{"product_id":"769314","title":"Steven Osborne - Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2; Corelli Variations ¿ Medtner: Sonata romantica [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven Osborne has become increasingly admired for his performances and recordings of Russian Romantic piano music, playing with a remarkable level of authority and a rare combination of technical ease, tonal lustre and idiomatic identification. Here he presents an impressive selection from two masters who lived and worked contemporaneously. Both were renowned concert pianists, and both wrote superbly for their instrument. Yet their reputations could not be more divergent. Rachmaninov utterly loved; Medtner only now becoming rehabilitated.\\r\u003cbr\u003eMedtner\\u2019s \\u2018Sonata Romantica\\u2019 was composed in 1930 in Paris, and first performed by the composer in Glasgow the following year. It was the twelfth of his fourteen piano sonatas. Not only its title but also the expressive content of its four movements, played without a break, make it virtually a manifesto for Medtner\\u2019s art. Apart from sonatas, Medtner\\u2019s favourite genre was the Skazka (\\u2018Tale\\u2019). It has been pointed out that the usual English translation of \\u2018Fairy tale\\u2019 does not do justice to the power and depth of many of these pieces, some of which almost approach Chopin\\u2019s Ballades in their expressive scope. The two Skazki of Op 20 recorded here were composed in 1909.\\r\u003cbr\u003eIn a recent performance of Rachmaninov\\u2019s Piano Sonata No 2, a great Romantic showpiece, Osborne was described by the Washington Post as \\u2018a master of momentum and color, a wielder of power and a sure navigator through huge landscapes: his Rachmaninov was both coherent and daringly free\\u2019.\u003cp\u003eAllegro Con Espressione\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCampanella: Pesante, Minaccioso\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRomanza: Andantino Con Moto, Ma Sempre Espressivo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eScherzo: Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeditazione: Andante Con Moto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFinale: Allegro Non Troppo\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVariations On a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Agitato\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNon Allegro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAllegro Molto\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55144805106049,"sku":"769314","price":12.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/619u0JYf9eL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767761505","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/769314","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}