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Variations on a Nursery Song, Op.25
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ArtNr. GHCD 2420
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GBP 4.60
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Release Date: |
15.04.2015 |
Recent issues of recordings by Sir Malcolm Sargent (1895-1967) on the Guild label have been greeted with considerable critical acclaim - in particular an all-Rachmaninoff CD (GHCD 2423) which featured the Second Concerto played by Cyril Smith - here, on this new CD, is surely the greatest performance of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini next to the composer's own. And it is coupled with an equally dazzling account of Dohnanyi's evergreen Variations on a Nursery Song - in both work, Smith showing himself to have been one of the greatest British pianists ever. The disc is completed with a wonderful performance of Dvorak's Symphonic Variations, also with Sargent and the Philharmonia - in excellent stereo.
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Composer |
Artist |
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01 |
Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 |
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) |
Cyril Smith (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) |
21:38 |
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Variations on a Nursery Song, Op.25 |
Ernö Dohnányi (1877-1960) |
Cyril Smith (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) |
23:41 |
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Symphonic Variations, Op.78 |
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) |
Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent (conductor) |
22:22 |
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