Simone Pedroni - Rachmaninoff: Vc & Pno Music [CD]
Description
Rachmaninoff, considered by academics to be a late romantic, often draws on Baroque models: an eclecticism of languages. He experiences music as a memory of affection, and in few places, as here, his insatiable Faustian aspiration to 'stop the moment' reaches a similar intensity. Op. 19 breathes a sense of a return to life and the otherworldly cello calls shatter according to a principle of hallucinatory suspensionwhich is already the Rachmaninoff of the Symphonic Dances op. 45. Piano Sonata No. 2in E-flat minor Op. 36 had a complex gestation, culminating in a 1931 revision in which the Maestro reduced a certain 'pleasant storytelling' in the style of Liszt, moving closer to the neoclassical matrix, but 'Russian-style', of his later works. As an ideal encore, the programme also features the Danse orientale Op. 2 No. 2, the adolescent Sergei's homage to that narrative of exotic landscapes, musical scales infused with chromatic enchantments.
Tracklist:
- Pieces (2), for Cello ; Piano Op. 2-No. 2 Danse Orientale for Cello ; Piano
- Sonata for Cello ; Piano in G minor, Op. 19-I. Lento - Allegro Moderato
- Sonata for Cello ; Piano in G minor, Op. 19-II. Allegro Scherzando
- Sonata for Cello ; Piano in G minor, Op. 19-III. Andante
- Sonata for Cello ; Piano in G minor, Op. 19-IV. Allegro Mosso
- Piano Sonata in B-Flat minor, No. 2, Op. 36-I. Allegro Agitato
- Piano Sonata in B-Flat minor, No. 2, Op. 36-II. Non Allegro - Lento
- Piano Sonata in B-Flat minor, No. 2, Op. 36-III. L'istesso Tempo - Allegro Molto
UPC: 8051773578311
Label: Urania Records
Release Date: 1.16.26
Format: CD
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