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Compact Disc CDA66184

£13.99

Recorded on 11, 12 April 1985
Recording Engineer
TONY FAULKNER
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Design
TERRY SHANNON
Executive Producer
EDWARD PERRY
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, MCMLXXXVIII

Duration: 56'12
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Front illustration: The Russian Tale of Ivan and the Chestnut Horse from Dulac's Fairy Book (c1914)

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

Moments Musicaux

HOWARD SHELLEY piano

Contents:

    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]

GRAMOPHONE CRITICS' CHOICE

'Masterly pianism... a refined awareness of Rachmaninov's sound-world. The recording is eminently realistic and natural' (Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'Sensitive, impassioned, tonally beautiful and technically impressive, Howard Shelley is among the finest Rachmaninov pianists' (American Record Guide)

See also:
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 Sonatas
Rachmaninov: The Transcriptions
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