Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Music

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Michael Ponti's pioneering survey of Rachmaninoff's complete original music for solo piano and two pianos – available for the first time on CD

Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Music

Michael Ponti

Musical Concepts MC-198
Number of Units: 6 CDs
EAN: 851950001988

Michael Ponti is regarded as one of the great pianists of the late 20th century. For five decades he recorded solo and concerto repertoire ranging the classical to contemporary eras, including dozens of debut recordings of romantic repertoire. Ponti's survey of Rachmaninov's complete original solo and two-piano /Four-hands music for Vox was a landmark undertaking, introducing the composer's rarest works to an international audience.

First CD release of the complete 3-volume Vox Box series

New liner notes on the artist and music

High-resolution 24-bit transfers of material appearing for the first time on CD

CD 1

1 10 Preludes, Op. 23 I. No. 1 in F# Minor (Largo) 03:41

2 10 Preludes, Op. 23 II. No. 2 in Bb (Maestoso) 03:06

3 10 Preludes, Op. 23 III. No. 3 in D Minor (Tempo di minuetto) 03:00

4 10 Preludes, Op. 23 IV. No. 4 in D (Adagio) 04:15

5 10 Preludes, Op. 23 V. No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia) 03:36

6 10 Preludes, Op. 23 VI. No. 6 in Eb (Andante) 03:09

7 10 Preludes, Op. 23 VII. No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro) 02:23

8 10 Preludes, Op. 23 VIII. No. 8 in Ab (Allegro vivace) 03:00

9 10 Preludes, Op. 23 IX. No. 9 in Eb Minor (Presto) 01:34

10 10 Preludes, Op. 23 X. No. 10 in Gb (Largo) 02:42

11 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 15:32

12 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 I. No. 1 in C Minor 02:56

13 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 II. No. 2 in A Minor, "The Sea and the Seagulls" 06:08

14 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 III. No. 3 in F# Minor 02:31

15 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 IV. No. 4 in B Minor 03:14

16 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 V. No. 5 in Eb Minor 04:39

17 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 VI. No. 6 in A Minor, "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" 02:27

18 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 VII. No. 7 in C Minor 05:29

19 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 VIII. No. 8 in D Minor 02:51

20 9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 IX. No. 9 in D 03:12

CD 2

1 13 Preludes, Op. 32 I. No. 1 in C (Allegro vivace) 01:14

2 13 Preludes, Op. 32 II. No. 2 in Bb Minor (Allegretto) 02:41

3 13 Preludes, Op. 32 III. No. 3 in E (Allegro vivace) 02:14

4 13 Preludes, Op. 32 IV. No. 4 in E Minor (Allegro con brio) 04:24

5 13 Preludes, Op. 32 V. No. 5 in G (Moderato) 02:48

6 13 Preludes, Op. 32 VI. No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato) 01:22

7 13 Preludes, Op. 32 VII. No. 7 in F (Moderato) 01:54

8 13 Preludes, Op. 32 VIII. No. 8 in A Minor (Vivo) 01:30

9 13 Preludes, Op. 32 IX. No. 9 in A (Allegro moderato) 02:38

10 13 Preludes, Op. 32 X. No. 10 in B Minor (Lento) 05:22

11 13 Preludes, Op. 32 XI. No. 11 in B (Allegretto) 01:46

12 13 Preludes, Op. 32 XII. No. 12 in G# Minor (Allegro) 02:36

13 13 Preludes, Op. 32 XIII. No. 13 in D (Grave-Allegro) 04:29

14 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 I. Elegie in Eb minor 05:32

15 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 II. Prelude in C# Minor 03:50

16 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 III. Melodie in E Major 04:22

17 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 IV. Polichinelle in F# Minor 03:06

18 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 V. Serenade in Bb Minor 02:48

19 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 I. No. 1 in F Minor 02:06

20 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 II. No. 2 in C 02:05

21 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 III. No. 3 in C Minor 04:44

22 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 IV. No. 4 (originally 5) in D Minor 02:38

23 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 V. No. 5 (originally 6) in Eb Minor 01:41

