Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

On this CD:

1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Berlin Sinfonie Orchester with Peter Rosel
Conducted by Kurt Sanderling

2. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Berlin Sinfonie Orchester with Peter Rosel
Conducted by Kurt Sanderling

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4, Music, Sergey Rachmaninov, Kurt Sanderling, Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin, Peter Rosel, Classical, Classical Music, Concerto, Piano Concerto

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3 [Australia]
Katin , De Larrocha , Previn , and London Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Decca
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000024DEF
Release Date: 2002-01-28

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Allegro Ma Non Troppo
Intermezzo Adagio
Finale- Alla Breve
Piano Concerto No. 1 In F Sharp Minor, Vivace
Andante
Allegro Vivace

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Excellent

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Zilberstein , Abbado , and Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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ASIN: B000025WWO
Release Date: 1994-11-07

Tracks:

Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.2 C-Moll Op.18 / Moderato
Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.2 C-Moll Op.18 / Adagio Sostenuto
Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.2 C-Moll Op.18 / Allegro Scherzando
Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.3 D-Moll Op.30 / Allegro Ma Non Tantop
Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.3 D-Moll Op.30 / Intermezzo.Adagio
Konzert Fur Klavier Orchester Nr.3 D-Moll Op.30 / Finale. Alla Breva

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Excellent.......2004-04-03

These are among the best Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto performances. Lylia Zilberstein is a very disciplined and fast player. Claudio Abbado does a great job with the Berlin philarmonique. I have heard different pianists playing Rachmaninov's Piano Concertos, but Lylia in this recording is absolutely awesome. In the Third Piano Concerto, she opted to play the "quicksilver" version for the cadenza in the first movement, rather than the heavily chordial and full-blooded one (although the latter sounds fantastic played by other pianists as well). She plays it very fast without missing any notes! Sometimes it seems that the philarmonique needs to catch Lylia's speed, though her fast performance does not compromise the beautiful and sweet rhythmic Piano Concertos' passages at all.

The recording sound is remarkably neat and the piano sound is really sharp!

This is really a worhwhile CD purchase.

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Berezovsky , Inbal , and Philharmonia Orchestra
Manufacturer: Apex
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002LGXA8
Release Date: 2006-06-02

Tracks:

Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18
Piano Concerto No.3 In D Minor, Op.30

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

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Worth every cent and then sone

Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4

Manufacturer: Berlin Classics
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Worth every cent and then sone.......2005-04-04

The recorded sound on this disc is unusually warm, spacious and detailed. Rosel and Sanderling take their time with the Rachmaninov concertos. This allows themes room to breathe, and passages that normally sound frenzied or unimportant gain power and expressive weight.

The Third Concerto, the longest and most dramatic of the four numbered concertos, is given the most urgent performance in the set, coming closest, tempo-wise, to other accounts. But while Rosel and Sanderling keep the piece moving, they do not skimp on details; neither do they shortchange this work's inherent strum und drang. They let the music speak for itself, from a flowing, songful opening in keeping with the hymn-like opening theme to the triumphant final measures - alternately seductive, melancholic and heaven-storming - and the payoff is enormous.

Rosel plays the longer ossias cadenza favored by Ashkenazy and Gieseking. In his hands, the passagework surges with equal parts poetry and fire, with Rosel alternately singing and orchestrating from the keyboard brilliantly.

The Fourth Concerto is given a commanding performance, one that plays up the work's strengths and almost belies the its weaknesses compared to its three sister works and the Paganini Rhapsody. Nothing is overstated, and the performers play the music as dynamically as they can without going over the edge (as Thibaudet and Ashkenazy come dangerously close to doing in their recording of this piece). In short, they do the best with the materials they have on hand.

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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3
Vasary , Ahronovitch , and London Symphony Orchestra
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000087HXJ
Release Date: 2005-03-21

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