Benjamin Moser
Mussorgsky & Gershwin & Wild
- Type CD
- Label CAvi
- UPC 4260085534036
- Catalog number AVI 8553403
- Release date 07 June 2019
About the album
Benjamin Moser on his program:
I have had the idea for this project since 2016. For the occasion of the 10th anniversary of my prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition and of my first CD with Russian music, I wanted to make another recording, a sort of “Volume 2” with Russian repertoire.
Within that framework I wanted to couple a well-known work with others that are more seldom performed: the Pictures at an Exhibition seemed like a good choice, since I had always wanted to play them – particularly in the original version, which I love. I wanted to couple them with Rachmaninoff’s 1st Piano Sonata, a seldom-performed work which, in my opinion, is both marvelous and underrated. But then I discovered Earl Wild’s arrangements of Rachmaninoff songs, and soon became thrilled with these technically demanding yet delightfully lyrical miniatures.
A further inspiration, particularly for Gershwin’s Preludes and Virtuoso Etudes, was provided by the focus on “America” chosen by the Ruhr Piano Festival, where, in the summer of 2017, I performed the programme now featured on this CD under the name “Songs and Pictures” in a live recital – a daunting challenge indeed!
Now, in cooperation with Deutschlandradio Berlin and AvI (to both of whom I extend my heartfelt thanks!), this CD recording now finally sees the light of day. I hope that it will bring much pleasure to everyone who deigns to listen!
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11Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Allegro giusto, nel modo russico, senza allegrezza, ma poco sostenuto
01:26 -
12Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 1 Gnomus
02:46 -
13Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Moderato commodo assai e con delicatezza
00:52 -
14Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 2 Il vecchio Castello / Das alte Schloss
04:13 -
15Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Moderato non tanto, pesamente
00:28 -
16Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 3 Les Tuileries
01:13 -
17Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 4 Byd?o / Der Ochsenkarren
02:50 -
18Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Tranquillo
00:41 -
19Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 5 Ballet of the unhatched chicks / Ballet der Küken in ihren Eierschalen
01:13 -
110Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 5 Ballet of the unhatched chicks / Ballet der Küken in ihren Eierschalen
02:05 -
111Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Allegro giusto, nel modo russico, poco sostenuto
01:23 -
112Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 7 Limoges. Le marché / Der Marktplatz von Limoges
01:27 -
113Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 8 Catacombae. Sepulchrum Romanum
01:54 -
114Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) Promenade Andante non troppo, con lamento
01:56 -
115Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 9 Baba yaga / Die Hütte auf Hühnerfüßen
03:30 -
116Pictures at an Exhibition (1874) No. 10 The Bogatyr Gates / Das große Tor von Kiew
04:44 -
117Three Preludes (1926) No. 1 Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
01:37 -
118Three Preludes (1926) No. 2 Andante con moto e poco rubato
03:31 -
119Three Preludes (1926) No. 3 Allegro ben ritmato e deciso
01:21 -
120from: Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs No. 3 The Man I love
02:50 -
121from: Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs No. 4 Embraceable You
02:58 -
122from: Seven Virtuoso Etudes on Gershwin Songs No. 7 Fascinatin’ Rhythm
01:49 -
123Aus / from: Transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs In the Silent Night, Op. 4, No. 3
02:55 -
124Aus / from: Transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs Dreams, Op. 38 No. 5
03:15 -
125Aus / from: Transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs The little Island, Op. 14 No. 2
02:18 -
126Aus / from: Transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs Floods of Spring, Op. 14 No. 11
04:27 -
127Aus / from: Transcriptions of Rachmaninoff Songs Where Beauty dwells, Op. 21 No. 7
04:01