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Piano Concertos 3 & 4
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Nicolai Lugansky

Piano Concertos 3 & 4

Format: CD
Label: Challenge Classics
UPC: 0608917201222
Catnr: CC 72012
Release date: 01 January 1996
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Label
Challenge Classics
UPC
0608917201222
Catalogue number
CC 72012
Release date
01 January 1996
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Composer(s)
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About the album

Een van 's werelds moeilijkste pianocomposities
Rachmaninov schreef zijn 3e Pianoconcert in 1909 voor zijn eerste tournee in Amerika. Hij hoopte met de opbrengst hiervan zijn allereerste auto te kunnen kopen. Helaas werd dat optreden geen succes, aangezien de pianist aan wie hij het concert had opgedragen de muziek te moeilijk vond.

Het 3e Pianoconcert is een van de moeilijkste composities voor de piano. Weinig pianisten wagen zich aan dit werk, maar de meesterpianist Nicolai Lugansky is deze uitdaging aangegaan. Als winnaar van de tweede prijs tijdens de Rachmaninovcompetitie van 1990 weet hij als geen ander zowel dit werk als het 4e Pianoconcert prachtig neer te zetten. Het 4e Pianoconcert − waarin Russische romantiek gecombineerd wordt met jazz-elementen − is het meest subtiele pianoconcert van Rachmaninov. De inspiratiebron voor dit concert was wellicht Rhapsody in Blue, een compositie van George Gershwin die drie jaar eerder uitkwam.

Composer(s)

Sergei Rachmaninoff

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused...
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Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late-Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the classical repertoire.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninov took up the piano at age four. He graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892 and had composed several piano and orchestral pieces by this time. In 1897, following the critical reaction to his Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff entered a four-year depression and composed little until successful therapy allowed him to complete his enthusiastically received Piano Concerto No. 2 in 1901. After the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov and his family left Russia and resided in the United States, first in New York City. Demanding piano concert tour schedules caused his output as composer to slow tremendously; between 1918 and 1943, he completed just six compositions, including Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Symphony No. 3, and Symphonic Dances. In 1942, Rachmaninov moved to Beverly Hills, California. One month before his death from advanced melanoma, Rachmaninov acquired American citizenship.
Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, and other Russian composers gave way to a personal style notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors.[3] The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninov's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument.

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