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Compact Disc CDA66047

£13.99

Recorded on 24, 25 January 1982
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXVIII

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Front illustration: North, a miniature painting by folk artists from the Ivanovo region of the USSR

THE COMPLETE PIANO MUSIC OF SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

The Sonatas

HOWARD SHELLEY piano

Contents:

    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]

'Outstanding... dazzling. Here is Rachmaninov playing of enormous stylistic panache' (Hi Fi News)

'A highly commendable disc' (Penguin Guide)

'Le charme est allié à la plus grande probité intellectuelle. Du grand art' (Répertoire, France)

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