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This release by the 97-year-old pianist Ruth Slenczynska received plenty of publicity, understandably enough, and it landed on the best-seller charts in March of 2022. Slenczynska did not emerge from nowhere as a kind of old-age prodigy; she taught for many years at Southern Illinois University, wrote a raft of articles about piano pedagogy, and made some recordings, including a group for Deutsche Grammophon when she was in her eighties. As a child, Slenczynska studied with Alfred Cortot, Artur Schnabel, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninov, and she is the last living student of the latter. This alone makes the album worth one's while, for it offers a direct link to Rachmaninov's own playing. Slenczynska leads off with a pair of Rachmaninov works, and she produces, or reproduces, a distinctive style, with lots of rubato on the small scale but not the large. She transfers it to other works where it is appropriate, like a pair by Barber. There are also Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, and finally Bach, and there are very few places where one is aware that one is dealing with a 97-year-old; Slenczynska knows her limitations, and only the Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, is close to the edge. A charming bit of trivia is that the producer of the album, David Frost, is the son of Thomas Frost, who produced Slenczynska's first release for the Decca label in 1956. This may not be Slenczynska's final release, either; she is said to have signed a new deal with Decca. Whatever the case, it is an important historical document.
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6 Romances, op. 38 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
13 Préludes, op. 32 (Serge Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Samuel Barber, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Fresh from West Chester (Samuel Barber)
Samuel Barber, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Contributor, Work Editor - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Lyric Pieces, Op. 65 (Edvard Grieg)
Edvard Grieg, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Préludes / Book 1, L. 117 (Claude Debussy)
Claude Debussy, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
12 Études, op. 10 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Contributor, Work Editor - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
24 Preludes, Op. 28 (Frédéric Chopin)
Frederic Chopin, Composer - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Contributor, Work Editor - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Johann Sebastian Bach, Composer - Ruth Slenczynska, Piano, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David Frost, Producer, Editor, Recording Producer, StudioPersonnel - Silas Brown, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dominic Fyfe, Producer, Executive Producer - Cyrus Meher-Homji, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 2022 Universal Music Operations Limited
Album review
This release by the 97-year-old pianist Ruth Slenczynska received plenty of publicity, understandably enough, and it landed on the best-seller charts in March of 2022. Slenczynska did not emerge from nowhere as a kind of old-age prodigy; she taught for many years at Southern Illinois University, wrote a raft of articles about piano pedagogy, and made some recordings, including a group for Deutsche Grammophon when she was in her eighties. As a child, Slenczynska studied with Alfred Cortot, Artur Schnabel, Josef Hofmann, and Sergei Rachmaninov, and she is the last living student of the latter. This alone makes the album worth one's while, for it offers a direct link to Rachmaninov's own playing. Slenczynska leads off with a pair of Rachmaninov works, and she produces, or reproduces, a distinctive style, with lots of rubato on the small scale but not the large. She transfers it to other works where it is appropriate, like a pair by Barber. There are also Chopin, Grieg, Debussy, and finally Bach, and there are very few places where one is aware that one is dealing with a 97-year-old; Slenczynska knows her limitations, and only the Chopin Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49, is close to the edge. A charming bit of trivia is that the producer of the album, David Frost, is the son of Thomas Frost, who produced Slenczynska's first release for the Decca label in 1956. This may not be Slenczynska's final release, either; she is said to have signed a new deal with Decca. Whatever the case, it is an important historical document.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:36
- Main artists: Ruth Slenczynska
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Decca Music Group Ltd.
- Genre: Classical
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