Рахманинов Сергей

“This was a performance of a lifetime” LA Times A "dream team" trio of interpreters for these deeply emotional masterpieces of Russian Romanticism. Gidon Kremer is celebrating his 70th birthday on (February 27th, 2017) with a special chamber music program together with outstanding young pianist Daniil Trifonov and renowned cellist Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė, both of whom he personally chose for this recording. It is an album full of correlations and a clear underlying conception. Neither Gidon Kremer nor his musical confederates care about brilliant effects; their concern is always to unveil the truths and messages hidden in the music. “To me”, Kremer explains, “being an artist has always been a calling”. But, he emphasizes, “I don’t want this by any means to sound emotive, because I don’t consider myself important. The music is a source from which I draw energy. I try to convey this energy – with notes, with my repertoire, with my choice of musicians. I also try to go my own way and to find companions – interlocutors – who can help me, and with whom I can converse in the language of music” He found such companions in Daniil Trifonov and Giedrė Dirvanauskaitė: All three are connected by deep bonds of friendship and an intensive partnership on the concert stage. For Daniil Trifonov this is another discographic chapter, which he dedicates to his illustrious pianist-composer idol, Rachmaninov, while honouring his friend and mentor, Gidon Kremer. Dirvanauskaitė is a renowned solo cellist in the field of chamber music and has performed with Kremer numerous times as principal cellist of the Kremerata Baltica. Rachmaninov's two Piano Trios, both bearing the subtitle "Elegiaque" (elegiac), are dark, passionate works, composed under the influence of Tchaikovsky; the first is a short, one-movement piece rich in typically Slavic sentimentality, the second was written as a personal memorial to Tchaikovsky himself, alternately celebrating the life and grieving the loss of the great Russian composer of whom Rachmaninov said "Of all the people and artists whom I have had occasion to meet, Tchaikovsky was the most enchanting. His delicacy of spirit was unique." Included as a special bonus: Preghiera (Prayer), Fritz Kreisler's touching transcription for violin and piano of the famous theme from Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto.

"50 best Classics" - сокращенный вариант бокса "100 best Classics". Включает диски FAVOURITE CLASSICS, RELAXING CLASSICS и SPIRITUAL. Tracklist: CD1 FAVOURITE CLASSICS 75.37 1 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 5 Allegro con brio • 2 RAVEL Bolero* • 3 HANDEL Solomon Sinfonia • 4 VIVALDI The Four Seasons, ‘Spring’ Allegro • 5 DVOŘÁK Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ Allegro con fuoco • 6 MOZART Horn Concerto No. 4 Rondo • 7 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 Ode to Joy* • 8 TCHAIKOVSKY 1812 Overture • 9 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No. 3 Allegro ma non tanto* • 10 ORFF Carmina Burana O Fortuna • 11 SIBELIUS Finlandia • 12 HOLST The Planets Jupiter* • 13 PROKOFIEV Romeo and Juliet Dance of the Knights* • 14 ELGAR Pomp and Circumstance Land of Hope and Glory* • 15 CLARKE Trumpet Voluntary • 16 VERDI Aida Gloria all’Egitto • 17 J. STRAUSS I Radetzky March CD2 RELAXING CLASSICS 76.53 1 BEETHOVEN Piano Sonata ‘Moonlight’ Adagio sostenuto • 2 MOZART Concerto for Flute and Harp Andantino • 3 GRIEG Peer Gynt Morning Mood • 4 BARBER Adagio • 5 RODRIGO Concierto de Aranjuez Adagio* • 6 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral” Allegro non troppo • 7 MOZART Piano Concerto No. 21 Andante • 8 BACH Suite No. 3 Air • 9 HANDEL Sarabande • 10 PACHELBEL Canon • 11 ALBINONI Adagio* • 12 BACH Double Violin Concerto Largo, ma non tanto • 13 MOZART Clarinet Concerto Adagio • 14 BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 Allegretto* • 15 ELGAR Variations ‘Enigma’ Nimrod • 16 MAHLER Symphony No. 5 Adagietto* CD6 SPIRITUAL 76.28 1 BACH Cantata BWV 147 Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring • 2 HANDEL Zadok the Priest • 3 BACH Cantata BWV 140 Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme • 4 ALLEGRI Miserere* • 5 SCHUBERT Deutsche Messe Zum Sanctus • 6-7 FAURÉ Requiem Pie Jesu • In Paradisum • 8 BACH Mass in B minor Sanctus • 9 MOZART Vesperae solennes de confessore • 10 FAURÉ Cantique de Jean Racine • 11 MOZART Ave verum corpus • 12 VERDI Messa da Requiem Ingemisco • 13 HANDEL Messiah I know that my Redeemer liveth • 14 BERLIOZ L’Enfance du Christ The Shepherds’ Farewell • 15 HAYDN The Creation The heavens are telling • 16 MOZART Requiem Lacrimosa • 17 HANDEL Messiah Hallelujah * extracts"

Основу седьмого тома составили концерты, записанные в 1954-64 гг. В этом смысле он продолжает предыдущий том с концертами 1948-54 гг. Всего в том вошло 7 концертов. При этом один альбом посвящён специально ленинградским концертам. Дополнительный альбом (CD 7-8) посвящён последним студийным циклам записей на радио 1962-63 гг.(романсы Чайковского и Рахманинова). Мы сочли очень важным опубликовать эти циклы впервые целиком под одной обложкой. К тому же, судя по выходившим пластинкам 1960-х гг., романс "Ночь" (на стихи Я. Полонского) почему-то не был опубликован.