{"product_id":"5063758700313","title":"Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy - Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 5 (from Symphony No. 2) - Import CD","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWolfram Schmitt-Leonardy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCD of the Piano Concerto Version, Endorsed by Rachmaninoff’s Grandson, Makes a Comeback\n\n◆ Symphony No. 2 is a work brimming with melodies well-suited for a piano concerto\nThis unique project features an arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2—popular for its melancholic, sweet melodies and accessible dynamics—into a “piano concerto.” This arrangement is said to have been endorsed by the composer’s grandson, Alexander Rachmaninoff (1933–2012; since he lived in Lucerne for many years, I’ll use the German pronunciation here).\n\n◆The Arranger Graduated from the Leningrad Conservatory\nThe arranger, Alexander Wallenberg, was born in 1952 in Kharkiv, Soviet Union (now Kharkiv, Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine), and after studying under Pavel Serebryakov at the Leningrad Conservatory, he emigrated to the West in 1977 and took up a teaching position at the Utrecht Conservatory (known as Alexander Walenberg in Dutch).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Brilliant Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53419249172769,"sku":"5063758700313","price":2090.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/5063758700313.jpg?v=1788227584","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/5063758700313","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}