Franck, Haydn, Rachmaninov - Piano Works | Evidence Classics EVCD118

Franck, Haydn, Rachmaninov - Piano Works

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Label: Evidence Classics

Cat No: EVCD118

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Instrumental

Release Date: 27th September 2024

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César Franck’s Prelude, Fugue and Variation, originally composed for organ and inspired by pieces by J.S. Bach, benefits from Cavaillé-Coll’s innovations, which allow the organ to develop virtuoso and colourful playing.

Pianist Ivan Yanakov records it here on piano, alongside two other brilliant works: Joseph Haydn’s Sonata no.31, whose graceful ornamentation responds to the serene (and unusual) key of A flat major, and Sergei Rachmaninov’s Variations on a Theme by Corelli.

Rachmaninov’s last work for solo piano, composed in France after a silence of almost 10 years, is based on the folia theme used by Corelli in his Op.5, while paying tribute to the Romantic composers, first and foremost Liszt, with unbridled virtuosity and poignant melancholy.

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