Contents

SERGEI VASILIEVICH RACHMANINOFF (1873 - 1943)

COMPLETE WORKS
CD 1
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1
1. I. Vivace
2. II. Andante
3. III. Allegro vivace
Piano Concerto No.4 in G minor Op.40
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Largo
6. III. Allegro vivace
7. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Op.43
EARL WILD PIANO
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
JASCHA HORENSTEIN

CD 2
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
1. I. Moderato
2. II. Andante sostenuto
3. III. Allegro scherzando
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
4. I. Allegro
5. II. Intermezzo Adagio
6. III. Finale Allegro
EARL WILD PIANO
ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
JASCHA HORENSTEIN

CD 3
Symphony No.1 in D minor Op.13
1. I. Grave Allegro ma non troppo
2. II. Allegro animato
3. III. Larghetto
4. IV. Allegro con fuoco
Symphony No.3 in A minor Op.44
5. I. Lento Allegro moderato
6. II. Adagio ma non troppo
7. III. Allegro
USSR MINISTRY OF CULTURE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GENNADY ROZHDESTVENSKY

CD 4
Symphony No.2 in E minor Op.27
1. I. Largo Allegro moderato
2. II. Scherzo: Allegro molto Meno mosso Allegro molto
3. III. Adagio
4. IV. Allegro vivace
5. Youth Symphony in D minor Grave Allegro moderato
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GENNADY ROZHDESTVENSKY (1-4)
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LEONARD SLATKIN (5)

CD 5
Symphonic Dances Op.45
1. I. Non allegro
2. II. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
3. III. Lento assai Allegro vivace Lento assai Come prima Allegro vivace
The Bells Op.35
4. I. Allegro ma non tanto
5. II. Lento
6. III. Presto
7. IV. Lento lugubre
OLGA LUTSIV-TERNOVSKAYA SOPRANO
LEONID BOMSTEIN TENOR
VYACHESLAV POCHAPSKY BASS
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY CAPPELLA
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VALERY POLYANSKY

CD 6
1. The Rock Op.7
2. Prince Rostislav
3. Scherzo in D minor
4. Caprice bohemien Op.12
5. The Isle of the Dead Op.29
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VALERY POLYANSKY

CD 7
Aleko
Opera in one act
Libretto by V. Nemirovich-Danchenko
on A. Pushkin's poem The Gypsies
1. Introduction
2. Chorus

3. Story of the Old Gipsy

4. Scene and ChoruS
5. Women's Dance
6. Mens Dance
7. Chorus
8. Duettino
9. Scene at the Cradle
10. Aleko's Cavatina
11. Intermezzo
12. Romance of the Young Gipsy
13. Duet and Finale
SAMSON ISOUMOV BASS BARITONE
OLEG KOULKO TENOR
LEONID TISCHENKO BASS
MARINA LAPINA SOPRANO
ALEKO CHOIR
DONETSK PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
ROMAN KOFMAN

CD 8
The Miserly Knight Op.24
Opera in three scenes
Libretto from The Little Tragedy by Alexander Pushkin
1. Prelude
2. Scene 1 In the Tower
3. Scene 2 In the Cellar
4. Scene 3 At the Palace
MIKHAIL GUZHOV BASS
VSEVOLOD GRIVNOV TENOR
ANDREI BATURKIN BARITONE
BORISLAV MOLCHANOV TENOR
VITALY EFANOV BASS
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
VALERY POLYANSKY

CD 9
Monna Vanna
Opera in one act orchestrated by Igor Buketoff
1. Introduction
2. Scene 1
3. Scene 2
4. Scene 3
SHERRILL MILNES BARITONE
SETH MCCOY TENOR
BLYTHE WALKER SOPRANO
NICKOLAS KAROUSATOS BARITONE

JON THORSTEINSSON TENOR

THE ICELANDIC OPERA CHORUS
ICELAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
GOR BUKETOFF

CD 10:
Francesca da Rimini
Opera in two scenes with prologue and epilogue Op.25
1. Prologue
2. Tableau 1
3. Tableau 2 Epilogue
MARIA LAPINA SOPRANO
NIKOLAI VASSILIEV TENOR
VITALI TARASHCHENKO TENOR
NIKOLAI RECHETNIAK BARITONE
VLADIMIR MATORIN BASS
SVESHNIKOV RUSSIAN ACADEMIC CHOIR
BOLSHOI THEATRE ORCHESTRA
ANDREI CHISTIAKOV

CD 11
Vespers Op.37
1. Come let us worship
2. Bless the Lord O my Soul
3. Blessed be the Man
4. O serene Light
5. Now let Thy Servant depart
6. Rejoice O Virgin
7. Glory to God in the Highest
8. Praise the Name of the Lord
9. Blessed art Thou O Lord
10. Having seen the Resurrection of the Lord
11. My Soul magnifies the Lord
12. Glory to God in the Highest
13. Troparia of the Day of Salvation
14. Christ is risen from the grave
15. Thanksgiving to the Mother of God
OLGA BORUSENE SOPRANO
YURI KORINNYK MYKHAYLO TYSHCHENKO TENORS
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIC CHOIR OF UKRAINE DUMKA
YEVHEN SAVCHUK

CD 12
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.31 (beginning)
1. Great Ektenia

2. First Antiphon
3. Second Antiphon
4. Third Antiphon
5. Entrance Hymn
6. Trisagion Hymn
7. Fervent Supplication
8. Cheruvimic Hymn
9. Ektenia of the Prothesis
10. Nicaean Creed
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY CAPPELLA
VALERY POLYANSKY

CD 13
Liturgy of St John Chrysostom Op.31 (conclusion)
1. Anaphora
2. Hymn of Praise
3. Hymn to the Virgin
4. The Lords Prayer
5. The Elevation
6. Communion Hymn
7. Blessing
8. Hymn of Praise
9. Blessed be His Name
10. Glory to the Father
O Mother of God Vigilantly Praying
11. Sacred concerto for four-part unaccompanied choir
12. Chorus of Spirits for four-part unaccompanied choir
13. Panteley the Healer for four-part unaccompanied choir
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONY CAPPELLA
VALERY POLYANSKY

CD 14
Spring (Vesna) Op.20
Cantata for baritone chorus and orchestra
1. legro moderato
Three Russian Songs Op.41
2. Over the stream the swift stream
3. Ah, Vanka, you are dashing
4. My cheeks, so whitE so rosy
Six Choruses Op.15
for womens voices and piano
5. Be Glorious
6. Night
7. The Pine
8. The Waves Began to Slumber
9. Captivity

10. The Angel

11. Scherzo in F major
12. Vocalise Op.34 No.14
JORMA HYNNINEN BARITONE
THE DANISH NATIONAL RADIO SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA & CHOIR
DIMITRI KITAJENKO (1)
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONIC CAPPELLA AND ORCHESTRA
VALERY POLYANSKY (2-4)
TIGRAN ALIKHANOV PIANO
RUSSIAN STATE SYMPHONIC CAPPELLA
VALERY POLYANSKY (5-10)
SAINT LOUIS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
LEONARD SLATKIN (11-12)

CD 15
Complete Songs Vol. 1
1. At the gates of the holy cloister
2. Nothing shall I say to you
3. Again you are bestirred my heart
4. April A festive day in the spring
5. Dusk was falling
6. Song of the disenchanted
7. The flower died
8. Do you remember the evening
9. O no I beg you do not leave Op.4 No.1
10. Morning Op.4 No.2
11. In the silence of the secret night Op.4 No.3
12. Sing not O lovely one Op.4 No.4
13. Oh my field Op.4 No.5
14. It wasnt long ago my friend Op.4 No.6
15. Water lily Op.8 No.1
16. My child your beauty is that of a flower Op.8 No.2
17. Thoughts reflections Op.8 No.3
18. I fell in love to my sorrow Op.8 No.4
19. A dream Op.8 No.5
20. Prayer Op.8 No.6
21. I await you Op.14 No.1
22. Small island Op.14 No.2
23. How fleeting is delight in love Op.14 No.3
24. I was with her Op.14 No.4
25. Summer nights Op.14 No.5
26. You are so loved by all Op.14 No.6
27. Do not believe me friend Op.14 No.7
28. Oh do not grieve Op.14 No.8
29. She is as beautiful as midday Op.14 No.9
30. In my soul Op.14 No.10
31. Spring torrents Op.14 No.11

32. It is time Op.14 No.12

JOAN RODGERS SOPRANO MARIA POPESCU CONTRALTO
ALEXANDRE NAOUMENKO TENOR
SERGEI LEIFERKUS BARITONE HOWARD SHELLEY PIANO

CD 16
Complete Songs Vol. 2
1. Were you hiccoughing Natasha
2. Night
3. Fate Op.21 No.1
4. By a fresh grave Op.21 No.2
5. Twilight Op.21 No.3
6. They replied Op.21 No.4
7. Lilacs Op.21 No.5
8. Fragment from A. Musset Op.21 No.6
9. How peaceful Op.21 No.7
10. On the death of a siskin Op.21 No.8
11. Melody Op.21 No.9
12. Before the icon Op.21 No.10
13. I am not a prophet Op.21 No.11
14. How pained I am Op.21 No.12
15. There are many sounds Op.26 No.1
16. All was taken from me Op.26 No.2
17. We shall rest Op.26 No.3
18. Two farewells Op.26 No.4
19. Let us leave my sweet Op.26 No.5
20. Christ is risen Op.26 No.6
21. To my children Op.26 No.7
22. I beg for mercy Op.26 No.8
23. I am again alone Op.26 No.9
24. At my window Op.26 No.10
25. The fountain Op.26 No.11
26. Night is sorrowful Op.26 No.12
27. Yesterday we met Op.26 No.13
28. The ring Op.26 No.14
29. All passes Op.26 No.15
JOAN RODGERS SOPRANO MARIA POPESCU CONTRALTO
ALEXANDRE NAOUMENKO TENOR
SERGEI LEIFERKUS BARITONE HOWARD SHELLEY PIANO

CD 17:
Complete Songs Vol. 3
1. Letter to K.S. Stanislavsky
2. The muse Op.34 No.1
3. In the soul of each of us Op.34 No.2
4. The storm Op.34 No.3

5. A passing breeze Op.34 No.4

6. Arion Op.35 No.4
7. The raising of Lazarus Op.34 No.6
8. It cannot be Op.34 No.7
9. Music Op.34 No.8
10. You knew him Op.34 No.9
11. I remember this day Op.34 No.10
12. The herald Op.34 No.11
13. What happiness Op.34 No.12
14. Dissonance Op.34 No.13
15. Vocalise Op.34 No.14
16. From the gospel of St John
17. At night in my garden Op.38 No.1
18. To her Op.38 No.2
19. Daises Op.38 No.3
20. The pied piper Op.38 No.3
21. Sleep Op.38 No.5
22. A-oo Op.38 No.6
23. A prayer
24. All glory to God
JOAN RODGERS SOPRANO
MARIA POPESCU CONTRALTO
ALEXANDRE NAOUMENKO TENOR
SERGEI LEIFERKUS BARITONE
HOWARD SHELLEY PIANO

CD 18
Trio elegiaque No.1 in G minor Op. posth.
1. Lento lugubre
Trio elegiaque No.2 in D minor Op.9
2. I. Moderato Allegro moderato
3. II. Quasi variazione
4. III. Allegro risoluto
BORODIN TRIO
LUBA EDLINA PIANO
ROSTISLAV DUBINSKY VIOLIN
YULI TUROVSKY CELLO

CD 19:
Morceaux de salon Op.6
1. Romance
2. Danse hongroise
3. Lied in F minor Andantino
Two Pieces for cello and piano Op.2
4. Prelude in F major Comodo Con moto
5. Danse orientale in A major Andante cantabile

6. Vocalise in E flat minor Op.34 No.14 Lento

Cello Sonata in G minor Op.19
7. I. Lento Allegro moderato
8. II. Allegro scherzando
9. III. Andante
10. IV. Allegro mosso
CRISTIAN PERSINARU VIOLIN
NILS FRANKE PIANO (1-2)
ALEXANDER IVASHKIN CELLO
RUSTEM HAYROUDINOFF PIANO (3-6)
DANIIL SHAFRAN CELLO
YAKOV FLIER PIANO (7-10)

CD 20
Etudes-tableaux Op.33
1. Allegro non troppo in F minor No.1
2. Allegro in C major No.2
3. Moderato in D minor No.5
4. Allegro con fuoco in E flat major No.7
5. Grave in C minor No.3
6. Non allegro in E flat minor No.6
7. Moderato in G minor No.8
8. Grave in C sharp minor No.9
Etudes-tableaux Op.39
9. Allegro agitato in C minor No.1
10. Lento assai in A minor No.2
11. Allegro molto in F sharp minor No.3
12. Allegro assai in B minor No.4
13. Appassionato in E flat minor No.5
14. Allegro in A minor No.6
15. Lento lugubre in C minor No.7
16. Allegro moderato in D minor No.8
17. Allegro moderato Tempo di marcia in D major No.9
NIKOLAI LUGANSKY PIANO

CD 21
Preludes Op.23
1. No.1 in F sharp minor Largo
2. No.2 in B flat major Maestoso
3. No.3 in D minor Tempo di minuetto
4. No.4 in D major Andante cantabile
5. No.5 in G minor Alla marcia
6. No.6 in E flat major Andante
7. No.7 in C minor Allegro
8. No.8 in A flat major Allegro vivace
9. No.9 in E flat minor Presto

10. No.10 in G flat major Largo

Nocturnes (1887/88)
11. No.1 in F sharp minor
12. No.2 in F major
13. No.3 in C minor
14. Song without Words (1887)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42
15. Theme Andante
16. Variation 1 Poco piu mosso 0:47
17. Var. 2 Listesso tempo
18. Var. 3 Tempo di minuetto
19. Var. 4 Andante
20. Var. 5 Allegro
21. Var. 6 Listesso tempo
22. Var. 7 Vivace
23. Var. 8 Adagio misterioso
24. Var. 9 Un poco piu mosso
25. Var. 10 Allegro scherzando
26. Var. 11 Allegro vivace
27. Var. 12 Listesso tempo
28. Var. 13 Agitato
29. Intermezzo A tempo rubato
30. Var. 14 Andante
31. Var. 15 Listesso tempo
32. Var. 16 Allegro vivace
33. Var. 17 Meno mosso
34. Var. 18 Allegro con brio
35. Var. 19 Piu mosso Agitato
36. Var. 20 Piu mosso Coda
SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ PIANO

CD 22
Piano Sonata No.1 in D minor Op.28
Movement 1
1. Allegro moderato
2. Moderato Measure 73
3. Tempo I 117
4. Tempo I 172
5. A tempo
Movement 2
6. Lento
7. Measure 43
8. Measure 102
Movement 3
9. Allegro molto
10. Meno mosso 80
11. Moderato 188

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Piu vivo 240

Tempo I 267
Meno mosso 313
Moderato 409
Preludes Op.32
16. No.1 in C major Allegro vivace
17. No.2 in B flat minor Allegretto
18. No.3 in E major Allegro vivace
19. No.4 in E minor Allegro con brio
20. No.5 in G major Moderato
21. No.6 in F minor Allegro appassionatO
22. No.7 in F major Moderato
23. No.8 in A minor Vivo
24. No.9 in A major Allegro moderato
25. No.10 in B minor Lento
26. No.11 in B major Allegretto
27. No.12 in G sharp minor Allegro
28. No.13 in D flat major Grave
SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ PIANO

