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Georgijs Osokins- Chopin Variations

SKU: 5029365101660
¥154.00
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After his participation in the 2015 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Sergei Babayan noted of Georgijs Osokins that 'he has a very rare gift of a true Chopinist... This young musician is exceptionally talented.' This talent was on show for all to hear in his debut album of late Chopin for Piano Classics. Now Osokins moves between the contrasting worlds of Chopin and Rachmaninov with the same unruffled authority as his seamless legato. As his first lengthy composition for piano, Rachmaninov's set of Chopin Variations Op. 22 is a rare bird both in recital and on record, and rarer still in it's complete form, as presented here. Osokins also takes the rare option, authorized by the composer, of playing the full theme both at the beginning and end of the Variations, lending to it a shape and coherence missing from several other, more storied versions. Indeed Osokins places himself in the distinguished tradition of Earl Wild and his forebears stretching back to Liszt, both in terms of his dazzling technical assurance and his repertoire, which encompasses original transcriptions as much as Romantic-era masterpieces. To follow the Variations he plays Wild's version of 'In the Silence of the Secret Night' Op. 4 No. 3- a brooding, melancholy nocturne of a song- and a sensual take on 'How Fair This Spot' by Arcadi Volodos. Then there is Rachmaninov's own, early Barcarolle, a rarely heard collection of Fragments (from 1917, the year of his exile to the US) and a version of the famous Vocalise which is the work of many hands, including Ososkins, who rounds off the album in the grand style with his own transcription of the 'Nunc Dimittis' from the Vespers.

Tracklist:

  1. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: I. Tema. Largo
  2. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: II. Variation 1. Moderato
  3. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: III. Variation 2. Allegro
  4. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: IV. Variation 3. L'istesso Tempo
  5. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: V. Variation 4. L'istesso Tempo
  6. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VI. Variation 5. Meno Mosso
  7. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VII. Variation 6. Meno Mosso
  8. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
  9. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: IX. Variation 8. L'istesso Tempo
  10. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: X. Variation 9. L'istesso Tempo
  11. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XI. Variation 10. Più Vivo
  12. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XII. Variation 11. Lento
  13. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
  14. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIV. Variation 13. Largo
  15. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XV. Variation 14. Moderato
  16. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVI. Variation 15. Allegro Scherzando
  17. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVII. Variation 16. Lento
  18. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
  19. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIX. Variation 19. Allegro Vivace
  20. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XX. Variation 20. Presto
  21. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXI. Variarion 21. Andante
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXII. Variation 22 Maestoso-Meno Mosso-Presto
  23. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXIII. Tema
  24. 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In The Silence Of The Secret Night
  25. 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair This Spot
  26. Morceaux De Fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
  27. 7 Morceaux De Salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
  28. Fragments, Op.Posth.
  29. 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
  30. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
  31. 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream
Format: New CD/Classical

Georgijs Osokins- Chopin Variations

SKU: 5029365101660
¥154.00

Release Date: 06.07.2019

 
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After his participation in the 2015 Chopin Competition in Warsaw, Sergei Babayan noted of Georgijs Osokins that 'he has a very rare gift of a true Chopinist... This young musician is exceptionally talented.' This talent was on show for all to hear in his debut album of late Chopin for Piano Classics. Now Osokins moves between the contrasting worlds of Chopin and Rachmaninov with the same unruffled authority as his seamless legato. As his first lengthy composition for piano, Rachmaninov's set of Chopin Variations Op. 22 is a rare bird both in recital and on record, and rarer still in it's complete form, as presented here. Osokins also takes the rare option, authorized by the composer, of playing the full theme both at the beginning and end of the Variations, lending to it a shape and coherence missing from several other, more storied versions. Indeed Osokins places himself in the distinguished tradition of Earl Wild and his forebears stretching back to Liszt, both in terms of his dazzling technical assurance and his repertoire, which encompasses original transcriptions as much as Romantic-era masterpieces. To follow the Variations he plays Wild's version of 'In the Silence of the Secret Night' Op. 4 No. 3- a brooding, melancholy nocturne of a song- and a sensual take on 'How Fair This Spot' by Arcadi Volodos. Then there is Rachmaninov's own, early Barcarolle, a rarely heard collection of Fragments (from 1917, the year of his exile to the US) and a version of the famous Vocalise which is the work of many hands, including Ososkins, who rounds off the album in the grand style with his own transcription of the 'Nunc Dimittis' from the Vespers.

Tracklist:

  1. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: I. Tema. Largo
  2. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: II. Variation 1. Moderato
  3. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: III. Variation 2. Allegro
  4. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: IV. Variation 3. L'istesso Tempo
  5. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: V. Variation 4. L'istesso Tempo
  6. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VI. Variation 5. Meno Mosso
  7. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VII. Variation 6. Meno Mosso
  8. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: VIII. Variation 7. Allegro
  9. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: IX. Variation 8. L'istesso Tempo
  10. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: X. Variation 9. L'istesso Tempo
  11. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XI. Variation 10. Più Vivo
  12. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XII. Variation 11. Lento
  13. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIII. Variation 12. Moderato
  14. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIV. Variation 13. Largo
  15. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XV. Variation 14. Moderato
  16. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVI. Variation 15. Allegro Scherzando
  17. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVII. Variation 16. Lento
  18. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XVIII. Variation 17. Grave
  19. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XIX. Variation 19. Allegro Vivace
  20. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XX. Variation 20. Presto
  21. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXI. Variarion 21. Andante
  22. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXII. Variation 22 Maestoso-Meno Mosso-Presto
  23. Variations On A Theme Of Chopin In C Minor, Op. 22: XXIII. Tema
  24. 6 Romances, Op. 3: III. In The Silence Of The Secret Night
  25. 12 Romances, Op. 21: VII. How Fair This Spot
  26. Morceaux De Fantaisie, Op. 3: III. Mélodie
  27. 7 Morceaux De Salon, Op. 10: III. Barcarolle
  28. Fragments, Op.Posth.
  29. 14 Romances, Op. 34: XIV. Vocalize
  30. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: V. Now Lettest Thou Depart
  31. 6 Romances, Op. 38: V. The Dream