Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) - (Organ)Rachmaninov Paganini Rhapsody, Poulenc Concerto : Cameron Carpenter(Organ)Eschenbach / Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra - Import CD

Credits:

Watkins, Richard

Description:

Unprecedented impact! Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody, performed on a "touring organ" that boasts of its transformable timbre. Hailed as "the musician who changed the perception of the organ...a man who broke the taboo of classical music" (Los Angeles Times), Cameron Carpenter's third album for Sony Classical is the long-awaited Cameron Carpenter's first concerto album. The third album on Sony Classical is the long-awaited Cameron Carpenter's first concerto album. The third album on Sony Classical is the long-awaited Cameron's first concerto album, featuring his own arrangement of "Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini". Originally a work for piano and orchestra, Cameron not only replaced the piano part with an organ, but also used various stops (sound plugs) to change the tone, which further colors the 24 variations and adds an improvisational atmosphere, making the piece like a huge painting. The coupling is Poulenc's masterpiece "Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani," with the fourth movement of Vierne's "Organ Symphony" added as an encore. The Berlin Konzerthaus Orchestra, conducted by Christoph Eschenbach, will perform with the orchestra.This is the first recording of the new duo starting with the 2019/20 season, and the orchestra's tone is beautifully transformed in response to Cameron's solos. This groundbreaking album was recorded with a "touring organ" brought in and installed at the Konzerthaus in Berlin. ＜Born in Pennsylvania in 1981, Cameron Carpenter's unprecedented playing and way of life, which shatters all existing images of classical organ music and organists, has aroused overwhelming enthusiasm and praise, as well as criticism and rejection, everywhere, and has won a sense of existence that no one can ignore. In February 2013, he made his first visit to Japan, where his recital at Suntory Hall was broadcast on TV and attracted a great deal of attention.He has an unconventional performing repertoire that includes not only the complete organ works of Bach and Franck, which are his staples as an organist, but also hundreds of his own arrangements for organ, his own compositions published exclusively by the historic German label Peters, as well as works with jazz and pop musicians. He is also a superb performer who is able to perform the greatest number and variety of works of any organist of all time and place, including hundreds of arrangements for his own organ, his own compositions published exclusively by the historic German label Peters, and works with jazz and pop musicians. The organ he uses is the "Touring Organ," a mobile digital organ (a completely new type of organ that can incorporate and reproduce the tones of various instruments from around the world) that he has been developing in collaboration with Marshall & Ogletree, an American organ company that has been a longtime concept of his. Sony Music

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