Bach/Rachmaninoff: Prelude from Violin Partita No. 3

Nathan Cheung performs Rachmaninoff's arrangement of JS Bach's Prelude from Violin Partita No. 3.
During his touring years, Rachmaninoff’s preoccupation with concertizing prevented much attention to composition. It is in this period that we find most of Rachmaninoff’s witty paraphrases of other composers’ works, which serve well in showcasing dexterous fingerwork to audiences eager for his virtuosity. Here, Rachmaninoff decorates Bach’s intricate melodic line with the mightiest power the piano has to offer.
More notes.
Notes in the resounding bass. Notes in the skybound treble. Notes near and dear in parallel motion. Notes in contrapuntal conversation or notes that emphasize the point in octaves. Notes that harmonize in all the glory of the late Romantics.
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Recorded by Jacob Warren in Auer Hall on May 15, 2022 at Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington.

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Bravo!!!

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Thank you so much, Dan!