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Track Listings
| 1. Pno Con No.2 In C, Op.18: Moderato |
| 2. Pno Con No.2 In C, Op.18: Adagio Sostenuto |
| 3. Pno Con No.2 In C, Op.18: Allegro Scherzando |
| 4. Prld In G#, Op.32 No.12: Allegro |
| 5. Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33: No.1: Allegro Non Troppo In F |
| 6. Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33: No.2: Allegro In C |
| 7. Etudes-Tableaux, Op.33: No.9: Grave In C# |
| 8. Variations On A Theme Of Corelli, Op.42: Theme: Andante: Var I. Poco Piu Mosso/Var II. L'istesso Tempo... |
On this CD:
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Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Hélène Grimaud
Conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy
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(24) Preludes
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Hélène Grimaud
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(9) Etudes-tableaux
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Hélène Grimaud
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Variations on a theme of Corelli
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
with Hélène Grimaud
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Amazon.co.uk Review
The Canadian pianist Hélène Grimaud displays ample keyboard brilliance on this all-Rachmaninov release. The Second Concerto has been recorded often, and she doesn't challenge the versions of Richter, Rubinstein, Wild and Janis, among others. Her clean, hard-edged brightness detracts from the Romantic spirit of the first movement, pedestrian winds and dreamy tempos vitiate the Adagio sostenuto, and Ashkenazy's fussy conducting and the muddy sound don't help either. In the short pieces, Grimaud offers subtle shadings of light and colour, but without the quicksilver dash and brio we hear from past masters such as Moiseiwitsch. The Variations on a Theme of Corelli, though, are a complete success. She shapes the statement of the theme with precisely the right weight and shading and manages the varied changes of mood and styles within this 17-minute marvel to perfection. The sound in the Corelli Variations is outstanding, far superior to the rest of the disc, which was made in other venues by other technicians, suggesting that the "real" Grimaud can be found in this wonderfully lucid Romantic gloss on the Baroque. --Dan Davis
The Canadian pianist Hélène Grimaud displays ample keyboard brilliance on this all-Rachmaninov release. The Second Concerto has been recorded often, and she doesn't challenge the versions of Richter, Rubinstein, Wild and Janis, among others. Her clean, hard-edged brightness detracts from the Romantic spirit of the first movement, pedestrian winds and dreamy tempos vitiate the Adagio sostenuto, and Ashkenazy's fussy conducting and the muddy sound don't help either. In the short pieces, Grimaud offers subtle shadings of light and colour, but without the quicksilver dash and brio we hear from past masters such as Moiseiwitsch. The Variations on a Theme of Corelli, though, are a complete success. She shapes the statement of the theme with precisely the right weight and shading and manages the varied changes of mood and styles within this 17-minute marvel to perfection. The sound in the Corelli Variations is outstanding, far superior to the rest of the disc, which was made in other venues by other technicians, suggesting that the "real" Grimaud can be found in this wonderfully lucid Romantic gloss on the Baroque. --Dan Davis
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