Marianna Shirinyan & Dominik Wizjan - Rachmaninoff: Suites for 2 Pianos (2022) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": I. Barcarolle
02. Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": II. Oh Night, Oh Love
03. Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": III. Tears
04. Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos, Op. 5 "Fantaisie-tableaux": IV. Easter
05. Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17: I. Introduction
06. Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17: II. Valse
07. Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17: III. Romance
08. Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos, Op. 17: IV. Tarantelle



Armenian-born pianist Marianna Shirinyan and Polish pianist Dominik Wizjan began their collaboration at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where Shirinyan is a professor. On this Orchid Classics release they play both Suites for Two Pianos by Rachmaninov – works that are relatively rarely heard compared with much of the composer’s output, yet which reveal much about the evolution of his style. The Suite No.1 for two pianos, ‘Fantaisie-Tableaux’, was composed when Rachmaninov was only 20 and is unusual in his output for its programmatic movements, each one inspired by a poem and already exhibiting his characteristic virtuosity and aching expressivity. The Suite No. 2 was written seven years later in the wake of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2; he was at the peak of his powers, resulting in music that is both staggeringly demanding to play and bewitching to hear.

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