My Rachmaninoff Alexander Krichel

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3:
• 1 Rachmaninoff: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2, Prélude in C-Sharp Minor. Lento "The Bells of Moscow" (From: Morceaux De Fantaisie, Op. 3) 04:40
• 10 Préludes, Op. 23:
• 2 Rachmaninoff: 10 Préludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor. Alla Marcia 03:57
• 13 Préludes, Op. 32:
• 3 Rachmaninoff: 13 Préludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor. Allegro 02:47
• Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42:
• 4 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Thema: Andante 00:53
• 5 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 1: Poco Più Mosso 00:38
• 6 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 2: L'istesso Tempo 00:35
• 7 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 3: Tempo Di Minuetto 00:33
• 8 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 4: Andante 00:49
• 9 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 5: Allegro Ma Non Tanto 00:20
• 10 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 6: L'istesso Tempo 00:22
• 11 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 7: Vivace 00:25
• 12 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 8: Adagio Misterioso 00:51
• 13 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 9: Un Poco Più Mosso 01:00
• 14 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 10: Allegro Scherzando 00:39
• 15 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 11: Allegro Vivace 00:23
• 16 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 12: L'istesso Tempo 00:35
• 17 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 13: Agitato 00:32
• 18 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Intermezzo: A Tempo Rubato 01:12
• 19 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 14: Andante Come Prima 00:57
• 20 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 15: L'istesso Tempo 01:19
• 21 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 16: Allegro Vivace 00:31
• 22 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 17: Meno Mosso 01:01
• 23 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 18: Allegro Con Brio 00:35
• 24 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 19: Più Mosso - Agitato 00:31
• 25 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Variation 20: Più Mosso 00:56
• 26 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Coda: Andante 01:24
• Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39:
• 27 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 1 in C Minor. Allegro Agitato 03:10
• 28 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No 2 in A Minor. Lento Assai 05:59
• 29 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 3 in F-Sharp Minor. Allegro Molto 02:56
• 30 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 4 in B Minor. Allegro Assai 03:41
• 31 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 5 in E-Flat Minor. Appassionato 04:55
• 32 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 6 in A Minor. Allegro 02:47
• 33 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 7 in C Minor. Lento 07:28
• 34 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 8 in D Minor. Allegro Moderato 03:52
• 35 Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39: No. 9 in D Major. Allegro Moderato 03:56
• 14 Romances, Op. 34:
• 36 Rachmaninoff: 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Arr. For Piano by Zoltán Kocsis) 05:41
• Total Runtime 01:12:50

Info for My Rachmaninoff

Under the title My Rachmaninoff, Alexander Krichel will release his new album on Berlin Classics on 24 March 2023 and with it a very personal homage to the Russian pianist and composer, whose birthday will be celebrated for the 150th time just a few days later. For his eighth album, Alexander Krichel has selected works that have shaped his strong connection to Sergei Rachmaninoff. From the world-famous Prélude op. 3 No. 2 in C-sharp minor to the virtuoso Corelli Variations and the Études-Tableaux, which are among the most difficult repertoire written for piano, to the concluding Vocalise, Krichel invites listeners to discover Rachmaninoff's biography musically. He wants to inspire his audience with the music of this great composer in the same way that it once captivated him. 2023 is the year of Rachmaninoff anniversaries: on 1 April, the Russian composer, pianist and conductor would have celebrated his 150th birthday, and 28 March marks the 80th anniversary of his death. High time for Alexander Krichel, after the great success of his first Rachmaninoff album in 2015 on Sony Classical, to dedicate himself once again to the composer who has always accompanied and shaped his playing and his career. With two of the greatest Russian pianists of the present day as teachers - Alexander Krichel was Vladimir Krainev's last student in Hanover and studied at the Royal College of Music with Dmitri Alexeev - the exceptional Hamburg-born artist developed a strong connection to the Russian piano school. This is noticeable in his playing - he combines risk-taking keyboard thunder with a highly sensitive feeling for sound.

Alexander Krichel, piano

Alexander Krichel
Born in Hamburg in 1989, Alexander Krichel started to play the piano at the age of six. He became a pre student at Hamburg University of Music and Drama at the age of 15. From 2007 he continued his studies with the legendary Vladimir Krainev at Hanover University of Music and Drama. He is currently studying under the tutelage of Dmitri Alexeev at Royal College of Music in London. Alexander Krichel is a winner of several international and national piano competitions and was awarded the renowned the ECHO Klassik as Newcomer Of The Year in 2013.

In 2011 Alexander Krichel signed an exclusive recording contract with SONY Classical. His first album for Sony, 'Frühlingsnacht', was released in February 2013 to great acclaim from critics and the public alike, and entered the German classical charts straightaway.

His second album for SONY Classical that contains works for piano and orchestra by Mozart, Chopin and Hummel was released in September 2014. It was produced with the Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra under Wojciech Rajski.

The third SONY Classical production will be a Rachmaninov album that is going to be published in 2015.

Alexander has performed in nearly all German major concert venues such as Konzerthaus Berlin, Hamburg Laeiszhalle, Munich Herkulessaal and Prinzregententheater, Cologne Philharmonie and Düsseldorf Tonhalle. Future recital engagements feature débuts in Vienna Konzerthaus (Austria) and Zurich Tonhalle (Switzerland).

The festivals he has appeared at include the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Rheingau Music Festival, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Schwetzinger Festspiele, the Kissinger Sommer and the Ocean Sun Music Festival.

Outside Germany, Alexander Krichel has played in England, France, Italy, Poland, Romania, Luxemburg, Switzerland and farther afield in the USA, Japan and South America.

Last season featured his acclaimed débuts with Bamberg Symphony Orchestra under Jonathan Nott, Bremen Philharmonic Orchestra under Aleksandar Markovich, Chamber Orchestra of Staatskapelle Berlin, Lucerne Festival Strings, Polish Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra and Orquesta Filármonica Nacional de Venezuela.

For the 2012/13 season, Alexander Krichel was admitted to Bayer Kultur's stART programme. The culture department of pharmaceuticals and chemicals company Bayer will be sponsoring him for a period of three years, and Krichel will give numerous concert performances under their aegis. In addition, he receives scholarships from the Oscar & Vera Ritter Foundation and the PE Foundation and is a RCM Scholar supported by a Kenneth and Violet Scott and a Hilda Houssart Award.

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