The changing and imaginative world of Rachmaninov.
By Boris Giltburg
According to the British magazine Gramophone, Boris Giltburg’s originality derives « from a convergence of heart and mind served by immaculate technique and motivated by a deep and enduring love for one of the greatest composer-pianists of the 20th century ». The Russian-Israeli pianist is, in fact, today fully recognized among the major contemporary interpreters of Rachmaninov’s music. 150 years after the birth and 80 after the death of the great composer, Giltburg takes us through the most famous and moving pages of his catalogue: the preludes.
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For him, the music always comes first – I love that, he’s a real master musician, he always gives the music time to breathe.
Lucy Parham, Radio 3 Record Review, 2020
SERGEJ RACHMANINOV
(Starorussky Uyezd, 1873 – Beverly Hills, 1943)
Prelude, in do diesis minore, op. 3 n. 2
10 Preludes, op. 23
1 in fa diesis minore – Largo
2 in si bemolle maggiore – Maestoso
3 in re minore – Tempo di minuetto
4 in re maggiore – Andante cantabile
5 in sol minore – Alla marcia
6 in mi bemolle maggiore – Andante
7 in do minore – Allegro
8 in la bemolle maggiore – Allegro vivace
9 in mi bemolle minore – Presto
10 in sol bemolle maggiore – Largo
13 Preludes, op. 32
1 in do maggiore – Allegro vivace
2 in si bemolle minore – Allegretto
3 in mi maggiore – Allegro vivace
4 in mi minore – Allegro con brio
5 in sol maggiore – Moderato
6 in fa minore – Allegro appassionato
7 in fa maggiore – Moderato
8 in la minore – Vivo
9 in la maggiore – Allegro moderato
10 in si minore – Lento
11 in si maggiore – Allegretto
12 in sol diesis minore – Allegro
13 in re bemolle maggiore – Grave – Allegro