柴可夫斯基+1第二集 柴可夫斯基: 鋼琴大奏鳴曲 / 貝瑞．道格拉斯 鋼琴 (CD)

柴可夫斯基+1 第二集
柴可夫斯基: 鋼琴大奏鳴曲
拉赫曼尼諾夫 : 六首樂興之時
貝瑞．道格拉斯 鋼琴

Barry Douglas (piano)

Tchaikovsky's Grande Sonate, or ‘Grand Sonata' (Bolshaya Sonata), in G major was dedicated to Karl Klindworth, a pupil of Liszt, and first performed at a private hearing, on 21 October 1879, by Nikolay Rubinstein, founder of the Moscow Conservatory. Composed in the autumn of 1896, the Six Moments musicaux of Rachmaninoff adopt musical forms from previous eras: the nocturne, song without words, barcarolle, virtuoso etude, and theme and variations. Written in haste in order to meet the commission deadline (the twenty-three-year-old Rachmaninoff was desperately short of funds), the set evidences his virtuosity, and is full of portent of the music to come.

Barry Douglas writes: ‘This recording project with Chandos Records is a personal salute from me to great masterworks of the Russian repertoire. I am an Irish pianist who, nevertheless, feels a deep affinity with Russian culture, and felt it even before I had the good fortune to win the Tchaikovsky Competition in 1986. Our own Irish composer and virtuoso pianist John Field, who invented the Nocturne and taught a whole generation of Russian musicians, fermented the linkage between Ireland and Russia, and I feel very proud to help keep this synergy alive!'


<曲目>
Tchaikovsky: Grand Sonata for Piano in G major Op. 37   32:23
1.I. Moderato e risoluto 12:47
2.II. Andante non troppo quasi moderato 9:48
3.III. Scherzo. Allegro giocoso 3:06
4.IV. Finale. Allegro vivace 6:42
5.Meditation (No. 5 from Morceaux, Op. 72) 5:35

Rachmaninov: Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 30:05
6.No. 1, Andantino 7:18
7.No. 2, Allegretto 3:50
8.No. 3, Andante cantabile 7:12
9.No. 4, Presto 3:06
10.No. 5, Adagio sostenuto 3:39
11.No. 6, Maestoso 5:00