Camille Saint-Saëns
SACD
Ludwig van Beethoven | Claude Debussy | Maurice Ravel | Frédéric Chopin | Sergei Prokofiev | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4CD
4CD
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky | Sergei Rachmaninov
SACD
SACD
Ludwig van Beethoven | Claude Debussy | Maurice Ravel | Frédéric Chopin | Sergei Prokofiev | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
4CD
4CD
Ludwig van Beethoven
2CD
2CD
Catalogue | Piano
Piano Works by S. Prokofiev & S. Rachmaninov
With this unusual recording of Russian piano music, audite presents its second SACD-Surroundsound production.
Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 was composed during a difficult phase in the composer's life. Following eighteen years in exile in the West, he returned from Paris to Moscow in 1936. At... 
"Die lyrische Melancholie und virtuose Brillanz der 8. Klaviersonate von 1944 ist bei Nabioulin in besten Händen, ebenso die 1917 entstandene, Klassizismus und Romantik reflektierende 4. Sonate. Dazu gibt es zwei Préludes von Rachmaninow. Eine auch aufnahmetechnisch hervorragende Visitenkarte." (Crescrendo)
Piano Works by S. Prokofiev & S. Rachmaninov
- Sonata No. 8, Op. 84
- Andante dolce - Allegro moderato - Andante - Andante dolce, come prima - Allegro (17:58)
- Andante sognando (05:13)
- Vivace - Allegro ben marcato - Andantino - Vivace, come prima (10:54)
- Prélude in G-flat major, Op. 23 No. 10
- Largo (04:25)
- Prélude in E major, Op. 32 No. 3
- Allegro vivace (02:45)
- Sonata No. 4, Op. 29 ("from old notebooks")
- Allegro molto sostenuto (07:28)
- Andante assai (09:00)
- Allegro con brio, ma non leggiero (03:48)
With this unusual recording of Russian piano music, audite presents its second SACD-Surroundsound production.
Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 8 was composed during a difficult phase in the composer's life. Following eighteen years in exile in the West, he returned from Paris to Moscow in 1936. At first he was able to maintain his western-influenced lifestyle, but then, more and more, he saw his privileges melt away. His changed personal situation is also reflected in the Eighth Sonata, which establishes a considerably more lyrical and resigned tone than the rebellious Seventh Sonata. But the "muscular" Prokofiev is not neglected here either!
Prokofiev's Piano Sonata No. 4 was already composed in 1917 and as a reaction to the suicide of the composer's friend, Max Schmidthof, to whom the work is also dedicated. Wandering harmonies and richly ornamented themes are combined in this sonata almost to the point of seeming improvisatory. A fiery final Rondo concludes the work, but its core is the Andante assai in which a critic even discovered something "related to Chopin" after the premiere.
Rachmaninov's Préludes were composed in two phases: first the 10 Préludes, Op. 23, then the 13 Préludes, Op. 32 about seven years later, to which Rachmaninov then added the early C-sharp minor Prélude, Op. 3 No. 2, thus attaining the number of 24 Préludes after the model of Bach. On this recording you can hear one Prélude from each phase. The G-flat major Prélude from Op. 23 clearly shows that all Baroque-like effects have disappeared and that Rachmaninov replaces such effects with the romantic expressive world and piano technique of the late nineteenth century. In the E major Prélude from Op. 32 one can experience the composer's gripping motoric style; this represents a branching-out in his concert repertoire which was highly effective with the public.
We were fortunate to have Alexeï Nabioulin, one of the most interesting up-and-coming pianists of our time, to perform on this recording. He achieved his international breakthrough by winning First Prize at the International Piano Competition in Dublin in 2000 and Second Prize at the Tchaikovsky International Competition in Moscow in 2002. Since then he has been in great demand as a concert artist throughout the world. Alexeï Nabioulin's interpretations of the works recorded here reveal a very personal and highly interesting approach to the composers' sound world. That is what makes this recording a true voyage of discovery in the world of Russian piano music.
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Audiophile Audition
| John Sunier | January 7, 2004
This German label only has a couple of SACDs out so far and is difficult to find. Prokofiev’s piano sonatas seem to be coming to the fore in both...
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Classica-Répertoire
| Stéphane Friédérich | January 5, 2004
La pianiste sibérien procède d’une véritable démarche artistique dans la dernière des Sonates de guerre de Prokofiev. La Huitième, d’une...
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Crescendo
| Dietholf Zerweck | January 4, 2004
Alexei Nabioulin ist einer der vielversprechenden russischen Pianisten der jungen Generation. Der 25-jährige war Preisträger beim Moskauer...
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Fono Forum
| Attíla Csampai | January 7, 2004
Ein Musterbeispiel für exzellent ausgesteuerten, sinnlich-voluminösen Klavierklang in echter DSD-Mehrkanal-Technik bietet die zweite SACD des...
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klassik-heute.com
| Peter Cossé | April 14, 2004
Duplizität kaum erwarteter Ereignisse: Nahezu zeitgleich erscheinen zwei Einspielungen von Prokofieffs c-Moll-Sonate op. 29 („Aus alten Heften“)....
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Pforzheimer Zeitung
| Thomas Weiss | March 18, 2005
Allzu oft geraten Klavierwerke Serge Prokofieffs in die Hände von Pianisten, die allein die Motorik des Komponisten zu interessieren scheint. Alexei...
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Piano News
| Helmut Peters | January 7, 2004
Prokofjeffs Klaviersonaten gehören derzeit zu den meist eingespielten Solowerken russischer Literatur des 20. Jahrhunderts überhaupt. Weit ruhiger,...
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Pizzicato
| Guy Wagner | January 9, 2004
Viel versprechender Virtuose
An dieser Einspielung überrascht zunächst einmal der Klang des Klaviers, wundervoll aufgenommen und bestens für SACD ausgesteuert. So ergibt sich... -
www.anaclase.com
| Hervé Koenig | January 7, 2004
Le jeune pianiste russe Alexeï Nabiouline, qui sera très présent en France pendant l'été puisqu'il donnera de nombreux récitals dans plusieurs...
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www.classicstodayfrance.com
| Jean-Marie Brohm | November 4, 2004
Les Sonates de Prokofiev ont été dans l'ensemble mieux servies qualitativement que quantitativement par le disque. Il s'agit en effet de partitions...
Piano Works by S. Prokofiev & S. Rachmaninov (audite 92.513)
| article number: | 92.513 |
| EAN barcode: | 4022143925138 |
| price group: | ACX |
| release date: | 1. March 2004 |
| total time: | 61 min. |
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