Piano Concerto No. 2 - MASTERCLONE BLACK

Concerto For Piano and Orchestra No. 2 - MASTERCLONE BLACK

Available formats: MASTERCLONE BLACK CD (including HD file); HD FILE

Sergei Rachmaninov
Concerto For Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
(arr. For Piano and String Quartet by Jeremy Liu)

1 Moderate, 12:27
2 Adagio sostenuto, 11:46
3 Allegro scherzoso, 13:14
Total Time: 37:30

Eliana Grasso, piano
Alessandra Pavoni Belli, violin I
Roberto Testa, violin II
Susanna Tognella, viola
Chiara Torselli, cello

24bit/88.2kHz digital recording and mix made in Milano (Italy) on February, 2022 Analog mix and mastering made in Naquera (Spain) at VLS studio on May, 2025

Production: MARCO LINCETTO for VELUT LUNA
Recording and Mixing: Michele Sartor
Analog Mastering: Marco Lincetto
Design and Layout: The Image

Thanks to Paolo Campanini, “I fiori della musica” and to Spazio Classica (Milan) - Associazione Circolo degli Artisti (Turin)

Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto is one of the most iconic pieces of 20th-century classical music. First performed in Moscow in 1901 with the composer himself at the piano, it has garnered ever-increasing critical and popular success over time, even being frequently featured in the soundtracks of some of the most famous Hollywood films of the 1950s and 1960s (Rhapsody, The Seven Year Itch, etc.). This "use" has allowed this musical masterpiece to become firmly established in the collective imagination as an icon of broad-spectrum Romanticism. It has been recorded by virtually all the world's greatest performers and orchestras, although in my opinion the definitive interpretation is that of the great American pianist Van Cliburn, with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra conducted by Fritz Reiner in 1958. Velut Luna presents this unique chamber version for piano and string quartet, composed by Jeremy Liu, previously unreleased on disc. While the demanding piano part remains exactly the same as the orchestral version, the orchestral part has been adapted to the multiple expressive possibilities of the string quartet formation, offering a vision that is absolutely respectful of the original emotions, yet characterized by different colors and surprising agility and freshness.