Corelli Variations. Transcriptions after Schubert, Mussorgsky, Mendelssohn, Bizet, etc.
Olga Kern
1h12
Digital
HMU907336
Apple Music
Olga Kern comes from a long line of distinguished Russian musicians—her great-grandmother was a soprano who sang with Rachmaninov. Named Gold Medalist at the 11th Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in 2001, she is heard here in a dazzling program of Rachmaninov piano transcriptions, his Corelli Variations, and the Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (with Rachmaninov’s cadenza transcribed from his own recordings) — performances by turns soulful and breathtaking. "All the virtuosity and panache you could want" - The Dallas Morning News
SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] Suite from the Partita in E major for violin · Preludio (3'23) · Gavotte (2'51) · Gigue (1'39) FRANZ SCHUBERT [1797-1828] · Wohin? (2'21) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] · Lilacs Op.21, No.5 (2'44) FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY [1809-1847] · Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream (4'20) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] · Daisies Op.38, No.3 (2'37) FRITZ KREISLER · Liebesleid (4'05) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] FRITZ KREISLER · Liebesfreud (6'52) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] GEORGES BIZET [1838-1875] · Minuet from L'Arlésienne (3'08) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] PIOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY [1840-1893] · Lullaby Op.16, No.1 (4'18) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] MODEST MUSSORGSKY [1839-1881] · Hopak from Sorochinskaya yarmarka (1'40) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] NIKOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV [1844-1908] · Flight of the Bumblebee (1'08) FRANZ LISZT [1811-1886] · Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 (cadenza by Rachmaninov) (11'48) SERGEI RACHMANINOV [1873-1943] · Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42 (18'53)
