Music by Rachmaninov, Szymanowski, Debussy & Chopin played by Carolyn Kotok - piano

CRC710-2

£10.00

Track Listing:

[1] Rachmaninov - Sonata No2 in Bb minor, Op36 (1931) - Allegro agitato
[2] - Non allegro - Lento
[3] - Allegro molto
[4] Szymanowski - 9 preludes Op1 - Andante ma non troppo
[5] - Andante con moto
[6] - Andantino
[7] - Andantino con moto
[8] - Allegro molto: impetuoso
[9] - Lento: mesto
[10] - Moderato
[11] - Andante ma non troppo
[12] - Lento: mesto
[13] Debussy - Images, Book II - Cloches a travers les feuilles
[14] - Et la lune descend sur le temple qui fut
[15] - Poissons d'or
[16] Chopin - Impromptu No1 in Ab Op29
[17] Chopin - Impromptu No3 in Gb Op51
[18] Chopin - Waltz in Ab Op42
[19] Chopin - Mazurka in C# minor Op63 No3

Total playing time 68:21

Reviews

Carolyn Kotok launches into Rachmaninov’s Second Sonata immediately proclaiming her technical confidence and love of Rachmaninov’s language. Passion and brilliance inhabit the outer movements while the central Lento is distinguished by graduations of dynamics and colouration of the melodic line. - Szymanowski’s Opus 1 Préludes are rarely heard as a set, but her championship of this composer shines through every bar. - Simon Weir’s production and Campbell Hughes’ sound engineering have captured the essence of impressionism in Kotok’s vivid interpretations (of Debussy’s Images) - a thoroughly enjoyable disc.
Musical Opinion, Winter 1997