℗ 2022 Claves Records
| Released | March 25, 2022 |
| Duration | 55m 07s |
| Record Label | Claves Records |
| Catalogue No. | CD-3004 |
| Genre | Classical (Romantic) |
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Babadjanian: Heroic Ballad
Jean-Paul Gasparian, Berner Symphonieorchester, Stefan Blunier
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18
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1.1
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I. Moderato
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943); Jean-Paul Gasparian; Berner Symphonieorchester; Stefan Blunier |
10:23 | |||
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1.2
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II. Adagio sostenuto
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943); Jean-Paul Gasparian; Berner Symphonieorchester; Stefan Blunier |
10:57 | |||
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III. Allegro scherzando
Sergei Rachmaninoff; Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943); Jean-Paul Gasparian; Berner Symphonieorchester; Stefan Blunier |
11:23 | |||
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Heroic Ballad for Piano & Orchestra
Arno Babadjanian; Arno Babadjanian (1921-1983); Jean-Paul Gasparian; Berner Symphonieorchester; Stefan Blunier |
22:24 | |||
The young pianist Jean-Paul Gasparian releases here his first orchestral album, featuring the enduring Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 and the beautiful discovery of an Armenian composer, Arno Babadjanian, whose unpredictable career ends in the jazz and even the pop of the 70s!
"Gasparian : his surname alone sounds like a promise, a calling – that of the East, of the plains of Asia Minor, of the Caucasus mountains – a kind of foretaste of the music featured here in the artist’s first recording with an orchestra : Rachmaninoff’s ageless Second Concerto – which has been accompanying Gasparian as a playmate since his early years, even before he entered Jacques Rouvier’s class at the Paris Conservatory – and the very rarely performed Ballade héroïque by the pianist’s compatriot Arno Babadjanian. Indeed, Jean-Paul Gasparian’s origins are Armenian on his father’s side; he carries within a part of this land steeped in tradition, although he is French-born and lives in France."
- Antonin Scherrer (From the Liner Notes)
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Claves Records Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.35 -0.35 to -0.35 | -17.56 -21.74 to -15.52 | -13.95 -18.20 to -11.50 | 10 8 to 13 | |
| 1 | I. Moderato | -0.35 | -16.82 | -13.8 | 9 |
| 2 | II. Adagio sostenuto | -0.35 | -21.74 | -18.2 | 13 |
| 3 | III. Allegro scherzando | -0.35 | -16.16 | -12.3 | 8 |
| 4 | Heroic Ballad for Piano & Orchestra | -0.35 | -15.52 | -11.5 | 8 |