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Works for Violin and Piano
Sergei Rachmaninoff

Konstantin Lifschitz / Hideko Udagawa

Works for Violin and Piano

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Format: CD
Label: Signum Classics
UPC: 0635212016428
Catnr: SIGCD 164
Release date: 01 June 2009
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Label
Signum Classics
UPC
0635212016428
Catalogue number
SIGCD 164
Release date
01 June 2009
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About the album

The music of Sergei Rachmaninov is imbued with a unique lyrical and harmonic style that has attracted a rich variety of transcriptions and arrangements. Transcribers J. Heifetz, F. Kreisler, V. Mikhailovsky and M. Press apply their own artistry to some of Rachmaninov’s great songs, etudes and romances, allowing performers and audiences alike to experience his music in new creative settings.

Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and has captivated international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. On this album she is expertly accompanied by Konstantin Lifschitz.
Ervaar Rachmaninov op een andere manier in transcripties voor viool en piano
De muziek van Sergej Rachmaninov is doordrenkt met een unieke lyrische en harmonische stijl die een rijke diversiteit aan transcripties en bewerkingen heeft aangetrokken. Jascha Heifetz, Fritz Kreisler, Viktor Mikhailovsky en Michael Press passen hun eigen kunstzinnigheid toe op enkele van Rachmaninovs geweldige liederen, etudes en romances, wat zowel de musici als het publiek toestaat om zijn muziek in nieuwe creatieve omlijstingen te ervaren.

Violiste Hideko Udagawa heeft uitgebreid over de hele wereld opgetreden en boeit het internationale publiek met haar kunstzinnigheid en enthousiasme. Critici bevelen haar uitvoeringen aan om haar hartstochtelijke toewijding, indrukwekkende behendigheid en verfijnde smaak. Als protegé van Nathan Milstein heeft ze de grote Russische romantische traditie van vioolspel geërfd. Ze heeft de muziek van Rachmaninov altijd al bewonderd. Op dit album voert ze transcripties van zijn werken uit, onder uitstekende begeleiding van pianist Konstantin Lifschitz.

Artist(s)

Hideko Udagawa (violin)

Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and captivates international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. Critics have acclaimed her performances, commending her passionate commitment, dazzling agility and refinement of taste. As a protégée of Nathan Milstein, she has inherited the great Russian romantic tradition of violin playing. Her performances have spanned 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and more than 100 cities and towns in the United Kingdom alone.
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Hideko Udagawa has performed extensively throughout the world and captivates international audiences with her artistry and enthusiasm. Critics have acclaimed her performances, commending her passionate commitment, dazzling agility and refinement of taste. As a protégée of Nathan Milstein, she has inherited the great Russian romantic tradition of violin playing. Her performances have spanned 30 countries across Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific, and more than 100 cities and towns in the United Kingdom alone.

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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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