Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini & Poulenc: Organ Concerto Cameron Carpenter

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43:
• 1 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Introduction - Allegro vivace - Variation I 00:32
• 2 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Tema - L'istesso tempo 00:21
• 3 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation II - L'istesso tempo 00:21
• 4 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation III - L'istesso tempo 00:28
• 5 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation IV - Più vivo 00:35
• 6 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation V - Tempo precedente 00:35
• 7 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation VI - L'istesso tempo 01:26
• 8 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation VII - Meno mosso, a tempo moderato 00:51
• 9 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation VIII - Tempo I 00:37
• 10 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation IX - L'istesso tempo 00:35
• 11 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation X - L'istesso tempo 01:00
• 12 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XI - Moderato 01:31
• 13 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XII - Tempo di minuetto 01:19
• 14 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XIII - Allegro 00:34
• 15 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XIV - L'istesso tempo 00:52
• 16 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XV - Più vivo scherzando 01:20
• 17 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVI - Allegretto 01:40
• 18 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVII - Allegretto 02:11
• 19 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XVIII - Andante cantabile 03:19
• 20 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XIX - A tempo vivace 00:30
• 21 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XX - Un poco più vivo 00:41
• 22 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XXI - Un poco più vivo 00:29
• 23 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XXII - Un poco più vivo 02:12
• 24 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XXIII - L'istesso tempo 01:05
• 25 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43: Variation XXIV - A tempo un poco meno mosso 01:30
• Francis Poulenc (1899 - 1963): Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93:
• 26 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: I. Andante 03:07
• 27 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: II. Allegro giocoso 02:15
• 28 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: III. Subito Andante Moderato 06:53
• 29 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: IV. Tempo Allegro. Molto Agitato 02:50
• 30 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: V. Très calme. Lent 02:20
• 31 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: VI. Tempo de l'Allegro initial 02:02
• 32 Concerto for Organ, Strings & Timpani in G Minor, FP 93: VII. Tempo Introduction - Largo 02:25
• Louis Vierne (1870 - 1937): Organ Symphony No.1 in D Minor, Op 14:
• 33 Organ Symphony No.1 in D Minor, Op 14: VI. Final 06:06
• Total Runtime 54:32

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The smasher of cultural and classical music taboos (LA Times) is releasing here his first recording with orchestra. Rachmaninoffs famous Paganini variations arranged for organ and orchestra by Cameron Carpenter himself. The album was recorded on the International Touring Organ, together with the Konzerthausorchester Berlin and Christoph Eschenbach A virtuoso composer-performer unique among keyboardists, Camerons approach to the organ is smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music while generating a level of acclaim, exposure, and controversy unprecedented for an organist. His repertoire from the complete works of J. S. Bach and Cesar Franck, to his hundreds of transcriptions of non-organ works, his original compositions, and his collaborations with jazz and pop artists is perhaps the largest and most diverse of any organist. He is the first organist ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for a solo album.

Cameron Carpenter, organ
Konzerthausorchester Berlin
Christoph Eschenbach, conductor

Cameron Carpenter
is having a ball smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music – all the while generating worldwide acclaim and controversy. His repertoire – from the complete works of J. S. Bach to film scores, his original works and hundreds of transcriptions and arrangements – is probably the most diverse of any organist. He regularly appears as a soloist with many of the world’s great orchestras, and signed in 2013 an exclusive multi-album recording contract with Sony Classical. Cameron launches his International Touring Organ – a monumental digital organ of his own design, playable throughout the world – with two Lincoln Center concerts on March 9, the release of the Sony album If You Could Read My Mind on March 3, and a 31-concert tour to Europe, the USA and the UK.

A virtuoso composer-performer unique among keyboardists, Cameron’s approach to the organ is smashing the stereotypes of organists and organ music while generating a level of acclaim, exposure, and controversy unprecedented for an organist. His repertoire – from the complete works of J. S. Bach and Cesar Franck, to his hundreds of transcriptions of non-organ works, his original compositions, and his collaborations with jazz and pop artists – is perhaps the largest and most diverse of any organist. He is the first organist ever nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for a solo album.

As a keyboard prodigy, he performed Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier at age 11 before joining the American Boychoir School in 1992 as a boy soprano. During his four years of high school studies at The North Carolina School of the Arts, he made his first studies in orchestration and orchestral composition, and transcribed for the organ more than 100 major works, including Gustav Mahler’s complete Symphony No. 5. Cameron continued composing after moving to New York City in 2000 to attend The Juilliard School. While at the School he composed art songs; the symphonic poem Child of Baghdad (2003) for orchestra, chorus and Ondes Martenot; his first substantial works for solo organ; and numerous organ arrangements of piano works by Chopin, Godowsky, Grainger, Ives, Liszt, Medtner, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, and others. Cameron received a Master’s Degree from The Juilliard School in New York in 2006.

The same year, he began his worldwide organ concert tours, giving numerous debuts at venues including Royal Albert Hall, the Leipzig Gewandhaus, Melbourne Town Hall, Tschaikowsky Hall in Moscow, Davies Hall in San Francisco and many others. His first album for Telarc®, the GRAMMY®-nominated Revolutionary (2008), was followed in 2010 by the critically acclaimed full length DVD and CD Cameron Live! Edition Peters became his publisher in 2010, beginning the ongoing release of his original works with Aria, Op. 1 (2010). His first major work for organ and orchestra, The Scandal, Op. 3, was commissioned by the Cologne Philharmonie (KölnMusic GmbH) and premiered on New Year’s Day 2011 by the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie under the direction of Alexander Shelley. Of Cameron the composer, DIE WELT’s Manuel Brug writes: “Carpenter… is proving himself to be a clever eclecticist, who understands to entertain with much finesse, and admits with a wink that he is ‘annoyed by intellectual music’”. Cameron is one of the only performing artists to make a practice of meeting his audience in person before his performances – often spending over an hour before each concert shaking hands and signing autographs on the floor of a concert venue. With combined millions of hits on YouTube and numerous television, radio and press features including CNN The Next List, CBS Sunday Morning, BBC Radio 3, ARD, ZDF, NDR Kultur, The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal and many others, he is the world’s most visible organist.

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