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Compact Disc CDA66091

£13.99

Recorded on 19, 20 April 1983
Recording Engineer
ANTONY HOWELL
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
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Front illustration: Jaroslavna, a miniature painting by folk artists from the Kholui region of the USSR

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

The Etudes-Tableaux

HOWARD SHELLEY piano

Contents:

    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]

'In Shelley's Rachmaninov series, I think this the finest achievement among them' (Gramophone)

'The performance, to say nothing of the sound, is transcendental' (Acoustic Sounds Catalog, USA)

'Peerless command and inimitable insights' (Hi Fi News)

'The refinement of the playing reminds one of Rachmaninov's own classic interpretations: few contemporary pianists can equal Shelley's elegant phrasing in pianissimo passages or his imaginative and resourceful use of the pedal. Strongly recommended' (The Monthly Guide to Recorded Music)

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 Music for two pianos
Rachmaninov: The Sonatas
Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions
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