A couple of weeks ago I published on my Youtube-channel a documentary - divided in three parts - on Valentina Lisitsa’s Rachmaninoff recording project in London.
London, December 2009: me and Val at the end of a joyful day of stunning recording sessions in the Abbey Road Studios.
Valentina’s Rachmaninoff project - bound for release on cd around September 2010 - concerns the recording of piano concerti 1 to 4 (already finished), the Paganini Variations and probably a few pieces for piano solo. The documentary focuses on the first phase of the project, the recording of piano concertos 1 and 2. Interviews with Valentina Lisitsa, conductor Michael Francis and producer Michael Fine are alternated with impressions of the recording sessions.
Documentary: Valentina Lisitsa’s Rachmaninoff Project 1/3
Documentary: Valentina Lisitsa’s Rachmaninoff Project 2/3
Documentary: Valentina Lisitsa’s Rachmaninoff Project 3/3
Hope you’ll enjoy this!
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