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Piano Sonata, 2, Piano Works: Mejoueva

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To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the composer's birth, Medjieva recorded her long-awaited Rachmaninoff album. The album features the epic "Piano Sonata No. 2" as the main work, coupled with his early masterpiece "Fantastic Pieces (Op. 3)," two exercises "Sound Pictures," and songs "Lilacs" and "Daisies" arranged by the composer himself. The grandiose performance, which combines full poetry and Rachmaninoff's huge sense of scale, is the very essence of Russian pianism. The instrument used is a 1925 vintage Steinway (CD135). From the delicate and spectacular pp to the thunderous ff, the excellent recording fully conveys the charm of the famous instrument.