Artist: Sonya Bach
Title: Rachmaninov
Year Of Release: 2021
Label: Rubicon Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: 24bit-192kHz FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 68:09
Total Size: 2.51 GB

Tracklist:

01. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: I. Allegro agitato (Revised 1931 version) (9:21)
02. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: II. Non allegro (Revised 1931 version) (7:03)
03. Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: III. L'istesso tempo – Allegro molto (Revised 1931 version) (5:51)
04. Ten Preludes, Op. 23: No. 4 in D Major, Andante (4:57)
05. Ten Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor, Alla marcia (4:19)
06. Ten Preludes, Op. 23: No. 6 in E-Flat Major, Andante (3:44)
07. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 1 in B-Flat Minor, Andantino (8:19)
08. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 2 in E-Flat Minor, Allegretto (3:49)
09. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3 in B Minor, Andante cantabile (6:55)
10. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 in E Minor, Presto (3:06)
11. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 5 in D-Flat Major, Adagio sostenuto (4:35)
12. Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 6 in C Major, Maestoso (6:19)


Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Sonata was extensively revised by the composer in 1931, and the revised version is tighter and thinner in texture (the Fourth Piano Concerto is a fine example the more restrained and less opulent textures the composer developed in his later years) than the original version of 1913. It represents a supreme challenge to the pianist in either version, and has all the hallmarks of the composer at the height of his powers – he had just finished his huge choral symphony The Bells at the same time. The 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 are early works which exhibit the flamboyance of the youthful virtuoso. Sonya Bach includes three of the Preludes from the Op. 23 set