Rachmaninoff performs his solo piano works in a spectacular new recording made on a Bosendorfer 290SE Reproducing Piano. This remarkable listening experience brings Rachmaninoff's phenomenal pianistic talent to life in today's world. By using unprecedented new techniques of transfer and reproduction, the mechanical aspects of music roll performances have been eliminated. More astonishingly, these advances reveal the subtleties and fine details of Rachmaninoff's playing with startling clarity, showing us why he was regarded as perhaps the greatest pianist of his time.
realized by
Wayne Stahnke
00:09 1 Henselt: Were I a Bird, Op.2 No.6
01:52 2 Rubinstein: Barcarolle No.5, Op.93 No.7
06:43 3 Gluck-Sgambati: Melodie (from Orfeo ed Euridice)
10:16 4 Tchaikovsky: Troika (The Seasons: November)
14:04 5 Mendelssohn: Spinning Song, Op.67 No.34
15:50 6 Chopin: Waltz in E-flat, Op.18 ("Grande valse brillante")
20:34 7 Tchaikovsky: Waltz, Op.40 No.8
23:42 8 Chopin-Liszt: The Maiden's Wish (from Polish Songs)
27:08 9 Chopin: Waltz, Op.34 No.3 ("Valse brillante")
29:53 10 Schubert-Liszt: Das Wandern
31:30 11 Bach: Sarabande (from Partita No.4,BWV828)
34:24 12 Chopin: Nocturne, Op.15 No.1
39:49 13 Paderewski: Minuet, Op.14 No.1
43:37 14 Beethoven-Rubinstein: Turkish March (from Ruins of Athens)
46:42 15 Schubert: Impromptu, Op.90 No.4
51:16 16 Chopin: Scherzo in В-flat minor, Op.31