FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 67:13 | 213 Mb
Classical, Instrumental
“Everything works to illuminate the music,” wrote The Times of Love and Death, Martin James Bartlett’s debut recital on Warner Classics. The young British pianist has now recorded two celebrated rhapsodies for piano and orchestra, both from the ‘art deco’ period of the 20th century: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue and Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. His partners are the London Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Joshua Weilerstein. The album is completed by seven shorter Gershwin and Rachmaninoff pieces for solo piano – as written by the composers themselves or as arranged by the American virtuoso Earl Wild.
Tracklist
1. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Introduction (Allegro vivace) – Variation 1[Precedente] (0:26)
2. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Tema – L’istesso tempo (0:18)
3. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 2 (L’istesso tempo) (0:19)
4. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 3 (L’istesso tempo) (0:26)
5. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 4 (Più vivo) (0:29)
6. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 5 (Tempo precedente) (0:30)
7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 6 (L’istesso tempo) (1:08)
8. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 7 (Meno mosso, a tempo moderato) (1:03)
9. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 8 (Tempo I) (0:35)
10. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 9 (L’istesso tempo) (0:33)
11. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 10 (L’istesso tempo) (0:55)
12. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 11 (Moderato) (1:30)
13. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 12 (Tempo di minuetto) (1:23)
14. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 13 (Allegro) (0:29)
15. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 14 (L’istesso tempo) (0:44)
16. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 15 (Più vivo scherzando) (1:11)
17. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 16 (Allegretto) (1:48)
18. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 17 (Allegretto) (2:10)
19. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 18 (Andante cantabile) (2:56)
20. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 19 (A tempo vivace) (0:33)
21. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 20 (Un poco più vivo) (0:36)
22. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 21 (Un poco più vivo) (0:28)
23. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 22 – Un poco più vivo (alla breve) (1:42)
24. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 23 (L’istesso tempo) (0:57)
25. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation 24 (A tempo un poco meno mosso) (1:20)
26. 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. Wild) (7:02)
27. Where Beauty Dwells, Op. 21 No. 7 (Arr. Wild) (4:20)
28. Polka de W. R. (4:15)
29. Gershwin Songbook: No. 8, The Man I Love (2:50)
30. 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 7, Fascinating Rhythm (1:50)
31. 7 Virtuoso Etudes After Gershwin: No. 4, Embraceable You (3:54)
32. Gershwin Songbook: No. 5, I Got Rhythm (1:33)
33. Rhapsody in Blue, Pt. 1 (1942 Version, Orch. Grofé) (11:37)
34. Rhapsody in Blue, Pt. 2 (1942 Version, Orch. Grofé) (3:04)
35. Rhapsody in Blue, Pt. 3 (1942 Version, Orch. Grofé) (2:52)