Zlata Chochieva Rachmaninoff recital Berlin Piano Festival 13 May 2023

Zlata Chochieva (piano)

Berliner Klavierfestival 2023 / Berlin Piano Festival 2023

Berlin 13 May 2023

A recital marking the 150th of Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)

[0:01] Prelude Op.23 No.1 in F sharp minor (Largo)
[4:29] Prelude Op.23 No.3 in D minor (Tempo di minuetto)
[7:39] Prelude Op.23 No.4 in D major (Andante cantabile)
[12:28] Prelude Op.23 No.7 in C minor (Allegro)
[14:59] Prelude Op.23 No.10 in G flat major (Largo)

[19:08] Prelude Op.32 No.12 in G sharp minor (Allegro)
[21:50] Prelude Op.32 No.5 in G major (Moderato)
[25:18] Prelude Op.32 No.6 in F minor (Allegro appassionato)
[26:31] Prelude Op.32 No.8 in A minor (Vivo)

[28:36] Etude-tableau Op.33 No.2 in C major (Allegro)
[30:55] Etude-tableau Op.33 No.3 in C minor (Grave)
[36:51] Etude-tableau Op.33 No.4 in D minor (Moderato)
[39:47] Etude-tableau Op.33 No.5 in E flat minor (Non Allegro - Presto)
[41:42] Etude-tableau Op.33 No.6 in E flat major (Allegro con fuoco)

[44:11] Daisies (No.3 from Six Songs Op.38, transcribed for solo piano by the composer)
[46:45] Lilacs (No.5 from Twelve Songs Op.21, transcribed for solo piano by the composer)

[49:26] Tchaikovsky - Lullaby Op.16 No.1 (transcribed for solo piano by Rachmaninoff)

Variations on a Theme of Corelli Op.42:
[53:24] Theme. Andante
[54:34] Variation 1. Poco piu mosso
[55:15] Variation 2. L'istesso tempo
[55:49] Variation 3. Tempo di Minuetto
[56:30] Variation 4. Andante
[57:11] Variation 5. Allegro (ma non tanto)
[57:29] Variation 6. L'istesso tempo
[57:46] Variation 7. Vivace
[58:11] Variation 8. Adagio misterioso
[58:58] Variation 9. Un poco piu mosso
[1:00:03] Variation 10. Allegro scherzando
[1:00:36] Variation 11. Allegro vivace
[1:00:55] Variation 12. L'istesso tempo
[1:01:28] Variation 13. Agitato
[1:02:01] Intermezzo
[1:03:21] Variation 14. Andante (come prima)
[1:04:20] Variation 15. L'istesso tempo
[1:05:46] Variation 16. Allegro vivace
[1:06:16] Variation 17. Meno mosso
[1:07:11] Variation 18. Allegro con brio
[1:07:36] Variation 19. Piu mosso. Agitato
[1:08:02] Variation 20. Piu mosso
[1:08:59] Coda. Andante

[1:11:24] Bizet - Minuet from L’arlésienne Suite No.1 (transcribed for solo piano by Rachmaninoff)

[1:14:16] Mendelssohn - Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Op.61 (transcribed for solo piano by Rachmaninoff)

[1:18:15] Mussorgsky - Hopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi (transcribed for solo piano by Rachmaninoff)

encores -

[1:20:17] Etude-tableau Op.39 No.6 in A minor (Allegro)

[1:23:21] Prelude Op.32 No.10 in B minor (Lento)

photograph: Ruey Loon