CD 23
Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor
Op.36 (revised version 1931)
Movement 1
1. Allegro agitato
2. Meno mosso Measure 38
3. Measure 55
4. Tempo I 98
Movement 2
5. Non allegro Lento
6. Poco piu mosso 36
7. Tempo I 63 attacca
Movement 3
8. Listesso tempo Allegro molto
9. A tempo meno mosso 76
10. Tempo I 106
11. Tempo rubato 184
Morceaux de fantaisie Op.3
12. Elegie Moderato
13. Prelude Lento
14. Melodie Adagio sostenuto
15. Polichinelle Allegro vivace
16. Serenade Sostenuto tempo di valse
Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op.22
17. Theme Largo
18. Variation 1 Moderato
19. Var. 2 Allegro

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Var. 3
Var. 4
Var. 5 Meno mosso
Var. 6 Meno mosso
Var. 7 Allegro
Var. 8
Var. 9
Var. 10 Piu vivo
Var. 11 Lento
Var. 12 Moderato
Var. 13 Largo
Var. 14 Moderato
Var. 15 Allegro scherzando
Var. 16 Lento
Var. 17 Grave
Var. 18 Piu mosso
Var. 19 Allegro vivace
Var. 20 Presto
Var. 21 Andante PiU vivo
Var. 22 Maestoso
SANTIAGO RODRIGUEZ PIANO

CD 24
Moments musicaux Op.16
1. No.1 in B flat minor Andantino
2. No.2 in E flat minor Allegretto
3. No.3 in B minor Andante cantabile
4. No.4 in E minor Presto
5. No.5 in D flat major Adagio sostenuto
6. No.6 in C major Maestoso
Morceaux de salon Op.10
7. No.1 in A minor Nocturne
8. No.2 in A major Valse
9. No.3 in G major Barcarolle
10. No.4 in E minor Melodie
11. No.5 in G major Humoresque
12. No.6 in F minor Romance
13. No.7 in D flat major Mazurka
14. Polka de V.R
ALEXANDER GHINDIN PIANO (1-6)
MICHAEL PONTI PIANO (7-13)
ROBERT GROSLOT PIANO (14)

CD 25
Piano Works Transcriptions
1. Scherzo (from Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Nights Dream)

2. Lullaby (Tchaikovsky)
3. Liebesfreud (Kreisler)
Suite from Partita in E major
for violin solo (J.S. Bach)
4. I. Prelude
5. II. Gavotte
6. III. Gigue
7. Wohin (Schubert)
8. Minuet (from Bizet LArlesienne Suite No.1)
9. Flight of the Bumblebee (Rimsky-Korsakov)
10. Liebesleid (Kreisler)
11. Lilacs (Rachmaninoff)
12. Daisies (Rachmaninoff)
13. Humoresque Op.10 No.5 (Revised version)
14. Melodie Op.3 No.3 (Revised version)
15. Hopak (Mussorgsky)
16. Prelude Op. posth. (1917)
17. Fragments (1917)
GARRICK OHLSSON PIANO

CD 26
From Russia to America
Miscellany 1886-1918
1. Song without Words in D minor Lento (c.1886-87)
Four Pieces (c.1887-91)
2. Romance in F sharp minor Andante
3. Prelude in E flat minor Allegro
4. Melodie in E major Andante
5. Gavotte in D major Liberamente
6. Canon in E minor Andante con moto (c.1889-92)
Suite in D minor (1890-91) from a lost orchestral original
7. Lento Allegro moderato in D minor
8. Lento in B minor
9. mEnuetto in F sharp major
10. Allegro in D major
11. Prelude in F major Comodo Piu mosso Tempo I (20 July1 August 1891)
Four Improvisations on Themes of Arensky
Glazunov Taneyev and Rachmaninoff (c.1896-97)
12. Moderato in E minor
13. Allegretto in C major
14. Allegro scherzando in B flat minor
15. Lento Tempo di valse Tempo di marcia Tempo del commincio largo in F
minor
16. Morceau de fantaisie in G minor (Delmo) Liberamente (11-23 January 1899)
17. Fughetta in F major Moderato (4-16 February 1899)
18. Oriental Sketch in B flat major Non allegro (14-27 November 1917)
19. Piece (Prelude) in D minor: Andante ma non troppo Poco piu mosso Tempo I

