Review (PDF) The Piano Works Of Rachmaninoff, Vol 7: Transcriptions (Piano Solos)
Contents: The Brooklet from Die schone Mullerin (Schubert) * Daisies, from Six Songs (Rachmaninoff) * The Bumble Bee, from The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Rimsky-Korsakov) * Hopak, from Sorochintsy Fair(Mussorgsky) * Liebesleid (Kreisler) * Liebesfreud (Kreisler) * Lilacs, from Twelve Songs (Rachmaninoff) * Lullaby, from Six Romances (Tchaikovsky) * Minuet, from L'Arlesienne Suite No. 1 (Bizet) * Scherzo, from A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn) * Suite, from the Partita No. 3 in E Major for Violin (J. S. Bach).
Paperback: 96 pages
Publisher: Alfred Music (July 1, 1989)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 076923450X
ISBN-13: 978-0769234502
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.8 x 1.5 inches
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Worth it for the gorgeous Tchaikovsky Romance alone. These transcriptions are some of Rachmaninoff's best piano works. The Tchaikovsky Lullaby is actually a song. In transcribing it, Rachmaninoff does much more than just add the singing line into the composition-- he transposes it into the lush key of C# major, and he brings out the singing tones in a subtle dance between the right and left hand. This piece is a quintessential example of how to get a transcription right!Included in this volume are major works by Bach, Kreisler, and Rach himself. You also get a CD (more value) to help you discover these complex masterpieces. If you are a pianist and a lover of Russian music, I highly recommend folding the Tchaikovsky transcription into your repertory. The Bach Partita is equally stunning and shows the composer's range of styles.This music is not easy to find, and the volume handily places some of Rach's best transcriptions in one volume. The editing is superb, with background information, fingering, alternate note configurations, as well as the previously-mentioned cd. Get this volume now. Any of these works would delight and surprise an audience. They deserve a much wider hearing.
Just what I was looking for and more. It was the only place I could find Rachmaninoff's transcription of the "Flight of the Bumble Bee." Looking forward to learning the transcriptions of Kreisler in this collection!
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