Boris Giltburg - Sergey Rachmaninov: 24 Pr�ludes

Boris Giltburg�s Rachmaninov recordings for Naxos have received numerous praises and awards. Recently he won Best Soloist Recording (20th/21st century) at the inaugural Opus Klassik Awards for his recording of Rachmaninov�s Second Piano Concerto coupled with the �tudes-tableaux, Op. 33 (8.573629). In May 2018 Naxos released his recording of the Third Piano Concerto and Corelli Variations has already garnered spectacular reviews including a Gramophone Choice award. His recording of the �tudes-tableaux, Op. 39 and Moments musicaux was a Gramophone �Recording of the Month� (June 2016). In January 2019 Naxos released Boris� recording of Liszt�s Transcendental Etudes (8.573981), which was praised by The Sunday Times (London) as �a Liszt disc of the most compelling brilliance.� Written over a period of 18 years, Rachmaninov�s sets of Pr�ludes are a mirror and a record of his compositional development. With so rich a variety of character, colour, texture and mood, no two pr�ludes are fully alike. Whether evoking ballad or bell toll, the exotic or folk influences, the Pr�ludes stand in the great tradition of works by Bach and Chopin written in all 24 major and minor keys.