Building a Library: Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor, Op.36
Reviewer - David Nice
First Choice (original version 1913): Zoltan Kocsis (piano)
(Recorded 1994; c/w Prelude in A, Op.32, No.9; Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23, No.1; Etude-Tableau in B minor, Op.39, No.4; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3, No.3; Prelude in B minor, Op.32, No.10; Prelude in C minor, Op.23, No.7; Prelude in F minor, Op.32, No.6; Etude-Tableau in F minor, Op.33, No.1; Etude-Tableau in C minor, Op.39, No.7; Prelude in B flat minor, Op.32, No.2; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3, No.5)
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First Choice (revised version 1931): Simon Trpceski (piano)
(Recorded 2004; c/w Prelude Op.23 No.2 in B mlat; ‘Siren’, Op.21, No.5; Prelude Op.23 No.1 in F sharp minor; Preludes Op.23 No.10 in G flat; Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor; Prelude Op.32, No.2 in B flat minor; ‘Margaritki’, Op.38, No.3; Prelude Op.23, No.5 in G minor; Prelude Op.23, No.4 in D; Prelude Op.3, No.2 in C sharp minor; TCHAIKOVSKY (arr. Rachmaninov) Lullaby; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV (arr. Rachmaninov) The Flight of the Bumblebee; MENDELSSOHN (arr. Rachmaninov) Scherzo from ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’)
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CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.rachmaninov:
bal.rachmaninov.piano.sonata.no.2.op.36
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RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No.2 in B Flat Minor, Op.36
Reviewer: David Nice
First Choice (original version 1913):
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