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Rachmaninoff

Last Great Russian Romantic?

Rachmaninoff was widely recognised as one of the finest pianists of his day and a renowned composer following on from Tchaikovsky and Rimpsky-Korsakov. Our new recordings include two solo piano pieces, a rhapsody for two pianos and movements from two of his piano concertos. The solo pieces are arranged on our familiar Steel Drums, Gamelan, Marimba combination while for the Rhapsody we have left out the gamelan but included a sustaining synthesizer. For the second Concerto the Piano part is taken by a Vibraphone and Marimba combination and the Orchestra is comprised of our usual combination of New World instruments. For the first and third movements of the Third Concerto the piano part is taken by Steel Drums supported in the third by a sustaining Synthesizer while the Marimba takes on all the string parts in the orchestra. This combination highlights the contrast between the brightness of the piano with the more mellow orchestration and seems to add to the dramatic character of this piece. The Latest Recordings involve a number of new isteel drums, vibraphones and marimbas combines with some of those which we have been using since the outset of this site.

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Etude Op 33 - 6 Prelude Op23 - 5 Rhapsody Complete Second Piano Concerto Third Piano Concerto Mvmnt 1 Mvmnt 3

Latest Recordings

Italian Polka - Steel drums, Vibraphone and Marimba Liebusfreud - Harp, Steel drums & Marimba Morceau de Fantasy Op3 -4 - Steel drums, Vibraphone & Ocarina Oriental Dance Op2-1 - Harp & Steel Drums Polka de WR - Harp ,Steel drums & Marimba Russian Rhapsody for two Pianos - Steel drums, vibraphone and Marimba Barcarolle No1 - Harp and Steel Drums Barcarolle No3 - Steel Drums Bohemian Caprice - Steel Drums, Vibraphone and Marimba Cello Sonata Op19-3 - Vibraphone, Steel Drums, Marimba and Kalimba Cello Sonata Op19-4 - Steel Drums, Vibraphone and Marimba Dasies Op38 No 3 - Vibraphone, Steel Drums and Marimba Tarantella for two Pianos Op 17 - Steel Drums, Vibraphone and Marimba