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An illuminating juxtaposition of keyboard giants bookending the Romantic age, by a pianist with a growing international reputation.
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Composers: Frédéric Chopin & Sergei Rachmaninoff
Artist: Georgijs Osokins (piano)
The Latvian pianist Georgijs Osokins made these recordings for Piano Classics between 2016 and 2018, and they attracted an enthusiastic critical response on their first issue. In Gramophone, Jeremy Nicholas welcomed a âpowerful and cleanly articulated readingâ of Rachmaninoffâs Variations on a Theme of Chopin, while the paired transcriptions âprovide further evidence of Osokinsâs stylistic identification with Rachmaninoffâs idiom.â
The Chopin album was made shortly after Osokins placed himself among the medal winners at the 2015 Chopin competition in Warsaw, where he divided opinion with interpretations which many found radical. Yet the coherence of his thinking is powerfully evident from the sequence which charts the âlateâ thinking and keyboard writing of Chopin, as it ventures into poetic territories hitherto unexplored even by him, from the Third Piano Sonata through to the visionary Polonaise-Fantaisie. These are works that will perennially challenge and reward the most adventurous minds and musicians in any generation, and with this album Osokins placed himself among their number.
In the following decade, Osokins has gone on to win first prize at the 2018 Manhattan International Music Competition in New York, and make an acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival, as well as several other recordings. He has also become the youngest-ever recipient of the Latvian Grand Music Award, the highest honour in the Latvian music industry. Such awards are recognition of the artistry which illuminates this album: a piercing musicianship which places itself at the service of the composer.
Tracklist:
Frédéric Chopin:
0:00:00 Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58:
0:04:30 I. Allegro maestoso
0:14:05 II. Scherzo, molto vivace
0:16:51 III. Largo
0:26:36 IV. Finale, presto non tanto
0:31:56 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor
0:35:50 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
0:38:31 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
0:42:06 Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
0:51:56 Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
1:06:29 Souvenir de Paganini in A Major, Op. Posth.
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22:
1:10:07 I. Theme. Largo
1:11:32 II. Variation 1. Moderato
1:12:12 III. Variation 2. Allegro
1:12:28 IV. Variation 3. Lâistesso tempo
1:12:43 V. Variation 4. Lâistesso tempo
1:13:29 VI. Variation 5. Meno mosso
1:13:56 VII. Variation 6. Meno mosso
1:15:19 VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
1:15:36 IX. Variation 8. Lâistesso tempo
1:15:53 X. Variation 9. Lâistesso tempo
1:16:19 XI. Variation 10. PiĂč vivo
1:16:53 XII. Variation 11. Lento
1:18:04 XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
1:21:14 XIV. Variation 13. Largo
1:22:55 XV. Variation 14. Moderato
1:24:45 XVI. Variation 15. Allegro scherzando
1:26:14 XVII. Variation 16. Lento
1:27:31 XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
1:29:07 XIX. Variarion 19. Allegro vivace
1:30:28 XX. Variation 20. Presto
1:31:37 XXI. Variation 21. Andante
1:34:10 XXII. Variation 22. Maestoso-Meno mosso-Presto
1:39:45 XXIII. Largo theme
1:41:33 6 Romances, Op. 4: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night
1:44:42 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot
1:47:16 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. MĂ©lodie
1:51:34 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
1:55:51 Fragments, Op. posth.
1:58:04 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
2:04:23 All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
2:08:49 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream
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An illuminating juxtaposition of keyboard giants bookending the Romantic age, by a pianist with a growing international reputation.
đ đ” Purchase, stream or download (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Presto): pianoclassics.lnk.to/ChopinRachmaninoffID
đŹđź These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, TV shows, games, advertising, and more. For licensing inquiries: info@brilliantclassicslicensing.com
Composers: Frédéric Chopin & Sergei Rachmaninoff
Artist: Georgijs Osokins (piano)
The Latvian pianist Georgijs Osokins made these recordings for Piano Classics between 2016 and 2018, and they attracted an enthusiastic critical response on their first issue. In Gramophone, Jeremy Nicholas welcomed a âpowerful and cleanly articulated readingâ of Rachmaninoffâs Variations on a Theme of Chopin, while the paired transcriptions âprovide further evidence of Osokinsâs stylistic identification with Rachmaninoffâs idiom.â
The Chopin album was made shortly after Osokins placed himself among the medal winners at the 2015 Chopin competition in Warsaw, where he divided opinion with interpretations which many found radical. Yet the coherence of his thinking is powerfully evident from the sequence which charts the âlateâ thinking and keyboard writing of Chopin, as it ventures into poetic territories hitherto unexplored even by him, from the Third Piano Sonata through to the visionary Polonaise-Fantaisie. These are works that will perennially challenge and reward the most adventurous minds and musicians in any generation, and with this album Osokins placed himself among their number.
In the following decade, Osokins has gone on to win first prize at the 2018 Manhattan International Music Competition in New York, and make an acclaimed debut at the Salzburg Festival, as well as several other recordings. He has also become the youngest-ever recipient of the Latvian Grand Music Award, the highest honour in the Latvian music industry. Such awards are recognition of the artistry which illuminates this album: a piercing musicianship which places itself at the service of the composer.
Tracklist:
Frédéric Chopin:
0:00:00 Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57
Piano Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, Op. 58:
0:04:30 I. Allegro maestoso
0:14:05 II. Scherzo, molto vivace
0:16:51 III. Largo
0:26:36 IV. Finale, presto non tanto
0:31:56 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 1 in A Minor
0:35:50 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 2 in A-Flat Major
0:38:31 Mazurkas, Op. 59: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor
0:42:06 Barcarolle in F-Sharp Major, Op. 60
0:51:56 Polonaise-fantaisie in A-Flat Major, Op. 61
1:06:29 Souvenir de Paganini in A Major, Op. Posth.
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Variations on a Theme of Chopin in C Minor, Op. 22:
1:10:07 I. Theme. Largo
1:11:32 II. Variation 1. Moderato
1:12:12 III. Variation 2. Allegro
1:12:28 IV. Variation 3. Lâistesso tempo
1:12:43 V. Variation 4. Lâistesso tempo
1:13:29 VI. Variation 5. Meno mosso
1:13:56 VII. Variation 6. Meno mosso
1:15:19 VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
1:15:36 IX. Variation 8. Lâistesso tempo
1:15:53 X. Variation 9. Lâistesso tempo
1:16:19 XI. Variation 10. PiĂč vivo
1:16:53 XII. Variation 11. Lento
1:18:04 XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
1:21:14 XIV. Variation 13. Largo
1:22:55 XV. Variation 14. Moderato
1:24:45 XVI. Variation 15. Allegro scherzando
1:26:14 XVII. Variation 16. Lento
1:27:31 XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
1:29:07 XIX. Variarion 19. Allegro vivace
1:30:28 XX. Variation 20. Presto
1:31:37 XXI. Variation 21. Andante
1:34:10 XXII. Variation 22. Maestoso-Meno mosso-Presto
1:39:45 XXIII. Largo theme
1:41:33 6 Romances, Op. 4: III. In the Silence of the Secret Night
1:44:42 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair this Spot
1:47:16 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: III. MĂ©lodie
1:51:34 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
1:55:51 Fragments, Op. posth.
1:58:04 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
2:04:23 All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
2:08:49 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream
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