Edward Johnson writes…
When it comes to November in music, one inevitably turns to Tchaikovsky! … I’m suggesting two young pianists who in recent performances each approach the piece in their own different ways. By contrast, we then go back nearly 100 years to hear Rachmaninoff play it on an old RCA Victor 78rpm disc.
Morton Gould supplies his own arrangement, conducting his orchestra from the piano, and we then get Alexander Gauk’s orchestration from Neeme Jarvi.
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Tchaikovsky “November” – ‘Troika’ from ‘The Seasons’
First, two excellent 21-year-olds at the piano …
Alexander Malofeev from Russia in 2019 …
Yunchan Lim from South Korea earlier this year …
A historic recording from 1928 with Sergei Rachmaninoff at the piano …
Morton Gould’s version for piano and orchestra, recorded in 1951 …
Neeme Jarvi conducts the Detroit Symphony in Alexander Gauk’s orchestration …
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This version is already in the Column from this time last year, so you may not want to duplicate …
David Matthews’s orchestration conducted by Carl Davis in 1991 …
Edward
What about Bax??? November Woods.
Hope you are keeping well, Colin.
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