RACHMANINOV — Preghiera : Rachmaninov Piano Trios (Kremer · Dirvanauskaité · Trifonov) (2017) FLAC (tracks), lossless

This group of Rachmaninov piano trios was released in celebration of the 70th birthday of Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer. One might have expected something that placed Kremer more in the spotlight than chamber music, and perhaps something devoted to the enormous influence he has had in reviving neglected Baltic and Eastern European repertory. On greater reflection, though, the decision is typical: Kremer has always been one who guides rather than one who takes the spotlight himself, and he has recorded a great deal of Russian music, often in fresh ways. So it is here with Rachmaninov. His two "trios élégiaques" are both youthful works; the Trio élégiaque No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9, was composed when he was 21, and the person being given the elegy was the late Tchaikovsky, whose own piano trio also had a set of variations for its central movement. The trios give priority not to the violin, but to the piano, and for chamber music partners Kremer chooses a mix of his own generation -- cellist Giedré Dirvanauskaité -- and the new one, Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov. It's an effective constellation overall, with Trifonov getting the virtuoso parts and the two older players putting in commentary. This isn't top-drawer Rachmaninov (the Trio No. 2 is a bit sprawling), but the group captures its mood of bravado and interiority. Another bonus is the rarely heard Preghiera, the slow movement of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, arranged for piano trio by none other than Fritz Kreisler. Sample this, for it introduces the fresh balances that are the distinctive feature of this recording. Deutsche Grammophon's sound, from the wooden and gentle Trifolion hall in Echternach, Luxembourg, is idiomatic to the music and exceptionally pleasant. James Manheim

Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
1. Preghiera (Adagio Sostenuto From Piano Concerto No. 2) 5:24
Arranged By – Fritz Kreisler (1875-1962)
2-4. Trio Elégiaque No. 2 In D Minor, Op. 9
5. Trio Elégiaque No. 1 In G Minor    12:01
Credits :
Gidon Kremer - Violin
Geidré Dirvanauskaité - Cello 2-5
Daniil Trifonov - Piano

SCRIABIN : The Complete Works (2015) 18CD Box-Set / APE (image+.cue), lossless

ALEXANDER SCRIABIN 1872-1915

The Complete Works

The First Complete Edtition                                         

Including 64 Newly-Recorded Tracks

 

Works for piano solo                             

CD1 Opp. 1-5

 

CD2 Opp. 6-8

CD3 Opp. 9-14

CD4 Opp. 15-23

CD5 Opp. 25, 27, 28, 30-35

CD6 Opp. 36-53

CD7 Opp. 56-59, 61-65

CD8 Opp. 66-74

CD9 Works without opus number

Chamber & Orchestral Works

CD10  

Variation on a Russian Theme

Andante and Scherzo for strings

Symphonic poem, Wo0 24

Piano Concerto • Rêverie

CD 11

Symphony No. 1

CD 12

Symphony No. 2

CD 13

Symphony No. 3 "Le Divin Poème"

 

CD 14

Le Poème de l'extase

Prométhée : Le Poème du feu

 

CD 15-17

Nuances, orch. Nemtin

Preparation for the Final Mystery, realised Nemtin

BONUS CD

(CD 18)

Scriabin across the generations - 

Performances by legenday pianists

and artists of the younger generation

 

Soloists and Conductors include:

Pierre-Laurent Aimard · Vladimir Ashkenazy

Gordon Fergus-Thompson · Valery Gergiev

Benjamin Grosvenor · Vladimir Horowitz

Yevgeny Kissin · Valentina Lisitsa

Lorin Maazel · Ivo Pogorelich

Sviatoslav Richter · Roberto Szidon

Daniil Trifonov