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SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes RACHMANINOV Romances

Record and Artist Details

Composer or Director: Sergey Rachmaninov, Dmitri Shostakovich

Genre:

Instrumental

Label: Quartz

Media Format: CD or Download

Media Runtime: 51

Mastering:

DDD

Catalogue Number: QTZ2107

QTZ2107. SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes RACHMANINOV Romances

Tracks:

Composition Artist Credit
(24) Preludes, Movement: A Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer
Rem Urasin, Piano
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, In the silence of the secret night (wds. Fet) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Celllo
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not (wds. Merezhovsky) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Lilacs (wds. Beketova) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 9, Melody (wds. Nadson) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 8, On the death of a linnet (wds. Zhukovsky) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 7, How fair this spot (wds. Galina) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Spring waters (wds. Tyutchev) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(12) Songs, Movement: No. 12, How painful for me (wds. Galina) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(15) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Beloved, let us fly (wds. Golenishchev-Kutu Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
(14) Songs, Movement: No. 12, What happiness (wds. Fet) Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
Boris Andrianov, Cello
Rem Urasin, Piano
Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer
The prize-winning Russian cellist Boris Andrianov here offers a programme of Russian music in transcriptions for cello and piano. Shostakovich’s Op 34 is a collection of pieces for solo piano very typical of the young composer, many with his characteristic sparkle. They have been transcribed for violin and piano several times but here the transcriptions of Rem Urasin (who also accompanies) are most imaginative, often giving the piano contrapuntal lines against the cello.

The sequence chosen heightens the contrasts delightfully, so Prelude No 3 in G leads up to a powerful fortissimo after a reflective start, followed by a dashing Scherzo, very brief, and on to a jaunty March. The eighth Prelude in the sequence, in the rare key of E flat minor, is powerful in its lyricism, bringing the biggest climax, to provide a central focal point. Reflective and vigorous Preludes then alternate as in the first half, culminating in a deeply melancholy Prelude and a final jaunty conclusion.

The Rachmaninov transcriptions, labelled ‘Romances’, are of his songs, including some of the best-known such as ‘Lilacs’. Both artists play with a red-blooded romanticism apt for this composer. One can almost hear the words of each song, mostly love songs. ‘Lilacs’ is most tenderly done, with fluttering accompaniment, while ‘Spring streams’ is wonderfully passionate, with a dashing piano part. Delightful too is ‘On the death of a linnet’, fading to nothing, while the whole sequence ends with wistful reflections in ‘How fair this spot’. Altogether a charming disc, beautifully recorded.

QTZ2107. SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes RACHMANINOV Romances

SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes RACHMANINOV Romances

(24) Preludes, Movement: A

(24) Preludes, Movement: A minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G

(24) Preludes, Movement: D

(24) Preludes, Movement: B minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: C sharp minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: E flat minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: B flat minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: A flat

(24) Preludes, Movement: F minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: C minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: G minor

(24) Preludes, Movement: D minor

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 3, In the silence of the secret night (wds. Fet)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 1, Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not (wds. Merezhovsky)

(6) Songs, Movement: No. 4, Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (wds. Pushkin)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Lilacs (wds. Beketova)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 9, Melody (wds. Nadson)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 8, On the death of a linnet (wds. Zhukovsky)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 7, How fair this spot (wds. Galina)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 11, Spring waters (wds. Tyutchev)

(12) Songs, Movement: No. 12, How painful for me (wds. Galina)

(15) Songs, Movement: No. 5, Beloved, let us fly (wds. Golenishchev-Kutu

(14) Songs, Movement: No. 12, What happiness (wds. Fet)

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