Rachmanonov: Preludes & Melodies
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SERGEI RACHMANINOV
Rachmanonov: Preludes & Melodies
Alessio Bax (piano)
[ Signum Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 1 July 2011
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In his second solo recital disc for Signum, this release demonstrates Alessio Bax's dazzling skill and flair in performance and interpretation - this time with Rachmaninov's piano works. The programme is centered around the Preludes Op.23, but takes in a broad selection of his other studies, etudes, melodies and transcriptions. Bax describes the programme as being a collection of 'Visions and Landscapes'.
"He writes in the sleeve notes of a long-held desire to record Rachmaninov and [in the Vocalise] you feel he totally understands the composer's unique harmonic world. It's worth acquiring the CD for this track alone." (observer)
"With this intricate and enterprising recital, the wondrously gifted Alessio Bax fulfils, in his own words, a long-cherished dream...he finds all of the composer's dark-hued melancholy, playing with an impeccable sense of vocal line and with an intense and stylish rubato...if his Op. 23 Preludes lack the classic quality of, say, Lympany or Osborne, his vividness and personality weaven their own intoxicationg spell." (Gramophone)
Tracks:
Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10 (complete)
Prelude in F major
Piano Piece in D minor
Prelude Op. 23 No. 9 in E flat minor
Melodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3
Gavotte in D major
Andante ma non troppo in D minor (Prelude)
Fragments
Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3
Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14
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