Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations

Olga Kern - Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations

Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations
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Artist: Olga Kern
Composer: Rachmaninoff
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2004-05-11
Music Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
Soundtracks:
  1. Suite from the Violin Partita in E major: Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue, transcription for piano after J. S. Bach, TN iii/1: Preludio
  2. Suite from the Violin Partita in E major: Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue, transcription for piano after J. S. Bach, TN iii/1: Gavotte
  3. Suite from the Violin Partita in E major: Prelude, Gavotte & Gigue, transcription for piano after J. S. Bach, TN iii/1: Gigue
  4. Transcription of Schubert's 'Wohin?' from 'Die Schöne Müllerin' for piano, TN iii/10
  5. Lilacs, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/5
  6. Transcription of Mendelssohn's 'Scherzo' from 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' for piano, TN iii/7
  7. Daisies, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/3
  8. Transcription of Kreisler's 'Liebesleid' for piano, TN iii/5
  9. Transcription of Kreisler's 'Liebesfreud' for piano, TNiii/5
  10. Transcription of Bizet's 'Minuet' from 'L'Arlesienne-Suite No 1' for piano, TN iii/3
  11. Transcription of Tchaikovsky's 'Lullaby for piano, Op.16/1,' TN iii/14
  12. Transcription of Mussorgsky's 'Hopak' from opera 'Sorochintsy Fair' for piano (also for piano & vioin), TN iii/8
  13. Transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's 'Flight of the Bumblebee' from 'The Tale of the Tsar Saltan' for piano, TN iii/9
  14. Hungarian Rhapsody, for piano No. 2 (the 'original' No. 2) in C sharp minor (I & II), S. 244/2 (LW A132/2)
  15. Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, Op. 42

Music reviews of Rachmaninov: Transcriptions, Corelli Variations

Music Review: An impressive show of both technique and lyricism.
Rating: 5 Stars

Since I saw Olga Kern perform at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, I've always been a fan, but many times a pianist's beautiful music is not portrayed well on recorded media. Not so with Kern - her passion and playfully executed technique are bright and clear on this disc.

Kern plays with natural ease, making many difficult passages seem light and easy under her touch. The Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream is a dazzling testament to this world-class pianist. Despite the piece's incredible difficulties, Kern seems only to notice the beauty of the tones and colors she produces. Throughout the Scherzo, she plays lightly and playfully, not losing the slightest bit of momentum from beginning to end.

My personal favorites on this CD are the Scherzo, the Partita (all three movements), and Lilacs and Dasies. I've never heard anybody play them with such delicacy as Kern manages to produce. All of the transcriptions are done wonderfully.

I don't like some parts of her Hungarian Rhapsody, though she is technically perfect. Her interperetation could be considered too mellow in some places, though overall it is still done well.

The Corelli Variations are simply beautiful. All the other recordings I've heard of them pale in comparison to Kern's rendition of this little-known piece. She drifts through this whole work as if she was born to play it.

An absolute must for any classical collection. I eagerly await further recordings from this marvellous pianist.
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Cliburn Competition medallist Olga Kern plays Rachmaninov as if he wrote this music just for her. She's a virtuoso in the grand tradition, playing with a huge tone and brilliant fingerwork, captured with life-like realism by the engineers. The big work here is the Corelli Variations, a fiendishly difficult set of twenty variations on a Baroque sarabande, La Folia. The composer wrote it to wow his audiences, but it's also serious, full of with dark-toned poetry, serene lyricism, and a huge climax that ends in a poignant coda. Kern plays it with tremendous power and fleet agility. The rest of the disc consists of Rachmaninov's transcriptions of his own and other composers? music, ranging from romanticized Bach to an opulent rewrite of Schubert's Wohin? to his elaborate cadenza for Liszt?s Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2. Kern plays the Liszt with plenty of dash, evoking its gypsy flavor and exploiting its opportunities for virtuosity. Here's one competition winner who seems destined for stardom. -- Dan Davis

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