9 Variation 8 in D minor: Adagio misterioso [1'35]
	33	No 10 Variation 9 in D minor: Un poco più mosso [1'04]
	34	No 11 Variation 10 in D minor: Allegro scherzando [0'35]
	35	No 12 Variation 11 in D minor: Allegro vivace [0'20]
	36	No 13 Variation 12 in D minor: L'istesso tempo [0'35]
	37	No 14 Variation 13 in D minor: Agitato [0'34]
	38	No 15, Interlude: Intermezzo [1'09]
	39	No 16 Variation 14 in D flat major: Andante, con prima [1'02]
	40	No 17 Variation 15 in D flat major: L'istesso tempo [1'31]
	41	No 18 Variation 16 in D minor: Allegro vivace [0'29]
	42	No 19 Variation 17 in D minor: Meno mosso [1'01]
	43	No 20 Variation 18 in D minor: Allegro con brio [0'31]
	44	No 21 Variation 19 in D minor: Più mosso – Agitato [0'27]
	45	No 22 Variation 20 in D minor: Più mosso [0'57]
	46	No 23 Coda in D minor: Andante [1'54]
	47	Mélodie (No 3 in E major of Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 revised) [4'30]
CD8	1	The flight of the bumblebee (Transcription from Skazka o Tsare Saltane 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan') [1'12] Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	2	Liebeslied [4'10] Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	3	Minuet (Transcription from L'arlésienne suite No 1) [2'52] Georges Bizet (1838-1875), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	4	Wohin? (No 2 of Die schöne Müllerin, D795) [2'36] Franz Schubert (1797-1828), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	5	Hopak (Transcription from Sorochinskaya yarmarka 'Sorotchinsky fair') [1'41] Modest Musorgsky (1839-1881), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
		Partita No 3 in E major BWV1006 Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	6	Movement 1: Prelude [3'33]
	7	Movement 3: Gavotte [2'40]
	8	Movement 6: Gigue [1'43]
	9	Margaritki 'Daisies' (No 3 of Songs, Op 38) [2'12]
	10	Scherzo (Transcription from Ein Sommernachtstraum, Op 21) [4'18] Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	11	Siren' 'Lilacs' (No 5 of Songs, Op 21) [2'27]
	12	Polka de V R (Transcription from Lachtauben 'The little laughing dove') [4'02] Franz Behr (1837-1898), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	13	Kolïbel'naya pesnya 'Cradle song' (No 1 of Shest Romansov 'Six Romances', Op 16) [4'05] Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840-1893), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
	14	Liebesfreud [6'55] Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962), arr. Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

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