Rachmaninoff: Piano Works (Live) MinJung Baek

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943):
• 1 5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1, Elégie (Live) 05:40
• 2 Etude-tableaux, Op. 39: No. 5, Appassionato (Live) 04:14
• Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42:
• 3 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Theme. Andante (Live) 01:03
• 4 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 1, Poco più mosso (Live) 00:39
• 5 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 2, L'istesso tempo (Live) 00:35
• 6 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 3, Tempo di menuetto (Live) 00:41
• 7 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 4, Andante (Live) 00:59
• 8 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 5, Allegro ma non tanto (Live) 00:19
• 9 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 6, L'istesso tempo (Live) 00:18
• 10 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 7, Vivace (Live) 00:28
• 11 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 8, Adagio misterioso (Live) 01:04
• 12 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 9, Un poco più mosso (Live) 01:08
• 13 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 10, Allegro scherzando (Live) 00:35
• 14 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 11, Allegro vivace (Live) 00:19
• 15 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 12, L'istesso tempo (Live) 00:33
• 16 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 13, Agitato (Live) 00:26
• 17 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Intermezzo (Live) 01:18
• 18 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 14, Andante come prima (Live) 00:59
• 19 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 15, L'istesso tempo (Live) 01:43
• 20 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 16, Allegro vivace (Live) 00:28
• 21 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 17, Meno mosso (Live) 00:58
• 22 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 18, Allegro con brio (Live) 00:31
• 23 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 19, Più mosso. Agitato (Live) 00:26
• 24 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 20, Più mosso (Live) 00:53
• 25 Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Coda. Andante (Live) 01:22
• Sergei Rachmaninoff:
• 26 Prelude in D Major, Op. 23 No. 4 (Live) 04:27
• 27 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 (Live) 04:05
• Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36:
• 28 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: I. Allegro agitato (Live) 08:00
• 29 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: II. Non allegro - Lento (Live) 06:24
• 30 Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36: III. L'istesso tempo - Allegro molto (Live) 05:23
• Total Runtime 55:58

Info for Rachmaninoff: Piano Works (Live)

“This pianist has infinite possibilities!” – Stephen Kovacevich, Concert Artist MinJung Baek, a Fellowship recipient from the legendary pianist Earl Wild, is the winner of the 2006 Rachmaninoff International Piano Competition.

Ms. Baek recently gave a successful debut recital at Carnegie Hall, performing an all-Rachmaninoff program that included Études-Tableaux, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, and the Second Sonata. Trained in New York City, Imola, and London, MinJung has performed at international venues and music festivals, including Barbican Hall, Wigmore Hall, and Schleswig-Holstein Festival. In 2006 she received an artist proclamation from the Illinois Senator Jeff Schoenberg.

We are pleased to publish Ms. Baek’s performance, recorded live by producer Alessandro Simonetto at the historical Sala Maffeiana in Verona during the 2019 Aevea Piano Prize.

MinJung Baek, piano

MinJung Baek
Pianist MinJung Baek studied at the prestigious Accademia Pianistica di Imola in Italy with Leonid Margarius and Mannes College of Music in NYC with Jerome Rose before moving to London to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama on a full scholarship under the guidance of Ronan O’Hora and Stephen Kovacevich. Since winning her first competition at the age of five in her native country, South Korea, she has won more than fifty Korean national competitions such as Wol-Eum, Cho-Sun Ilbo, Music Education News (Grand Prize), Eum-ak Chun-chu, Eum-Youn, Han-Kook Ilbo and, later, she also collected an impressive array of top prizes in international competitions, including Skokie Valley in USA, Giuliano Pecar, Ernesto Falla, Concorso Nuovi Orizzonti, Jacque Samuel, Pietro Argento, Rachmaninov and the European Beethoven Gold Medal in London (2012).

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