Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes, Op.3 Nos. 2, 23 & 32 (2011) [Hi-Res]

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Title: Rachmaninov: 24 Preludes, Op.3 Nos. 2, 23 & 32
Year Of Release: 1976
Label: Decca Classics
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (tracks) 24/192
Total Time: 01:20:26
Total Size: 2.55 GB
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Tracklist:

01 5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3-2. Prelude in C-Sharp Minor
02 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Largo)
03 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Maestoso)
04 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 3 in D Minor (Tempo di minuetto)
05 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 4 in D Major (Andante cantabile)
06 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia)
07 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 6 in E-Flat Major (Andante)
08 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro)
09 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 8 in A-Flat Major (Allegro vivace)
10 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 9 in E-Flat Minor (Presto)
11 10 Preludes, Op. 23-No. 10 in G-Flat Major (Largo)
12 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 1 in C Major (Allegro vivace)
13 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 2 in B-Flat Minor (Allegretto)
14 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 3 in E Major (Allegro vivace)
15 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 4 in E Minor (Allegro con brio)
16 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 5 in G Major (Moderato)
17 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato)
18 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 7 in F Major (Moderato)
19 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 8 in A Minor (Vivo)
20 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 9 in A Major (Allegro moderato)
21 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 10 in B Minor (Lento)
22 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 11 in B Major (Allegretto)
23 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Allegro)
24 13 Preludes, Op. 32-No. 13 in D-Flat Major (Grave-Allegro-Grave)

“Perhaps what strikes home most of all is the sheer aristocracy of his playing ... everything is beautifully moulded and proportioned, beautifully balanced and blended. The sonority he draws from the instrument is poetry itself, as for instance the liquid stream of Op.23 nos.8 & 9. His effortlessly strong, brilliant technique is of course an enormous asset in bolder challenges like Op.23 no.2 ... at all times his phrasing suggests acute susceptibility, yet sentiment never degenerates into sentimentality and nothing would have pleased Rachmanimnov more than that. The C sharp minor Prelude is so often murdered that it is a revelation to hear it done with such a fine blend of the imperious and the mysterious; it emerges here as a little masterpiece.” (GRAMOPHONE)