RACHMANINOV: PIANO TRANSCRIPTIONS
Vladimir Ashkenazy
DECCA 470 291-2
1CD [78'43"] DDD
Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
Transcriptions:
Suite from J.S. BACH: Partita in E major for solo violin
Preludio | Gavotte | Gigue
Franz SCHUBERT: “Wohin?” (Die schöne Müllerin)
Felix MENDELSSOHN: Scherzo (A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Georges BIZET: Minuet (L’Arlésienne Suite No.1)
Modest MUSSORGSKY: Hopak (Sorochintsy Fair)
Nikolai RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee • Le Vol de bourdon • Der Hummelflug
Pyotr Ilyich TCHAIKOVSKY: Lullaby, op.16 no.1 • Berceuse • Wiegenlied
Polka de W.R. (after Franz BEHR: Scherzpolka)
RACHMANINOV: Lilacs, op.21 no.5 • Lilas • Flieder
RACHMANINOV: Daisies, op.38 no.3 • Marguerites • Gänseblumen
Fritz KREISLER: Liebesleid | Liebesfreud
John SMITH: The Star-Spangled Banner
Original compositions:
Six Morceaux, op.11 (for piano, four hands)*
Bacarolle | Scherzo | Thème russe | Valse | Romance | Slava!
Waltz (for piano, six hands)*²
Romance (for piano, six hands)*²
Italian Polka (for piano, four hands, and trumpet)*
piano … Vladimir ASHKENAZY
*with piano … Vovka ASHKENAZY
²with piano … Dódý ASHKENAZY
trumpet … Alastair MACKIE
Recorded:
Teldec Studios, Berlin, 18-19 December 2000
Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, 10-12 December 2000
Recording monitored on B&W loudspeakers
piano Steinway & Sons
executive producer Andrew Cornall
recording producer Andrew Cornall
balance engineer Philip Siney
recording, editing and mastering facilities by Emil Berliner Studios
recording editor Mark Buecker
production co-ordinator Alice Fields
art direction Mark Millington
