Rachmaninov Variations

Daniil Trifonov, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Philadelphia Orchestra

Released on 15/06/2015 by Deutsche Grammophon (DG)
Main artists: Daniil Trifonov Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Genre: Classical

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The long-awaited new album from Daniil Trifonov is finally here! It comes fully dedicated to the music of Rachmaninoff, and, more specifically, to his three cycles of variations for piano. First of all, we have the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, a late work composed in the summer of 1934, which stands as one of Rachmaninoff’s great scores, alongside the Third Symphony, The Bells, the Liturgy of St. Chrysostom , and the Symphonic Dances. For this recording the Philadelphia Orchestra, working under the leadership of Yannick Nézet-Séguin, focus on the young Russian virtuoso with rapt attention, who then proceeds with another of the Russian composer’s great cycles, the underappreciated Variations on a Theme by Chopin , whose main theme resumes on the opening bars of the 20th Prelude of Op. 28, in C minor. Rachmaninoff designs from a highly polyphonic basis a work of rare complexity, and shape, through its harmonies. He has Chopin in mind, of course, for his lyrical side (Variations 6 and 21), but also J.S Bach (Variation 1), and Schumann – for the big Finale – whose epic touch ghosts the Symphonic Studies Op. 13. This partition, which allowed Trifonov to remove some passages, is believed by some performers to be an immense lyric poem in which notes turn literally into words (notably Jorge Bolet, and his magical phrasing, for Decca in 1986!). Others wish to unify it, like the young Trifonov himself, whose gesture is aimed primarily at a sense of fluidity. After a relatively brief, bright, tribute to Rachmaninov composed by the pianist himself, the album closes with the famous Variations on a Theme by Corelli, which is in fact the theme of "La Follia", which was used ceaselessly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, all over Europe. © Qobuz

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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (Serge Rachmaninoff)

Introduction. Allegro vivace - Variation No. 1 (Precedente)

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The Philadelphia Orchestra, Orchestra, MainArtist - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor, MainArtist - Sid McLauchlan, Producer - Daniil Trifonov, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Pettit, Asst. Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charles Gagnon, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel