MichaelNanasakov
Rachmaninoff Symphonis No. 2, ピアノ4手版（Wilschau編曲)

ロシアの壮大な大地を思わせるほの暗く男性的な楽想と、ラフマニノフ特有の息の長い叙情的でロマンティックな旋律美、そして壮麗なオーケストレーションを「ピアノ連弾」で。それが無茶なことは誰でもわかることだが、作曲家と出版社の契約には「ピアノ版の楽譜」も含まれることが多かった。おいそれとオーケストラの実演を聴くことが出来なかった時代に、また総譜よりもピアノ譜の方が売れる商品なのだから、それは家庭でも楽しまれた、ということは聞き手（弾き手）のレベルも高かったということだろう。ラフマニノフの交響曲第2番に関しては作曲家自身がピアノ版を残しておらず、この録音はヴラディーミル・ヴィルシャウ（Wladimir Wilschau 1868-1957）が作曲から3年後の1910年に4手連弾版に編曲したものだ。そして交響詩『死の島』も交響曲第2番同様に、カット無し、反復も省略無しの完全全曲版とするために、CD収録時間限度ギリギリに演奏データを調整して録音し、79分59秒に収めた。

  • english description

    The dark and masculine musical ideas reminiscent of the grand Russian land, the long-lasting lyrical and romantic melodic beauty that is characteristic of Rachmaninoff, and the magnificent orchestration are all performed by piano duet. Anyone can see that this is absurd, but the contract between composer and publisher often included a piano version of the score. In an era when it was difficult to listen to live orchestral performances, and piano scores were more popular than full scores, it was enjoyed at home, which means that the level of the listeners (players) was also high. The composer himself did not leave a piano version of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2, and this recording was arranged for four hands by Vladimir Wilschau (1868-1957) in 1910, three years after the composition. And in order to record the symphonic poem "The Isle of the Dead" in the same way as Symphony No. 2, without any cuts or omissions of repeats, the performance data was adjusted to the very limit of the CD recording time, bringing the recording time down to 79 minutes and 59 seconds.

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Rachmaninoff Symphonis No. 2 Op. 27, for piano 4 hands, arr. by V. Wilschau

JNCD-1028 Track List



  1. Largo. Allegro moderato [21mn 51s]
  2. Scherzo (allegro molto) [9mn 25s]
  3. Adagio [15mn 26s]
  4. Allegro vivace [13mn 58s]
  5. Isle of dead, Op. 29, arr. by Taubmann [18mn 58s]