The two piano virtuosos Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan celebrate Rachmaninoff's 150th birthday with a double album of his most beautiful compositions for two pianos, including the Suites Nos. 1 & 2, the Symphonic Dances and Trifonov's transcription of the Adagio from Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony.

Tracklist:
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF (1873–1943) 

CD 1  
Symphony No. 2 in E minor op. 27: 3. Adagio 
Transcr. for 2 pianos by Daniil Trifonov 

Suite No. 2 for 2 Pianos op. 17 
1. Introduction. Alla marcia 
2. Valse. Presto 
Waltz 
3. Romance. Andantino 
4. Tarantelle. Presto 

CD 2 
Suite No. 1 for 2 Pianos “Fantaisie (Tableaux)” op. 5 
1. Barkarola · Barcarolle. Allegretto 
after verses by Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov 
2. I noch, i lyubov · La nuit ... L’amour. Adagio sostenuto The Night, the Love 
after verses by Lord Byron 
3. Slyozy · Les larmes. Largo di molto 
Tears 
after verses by Fyodor Ivanovich Tyutchev 
4. Svetly prazdnik · Pâques. Allegro maestoso 
Easter 
after verses by Aleksey Stepanovich Khomyakov 

Symphonic Dances op. 45 
Version for 2 pianos 
1. Non allegro – Lento – Tempo I 
2. Andante con moto (Tempo di valse) 
3. Lento assai – Allegro vivace – Lento assai – Allegro vivace 

SERGEI BABAYAN piano | DANIIL TRIFONOV piano