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Compact Disc CDA66081

£6.99

Recorded on 15, 16, 17, 18 September 1982 & 19, 20 April 1983
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXIII

Duration: 59'52
AAD
Front illustration: Troika, a traditional Russian folk design painted in the USSR

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

Preludes op 23

HOWARD SHELLEY piano

Contents:

    Ten Preludes op 23
  1. No 1 in F sharp minor [3'37]
  2. No 2 in B flat major [3'36]
  3. No 3 in D minor [3'10]
  4. No 4 in D major [4'43]
  5. No 5 in G minor [4'12]
  6. No 6 in E flat major [3'46]
  7. No 7 in C minor [2'36]
  8. No 8 in A flat major [3'30]
  9. No 9 in E flat minor [2'00]
  10. No 10 in G flat major [3'58]

    Morceaux de Fantasie, op 3

  11. No 1: Elegie [5'47]
  12. No 2: Prelude in C sharp minor [5'28]
  13. No 3: Melodie [5'05]
  14. No 4: Polichinelle [3'09]
  15. No 5: Serenade [4'06]
Sleeve Notes

BBC RECORD REVIEW 'BUILDING A LIBRARY' FIRST CHOICE
THE GUARDIAN 'BEST OF THE YEAR'

'These masterly performances can, I think, lay claim to being the finest, certainly the most individual, that we have yet heard on disc' (Hi-Fi News)

'Exceptional finesse … mirrored in beautilully natural and refined sound' (BBC Record Review, First Choice)

'An essential recommendation' (Penguin Guide)

'Nothing less than a revelation' (The Guardian)

'Elegant and scintillating' (Gramophone)

See also:
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux
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 Sonatas
Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions
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