Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Solo Piano Works
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninoff: Solo Piano Works available on February 15 2015 from Amazon for 7.99
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UPC bar code 827969306765 ξ1 registered February 15 2015
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Product category is Audio
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Manufacturered by Alliance
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Product weight is 0.2 lbs.
Track Listings 1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 1. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso 2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 2. Andantino 3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: 3. Allegro con fuoco 4. Prelude for piano No.11 in G flat major, Op. 23/10 5. Moments Musicaux (6) for piano, Op. 16: No. 2 6. Daisies, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/3 7. Prelude for piano No.16 in G major, Op. 32/5 8. Pieces (3) for piano, TN ii/19: Oriental Sketch 9. Morceaux de fantaisie (5), for piano, Op. 3 10. Concert Paraphrase on Rachmaninoff's Polka italienne, for piano Here the big-toned Arcadi Volodos takes on one of the most familiar masterpieces of the piano repertoire, the Tchaikovsky First. It's a piece that is so familiar we tend not to listen to it very carefully, but Volodos finds subtleties and emphasizes interesting ideas. The expected power is there--the opening chords could knock you over--but he's wonderfully insightful in the softer passages and the middle movement is ethereal in the extreme; he also finds a certain pointillistic lyricism in the finale before he returns to the potency of his opening statement. The six Rachmaninov solos show varied sides of both the composer and Volodos: Mélodie is as peaceful as Volodos' own arrangement of the Polka italienne is wild--it fairly bursts out of the speakers. The Tchaikovsky was recorded live and the forward sound is a bit aggressive but exciting; Seiji Ozawa and the Berlin Philharmonic are as impressive as the pianist. Recommended. --Robert Levine
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