A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works

A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works

A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works
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Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-08-25
Music Label: Telarc
Soundtracks:
  1. Prelude In C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2
  2. Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5
  3. The Flight Of The Bumblebee
  4. Elegie, Op. 3, No. 1
  5. Barcarolle, Op. 10, No. 3
  6. Liebesfreud
  7. Liebesleid
  8. Melodie, Op. 3, No. 3
  9. Etude-Tableau In B Minor, Op. 39, No. 4
  10. Wohin?
  11. Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4
  12. Polka De V.R.
  13. Prelude In G Minor, Op. 23, No. 5
  14. Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5
  15. Minuet
  16. Hopak
  17. Etude-Tableau In A Minor, Op. 39, No. 6
  18. Humoresque Op. 10, No. 5
  19. The Star-Spangled Banner

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Free Music Review: Phenomenal performances, highest recommendation
Hit: 5 Stars

These are Rachmaninoff playing Ampico piano rolls, transcribed to computer by Wayne Stahnke, then played back on a electronically reproducing Bosendorfer and recorded acoustically in Southern California in 1998. Even through this somewhat unnatural and contrived medium it quickly becomes apparent why Rachmaninoff was considered one of the 20th century's greatest pianists, in addition to being one of the great Romantic composers. His playing is stunningly adept, and this is an intriguing way to experience it. Rachmaninoff's exquisite shading and texturing of every note, coupled with awesome power, delicacy, and effortless fluency are amazing. Rachmaninoff's interpretation of his own Eligie, Op. 3, No. 1 brilliantly stirs the romantic yearning for something missing and something greater. I also enjoy Rachmaninoff's gregarious interpretations of Kreisler's Liebesfreud and Liebesleid. These are some of the greatest musical performances I've heard.

By any measure these are outstanding and very enjoyable recordings, but I can think of a couple things I would do differently. First, use a Steinway, which is what Rach would have played. (Alternatively you could match the recording sessions through Ampico piano playback.) Second, don't model the mechanical player piano; model the performer's input and model out the modern electrical operating system. In other words, play the modern piano as if the performer sat down at it today, not a reconstructed old player piano. If this can be done, it might sound more like a live human performance and less like a player piano performance. Heck I would even place an appropriately tall dummy dressed in a full tuxedo on a piano bench in front of the piano for more realistic acoustic phasing, absorptions and reflections. Irrespective of recording technicalities, the music here is delightful and fantastically good. Highest recommendation.
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A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano Works Poster

This collection of Rachmaninoff's solo piano performances relies on a mix of old and new technologies. Between 1919 and 1929, Rachmaninoff cut these 19 performances to piano rolls, which would then be played back through reproducing pianos capable of accurately re-creating the original performances through pneumatic devices that animated the rolls with living nuances and shades--a facet that differentiated the classier reproduction keyboards from the more common "player pianos." This set updates the technology with electronic devices--transparently, though expertly, replacing the pneumatics. Played back on a Bösendorfer Reproducing Piano, this collection sounds astounding, full of Rachmaninoff's lickety-quick motion and his punching intensity when striking the keys. There are 18 Rachmaninoff selections--some of them collaborations--and one gem, "The Star-Spangled Banner," taken to new places in this 1919 reading. --Andrew Bartlett

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