Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings
Autor Prof Max Harrisonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 sep 2006
Imaginea lui Sergei Rachmaninoff la pian, cu degetele sale legendare parcurgând octave imposibile sub luminile reflectoarelor din Londra sau New York, ascunde adesea trauma unei rupturi definitive de patria mamă. Suntem de părere că Max Harrison este biograful ideal pentru a explora această dualitate; experiența sa vastă în documentarea arhivelor sonore, demonstrată anterior în Essential Jazz Records, îi permite să analizeze nu doar partiturile, ci și amprenta vie a geniului lăsată pe benzile de înregistrare. Subliniem că această lucrare nu se limitează la o hagiografie academică, ci începe prin a ancora cititorul în tensiunea destrămării familiei artistului și a rigorii educației moscovite sub îndrumarea lui Zveref.
Ca și Sergei Rachmaninoff de Sergei Bertensson, această biografie transformă documentele de arhivă și corespondența privată într-o narațiune fluidă, însă Harrison aduce un plus de rigoare tehnică. Merită menționat modul în care autorul echilibrează analiza muzicologică a simfoniilor cu realitatea pragmatică a „artistului liber” nevoit să se reinventeze în exil. Structura cărții, organizată în 25 de capitole cronologice, ghidează cititorul prin momente de criză profundă — precum eșecul Primei Simfonii sau fuga din Petrograd în timpul Primului Război Mondial — până la succesul fulminant al ultimelor concerte americane. Spre deosebire de alte studii, Harrison acordă o importanță capitală perioadei 1919-1942, oferind o analiză unică a înregistrărilor care au definit standardele interpretative ale secolului XX. Este o incursiune cinematică în viața unui om care a trăit între două lumi, rămânând, în esență, un „expatriat” al sunetului.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780826493125
ISBN-10: 0826493122
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:New ed.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0826493122
Pagini: 432
Ilustrații: 1
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 24 mm
Greutate: 0.6 kg
Ediția:New ed.
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Continuum
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Descriere
Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is now widely regarded as one of the greatest 20th-century composers and pianists. In this illuminating and accessible biography, Max Harrison covers the span of Rachmaninoff's life, taking in his career as composer, pianist and conductor, offering full analyses of his scores and a uniquely detailed treatment of his 1919-1942 recordings. A fascinating account of the man, his life and work, this book sheds much new light on its subject and the ways that Rachmaninoff was viewed during his own time and beyond.
Cuprins
Introduction
1. Before the beginning
2. The family breaks up
3. Zveref and Moscow
4. Composition starts
5. The break with Zveref
6. To Ivanovka
7. More compositions
8. Towards graduation
9. Aleko and the graduation
10. First moves as 'Free Artist'
11. More productions and Tchaikovsky's death
12. The long road to Symphony No. 1
13. A symphony misunderstood
14. London visit, Moscow cure
15. The Crimea, Italy, Concerto No. 2
16. Composition concludes and there is a marriage
17. Variations, Preludes and a child is born
18. Two operas
19. An abortive revolution, the operas produced
20. Sonata, Symphony, part of an opera
21. The Isle of the Dead and Concerto No. 3
22. America and the Liturgy
23. 1910, more preludes, more conducting
24. Etudes Tableaux, Marietta Shaginian, more songs
25. The Bells and a last sonata
26. World War I, All-Night Vigil, last songs
27. Final composing in Russia, escape from Petrograd
28. The expatriate artist: first concerts, first recordings
29. Rachmaninoff fully established
30. Two more seasons, more recordings
31. Concerto No. 4, Chansons Russes
32. Rachmaninoff the pianist
33. Classic recordings and orchestration by another
34. Senar and LaFolia
35. Rapsodie, Sympony No. 3
36. Four more seasons, major recordings
37. Symphonic Dances
38. Last recordings, a final tour
39. Envoi
Appendices: Chronological list of works
Classified list of works
Discography
Bibliography
Index
1. Before the beginning
2. The family breaks up
3. Zveref and Moscow
4. Composition starts
5. The break with Zveref
6. To Ivanovka
7. More compositions
8. Towards graduation
9. Aleko and the graduation
10. First moves as 'Free Artist'
11. More productions and Tchaikovsky's death
12. The long road to Symphony No. 1
13. A symphony misunderstood
14. London visit, Moscow cure
15. The Crimea, Italy, Concerto No. 2
16. Composition concludes and there is a marriage
17. Variations, Preludes and a child is born
18. Two operas
19. An abortive revolution, the operas produced
20. Sonata, Symphony, part of an opera
21. The Isle of the Dead and Concerto No. 3
22. America and the Liturgy
23. 1910, more preludes, more conducting
24. Etudes Tableaux, Marietta Shaginian, more songs
25. The Bells and a last sonata
26. World War I, All-Night Vigil, last songs
