{"product_id":"sergei-rachmaninov-sergei-rachmaninov-the-pianist","title":"Sergei Rachmaninov: Sergei Rachmaninov the Pianist - COMPACT DISCS","description":"\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eSergei Rachmaninov the Pianist\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eArtist: \u003c\/b\u003eSergei Rachmaninov\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eLabel: \u003c\/b\u003eParnassus\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eProduct Type: \u003c\/b\u003eCOMPACT DISCS\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eUPC: \u003c\/b\u003e5055354409028\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eGenre: \u003c\/b\u003eClassical Artists\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eRelease Date: \u003c\/b\u003e2021-06-11\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \u003cb\u003eNumber of Discs: \u003c\/b\u003e1\u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \u003cbr\u003e\n                                         \n                                         \n                                         \"His playing presents a delicious paradox... individualistic almost to the point of recreation, while so utterly natural, so profoundly honest, you could hardly imagine the music otherwise. [Beethoven Variations[: tautness of playing, absolute rhythmic security, burbling pianissimos, knife-edged sforzandos, artful rubato and unremitting sense of purpose... delicate observations occur by the bar... [trans-criptions]: (Mendelssohn; Rimsky-Korsakov; Tchaikovsky): scintillating, full of musical interest. His reworking of Liebesleid is extremely beautiful. [his own music]... each sounds as if spontaneously improvised... The C sharp minor Prelude retains it's magic through perfect timing. That is perhaps where Rachmaninov remains most inimitable: it wasn't how he struck the keys that mattered, but when.\" (Gramophone)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTracks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.1 Prelude C-Sharp minor (Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op.3\/2) (4\/1928) \u003cbr\u003e1.2 Prelude, Op.32\/6 in F minor: Allegro Appassionato (3\/1940) \u003cbr\u003e1.3 Beethoven: Variations on Original Theme in C minor, Woo 80 (Excerpts) (4\/1924 to 5\/1925) \u003cbr\u003e1.4 Chopin: Ballade No.3 in A-Flat Major, Op.47 (13\/4\/1925) \u003cbr\u003e1.5 Chopin: Waltz No.7 in C-Sharp minor, Op.64 No.2 (5\/4\/1927) \u003cbr\u003e1.6 Chopin: Waltz No.8 in A-Flat Major, Op.64 No.3 (5\/4\/1927) \u003cbr\u003e1.7 Mendelssohn's 'Scherzo' (A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61) Arr. for Piano Rachmaninov, 1933 (23\/12\/1935) \u003cbr\u003e1.8 Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee' ('The Tale of the Tsar Sultan') Arr. for Piano Rachmaninov, 1929 (4\/1929) \u003cbr\u003e1.9 Tchaikovsky: Troïka (The Seasons, Op.37A X1)(11\/4\/1928) \u003cbr\u003e1.10 Carl Tausig: Valse-Caprice No. 2 (Nouvelle Soirées de Vienne) for Piano: 'Man Lebt Nur Einmal' (After Strauss JR, Op.167) (4\/1927) \u003cbr\u003e1.11 Kreisler's 'Liebeslied' for Piano, TN Iii\/5 (25\/10\/1921) (Arr. Rachmaninov 1921 from Alt-Wiener Tanzweisen No.1) V Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.118 (With Philadelphia Orchestra \/ Leopold Stokowski (Rec. 1929) 1. Moderato 9:46 \u003cbr\u003e1.12 2. Adagio Sostenuto \u003cbr\u003e1.13 3. Allegro Scherzando\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAudio Sample:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ci\u003eAll soundclips are provided by Tidal and are for illustrative purposes only. For some releases, the tracks listed may not accurately represent the tracks on the physical release.\u003c\/i\u003e\n                                           \u003cbr\u003e\n                                           \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/embed.tidal.com\/albums\/185324150\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width:100%;height:700px\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e","brand":"Sergei Rachmaninov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39500289245255,"sku":"41686188","price":12.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2976\/0132\/files\/3971624-2707491.jpg?v=1711738635","url":"https:\/\/tower.com\/products\/sergei-rachmaninov-sergei-rachmaninov-the-pianist","provider":"Tower Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}