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8 Compact Discs CDS44041/8

£55.92

Recording Engineers
CAROLINE DOREY (disc 1)
TONY FAULKNER (discs 2,5,6)
ANTONY HOWELL (discs 3,4,7,8)
Recording Producers
JOHN BOYDEN (disc 1)
ANDREW KEENER (discs 2-7)
STEPHEN JOHNS (disc 8)
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producers
EDWARD PERRY (discs 2-8)
CECILE KELLY (disc 8)
This compilation © Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMXCIII

Duration: 7 hrs 28 mins
AAD/DDD

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

The Complete Solo Piano Music

HOWARD SHELLEY piano
Contents:

Disc 1 (CDS44041) AAD (Available separately on CDA66081)

    Morceaux de Fantasie, op 3
  1. No 1: Elegie [5'47]
  2. No 2: Prelude in C sharp minor [5'28]
  3. No 3: Melodie [5'05]
  4. No 4: Polichinelle [3'09]
  5. No 5: Serenade [4'06]

    Ten Preludes op 23

  6. No 1 in F sharp minor [3'37]
  7. No 2 in B flat major [3'36]
  8. No 3 in D minor [3'10]
  9. No 4 in D major [4'43]
  10. No 5 in G minor [4'12]
  11. No 6 in E flat major [3'46]
  12. No 7 in C minor [2'36]
  13. No 8 in A flat major [3'30]
  14. No 9 in E flat minor [2'00]
  15. No 10 in G flat major [3'58]
Disc 2 (CDS44042) DDD (Available separately on CDA66184)
    Morceaux de Salon, op 10
  1. Nocturne in A minor [3'32]
  2. Valse in A major [3'39]
  3. Barcarolle in G minor [4'04]
  4. Melodie in E minor [3'50]
  5. Humoresque in G major [3'32]
  6. Romance in F minor [4'00]
  7. Mazurka in D flat major [4'54]

    Moments Musicaux, op 16

  8. Andantino in B flat minor [6'54]
  9. Allegretto in E flat minor [2'59]
  10. Andante cantabile in B minor [6'10]
  11. Presto in E minor [2'58]
  12. Adagio sostenuto in D flat major [3'30]
  13. Maestoso in C major [5'05]
Disc 3 (CDS44043) DDD (Available separately on CDA66198)
    Piano Sonata in B flat minor (1913)
    (Original version of the Piano Sonata 'No 2", op 36)
  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 (1890) [1'02]
  5. Song without words [1'09]
  6. Piece in D minor (1917) [1'26]
  7. Fughetta in F (1899) [2'05]
  8. Fragments (1917) [2'12]
  9. Oriental Sketch (1917) [1'42]

    Three Nocturnes (1887/8)

  10. No 1 in F sharp minor [4'35]
  11. No 2 in F major [2'44]
  12. No 3 in C minor [4'04]

    Four Pieces (?1888)

  13. Romance in F sharp minor [1'59]
  14. Prelude in E flat minor [3'14]
  15. Melodie in E [3'20]
  16. Gavotte in D [3'36]
Disc 4 (CDS44044) AAD (Available separately on CDA66082)
    Thirteen Preludes, op 32
  1. No 1 in C major [1'18]
  2. No 2 in B flat minor [2'57]
  3. No 3 in E major [2'31]
  4. No 4 in E minor [5'55]
  5. No 5 in G major [3'04]
  6. No 6 in F minor [1'26]
  7. No 7 in F major [2'54]
  8. No 8 in A minor [1'49]
  9. No 9 in A major [3'06]
  10. No 10 in B minor [6'06]
  11. No 11 in B major [2'35]
  12. No 12 in G sharp minor [2'37]
  13. No 13 in D flat major [5'18]

  14. Prelude in F major (1891) [2'52]
  15. Prelude in D minor op posth (1917) [2'34]
Disc 5 (CDS44045) AAD (Available separately on CDA66091)
    Etudes-Tableaux, op 33
  1. No 1 in F minor [2'26]
  2. No 2 in C major [2'15]
  3. No 3 in C minor (op posth) [4'24] (No 4 = op 39 no 6)
  4. No 5 in D minor (op posth) [2'30]
  5. No 6 in E flat minor [1'32]
  6. No 7 in E flat major [1'38]
  7. No 8 in G minor [3'38]
  8. No 9 in C sharp minor [2'40]

    Etudes-Tableaux, op 39

  9. No 1 in C minor [2'56]
  10. No 2 in A minor [5'38]
  11. No 3 in F sharp minor [3'04]
  12. No 4 in B minor [3'28]
  13. No 5 in E flat minor [4'52]
  14. No 6 in A minor [2'37]
  15. No 7 in C minor [6'24]
  16. No 8 in D minor [3'28]
  17. No 9 in D major [3'33]
Disc 6 (CDS44046) AAD (Available separately on CDA66047)
    Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor, op 28
  1. Allegro moderato [13'38]
  2. Lento [9'35]
  3. Allegro molto [14'06]

