Georgijs Osokins - Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations, Song Transcriptions (2019)
BAND/ARTIST: Georgijs Osokins
- Title: Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations, Song Transcriptions
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: Piano Classics
- Genre: Classical, Piano
- Quality: flac lossless
- Total Time: 01:02:15
- Total Size: 171 mb
- WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist
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01. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: I. Tema. Largo
02. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: II. Variation 1. Moderato
03. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: III. Variation 2. Allegro
04. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IV. Variation 3. L'istesso tempo
05. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: V. Variation 4. L'istesso tempo
06. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VI. Variation 5. Meno mosso
07. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VII. Variation 6. Meno mosso
08. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
09. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IX. Variation 8. L'istesso tempo
10. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: X. Variation 9. L'istesso tempo
11. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XI. Variation 10. Più vivo
12. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XII. Variation 11. Lento
13. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
14. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIV. Variation 13. Largo
15. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XV. Variation 14. Moderato
16. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVI. Variation 15. Allegro Scherzando
17. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVII. Variation 16. Lento
18. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
19. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIX. Variation 19. Allegro vivace
20. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XX. Variation 20. Presto
21. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXI. Variarion 21. Andante
22. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXII. Variation 22 Maestoso-Meno mosso-Presto
23. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXIII. Tema
24. 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night
25. 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot
26. Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
27. 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
28. Fragments, Op.posth.
29. 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
30. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
31. 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream
After his participation in the 2015 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Sergei Babayan noted of Georgijs Osokins that ‘he has a very rare gift of a true Chopinist... This young musician is exceptionally talented.’
This talent was on show for all to hear in his debut album of late Chopin for Piano Classics (PCL0109). Now Osokins moves between the contrasting worlds of Chopin and Rachmaninov with the same unruffled authority as his seamless legato.
As his first lengthy composition for piano, Rachmaninov’s set of Chopin Variations Op.22 is a rare bird both in recital and on record, and rarer still in its complete form, as presented here. Osokins also takes the rare option, authorised by the composer, of playing the full theme both at the beginning and end of the Variations, lending to it a shape and coherence missing from several other, more storied versions.
Indeed Osokins places himself in the distinguished tradition of Earl Wild and his forebears stretching back to Liszt, both in terms of his dazzling technical assurance and his repertoire, which encompasses original transcriptions as much as Romantic-era masterpieces. To follow the Variations he plays Wild’s version of ‘In the Silence of the Secret Night’ Op.4 No.3 – a brooding, melancholy nocturne of a song – and a sensual take on ‘How Fair This Spot’ by Arcadi Volodos. Then there is Rachmaninov’s own, early Barcarolle, a rarely heard collection of Fragments (from 1917, the year of his exile to the US) and a version of the famous Vocalise which is the work of many hands, including Ososkins, who rounds off the album in the grand style with his own transcription of the ‘Nunc Dimittis’ from the Vespers.
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01. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: I. Tema. Largo
02. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: II. Variation 1. Moderato
03. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: III. Variation 2. Allegro
04. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IV. Variation 3. L'istesso tempo
05. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: V. Variation 4. L'istesso tempo
06. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VI. Variation 5. Meno mosso
07. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VII. Variation 6. Meno mosso
08. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
09. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: IX. Variation 8. L'istesso tempo
10. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: X. Variation 9. L'istesso tempo
11. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XI. Variation 10. Più vivo
12. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XII. Variation 11. Lento
13. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
14. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIV. Variation 13. Largo
15. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XV. Variation 14. Moderato
16. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVI. Variation 15. Allegro Scherzando
17. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVII. Variation 16. Lento
18. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
19. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XIX. Variation 19. Allegro vivace
20. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XX. Variation 20. Presto
21. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXI. Variarion 21. Andante
22. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXII. Variation 22 Maestoso-Meno mosso-Presto
23. Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22: XXIII. Tema
24. 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night
25. 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot
26. Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
27. 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
28. Fragments, Op.posth.
29. 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
30. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
31. 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream
After his participation in the 2015 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Sergei Babayan noted of Georgijs Osokins that ‘he has a very rare gift of a true Chopinist... This young musician is exceptionally talented.’
This talent was on show for all to hear in his debut album of late Chopin for Piano Classics (PCL0109). Now Osokins moves between the contrasting worlds of Chopin and Rachmaninov with the same unruffled authority as his seamless legato.
As his first lengthy composition for piano, Rachmaninov’s set of Chopin Variations Op.22 is a rare bird both in recital and on record, and rarer still in its complete form, as presented here. Osokins also takes the rare option, authorised by the composer, of playing the full theme both at the beginning and end of the Variations, lending to it a shape and coherence missing from several other, more storied versions.
Indeed Osokins places himself in the distinguished tradition of Earl Wild and his forebears stretching back to Liszt, both in terms of his dazzling technical assurance and his repertoire, which encompasses original transcriptions as much as Romantic-era masterpieces. To follow the Variations he plays Wild’s version of ‘In the Silence of the Secret Night’ Op.4 No.3 – a brooding, melancholy nocturne of a song – and a sensual take on ‘How Fair This Spot’ by Arcadi Volodos. Then there is Rachmaninov’s own, early Barcarolle, a rarely heard collection of Fragments (from 1917, the year of his exile to the US) and a version of the famous Vocalise which is the work of many hands, including Ososkins, who rounds off the album in the grand style with his own transcription of the ‘Nunc Dimittis’ from the Vespers.
Year 2019 | Classical | FLAC / APE
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