Rachmaninov: Preludes

Release Date: 6th Jan 2017
Catalogue No: ELQ4826031
Label: Eloquence
Length: 72 minutes

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Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor

Work length3:50

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Largo

Track length3:50

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 2 in B flat major

Work length3:36

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Maestoso

Track length3:36

Excerpt, Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 23 Nos. 1-10

Work length3:40

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

No.3 In D Minor: Tempo di minuetto

Track length3:40

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major

Work length5:01

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Andante

Track length5:01

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 5 in G minor

Work length3:50

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Alla marcia

Track length3:50

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major

Work length2:44

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Andante

Track length2:44

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 7 in C minor

Work length2:31

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Allegro

Track length2:31

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 8 in A flat minor

Work length3:13

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Allegro vivace

Track length3:13

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 9 in E flat minor

Work length1:53

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Presto

Track length1:53

Rachmaninov: Prelude Op. 23 No. 10 in G flat major

Work length3:54

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

Largo

Track length3:54

Rachmaninov: Preludes Op. 32 Nos. 1-13

Work length37:56

Yara Bernette (piano)
Recorded: 1969-04
Recording Venue: Plenarsaal Der Akademie Der Wissenschaften, Munchen

No.1 in C major: Allegro vivace

Track length1:16

No.2 in B flat minor: Allegretto

Track length3:15

No.3 in E major: Allegro vivace

Track length2:29

No.4 in E minor: Allegro con brio

Track length5:03

No.5 in G major: Moderato

Track length2:45

No.6 in F minor: Allegro appassionato

Track length1:24

No.7 in F major: Moderato

Track length2:20

No.8 in A minor: Vivo

Track length1:44

No.9 in A major: Allegro moderato

Track length2:29

No.10 in B minor: Lento

Track length5:18

No.11 In B Major: Allegretto

Track length2:43

No.12 in g sharp minor: Allegro

Track length2:24

No.13 In D Flat Major: Grave - Allegro - Grave

Track length4:46

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Born Bernette Epstein in Boston in 1920 of Russian heritage, Yara Bernette’s family moved to Brazil when she was six months old. Her first piano teacher was José Kliass, like Claudio Arrau a pupil of Martin Krause, who in turn had been a pupil of Liszt. Both Arrau and Arthur Rubinstein were supportive of her and she made her American debut in 1949 at the New York Town Hall. In 1955 she made her European debut in Paris with Heitor Villa-Lobos on the podium. She was also a sought-after teacher and in 1972 joined the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg where she remained for some twenty years. Her North American debut in New York’s Town Hall was unanimously acclaimed: ‘Yara Bernette has the most beautiful piano tone this listener has heard all winter. She is a clear-headed musician, moreover with an intelligent approach to her art. There is temperament in her too, and warmth. Everything is beautiful in detail and sensible in conception’ (Virgil Thompson, New York Herald Tribune).

When this recording – her only one for Deutsche Grammophon – was issued on LP, playing time limitations meant that three of the Preludes had to be excluded from the record – Op. 23 No. 3 and Op. 32 Nos. 11 and 13. Bernette’s suggestion that the recording be spread across two LPs in order to accommodate the additional playing time required was not agreed to by the company. The ‘missing’ preludes are now restored and re-inserted into the original sequence and Yara Bernette’s recording of Rachmaninov’s two opuses is presented complete for the first time.

Rachmaninov: Preludes

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