24 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 VI. No. 6 (originally 7) in Eb, "Scene at the Fair" 01:37

25 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 VII. No. 7 (originally 8) in G Minor 03:18

26 8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 VIII. No. 8 (originally 9) in C# Minor 03:08

CD 3

1 4 Pieces, TN II/12 I. Romance in F# Minor 03:00

2 4 Pieces, TN II/12 II. Prelude in Eb Minor 02:51

3 4 Pieces, TN II/12 III. Allegretto in Eb Minor 04:37

4 4 Pieces, TN II/12 IV. Gavotte in D Major 03:41

5 Prelude in F Major, TN II/15 02:43

6 Morçeau de fantaisie in G Minor 01:33

7 Morçeau de fantaisie in D Minor 01:15

8 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 I. No. 1. Nocturne in A Minor 05:54

9 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 II. No. 2. Waltz in A Major 03:28

10 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 III. No. 3. Barcarolle in G Minor 03:39

11 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 IV. No. 4. Mélodie in E Minor 05:02

12 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 V. No. 5. Humoresque in G Major 03:40

13 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 VI. No. 5. Humoresque in G Major (revised version) 03:28

14 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 VII. No. 6. Romance in F Minor 03:38

15 7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10 VIII. No. 7. Mazurka in Db 05:42

16 3 Nocturnes I. No. 1 in F# Minor 04:36

17 3 Nocturnes II. No. 2 in F Major 03:16

18 3 Nocturnes III. No. 3 in C Minor 04:40

19 4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev I. Moderato 01:12

20 4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev II. Allegretto 00:42

21 4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev III. Allegro scherzando 00:35

22 4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev IV. Largo 01:18

23 Oriental Sketch 01:46

24 Sérénade in Bb Minor, Op. 3 No. 5 (original version) 02:53

25 Polka de W.R. 04:20

CD 4

1 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 I. No. 1. Andantino in Bb Minor 08:18

2 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 II. No. 2. Allegretto in Eb Minor 03:41

3 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 III. No. 2. Allegretto in Eb Minor (revised version) 03:20

4 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 IV. No. 3. Andante cantabile in B Minor 07:25

5 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 V. No. 4. Presto in E Minor 02:55

6 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 VI. No. 5. Adagio sostenuto in Db 03:55

7 6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16 VII. No. 6. Maestoso in C 05:10

8 Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28 I. Allegro moderato 12:31

9 Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28 II. Lento 10:22

10 Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28 III. Allegro molto 13:14

11 2 Pieces I. Fragments 01:53

12 2 Pieces II. Prelude 02:30

13 2 Pieces III. Mélodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 (original version) 04:24

CD 5

1 Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28 I. Allegro agitato 08:39

2 Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28 II. Non allegro 06:31

3 Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28 III. Allegro molto 06:42

4 Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 26:02

5 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 I. No. 1. Barcarolle 04:41

6 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 II. No. 2. Scherzo 02:40

7 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 III. No. 3. Thème Russe 03:40

8 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 IV. No. 4. Valse 03:56

9 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 V. No. 5. Romance 03:09

10 6 Morçeaux, Op. 11 VI. No. 6. Slava 04:50

CD 6

1 Suite No. 2, Op. 17 I. Introduction. Alla marcia in C Major 03:53

2 Suite No. 2, Op. 17 II. Valse. Presto in G Major 06:28

3 Suite No. 2, Op. 17 III. Romance. Andantino in A-flat Major 06:18

4 Suite No. 2, Op. 17 IV. Tarantelle. Presto in c minor 05:57

5 5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op.3 — II. Prélude in c-sharp minor 05:11