    Piano Sonata No 2 in B flat minor, op 36 (revised version)

  4. Allegro agitato - Meno mosso [8'01]
  5. Non allegro - Lento - Piu mosso [5'57]
  6. Allegro molto - Poco meno mosso - Presto [5'41]
Disc 7 (CDS44047) AAD (Available separately on CDA66009)
    Variations on a theme of Chopin op 22 1902/3 [27'52]
  1. Theme (Largo, C minor) -
  2. Variation 1 (Moderato, C minor) -
  3. Variation 2 (Allegro, C minor) -
  4. Variation 3 (L'istesso tempo, C minor) -
  5. Variation 4 (L'istesso tempo, C minor) -
  6. Variation 5 (Meno mosso, C minor) -
  7. Variation 6 (Meno mosso, C minor) -
  8. Variation 7 (Allegro, C minor) -
  9. Variation 8 (L'istesso tempo, C minor) -
  10. Variation 9 (L'istesso tempo, C minor)
  11. Variation 10 (Pił vivo, C minor) -
  12. Variation 11 (Lento, E flat major) -
  13. Variation 12 (Moderato, C minor) -
  14. Variation 13 (Largo, C minor) -
  15. Variation 14 (Moderato, C minor) -
  16. Variation 15 (Allegro scherzando, F minor) -
  17. Variation 16 (Lento, F minor) -
  18. Variation 17 (Grave, E flat minor)-
  19. Variation 18 (Pił mosso, B flat minor) -
  20. Variation 19 (Allegro vivace, A major) -
  21. Variation 20 (Presto, C sharp minor) -
  22. Variation 21 (Andante - Pił vivo, D flat major) -
  23. Variation 22 (Maestoso - Meno mosso - Presto, C major)

    Variations on a theme of Corelli op 42 1931 [18'30]

  24. Theme (Andante, D minor) -
  25. Variation 1 (Poco pił mosso, D minor) -
  26. Variation 2 (L'istesso tempo, D minor) -
  27. Variation 3 (Tempo di Minuetto, D minor) -
  28. Variation 4 (Andante, D minor) -
  29. Variation 5 (Allegro (ma non tanto), D minor) -
  30. Variation 6 (L'istesso tempo, D minor) -
  31. Variation 7 (Vivace, D minor) -
  32. Variation 8 (Adagio misterioso, D minor) -
  33. Variation 9 (Un poco pił mosso, D minor) -
  34. Variation 10 (Allegro scherzando, D minor) -
  35. Variation 11 (Allegro vivace, D minor) -
  36. Variation 12 (L'istesso tempo, D minor) -
  37. Variation 13 (Agitato, D minor)
  38. Intermezzo -
  39. Variation 14 (Andante (come prima), D flat major) -
  40. Variation 15 (L'istesso tempo, D flat major) -
  41. Variation 16 (Allegro vivace, D minor) -
  42. Variation 17 (Meno mosso, D minor) -
  43. Variation 18 (Allegro con brio, D minor) -
  44. Variation 19 (Pił mosso. Agitato, D minor) -
  45. Variation 20 (Pił mosso, D minor) -
  46. Coda (Andante, D minor)

  47. Melodie in E major op 3 no 3 1940 (revised version) [4'30]
Disc 8 (CDS44048) AAD (Available separately on CDA66486)
  1. RIMSKY-KORSAKOV The Flight of the Bumblebee [1'12]
  2. KREISLER Liebeslied [4'10]
  3. BIZET Minuet from 'L'Arlesienne' Suite No 1 [2'52]
  4. SCHUBERT Wohin? [2'36]
  5. MUSSORGSKY Hopak from 'Sorotchinsky Fair' [1'41]
  6. BACH Prelude, from Violin Partita in E major [3'33]
  7. BACH Gavotte, from Violin Partita in E major [2'40]
  8. BACH Gigue, from Violin Partita in E major [1'43]
  9. RACHMANINOV Daisies, op 38 no 3 [2'12]
  10. MENDELSSOHN Scherzo from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' [4'18]
  11. RACHMANINOV Lilacs, op 21, no 5 [2'27]
  12. BEHR Polka de W R [4'02]
  13. TCHAIKOVSKY Lullaby, op 16 no 1 [4'05]
  14. KREISLER Liebesfreud (arranged by Zoltan Kocsis) [6'55]
  15. RACHMANINOV Vocalise, op 34 no 14 [6'41]

CLASSIC CD BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR AWARD

'A significant testimony to Howard Shelley's artistry. Pianistically impeccable, he understands what Rachmaninov was about' (Gramophone)

'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)

See also:
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux
Rachmaninov: Preludes op 23
Rachmaninov: Preludes op 32
Rachmaninov: The Early Pieces
Rachmaninov: The Etudes-Tableaux
Rachmaninov: The Music for two pianos
Rachmaninov: The Sonatas
Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions
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