[ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD ]
Release Date: Friday 29 March 2024
The two piano virtuosos Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan celebrate Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday with a double album of his most beautiful compositions for two pianos, including the Suites Nos. 1 & 2, the Symphonic Dances and Trifonov's transcription of the Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
Babayan acknowledges Rachmaninoff as a genius both as a composer and as a pianist: "When he writes for two players and two pianos, we mortals have the chance to experience how he played on just one piano."
Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Suite No. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17
Symphonic Dances, Op. 45