6 Suite No. 1, Op. 5 I. Barcarolle. Allegretto in g minor 07:00

7 Suite No. 1, Op. 5 II. La nuit… L'amour…. Adagio sostenuto in D Major 05:30

8 Suite No. 1, Op. 5 III. Les Larmes. Largo di molto in g minor 05:48

9 Suite No. 1, Op. 5 IV. Pâques. Allegro maestoso in g minor 02:05

10 Russian Rhapsody 09:23

11 2 Pieces for Four Hands I. Valse 01:09

12 2 Pieces for Four Hands II. Romance 07:16

13 Romance 01:48

14 Polka italienne 01:56

Michael Ponti

Reissue produced for Musical Concepts by Gene Gaudette

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CD 1
1	10 Preludes, Op. 23	I. No. 1 in F# Minor (Largo)	03:41
2	10 Preludes, Op. 23	II. No. 2 in Bb (Maestoso)	03:06
3	10 Preludes, Op. 23	III. No. 3 in D Minor (Tempo di minuetto)	03:00
4	10 Preludes, Op. 23	IV. No. 4 in D (Adagio)	04:15
5	10 Preludes, Op. 23	V. No. 5 in G Minor (Alla marcia)	03:36
6	10 Preludes, Op. 23	VI. No. 6 in Eb (Andante)	03:09
7	10 Preludes, Op. 23	VII. No. 7 in C Minor (Allegro)	02:23
8	10 Preludes, Op. 23	VIII. No. 8 in Ab (Allegro vivace)	03:00
9	10 Preludes, Op. 23	IX. No. 9 in Eb Minor (Presto)	01:34
10	10 Preludes, Op. 23	X. No. 10 in Gb (Largo)	02:42
11	Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42		15:32
12	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	I. No. 1 in C Minor	02:56
13	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	II. No. 2 in A Minor, "The Sea and the Seagulls"	06:08
14	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	III. No. 3 in F# Minor	02:31
15	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	IV. No. 4 in B Minor	03:14
16	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	V. No. 5 in Eb Minor	04:39
17	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	VI. No. 6 in A Minor, "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"	02:27
18	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	VII. No. 7 in C Minor	05:29
19	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	VIII. No. 8 in D Minor	02:51
20	9 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39	IX. No. 9 in D	03:12
CD 2
1	13 Preludes, Op. 32	I. No. 1 in C (Allegro vivace)	01:14
2	13 Preludes, Op. 32	II. No. 2 in Bb Minor (Allegretto)	02:41
3	13 Preludes, Op. 32	III. No. 3 in E (Allegro vivace)	02:14
4	13 Preludes, Op. 32	IV. No. 4 in E Minor (Allegro con brio)	04:24
5	13 Preludes, Op. 32	V. No. 5 in G (Moderato)	02:48
6	13 Preludes, Op. 32	VI. No. 6 in F Minor (Allegro appassionato)	01:22
7	13 Preludes, Op. 32	VII. No. 7 in F (Moderato)	01:54
8	13 Preludes, Op. 32	VIII. No. 8 in A Minor (Vivo)	01:30
9	13 Preludes, Op. 32	IX. No. 9 in A (Allegro moderato)	02:38
10	13 Preludes, Op. 32	X. No. 10 in B Minor (Lento)	05:22
11	13 Preludes, Op. 32	XI. No. 11 in B (Allegretto)	01:46
12	13 Preludes, Op. 32	XII. No. 12 in G# Minor (Allegro)	02:36
13	13 Preludes, Op. 32	XIII. No. 13 in D (Grave-Allegro)	04:29
14	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	I. Elegie in Eb minor	05:32
15	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	II. Prelude in C# Minor	03:50
16	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	III. Melodie in E Major	04:22
17	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	IV. Polichinelle in F# Minor	03:06
18	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op. 3	V. Serenade in Bb Minor	02:48
19	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	I. No. 1 in F Minor	02:06
20	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	II. No. 2 in C	02:05
21	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	III. No. 3 in C Minor	04:44
22	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	IV. No. 4 (originally 5) in D Minor	02:38
23	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	V. No. 5 (originally 6) in Eb Minor	01:41
24	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	VI. No. 6 (originally 7) in Eb, "Scene at the Fair"	01:37
25	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	VII. No. 7 (originally 8) in G Minor	03:18
26	8 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33	VIII. No. 8 (originally 9) in C# Minor	03:08
CD 3
1	4 Pieces, TN II/12	I. Romance in F# Minor	03:00
2	4 Pieces, TN II/12	II. Prelude in Eb Minor	02:51
