Voice of Rachmaninoff

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The ‘ Vocalise’ fares best, performed with beautiful range and rubato. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2023, 3 out of 5 stars

Release Date: 16th Jun 2023
Catalogue No: ORC100241
Label: Orchid Classics
Length: 67 minutes

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Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de Fantasie, Op.3 No.1: Elégie – Moderato

Work length5:32

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op.21 No.7: How fair this spot

Work length2:16

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

Rachmaninoff: 6 Songs, Op.4 No.4: Oh never sing to me again

Work length4:35

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43 Var. XVIII. Andante Cantabile

Work length3:25

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

Work length38:23

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

I. Lento – Allegro Moderato

Track length13:08

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II. Allegro scherzando

Track length6:38

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III Andante

Track length6:49

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IV. Allegro Mosso

Track length11:48

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Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14

Work length6:39

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I (Excerpt) [Arr. for Piano Trio by Fritz Kreisler & Shelbie Rassler] "Preghiera"

Work length6:51

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John-Henry Crawford, Victor Santiago Asuncion

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"In an album celebrating the 150th anniversary of Rachmaninoff’s birth, cellist John-Henry Crawford and pianist Victor Santiago Asuncion explore the voice-like qualities of the composer’s melodies. The cello’s expressive timbres are often likened to the human voice, making it the perfect vehicle to showcase this aspect of Rachmaninoff’s output. The release begins with an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Elegie – originally for solo piano – that expands the work’s texture to articulate a more clearly defined melodic line. Transcriptions of his romances for voice and Vocalise work perfectly on the cello, an instrument Rachmaninoff held in high regard. Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata, which is at the heart of this release, was dedicated to cellist Anatoliy Brandukov – who was also best man at his wedding. For John-Henry Crawford, the cello might almost represent the ‘best man’ to Rachmaninoff’s primary instrument, the piano, and as such is an ideal medium through which to hear his singing melodies. The Sonata boasts one song-like theme after another, in a vast work with a devilishly difficult piano part on par with that of his piano concerti. There are transcriptions of those larger-scale works, too, including the sublime 18th variation of the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, and the slow movement of the Second Piano Concerto – arranged by Fritz Kreisler, with whom Rachmaninoff regularly performed."

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November 2023

The ‘ Vocalise’ fares best, performed with beautiful range and rubato.

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