Rachmaninoff — Piano Works Volume 3

Piano Sonata No. 2
5 Morceaux, Op. 3
6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16

Catalog: CACD 9079-2 • Status: 71% Identified

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Capsule Summary

Four of the five Morceaux have been identified. Dmitri Alexeev plays the Elegie and the Prelude up until the final two chords. Andrei Nikolsky plays the final two chords of the Prelude. The Melodie is played by Oleg Marshev, and the Polichinelle is played by Ian Hobson. The Serenade is unidentified. Five of the Moments musicaux — all except No. 3 — are taken from Alexander Ghindin’s Harmonia Mundi recording. Moment Musical No. 3 is by Ian Hobson. No tempo manipulation was detected on the identified tracks.

Thanks to Norihiko Nagata for discovering the Ghindin source.

Sources

• Alexander Ghindin — Harmonia Mundi 288 122 (Moments musicaux Nos. 1, 2, 4–6)
• Ian Hobson — Arabesque Z6685 (Moment musical No. 3; Polichinelle, Op. 3 No. 4)
• Dmitri Alexeev — Virgin 59289 (Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1; Prelude, Op. 3 No. 2 – except final two chords)
• Andrei Nikolsky — Arte Nova 27795 (Prelude, Op. 3 No. 2 – final two chords only)
• Oleg Marshev — Danacord 525 (Melodie, Op. 3 No. 3)
• Unidentified — Sonata No. 2, Op. 36; Serenade, Op. 3 No. 5

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