Description
Rachmaninov - Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Op 43 - 18th Variation; Italian Polka For Piano Duet; Vocalise Op 34 No 14; Symphony No 2 In E Minor Op 27 - Slow Movement / Apollo Classics Audio CD 1996 / PYCD 315
UPC 5028376103151
The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, (Russian: Рапсодия на тему Паганини, Rapsodiya na temu Paganini) is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto, all in a single movement. Rachmaninoff wrote the work at his summer home, the Villa Senar in Switzerland, according to the score, from 3 July to 18 August 1934. Rachmaninoff himself, a noted performer of his own works, played the piano part at the piece's premiere on 7 November 1934, at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland, with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski. Rachmaninoff, Stokowski, and the Philadelphia Orchestra made the first recording, on 24 December 1934, at RCA Victor's Trinity Church Studio in Camden, New Jersey. The English premiere on 7 March 1935 at Manchester Free Trade Hall also featured Rachmaninoff with The Hallé under Nikolai Malko.
Label: | Apollo Classics – PYCD 315 |
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Format: |
CD, Album, Compilation
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Country: | Europe |
Released: |
1996 |
Genre: | Classical |
Style: |
Tracklist:
1 |
Russian State Symphony Orchestra– | Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini Op 43 - 18th Variation |
2 | Martin Jones (3), Richard McMahon– | Italian Polka For Piano Duet |
3 | Martin Jones (3)– | Vocalise Op 34 No 14 |
4 | Russian State Symphony Orchestra– | Symphony No 2 In E Minor Op 27 - Slow Movement |
5 | Martin Jones (3)– | Prelude In C-Sharp Minor Op 3 No 2 |
6 | Russian State Symphony Orchestra– | Piano Concerto No 2 In C Minor Op 18 |