Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff

BD CLASSIQUE

Text: François Hudry
Illustrations: Aude Samama
Music: 2 CD

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The biography of Sergei Rachmaninov by François Hudry , illustrated by Aude Samama and accompanied by 2 compact discs.

What is music? How to define it? The music is a calm moonlit night, a rustling of foliage in summer. The music is a distant chime at dusk!...

Sergei Rachmaninov 's music is certainly not that of an innovator and judgments are always surprisingly clear-cut when it comes to qualifying it; we love it with passion or we frankly hate it. It is anchored in a romantic tradition further exacerbated by the influence of Tchaikovsky and seems to remain deaf to the harmonic innovations of its time. However, Rachmaninoff 's captivating world exerts on the listener an astonishing power of suggestion and seduction. Always oscillating between a certain emphasis and a serious, even lugubrious tone, his music has a great capacity to describe very diverse states of mind which penetrate to the depths of our unconscious.

Tracklist

CD 1
1. 5 morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: II. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor – 3:43
2. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato – 9:45
3. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto – 12:00
4. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando – 11:07
5. Isle of the Dead, Op. 29 – 20:04
6. The Bells, Op. 35: IV. Lento lugubre (Iron Bell) – 9:38
7. 12 romances, Op. 21: I. Le destin – 7:09
8. Aleko: Aleko's Cavatina (The Moon Is High in the Sky) – 4:44

CD 2
1. Symphonic Danses, Op. 45: I. Non allegro in C Minor – 11:13
2. Symphonic Danses, Op. 45: II. Andante con moto in G Minor (Tempo di valse) – 9:32
3. Symphonic Danses, Op. 45: III. Lento assai - Allegro vivace in D Major – 13:22
4. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A Minor, Op. 43 – 22:12
5. Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 – 3:24
6. Prelude in B-Flat Minor, Op. 32 No. 2 – 3:29
7. Prelude in E-Flat Major, Op. 23 No. 6 – 2:50
8. 5 morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: II. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor – 3:52
9. 14 romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalise in C-Sharp Minor – 6:33

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