Notes: | The 8th work, Four improvisations, written collaboratively by four composers: Taneev, Arensky, Glazunov and Rachmaninoff. The final work in two versions: one for narrator and piano, 4 hands; one for piano, 4 hands without narration. Program and biographical notes in English, with French and German translations, and Cyrillic text with English, French, and German translations (46 p. : ill., facsim., music) inserted in container. Joseph Banowetz, piano ; Russian Philharmonic of Moscow, Thomas Sanderling, conductor (1st work) ; Vladimir Ashkenazy, narrator (10th work) ; Adam Wodnicki, piano (10th-11th works). Recorded Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 2005, at the Studio no. 5, Moscow State Broadcasting and Radio House, Moscow (1st work), and July 19-12, 2006, Mesquite Performing Arts Center, Dallas, Tex. (remainder). The 10th work spoken in Russian. Description based on hard copy version record.
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