Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

Daniil Trifonov ‪@daniiltrifonov‬ National Symphony Orchestra ‪@OfficialTKC‬ / Gianandrea Noseda - Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1934) The Kennedy Center’s Concert Hall, Washington, D.C., USA / Sep. 24, 2022 NSO's Season Opening Gala Concert Broadcast on WETA Classical with Bill Bukowski and Nicole Lacroix on Sep. 28, 2022 00:00 Introduction: Allegro vivace 00:07 Variation 1: (Precedente) 00:26 Theme: L'istesso tempo 00:45 Variation 2: L'istesso tempo 01:05 Variation 3: L'istesso tempo 01:31 Variation 4: Più vivo 02:01 Variation 5: Tempo precedente 02:31 Variation 6: L'istesso tempo 03:40 Variation 7: Meno mosso, a tempo moderato 04:46 Variation 8: Tempo I 05:21 Variation 9: L'istesso tempo 05:55 Variation 10: L'istesso tempo 06:49 Variation 11: Moderato 07:38 Double chromatic scale 08:28 Variation 12: Tempo di minuetto (D minor) 09:58 Variation 13: Allegro (D minor) 10:29 Variation 14: L'istesso tempo (F major) 11:15 Variation 15: Più vivo scherzando (F major) 12:23 Variation 16: Allegretto (B♭ minor) 14:08 Variation 17: (Allegretto) (B♭ minor) 16:18 Variation 18: Andante cantabile (D♭ major) 19:29 Variation 19: L'istesso tempo (19:24 A tempo vivace) 19:58 Variation 20: Un poco più vivo 20:36 Variation 21: Un poco più vivo 21:04 Variation 22: Marziale. Un poco più vivo (Alla breve) 21:35 Chromatic treatment of the ‘Dies irae’ 21:50 Cantabile passage 22:08 Textural blossoming 22:35 a capriccio 22:54 Variation 23: L'istesso tempo 23:52 Variation 24: A tempo un poco meno mosso (A minor → A major) 24:44 Dies Irae 25:08 Applause 26:49 Maestro Noseda Talks about Daniil WETA Classical's blog article by Nicole Lacroix: "[...] When Daniil Trifonov played the Rachmaninoff from memory, it was as if his soul and body were directly connected to the music and it just poured out of him—the easiest thing in the world. His performance—although that’s not the right word: it was more a heart-to-heart sharing of what was in his deepest being—was by turns exciting, uber romantic and devilishly difficult. It felt like he was channeling Paganini, that legendary virtuoso who made the ladies swoon. Afterwards, my seat neighbor and I jumped to our feet and turned to each other in excitement. “Stunning,” we both exclaimed. [...]" https://weta.org/fm/classical-score/w... Michael Andor Brodeur's review: "[...] Trifonov at the piano to deliver a "Rhapsody" brimming with color, complexity and, as befits its two-dozen variations on Paganini's theme, multiple personalities. It was a pleasure to see and hear Trifonov is his element. I last heard him was here in the Concert Hall, but under the vastly different circumstances of May 2021. [..] He's that rare virtuoso whose skills seem to swirl around a sound sense of humor - drifting through its dizzying cadenzas with the ease of a daydream, banging out its "Dies Irae" intrusions with the corrective bark of a headmaster. Trifonov and the orchestra were also keenly locked, navigating stormy syncopation, militaristic buildups and outbursts of heated dialogue with grace and ferocity. [...]" https://www.washingtonpost.com/music/...