Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton — Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 1-4 & Paganini Rhapsody

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Rachmaninoff’s four piano concertos are among the most technically demanding ever written, but Stephen Hough attacks them with a fluency and vigour which fully liberates their inventiveness and excitement. Piano Concerto No. 1 erupts in a volley of cascading chord-work, while the finale of No. 3 crackles with a unrepressed, visceral wildness. But Hough has much more than fireworks to offer. The beautiful slow movement of Piano Concerto No. 2 has all the easeful poetry one could wish for, while the more enigmatic tone of No. 4’s Largo is beautifully drawn out. The inclusion of Hough’s glinting, mercurial reading of Rachmaninoff’s <i>Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini</i> is a major bonus. Throughout, conductor Andrew Litton draws playing of great character and incisiveness from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra with results that are consistently thrilling.

Артист

Stephen Hough, Dallas Symphony Orchestra & Andrew Litton

Треки

  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: I. Vivace 12:32
  2. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: II. Andante 5:39
  3. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1: III. Allegro vivace 7:57
  4. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: I. Allegro vivace 9:06
  5. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: II. Largo 6:22
  6. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Minor, Op. 40: III. Allegro vivace 9:16
  7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Introduction. Allegro vivace 0:09
  8. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 1. Precedente 0:19
  9. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Theme. L'istesso tempo 0:18
  10. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 2. L'istesso tempo 0:17
  11. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 3. L'istesso tempo 0:23
  12. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 4. Più vivo 0:27
  13. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 5. Tempo precedente 0:27
  14. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 6. L’istesso tempo 1:05
  15. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 7. Meno messo, a tempo moderato 1:05
  16. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 8. Tempo I 0:32
  17. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 9. L’istesso tempo 0:30
  18. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 10. [Poco marcato] 0:48
  19. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 11. Moderato 1:26
  20. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 12. Tempo di minuetto 1:23
  21. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 13. Allegro 0:27
  22. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 14. L’istesso tempo 0:42
  23. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 15. Più vivo scherzando 1:09
  24. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 16. Allegretto 1:40
  25. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 17. [Allegretto] 2:12
  26. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 18. Andante cantabile "The 18th Variation" 2:57
  27. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 19. A tempo vivace 0:26
  28. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 20. Un poco più vivo 0:34
  29. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 21. Un poco più vivo 0:25
  30. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 22. Un poco più vivo (alla breve) 1:37
  31. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 23. L’istesso tempo 0:50
  32. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Var. 24. A tempo un poco meno messo 1:23
  33. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato 9:59
  34. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto 11:02
  35. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando 11:33
  36. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto 15:05
  37. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo. Adagio – 9:55
  38. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: III. Finale. Alla breve 13:21