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Compact Disc CDA66082

£13.99

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: 48'26
AAD
Front illustration: Trioka, a traditional Russian folk design painted in the USSR

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

Preludes op 32

HOWARD SHELLEY piano

Contents:

    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]

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

'Readings of a true keyboard aristocrat' (BBC Record Review, First Choice)

'A compellingly individual interpreter' (Penguin Guide)

'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 beautifully natural and refined sound' (BBC Record Review, First Choice)

'An essential recommendation' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Nothing less than a revelation' (The Guardian)

'Elegant and scintillating' (Gramophone)

See also:
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux
Rachmaninov: Preludes op 23
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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