Liszt, Rachmaninoff: Dies Irae
Dmitry Masleev, Svetlanov Symphony Orchestra- LIZST - Totentanz, S.126
- LIZST - Spanish Rhapsody for Piano and String Orchestra (After Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody, S.254)
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Introduction. Allegro vivace – Variations I – V
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation VI. L'istesso tempo
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variations VII – X
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation XI. Moderato
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variations XII – XV
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variations XVI – XVII
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variation XVIII. Andante cantabile
- RACHMANINOFF - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43, Variations XIX – XXIV
- J. S. BACH - Keyboard Concerto in D Minor, BWV 974, II. Adagio (After Marcello's Oboe Concerto)
With Liszt's ‘Totentanz’, which saw him triumph at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition, and the ‘Spanish Rhapsody’ (adapted for piano and string orchestra by his mentor Petukhov) on one side, and Rachmaninoff's ‘Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini’ - his composer of choice - on the other, Dmitry Masleev offers a highly personal diptych on this new album, with the Dies irae theme running through it. The pianist serves up these formidable pages with racy, sober, elegant playing, virtuosity giving way to sensuality and crystal-clear lyricism.
The album closes with the Adagio from Marcello's Oboe Concerto, arranged for keyboard by Bach, a kind of vision of heaven after hell.