3	4 Pieces, TN II/12	III. Allegretto in Eb Minor	04:37
4	4 Pieces, TN II/12	IV. Gavotte in D Major	03:41
5	Prelude in F Major, TN II/15		02:43
6	Morçeau de fantaisie in G Minor		01:33
7	Morçeau de fantaisie in D Minor		01:15
8	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	I. No. 1. Nocturne in A Minor	05:54
9	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	II. No. 2. Waltz in A Major	03:28
10	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	III. No. 3. Barcarolle in G Minor	03:39
11	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	IV. No. 4. Mélodie in E Minor	05:02
12	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	V. No. 5. Humoresque in G Major	03:40
13	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	VI. No. 5. Humoresque in G Major (revised version)	03:28
14	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	VII. No. 6. Romance in F Minor	03:38
15	7 Morçeaux de salon, Op. 10	VIII. No. 7. Mazurka in Db	05:42
16	3 Nocturnes	I. No. 1 in F# Minor	04:36
17	3 Nocturnes	II. No. 2 in F Major	03:16
18	3 Nocturnes	III. No. 3 in C Minor	04:40
19	4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev	I. Moderato	01:12
20	4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev	II. Allegretto	00:42
21	4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev	III. Allegro scherzando	00:35
22	4 Improvisations on Themes of Arensky, Glazunov, Rachmaninoff, and Taneyev	IV. Largo	01:18
23	Oriental Sketch		01:46
24	Sérénade in Bb Minor, Op. 3 No. 5 (original version)		02:53
25	Polka de W.R.		04:20
CD 4
1	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	I. No. 1. Andantino in Bb Minor	08:18
2	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	II. No. 2. Allegretto in Eb Minor	03:41
3	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	III. No. 2. Allegretto in Eb Minor (revised version)	03:20
4	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	IV. No. 3. Andante cantabile in B Minor	07:25
5	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	V. No. 4. Presto in E Minor	02:55
6	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	VI. No. 5. Adagio sostenuto in Db	03:55
7	6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16	VII. No. 6. Maestoso in C	05:10
8	Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28	I. Allegro moderato	12:31
9	Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28	II. Lento	10:22
10	Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28	III. Allegro molto	13:14
11	2 Pieces	I. Fragments	01:53
12	2 Pieces	II. Prelude	02:30
13	2 Pieces	III. Mélodie in E Major, Op. 3 No. 3 (original version)	04:24
CD 5
1	Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28	I. Allegro agitato	08:39
2	Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28	II. Non allegro	06:31
3	Piano Sonata No. 2 in Bb Minor, Op. 28	III. Allegro molto	06:42
4	Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22		26:02
5	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	I. No. 1. Barcarolle	04:41
6	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	II. No. 2. Scherzo	02:40
7	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	III. No. 3. Thème Russe	03:40
8	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	IV. No. 4. Valse	03:56
9	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	V. No. 5. Romance	03:09
10	6 Morçeaux, Op. 11	VI. No. 6. Slava	04:50
CD 6
1	Suite No. 2, Op. 17	I. Introduction. Alla marcia in C Major	03:53
2	Suite No. 2, Op. 17	II. Valse. Presto in G Major	06:28
3	Suite No. 2, Op. 17	III. Romance. Andantino in A-flat Major	06:18
4	Suite No. 2, Op. 17	IV. Tarantelle. Presto in c minor	05:57
5	5 Morçeaux de fantaisie, Op.3 — II. Prélude in c-sharp minor		05:11
6	Suite No. 1, Op. 5	I. Barcarolle. Allegretto in g minor	07:00
7	Suite No. 1, Op. 5	II. La nuit… L'amour…. Adagio sostenuto in D Major	05:30
8	Suite No. 1, Op. 5	III. Les Larmes. Largo di molto in g minor	05:48
9	Suite No. 1, Op. 5	IV. Pâques. Allegro maestoso in g minor	02:05
10	Russian Rhapsody		09:23
11	2 Pieces for Four Hands	I. Valse	01:09
12	2 Pieces for Four Hands	II. Romance	07:16
13	Romance		01:48
14	Polka italienne		01:56