27. Final composing in Russia, escape from Petrograd
28. The expatriate artist: first concerts, first recordings
29. Rachmaninoff fully established
30. Two more seasons, more recordings
31. Concerto No. 4, Chansons Russes
32. Rachmaninoff the pianist
33. Classic recordings and orchestration by another
34. Senar and LaFolia
35. Rapsodie, Sympony No. 3
36. Four more seasons, major recordings
37. Symphonic Dances
38. Last recordings, a final tour
39. Envoi
Appendices: Chronological list of works
Classified list of works
Discography
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
'It is so satisfying to have another important book about this great composer - it is comprehensive and well researched. Max Harrison writes with passion and intelligence - highly recommended'. Vladimir Ashkenazy, President of the Rachmaninoff Society
'Max Harrison slices through a century's worth of wrongheaded critical bluster and rediscovers the music of a major composer. Essential reading' - Terry Teachout
"Harrison transcends the already considerable available scholarship on Rachmaninoff with this perspicuous work which allows the reader not only to understand how the political and practical realities of the musician's circumstances helped direct the course of his life and livelihood, but how his creative existence evolved. By avoiding overly technical discussions when analyzing Rachmaninoff's compositions, the author is able to communicate his ideas to a broad musical audience." -CHOICE, July 2006
'his knowledge both of the repertoire and of other painters are impressive...he covers everything, and enthusiastically defends the originality of Rachmaniov's later works...Three stars...for diligence.' ~ David Nice, BBC Music Magazine
"[A] compelling narrative...'A composer's music...should be the sum total of a composer's experience.' Rachmaninov once claimed. After reading this biography you should be left in no doubt as to that statement's veracity."
''A widely published musical journalist, Max Harrison writes in a cultivated and comfortable British English... pleasingly free from jargon'' ''Harrison seems to have set himself the task of not only presenting the chronology and circumstances of Rachmaninoff's life and works with scrupulous clarity and care but also to refute the denigration of Rachmaninoff's original works that became fashionable when the composer settled in the U.S. after feeling the Bolshevik Revolution'' Dennis D. Rooney, ARSC Journal, Spring 2007
"[Michael] Scott's (founder, London Opera Society; The Great Caruso) book on pianist-composer Sergey Rachmaninoff [Rachmaninoff] is almost entirely biographical, unlike Barrie Martyn's Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor and Max Harrison's Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings, which combine biography with musical analysis (both have musical examples, but Scott's book does not)...Martyn and Harrison offer superior examinations of Rachmaninoff's music...Martyn's and Harrison's books also have illustrations...For a general treatment of Rachmaninoff's life and music, Harrison's book is the best." -Bruce R. Schueneman, Library Journal, February 1, 2009
"an impressive achievement, the result of meticulous research and a long, deep association with its subject...Its tone is crisp, energetic and omniscient...no one who is interested in any aspect of this great musician's legacy can afford to miss Harrison's engaging, scholarly and, yes, inspiring biography."
"Max Harrison's comprehensive biography treats the life, works and recordings exactly as stated in the subtitle. A chronological survey of all three together in the course of thirty-nine relatively short chapters, supplemented by a section of fifty-four musical examples similarly ordered, a list of works both by chronological order and classification, an abbreviated discography and the bibliography. By keeping the chapters short, it is easy to peruse the reference notes at the end of each one. These are almost all explanatory and entertainingly informative widely published musical journalist. Max Harrison writes in a cultivated and comfortable British English. It is pleasingly free of jargon... Harrison sees to have set himself the task of presenting the chronology and circumstances of Rachmaninoff's life and works with scrupulous clarity and care.... Rachmaninoff's reputation was never in danger even in the final decades of his life, and both recordings and conductors who enjoy programming what audiences wish to hear have made its creative output better known and more highly esteemed than ever. Most composers' reputations bottom out a century after their birth but Rachmaninoff's is greater than ever.For readers of this journal, Rachmaninoff's own recordings will be a central interest. Harrison discusses each one in more detail than is usual. Particularly valuable is his discussion of the duplication of repertoire. He compares both the published recordings with the series of the piano rolls that Rachmaninoff recorded for Ampico during the twenties."
