Rachmaninoff, A Reflection Yekwon Sunwoo

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943): Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42:
• 1 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Theme. Andante 00:58
• 2 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 1. Poco più mosso 00:41
• 3 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 2. L'istesso tempo 00:35
• 4 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 3. Tempo di menuetto 00:44
• 5 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 4. Andante 00:58
• 6 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 5. Allegro 00:20
• 7 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 6. L'istesso tempo 00:21
• 8 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 7. Vivace 00:28
• 9 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 8. Adagio misterioso 01:07
• 10 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 9. Un poco più mosso 01:06
• 11 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 10. Allegro scherzando 00:33
• 12 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 11. Allegro vivace 00:23
• 13 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 12. L'istesso tempo 00:40
• 14 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 13. Agitato 00:37
• 15 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Intermezzo. A tempo rubato 01:32
• 16 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 14. Andante 01:02
• 17 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 15. L'istesso tempo 01:39
• 18 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 16. Allegro vivace 00:32
• 19 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 17. Meno mosso 01:04
• 20 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 18. Allegro con brio 00:30
• 21 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 19. Più mosso. Agitato 00:30
• 22 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Var. 20. Più mosso 01:02
• 23 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42: Coda. Andante 01:49
• Fritz Kreisler (1875 - 1962): Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano):
• 24 Kreisler: Liebesleid (Arr. Rachmaninoff for Piano) 05:00
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3:
• 25 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 3 No. 2 04:34
• Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19:
• 26 Rachmaninoff: Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante (Transcr. Volodos for Piano) 06:35
• Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23:
• 27 Rachmaninoff: Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 No. 5 04:00
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22::
• 28 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Theme. Largo 01:38
• 29 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 1-5 02:32
• 30 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 6-10 02:56
• 31 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 11-14 (Var. 12 omitted) 05:13
• 32 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 15. Allegro scherzando 01:36
• 33 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 16-17 02:57
• 34 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 18. Più mosso 00:57
• 35 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 19-20 02:39
• 36 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 21. Andante 03:33
• 37 Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Var. 22. Maestoso 05:21
• Total Runtime 01:08:42

Info for Rachmaninoff, A Reflection

Pianist Sunwoo Yekwon is returning to the music that he knows best.

The 34-year-old piano maestro’s second album "Rachmaninoff, A Reflection” is freshly out as of noon on Tuesday. It comes three years after his last album, "Mozart" (2020).

“I don’t want the album to cheer people up, per se, but I'd like for it to be there for them, whatever he or she may be going through. I hope it can reach people’s hearts," Sunwoo told local press on Tuesday at Kumho Art Hall in Seodaemun District, western Seoul.

Yekwon Sunwoo, piano

Yekwon Sunwoo
The press has praised pianist Yekwon Sunwoo for his incredible richness of articulation, singling out his remarkably smooth-contoured, singing tone that will be transported in reverie, then punctuated by flashes of dramatic fanfare before hovering between earthly and cosmic realms. With his unpretentious personality at the total service of the music, his performances are truly musical events.

Yekwon Sunwoo has given concert debuts at Carnegie Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Mozart Saal at the Alte Oper Frankfurt, Berliner Philharmonie, Radio France, Salle Cortot and Hamarikyu Asahi Hall. Highlights of recent seasons have included orchestra debuts with the Orchestre National de Belgique, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra and Nagoya Philharmonic Orchestra, in addition to further festival appearances in Germany, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

Born in Anyang, South Korea in 1989, his career began as a typical childhood dream. He already had clear ideas about his future by the age of ten: he wanted to one day become a successful concert pianist. His teachers have included Seymour Lipkin, Robert McDonald and Bernd Goetzke; after earning his Master’s Degree, he studied at the Mannes School of Music with American pianist Richard Goode.

While still young, Yekwon Sunwoo emerged as a prizewinner in major competitions. As winner of the 2014 Vendome Prize at the celebrated Verbier Festival, he was praised for his soft, caressing touch in quiet passages and his total command over the instrument, as well as his highly expressive playing. He also won first prizes at the Sendai International Music Competition, International Concours Piano Campus in France (including the audience prize) and William Kapell International Piano Competition (including several audience and chamber music prizes). In addition, he was a laureate of the Queen Elisabeth Competition and Fifth International German Piano Award.

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