Rafael Orozco Philips Legacy [8CD]

Rafael Orozco - The Philips Legacy

8CD Box Set

‘Fire-eating virtuoso’ is how Stereo Review described the finales of the Rachmaninoff concertos recorded by pianist Rafael Orozco (1946–1996) with Edo de Waart.

Collected here are the complete Philips recordings of one of Spain’s piano aristocracy, winner of the 1966 Leeds Piano Competition. There is passion and poetry in equal measure, and an instinctive feeling for the ebb and flow of a phrase in these recordings of works by Chopin, Schumann, Liszt and Rachmaninoff.

LIMITED EDITION

TRACK LISTING/ARTISTS:

CD 1
CHOPIN Piano Concerto No. 2
Andante spianato et Grande Polonaise brillante
Edo de Waart

CD 2
CHOPIN The Four Scherzos
Nocturne Op. 62 No. 2;* Berceuse
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

CD 3
CHOPIN Piano Sonata No. 2
LISZT Piano Sonata in B minor

CD 4
SCHUMANN Kreisleriana; Fantasie

CD 5
RACHMANINOFF Works for Piano
Preludes Opp. 3/2, 32/10* & 23/5; Melodie Op. 3/3; Polichinelle Op. 3/4*; Liebesleid (after Kreisler); Études-tableaux Opp. 33/3,* 33/6* & 39/5*; Moment musical Op. 16/3*
*FIRST RELEASE ON CD

CD 6
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4
Edo de Waart

CD 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 2
Edo de Waart

CD 8
RACHMANINOFF Piano Concerto No. 3
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini
Edo de Waart