Anna Vinnitskaya - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor & Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (2017)

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01. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato
02. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
03. Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
04. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Introduction (Allegro vivace)-Variation 1. Precedente
05. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Tema (L'istesso tempo)
06. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 2. L'istesso tempo
07. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 3. L'istesso tempo
08. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 4. Più vivo
09. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 5. Tempo precedente
10. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 6. L'istesso tempo
11. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 7. Meno mosso (A tempo moderato)
12. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 8. Tempo I
13. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 9. L'istesso tempo
14. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 10. L'istesso tempo
15. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 11. Moderato
16. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 12. Tempo di minuetto
17. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 13. Allegro
18. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 14. L'istesso tempo
19. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 15. Più vivo scherzando
20. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 16. Allegretto
21. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 17. Allegretto
22. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18. Andante cantabile
23. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 19. A tempo vivace
24. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 20. Un poco più vivo
25. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 21. Un poco più vivo
26. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 22. Un poco più vivo (Alla breve)
27. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 23. L'istesso tempo
28. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 24. A tempo un poco meno mosso

Anna Vinnitskaya is among an ever-growing number of super-virtuoso pianists to have won a major competition and then followed with a string of acclaimed debut concerts and recordings. Her victory at the 2007 Queen Elizabeth Competition in Brussels placed her in a field where finding elbow room is a daunting challenge; yet her results with critics and public alike have consistently augured continued success. Her spectacular technique and interpretive depth allow her to convincingly perform a range of repertory, from works by J.S. Bach, Mozart, and Beethoven to Rachmaninov, Medtner, and Prokofiev. She has often performed contemporary music, as well, including works by Sofia Gubaidulina and Miguel Gálvez-Taroncher. Vinnitskaya has collaborated with such conductors as Dutoit, Fedoseyev, Krivine, and Yoel Levi, and with major orchestras: the Moscow SO, Berlin Radio SO, Israel SO, Munich Philharmonic, and others. Vinnitskaya's recordings are available from Naïve.

Anna Vinnitskaya was born in Novorossiysk, Russia, on August 4, 1983. Her parents were also pianists; her mother began giving her lessons from age six. 1995 was a pivotal year for young Anna: she won the International Junoshenki Competition and her family relocated to Rostov-on-Don, where she began studies with Sergei Ossipenko at the Rachmaninov Conservatory.

From 2001, she studied at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg with Ralf Nattkemper and, from 2002, with Evgeny Koroliov. In 2002 Vinnitskaya won first prize in the Jaèn Competition in Spain. Two years later she garnered another contest victory, this one in Hamburg at the Elise Meyer Competition. While she finished fourth in the International Ferruccio Busoni Competition in 2005, it was her Queen Elizabeth Competition victory two years later that proved her watershed achievement. Jurors there were especially impressed by her last-round performances of the Beethoven Sonata No. 13 and the challenging Prokofiev Second Concerto.

Vinnitskaya followed her victory with a full slate of concerts, including appearances at several of the leading festivals: the Verbier Festival, Rheingau Music Festival, and the Piano Festival of La Roque d'Anthéron. At the 2008 Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival Vinnitskaya was the recipient of the Leonard Bernstein Award. Vinnitskaya's first recording, a critically acclaimed CD of solo works by Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Medtner, and Gubaidulina was issued by Naïve in 2009. That same year she joined the faculty at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg. Her second CD was issued in 2010, a disc of the Prokofiev Second and Ravel G major concertos.

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