Daniil Trifonov, Sergei Babayan Rachmaninoff for Two
The two piano virtuosos Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan celebrate Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday with a double album of his most beautiful compositions for two pianos, including the Suites Nos. 1 & 2, the Symphonic Dances and Trifonov's transcription of the Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.
Tracklist:
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873–1943)
CD 1
Symphony No. 2 in E minor op. 27: 3. Adagio
Transcr. for 2 pianos by Daniil Trifonov
Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos op. 17
1. Introduction. Alla marcia
2. Valse. Presto
Waltz
3. Romance. Andantino
4. Tarantelle. Presto
CD 2
Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos “Fantaisie (Tableaux)” op. 5
1. Barkarola · Barcarolle. Allegretto
after verses by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
2. I noch, i lyubov · La nuit ... L’amour. Adagio sostenuto The Night, the Love
after verses by Lord Byron
3. Slyozy · Les larmes. Largo di molto
Tears
after verses by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev
4. Svetly prazdnik · Pâques. Allegro maestoso
Easter
after verses by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov
Symphonic Dances op. 45
Version for 2 pianos
1. Non allegro – Lento – Tempo I
2. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse)
3. Lento assai – Allegro vivace – Lento assai – Allegro vivace
SERGEI BABAYAN piano | DANIIL TRIFONOV piano