Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Paganini Rhapsody [Original recording remastered]
On this CD:
1. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Philharmonia Orchestra
with Leonard Pennario
Conducted by Walter Susskind
2. Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), in A minor for piano & orchestra, Op. 43
Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
Performed by Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
with Leonard Pennario
Conducted by Erich Leinsdorf
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Paganini Rhapsody, Music, Sergey Rachmaninov, Erich Leinsdorf, Walter Süsskind, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Leonard Pennario, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Orchestral & Symphonic, Piano Concerto
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Backhaus: The Complete British Acoustic Recordings, 1908-25
Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000542HD Release Date: 2001-02-27 |
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Backhaus was among the giants of 20th-century keyboard artists, renowned for his solid--some would say stolid--Beethoven and Brahms interpretations. The younger Backhaus was a more overtly virtuosic pianist with a wide repertory. This invaluable Pearl set covers his British recordings, starting in 1908 when he was only 24, and it includes composers and works he abandoned in later years when he pared his programs down to essential masterworks. So we get his only recordings of Rachmaninoff, whom he admired as the greatest among living piano composers, along with Bach, Scarlatti, and others. Backhaus's dazzling virtuosity can be heard in his abridged Brahms Paganini Variations, the Liszt, La Campanella, with its marvelously even runs, and the Weber, Perpetuum Mobile, with precise articulation at fast speeds, among many other examples. Some of his early electrical recordings fill out disc two, sounding fresher than most of the acoustics. Seth Winner's transfers on both well-filled discs are uniformly fine. Collectors of historical recordings will want these rarities. --Dan Davis
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Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Recordings
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FB7 Release Date: 1992-09-15 |
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We remember Rachmaninov today mostly for the music he wrote. But as this set quickly reveals, he was one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, able to play his own music and a great variety of others with tremendous personality and a technique that is still astonishing. There's no point picking highlights from this set, since they are everywhere. But if you've never heard Rachmaninov play Schumann's Carnaval, try starting there for one of the most imaginative recreations of a piece of music ever recorded. The set also includes Rachmaninov's only recordings as a conductor in two of his own major works. --Leslie GerberCustomer Reviews:
Save some $ money! Get the newer January 2006 reissue set instead........2006-05-17
6, or Even 7 Stars!.......2005-06-04
A must have for Piano and classical music lovers.......2005-04-04
Ah, Rachmaninoff, brilliant star of music, how we adore you.......2003-09-14
Review from a spoiled modern listener.......2003-07-13
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Vladimir Horowitz, Piano: Early Recordings 1928 Through 1947
Manufacturer: Andante ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000066TXG Release Date: 2002-05-07 |
Album Description
This four-CD set presents a selection of performances by a young lion of the keyboard: Vladimir Horowitz. Dating from 1928 to 1947, these classic recordings document the piano virtuoso at his most fiery and fearless. The repertoire ranges from Baroque and Classical scores (Scarlatti, Haydn, Beethoven, Mendelssohn) to the great Romantics (Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Rachmaninoff), 20th-century pieces (Debussy, Poulenc, Prokofiev) and transcriptions by Horowitz himself. Pristine copies of the original HMV/Victor 78s were transferred and digitally remastered using the state-of-the-art CAP 440 technique. The handsomely illustrated 84-page booklet features an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tim Page and a perceptive essay by New York Times critic Paul Griffiths ("Vladimir Horowitz: Portrait of the Artist as a Young Lion"), as well as detailed artist biographies from The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians.Music Review:
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