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Russian pianist and conductor Mikhail Pletnev appeared at the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival as recitalist with a feast of Rachmaninov's works for solo piano.

Every weekday for three weeks, Radio 3 broadcasts one of the stand-out concerts from the Queen鈥檚 Hall series over the past decade. Today Kate Molleson presents the great Russian pianist Mikhail Pletnev and a feast of Rachmaninov's works for solo piano, in a recital from the 2017 Edinburgh International Festival.

Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 Nos 2, 1 & 4
Rachmaninov: Morceaux de salon, Op 10 Nos 3 & No 5
Rachmaninov: Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2
Rachmaninov: Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4
Rachmaninov: Prelude in C minor, Op 23 No 7
Rachmaninov: Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5
Rachmaninov: Prelude in A minor, Op 32 No 8
Rachmaninov: Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12
Rachmaninov: Etude-tableau in C minor, Op 39 No 7

INTERVAL: The Gringolts Quartet perform the first three movements from Schumann's String Quartet no.1 in A minor Op.41 no.1

Rachmaninov: Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 28

Mikhail Pletnev - piano

Photograph - Rainer Maillard

1 hour, 59 minutes

Music Played

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 No 2 'Prelude'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 No 1 'El茅gie'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de fantaisie, Op 3 No 4 'Pulcinella'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de salon, Op 10 No 3 'Barcarolle'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Morceaux de salon, Op 10 No 5 'Humoresque'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in B flat major, Op 23 No 2, 'Maestoso'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in D major, Op 23 No 4, 'Andante Cantabile'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in C minor, Op 23 No 7, 'Allegro'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G minor, Op 23 No 5, 'Alla marcia'

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in A minor, Op 32 No 8

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Prelude in G sharp minor, Op 32 No 12

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Etude-tableau in C minor, Op 39 No 7

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.
  • Robert Schumann

    String Quartet no.1 in A minor, Op.41, no.1

    Ensemble: Gringolts Quartet.
    • Schumann: String Quartets 1-3/Piano Quintet.
    • ONYX.
  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Piano Sonata No 1 in D minor, Op 28

    Performer: Mikhail Pletnev.

Broadcast

  • Mon 17 Aug 2020 11:00