S. Rachmaninoff - Cello Sonatas - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

This landmark album, originally released as Columbia 33CX 1415, features David Oistrakh in two cornerstone works Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata and Mozart's Violin Sonata in B-flat major, K. 454. Long recognized for it's interpretive depth and technical brilliance, the recording has become a collector's item. Available for the first time on vinyl in stereo, this album benefits from the 2024 remastering from the original tapes made for the Oistrakh / The Warner Classics Edition box. As a bonus, the includes Debussy's Clair de lune, taken from Oistrakh's Encores album.

The cellist Harriet Krijgh and pianist Magda Amara present a program of Rachmaninov pieces that sensitively reflect and capture his genius with this . Along with well known Rachmaninov repertoire, the CD also includes Sonata for cello and piano op.19 which evolved after a lengthy period of depression and compositional despair catalyzed by the critical failure of his Symphony Nr. 1 and requiring therapeutic treatments to end. Some have said that after emerging from this creative black hole, Rachmaninov's humility and compassion produced works that were richer than was the case previously. This makes a convincing argument that this was indeed the case.

S. Rachmaninoff - Symphonies 2 [COMPACT DISCS] date 07/16/2002