(14-27 November 1917)

20. Fragments in A flat major: Andante semplice Piu mosso Come prima (15-28
November 1917)
21. The Star-Spangled Banner in B flat major (15 December 1918)
NILS FRANKE PIANO

CD 27
Works for piano duet I
Fantaisie-tableaux (Suite No.1)
for two pianos Op.5
1. Barcarolle
2. La nuit lamour
3. Les larmes
4. Paques
5. Russian Rhapsody
Six Morceaux for piano duet Op.11
6. Barcarolle
7. Scherzo
8. Russian Theme
9. Valse
10. Romance
11. Slava
Two Pieces for piano six-hands
12. Valse
13. Romance
14. Polka italienne for piano duet
INGRYD THORSON & JULIAN THURBER PIANO DUET
with DAVID GARDINER (12-13)

CD 28
Works for piano duet II
Suite No.2 for two pianos Op.17
1. I. Introduction
2. II. Valse
3. III. Romance
4. IV. Tarantelle
Symphonic Dances for two pianos Op.45
5. I. Non allegro
6. II. Andante con moto tempo di valse
7. III. Lento assai Allegro vivace
8. Romance in G major for piano duet
9. Prelude in C sharp minor for two pianos
INGRYD THORSON & JULIAN THURBER PIANO DUET

CD 29

Historical Recordings
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
1. I. Moderato
2. II. Adagio sostenuto
3. III. Allegro scherzando
Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor Op.30
4. I. Allegro ma non tanto
5. II. Intermezzo
6. III. Finale Alla breve
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF PIANO
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA
LEOPOLD STOKOWSKI (1-3)
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ PIANO
LONDON SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALBERT COATES (4-6)

CD 30:
Historical Recordings
Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor Op.1
1. I. Vivace
2. II. Andante cantabile
3. III. Allegro vivace
Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18
4. I. Moderato
5. II. Adagio sostenuto
6. III. Allegro scherzando
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER PIANO
USSR STATE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
ALEG AGARKOV
MOSCOW YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
KIRILL KONDRASHIN

CD 31
Historical Recordings
1. Prelude in G minor Op.23 No.5
2. Prelude in C major Op.32 No.1
3. Prelude in B flat major Op.32 No.2
4. Prelude in F minor Op.32 No.6
5. Prelude in F major Op.32 No.7
6. Prelude in A major Op.32 No.9
7. Prelude in B minor Op.32 No.10
8. Prelude in G sharp minor Op.32 No.12
9. Daisies Op.38 No.3
10. Vocalise Op.34 No.14
11. Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2
12. Prelude in B flat major Op.23 No.2

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Prelude in G flat major Op.23 No.10

Prelude in B major Op.32 No.11
Prelude in G minor Op.23 No.5
Moment musical in B minor Op.16 No.3
Moment musical in D flat major Op.16 No.5
Etude-tableau in C major Op.33 No.2
Etude-tableau in G minor Op.33 No.8
Etude-tableau in B minor Op.39 No.4
Etude-tableau in E flat minor Op.39 No.5
Etude-tableau in A minor Op.39 No.6
VLADIMIR HOROWITZ PIANO (1)
SVIATOSLAV RICHTER PIANO (2-8)
EMIL GILELS PIANO (9-15)
VLADIMIR SOFRONITZKY PIANO (16-22)