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This third volume of Rachmaninov’s Victor recordings contains discs he made of his own solo compositions and arrangements from the introduction of electrical recording in 1925 to a year before his death.

The works recorded were those most in demand by the public, each piece subject to Rachmaninov’s perfectionism and the version released always the best of a number of takes (for example, the recording of his famous Prelude in C sharp minor is Take 23).

Whether it be in the 1925 recording of his transcription of Kreisler’s Liebesfreud or the February 1942 recording of the same work (in which he displays a cast iron technique only a year before his death), the sheer virtuosity, utter clarity and supreme musicianship of Rachmaninov’s playing style are undiminished.

The first two releases in this series have been acclaimed for their superb remastering.

Ward Marston, producer and audio restoration engineer

May 2013

Wonders galore in Rachmaninov's playing, beyond its obvious historical importance. Cast-iron technique, proper old-school sense of line and tone colour, and an incomparable rubato.

January 2013

No composer or pianist has ever sounded more indelibly Russian, and never more so than in his own music...What clear relish and delight in the playful rather than melancholic capers of the Polka, what vitality and aplomb in the festive E major Prelude...this, the thrid volume of Naxos's 'Great Pianists' Rachmaninov, gives us playing beyond price.

Works
Bach, J S: Partita for solo violin No. 3 in E major, BWV1006: suite (Gigue, Gavotte & Preludio)
Kreisler: love joy
Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream: Scherzo
Mussorgsky: Gopak (from Sorochintsy Fair)
Rachmaninov: Daisies, Op. 38 No. 3rd
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 2 in C major
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 33 No. 7 in E flat major (published as No. 4)
Rachmaninov: Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 6 in A minor
Rachmaninov: Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39
Rachmaninov: Humoresque in G major, Op. 10 No. 5
Rachmaninov: love joy (after Kreisler)
Rachmaninov: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Rachmaninov: Melody in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3rd
Rachmaninov: Moment musical No. 2 in E flat minor, Op. 16 No. 2nd
Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3rd
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de Salon, Op. 10th
Rachmaninov: Oriental Dance, Op. 2 No. 2nd
Rachmaninov: Oriental Sketch (1917)
Rachmaninov: Polka de V.R.
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 32 No. 3 in E major
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 32 No. 6 in F minor
Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 32 No. 7 in F major
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 nos. 1-10
Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 nos. 1-13
Rachmaninov: Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5
Rachmaninov: Songs (12), Op. 21st
Rachmaninov: Songs (6), Op. 38
Rimsky Korsakov: Flight of the Bumble Bee
Schubert: The beautiful miller, D795
Tchaikovsky: Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1
Groups & Artists
Rachmaninov, Sergey