I bought a 2 cD version of all the Rachmaninov 2 Piano Music at a yard sale. The notes of the CD were missing. There is a version of the Corelli Variations for 2 Pianos, and I always thought this was a one Piano work. Googling this was unhelpful, and the liner notes for the 1 Piano version that I have do not mention a 2 Piano Version. Can anyone shed some light on this?
Rach Corelli Variations-2 Piano Version
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View PostI bought a 2 cD version of all the Rachmaninov 2 Piano Music at a yard sale. The notes of the CD were missing. There is a version of the Corelli Variations for 2 Pianos, and I always thought this was a one Piano work. Googling this was unhelpful, and the liner notes for the 1 Piano version that I have do not mention a 2 Piano Version. Can anyone shed some light on this?
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Originally posted by subcontrabass View PostAre you sure that it is actually being played on two pianos, rather than being a solo piano piece put in as a filler?
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Originally posted by richardfinegold View Post(I had always viewed it as one of the Composers least satisfying works and it usually fails to hold my attention).
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Originally posted by rauschwerk View PostWhen the composer played this piece in public he would simply cut variations out as he thought necessary if the audience became restive!
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Richard
I wonder if your recording is the Double Decca set, with Ashkenazy and Previn?
If so, the track listings here might be of use.
The players are not attributed, but in the Penguin Guide it says that Ashkenazy is the soloist in the Études-tableaux and the Corelli variations.
It likes the recording very much, and gives it four stars (maximum).
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Originally posted by Pulcinella View PostRichard
I wonder if your recording is the Double Decca set, with Ashkenazy and Previn?
If so, the track listings here might be of use.
The players are not attributed, but in the Penguin Guide it says that Ashkenazy is the soloist in the Études-tableaux and the Corelli variations.
It likes the recording very much, and gives it four stars (maximum).
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Originally posted by umslopogaas View PostAt least some of this came out originally on LP. I have a 1975 Decca LP (SXL 6697) called Side by Side, Ashkenazy and Previn play Suite no. 1 Op. 5 - Fantasy and Suite no. 2 Op. 17. Probably Decca also issued an LP of the other two piano works mentioned above.
The Symphonic Dances Op.45 and the Russian Rhapsody in E minor were recorded on 15th/16th January 1979 atKingsway Hall ans issued on LP as SXL6926. The DD Cd pair is 444 845 2DF2.
The Corelli Variations Op42 were recorded with the Etudes-tableaux Op.39 at Kingsway Hall on 7/8th April 1972 and 26/27th January 1973 with Vladimir Ashkenazy alone. Issued on SXL 6604.
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