"Anyone deeply interested in the music of Rachmanimov who would like to really know about the Russian master's composition process will find Rachmaninov:Life, Works, Recordings to be of great interest." "there's no doubt that Harrison knows Rachmaninov's music in detail" "An intense and in-depth read, this is a book for real Rachmaninov aficionados." Pianist, No. 37, August-September 2007
Nominated as a finalist for the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Classical shortlist.
"The general excellence of this 'life and works' is greatly enhanced by generous coverage of Rachmaninov's parallel careers as pianist and conductor. Compared to other notable biographers, Harrison provides a more comprehensive portrait of Rachmaninov the all round musician"
"Sergei Rachmaninov's three-dimensional career as pianist, conductor, and composer receives the most comprehensive scholarly analysis to date in this work by Mark Harrison. Harrison's own trisection of Rachmaninov-life, works, and recordings-address and surpasses the common themes of biographers and, via remarkable descriptions of compositions and performances preserved on sound recordings, transports the reader to concert halls and recording studios where Rachmaninov performed."-Lois Alexander, University of Michigan-Flint, Slavic and East European Journal, 51.4, Winter 2007
'Not only sculpts a crystal clear figure of Rachmaninoff the man, but also refines the transcript of his working life...we should, therefore, be indebted to Harrison for directing us to what is now a full colour portrait of an artist drawn through the visions of his creative self.'
'Harrison's work is admirable... his research is exhaustive and wide-ranging... Harrison is a man with a mission to make us take Rachmaninoff's music more seriously... a book to be treasured by all... it is impossible to read it without reflecting that its subject has been comprehensively misunderstood; Harrison's work takes a major step to putting that situation right and doing justice to the composer and his music.'
'A useful addition to the literature on someone who has finally become one of the most respected, if retrospective, 20th-Century composers.'
'This new study of Rachmaninoff by Max Harrison betokens a lifetime's study of this great composer and pianist, and is extended beyond the customary life and works framework to embrace Rachmaninoff's extensive recorded legacy, which, as time goes by, should become an essential part of any discussions of the life and works of those composers who have made recordings of their own music. The result is a welcome addition to the growing appreciation of Rachmaninoff's genius. Max Harrison wears his scholarship lightly, producing an eminently readable text which unveils the story of Rachmaninoff clearly and interestingly. His comments on the music and especially on Rachmaninoff's extensive recordings are particularly insightful, and add much to our understanding of them...very well-researched book...This excellently-produced book is much to be commended, and is most reasonably priced.'
'...an honest, enormously detailed and very interesting book on a fascinating subject.'
'Max Harrison slices through a century's worth of wrongheaded critical bluster and rediscovers the music of a major composer. Essential reading' - Terry Teachout
"Harrison transcends the already considerable available scholarship on Rachmaninoff with this perspicuous work which allows the reader not only to understand how the political and practical realities of the musician's circumstances helped direct the course of his life and livelihood, but how his creative existence evolved. By avoiding overly technical discussions when analyzing Rachmaninoff's compositions, the author is able to communicate his ideas to a broad musical audience." -CHOICE, July 2006
'his knowledge both of the repertoire and of other painters are impressive...he covers everything, and enthusiastically defends the originality of Rachmaniov's later works...Three stars...for diligence.' ~ David Nice, BBC Music Magazine
"[A] compelling narrative...'A composer's music...should be the sum total of a composer's experience.' Rachmaninov once claimed. After reading this biography you should be left in no doubt as to that statement's veracity."
''A widely published musical journalist, Max Harrison writes in a cultivated and comfortable British English... pleasingly free from jargon'' ''Harrison seems to have set himself the task of not only presenting the chronology and circumstances of Rachmaninoff's life and works with scrupulous clarity and care but also to refute the denigration of Rachmaninoff's original works that became fashionable when the composer settled in the U.S. after feeling the Bolshevik Revolution'' Dennis D. Rooney, ARSC Journal, Spring 2007
"[Michael] Scott's (founder, London Opera Society; The Great Caruso) book on pianist-composer Sergey Rachmaninoff [Rachmaninoff] is almost entirely biographical, unlike Barrie Martyn's Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor and Max Harrison's Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings, which combine biography with musical analysis (both have musical examples, but Scott's book does not)...Martyn and Harrison offer superior examinations of Rachmaninoff's music...Martyn's and Harrison's books also have illustrations...For a general treatment of Rachmaninoff's life and music, Harrison's book is the best." -Bruce R. Schueneman, Library Journal, February 1, 2009
"an impressive achievement, the result of meticulous research and a long, deep association with its subject...Its tone is crisp, energetic and omniscient...no one who is interested in any aspect of this great musician's legacy can afford to miss Harrison's engaging, scholarly and, yes, inspiring biography."
