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Special offer. Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances

Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances

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Melnikov's playing represents the finest of Russian pianism, combining masterful virtuosity of the kind that has no need to flaunt itself with musicianship of intelligence and sensibility...Lezhneva's...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20255 out of 5 stars

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Special offer. Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances

Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano)

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Melnikov's playing represents the finest of Russian pianism, combining masterful virtuosity of the kind that has no need to flaunt itself with musicianship of intelligence and sensibility...Lezhneva's...

BBC Music Magazine, October 20255 out of 5 stars

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Alexander Melnikov returns to Rachmaninoff with an exploration of the poetic world of the Variations on a Theme by Chopin. He traveled to Lake Lucerne to record this album on the master's own piano at Villa Senar, Rachmaninoff's last summer home. To accompany this eminently lyrical music, he joins forces with luminous soprano Julia Lezhneva and invites us to discover some of the Russian composer's most beautiful songs from this period of intense creative ferment.

Contents and tracklist

Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22
Work length22:54
Theme. Largo
Track length1:16
Var. I. Moderato
Track length0:29
Var. II. Allegro
Track length0:14
Var. III.
Track length0:16
Var. IV.
Track length0:49
Var. V. Meno mosso
Track length0:21
Var. VI. Meno mosso
Track length0:46
Var. VII. Allegro
Track length0:15
Var. VIII.
Track length0:18
Var. IX.
Track length0:18
Var. X. Più vivo
Track length0:28
Var. XI. Lento
Track length1:03
Var. XII. Moderato
Track length1:33
Var. XIII. Largo
Track length0:55
Var. XIV. Moderato
Track length1:10
Var. XV. Allegro scherzando
Track length1:19
Var. XVI. Lento
Track length0:59
Var. XVII. Grave
Track length1:09
Var. XVIII. Più mosso
Track length0:41
Var. XIX. Allegro vivace
Track length1:15
Var. XX. Presto
Track length1:03
Var. XXI. Andante - Più vivo
Track length2:18
Var. XXII. Maestoso - Meno mosso
Track length3:59
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 3, We shall rest
Work length2:22
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 6, Christ is risen
Work length2:43
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 9, Again I am alone
Work length1:55
Rachmaninoff: At my window, Op. 26 No.10
Work length1:42
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 12, The night is mournful
Work length2:12
Rachmaninoff: 15 Romances, Op. 26: No. 14, The ring
Work length2:35
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 3, Twilight
Work length2:04
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 4, They answered
Work length1:48
Rachmaninoff: Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Work length1:56
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 6, Fragment from A. Musset
Work length2:06
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 7, Here it's so fine
Work length1:54
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 8, On the death of a siskin
Work length2:17
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 9, Melody
Work length3:03
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 10, Before the icon
Work length3:44
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 11, No prophet, I
Work length1:22
Rachmaninoff: 12 Romances, Op. 21: No. 12, Sorrow in springtime
Work length1:48
Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 3, The storm
Work length2:35
Rachmaninoff: A passing breeze, Op.34, No. 4
Work length2:59
Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 5, Arion
Work length3:00
Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 7, It cannot be!
Work length1:53
Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 8, Music
Work length2:12
Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 12, What happiness
Work length2:17

Awards and reviews

  • Gramophone Magazine
    August 2025
    Editor's Choice
  • BBC Music Magazine
    October 2025
    Recording of the Month
  • Gramophone Awards
    2026 Finalist
    Song

October 2025

Melnikov's playing represents the finest of Russian pianism, combining masterful virtuosity of the kind that has no need to flaunt itself with musicianship of intelligence and sensibility...Lezhneva's delivery of every item on her chosen programme is state-of-the-art.
5 out of 5 stars

August 2025

Melnikov is very animated in the Chopin Variations, a propulsive, sometimes restless account...I’ve always associated Lezhneva primarily with Baroque and bel canto repertoire, where her cut-glass soprano sparkles. Her Rachmaninov is quite the revelation.
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