Rakhmaninov S. Selected Transcriptions. Vol. 2

I'd like to attract your attention to the concert collection of Sergei Rakhmaninov's piano transcriptions. Those were his own original opuses or just other composers' music to have been arranged by the great Russian master directly for the concert stage.  Actually all the transcriptions (besides several early ones in four hands) appeared after Rakhmaninov's departure from Russia, when, as he desperately confessed “the eager for composing was lost”. These brilliant miniatures very often became the true creams of crops at his performances. Rakhmaninov's immense piano skill of different periods is revealed through these transcriptions recorded at studios and just performances.

The composer's stylistic peculiarities are manifested in his transcriptions: saturated powerful timbre elaboration of piano facture, miraculous harmony, abundant improvisation in cadenzas, masterly audacious account. Meanwhile, Rakhmaninov captivates one by his most delicate treatment of any other author's original message.

Contents:

S. Rakhmaninov. LILAC (Music text example)
S. Rakhmaninov. DAISIES
F. Kreisler. LOVE TORMENTS
F. Kreisler. LOVE JOY

This album appears in the series “The Pianists Golden Repertoire”