"Max Harrison's comprehensive biography treats the life, works and recordings exactly as stated in the subtitle. A chronological survey of all three together in the course of thirty-nine relatively short chapters, supplemented by a section of fifty-four musical examples similarly ordered, a list of works both by chronological order and classification, an abbreviated discography and the bibliography. By keeping the chapters short, it is easy to peruse the reference notes at the end of each one. These are almost all explanatory and entertainingly informative widely published musical journalist. Max Harrison writes in a cultivated and comfortable British English. It is pleasingly free of jargon... Harrison sees to have set himself the task of presenting the chronology and circumstances of Rachmaninoff's life and works with scrupulous clarity and care.... Rachmaninoff's reputation was never in danger even in the final decades of his life, and both recordings and conductors who enjoy programming what audiences wish to hear have made its creative output better known and more highly esteemed than ever. Most composers' reputations bottom out a century after their birth but Rachmaninoff's is greater than ever.For readers of this journal, Rachmaninoff's own recordings will be a central interest. Harrison discusses each one in more detail than is usual. Particularly valuable is his discussion of the duplication of repertoire. He compares both the published recordings with the series of the piano rolls that Rachmaninoff recorded for Ampico during the twenties."
"Anyone deeply interested in the music of Rachmanimov who would like to really know about the Russian master's composition process will find Rachmaninov:Life, Works, Recordings to be of great interest." "there's no doubt that Harrison knows Rachmaninov's music in detail" "An intense and in-depth read, this is a book for real Rachmaninov aficionados." Pianist, No. 37, August-September 2007
Nominated as a finalist for the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, Classical shortlist.
"The general excellence of this 'life and works' is greatly enhanced by generous coverage of Rachmaninov's parallel careers as pianist and conductor. Compared to other notable biographers, Harrison provides a more comprehensive portrait of Rachmaninov the all round musician"
"Sergei Rachmaninov's three-dimensional career as pianist, conductor, and composer receives the most comprehensive scholarly analysis to date in this work by Mark Harrison. Harrison's own trisection of Rachmaninov-life, works, and recordings-address and surpasses the common themes of biographers and, via remarkable descriptions of compositions and performances preserved on sound recordings, transports the reader to concert halls and recording studios where Rachmaninov performed."-Lois Alexander, University of Michigan-Flint, Slavic and East European Journal, 51.4, Winter 2007
'Not only sculpts a crystal clear figure of Rachmaninoff the man, but also refines the transcript of his working life...we should, therefore, be indebted to Harrison for directing us to what is now a full colour portrait of an artist drawn through the visions of his creative self.'
'Harrison's work is admirable... his research is exhaustive and wide-ranging... Harrison is a man with a mission to make us take Rachmaninoff's music more seriously... a book to be treasured by all... it is impossible to read it without reflecting that its subject has been comprehensively misunderstood; Harrison's work takes a major step to putting that situation right and doing justice to the composer and his music.'
'A useful addition to the literature on someone who has finally become one of the most respected, if retrospective, 20th-Century composers.'
'This new study of Rachmaninoff by Max Harrison betokens a lifetime's study of this great composer and pianist, and is extended beyond the customary life and works framework to embrace Rachmaninoff's extensive recorded legacy, which, as time goes by, should become an essential part of any discussions of the life and works of those composers who have made recordings of their own music. The result is a welcome addition to the growing appreciation of Rachmaninoff's genius. Max Harrison wears his scholarship lightly, producing an eminently readable text which unveils the story of Rachmaninoff clearly and interestingly. His comments on the music and especially on Rachmaninoff's extensive recordings are particularly insightful, and add much to our understanding of them...very well-researched book...This excellently-produced book is much to be commended, and is most reasonably priced.'
'...an honest, enormously detailed and very interesting book on a fascinating subject.'