Boris Giltburg - Rachmaninov (Rachmaninoff): 24 Préludes (2019)

Boris Giltburg’s Rachmaninov recordings for Naxos have received numerous praises and awards. Recently he won Best Soloist Recording (20th/21st century) at the inaugural Opus Klassik Awards for his recording of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto coupled with the Études-tableaux, Op. 33 (8.573629). In May 2018 Naxos released his recording of the Third Piano Concerto and Corelli Variations has already garnered spectacular reviews including a Gramophone Choice award. His recording of the Études-tableaux, Op. 39 and Moments musicaux was a Gramophone ‘Recording of the Month’ (June 2016). In January 2019 Naxos released Boris’ recording of Liszt’s Transcendental Etudes (8.573981), which was praised by The Sunday Times (London) as ‘a Liszt disc of the most compelling brilliance.’ Written over a period of 18 years, Rachmaninov’s sets of Préludes are a mirror and a record of his compositional development. With so rich a variety of character, colour, texture and mood, no two préludes are fully alike. Whether evoking ballad or bell toll, the exotic or folk influences, the Préludes stand in the great tradition of works by Bach and Chopin written in all 24 major and minor keys.

Tracklist:
1 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2 in C-Sharp Minor. Prélude

10 Préludes, Op. 23
2 No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor. Largo
3 No. 2 in B-Flat Major. Maestoso
4 No. 3 in D Minor. Tempo di minuetto
5 No. 4 in D Major. Andante cantabile
6 No. 5 in G Minor. Alla marcia
7 No. 6 in E-Flat Major. Andante
8 No. 7 in C Minor. Allegro
9 No. 8 in A-Flat Major. Allegro vivace
10 No. 9 in E-Flat Minor. Presto
11 No. 10 in G-Flat Major. Largo

13 Préludes, Op. 32
12 No. 1 in C Major. Allegro vivace
13 No. 2 in B-Flat Minor. Allegretto
14 No. 3 in E Major. Allegro vivace
15 No. 4 in E Minor. Allegro con brio
16 No. 5 in G Major. Moderato
17 No. 6 in F Minor. Allegro appassionato
18 No. 7 in F Major. Moderato
19 No. 8 in A Minor. Vivo
20 No. 9 in A Major. Allegro moderato
21 No. 10 in B Minor. Lento
22 No. 11 in B Major. Allegretto
23 No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro
24 No. 13 in D-Flat Major. Grave