![]() The narrative opens with something of a coup, a congratulatory telegram from Soviet Russia which arrived just after Rachmaninoff's death. The result is very revealing and gives you a real sense of the man himself. Parham has structured the programme with the older Rachmaninoff reminiscing about the past, doing so in chronological order so that we move from his severe training with his teacher Nikolai Zverov, through his engagement with some of the great Russian names such as Chekov and Tolstoy, intermingled with thoughts about life and music. That Rachmaninoff wrote so little music after he left Russia causes few problems because the style of his earlier pieces is so melancholy and full of longing. ![]() ![]() Instead, Parham focuses on the man and his longing for Russia whilst in exile folloing the Russian revolution. ![]() Lucy Parham's previous composer portraits have all looked at composers' love lives, but Rachmaninoff's was relatively uneventful, he was happily married throughout his life. Whilst Goodman gives us a narrative based on Rachmaninff's own words, looking back over the composer's life and interleaving life, art and music. 4 in E minor, No.5 in D flat, No 6 in C Op.16, plus music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Scriabin, and Rachmaninoff's own arrangements of The Star Spangled Banner and Kreisler's Liebesleid. 33 No.2, Moments Musical No.3 in B minor, No. 5, Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2, Prelude in E flat Op.23 No.6, Etude Tableau in E flat Op. Parham plays a selection of Rachmaninoff's piano music, Elegie Op.3 No.1, Polchinelle Op.3 No.4, Prelude in G Op.32 No. Lucy Parham's latest composer portrait looks at Rachmaninoff, his exile, longing for home and his musicĮlegie: Rachmaninoff, a heart in exile is the latest of Lucy Parham's composer portraits, here recorded with actor Henry Goodman for the Deux-Elles label. ![]() Reviewed by Robert Hugill on Star rating: 4.0 (★★★★) Elegie: Rachmaninoff, a heart in exile Lucy Parham, Henry Goodman Deux-Elles Records ![]()
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