Unknown Rachmaninoff / Rachmaninoff Variations on a theme by Corelli Op.42 in D

[emill]

I tried searching for this here but not much luck ... I thought I'd share this since this is supposed to be the 1st recording of this "lost" Rach; played by Dennis Matsuev, 1998 Tchaikovsky International winner.
The variations of Corelli in D minor starts at 23:44 .... for me quite a  spellbinding performance!!!

Here is the clarificatory notes posted in YT:

While studying in the Conservatory Rachmaninoff created a score which could not be performed because of the lack of instruments in the Conservatory orchestra. The composer executed the piano version himself and passed the script to Tchaikovsky, which was mentioned in a letter dated 1981. The trace of the score was lost for more than a century and was found only several years ago in the archive of the Glinka museum, in the collection of professor Siloti, Rachmaninoff's professor. The manuscript bore the name neither of the composition, nor of the author. But the experts established that it was made by Rachmaninoff and that it was the very lost piano suite D minor.

Alexander Rachmaninoff, the grand-son of the great composer and the keeper of the Rachmaninoff family heritage, entrusted Denis Matsuev with the first record of the archival score. The record was made in May 2007 on the villa "Senar" in Switzerland, where Rachmaninoff lived in years 1929-1940. Especially for the record they restored the "Steinway" piano made in 1928 -- it is a well-known fact that Rachmaninoff was a big "Steinway" fan and popularizer, and the company gave him the instrument as a gift. Denis Matsuev's CD "Unknown Rachmaninoff" was produced by the "Grammy"-awarded Philipp Nedel.

( if this post does not belong here, please have it transferred to its proper place)

[j_menz]

I'm not too sure about it's "lost" status - I've had the music for it for years (published, not downloaded).  It's been recorded before too, along with his variations on a theme by Chopin.

[emill]

I'm not too sure about it's "lost" status - I've had the music for it for years (published, not downloaded).  It's been recorded before too, along with his variations on a theme by Chopin.

Sorry, but the introductory profile at YT which I presume was written by Matsuev as it was his channel gave the following:

1.

The trace of the score was lost for more than a century and was found only several years ago in the archive of the Glinka museum, in the collection of professor Siloti, Rachmaninoff's professor.

.....  several years ago, 5-7 years ago??

2.

Alexander Rachmaninoff, the grand-son of the great composer and the keeper of the Rachmaninoff family heritage, entrusted Denis Matsuev with the first record of the archival score. The record was made in May 2007 on the villa "Senar" in Switzerland, where Rachmaninoff lived in years 1929-1940.

. . . . . . so the 1st official recording was in 2007???

Thanks for the comment.

[j_menz]

Well, he's making it up. I just dug out the CD. Hyperion CDA66009 Howard Shelley playing from 1988.

[bachbrahmsschubert]

This is very similar to Liszt's paraphrase on Handel's sarabande.

[wsmith]

The Suite in D minor is a recently discovered work, not the Corelli Variations in D minor. The two compositions are in no way related.

[emill]

The Suite in D minor is a recently discovered work, not the Corelli Variations in D minor. The two compositions are in no way related.   

AGREE . .  Sorry my fault:  The topic is about the Lost or Unknown Rachmaninoff which the experts now feel is the composition found several years ago in the archive of the Glinka museum, in the collection of professor Siloti, Rachmaninoff's professor... the piano suite D minor.

Dennis Matsuev, the 1998 Tchaikovsky International winner and probably the top Russian pianist of this present generation was given by the Rachmaninoff clan the authority for the 1st recording, so that in theory there can be no earlier recording, officially at least.

I just included the variations on a theme by Corelli because it was part of the video above which was posted by Dennis Matsuev in his channel.  It starts at 23:44 and is played excellently ... spellbinding as far as I am concerned.

[cmg]

Whoa!! Thanks for this.  What a find!