Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
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Concertos » Piano Concertos
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto opens in thundering style, before a glittering pianistic masterclass in high-speed touch from Wang, alternating between virtuosic shimmering and emotive depth.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Finalist - Concerto
2 CDs
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Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
The underrated Fourth Concerto features the Dallas Symphony's stellar brass and winds ideally aligned, plus Hough's balletic projection of the finale's dazzling runs. No less distinct are the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2004, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
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Destination Rachmaninov - Departure
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Trifonov is wonderfully alive to [the Fourth’s] mercurial piano writing, achieving astonishing crystalline delicacy in the elaborate filigree passage work and negotiating unexpected juxtapositions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Building a Library, December 2018, Also Recommended
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Piano
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano
As Andsnes observed in interview, the conductor is the one who really drives the Second Concerto, and after spacious opening chords it's over to Pappano's Berliners for opulent sweep. Andsnes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: the Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
ang has recorded three of the works before...But however dazzling those performances are technically, she is a much more mature performer nowadays. While the flashy exuberance of the First Concerto... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2024, Finalist - Concerto
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Études-Tableaux, Op. 33
Boris Giltburg (piano)
Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto
Giltburg paces the concerto’s solo opening crescendo beautifully…In terms of sheer pianism, the ensuing saga is frequently breathtaking. It’s not only the fleetness of the fingerwork, utter... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2017, Editor's Choice
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - piano (20th/21st-century music)
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Tharaud plays Rachmaninov
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Aleksandar Madžar (piano) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
After the famous introductory bars – following the score rather than the composer’s recording – the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter’s celebrated account but with... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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The evergreen Second Concerto is gorgeously rich, with just the right amount of gooeyness. Sudbin captures the sheer weight of emotion in this work…Throughout, Sudbin creates a beautifully rounded... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2018
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1, etc.
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
The Rachmaninov dream team of the 1970s play this much-hackneyed score with a freshness, moving sincerity and exhilarating emotional power that galvanises the attention from start to finish.... — More…
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1
Sviatoslav Richter
Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, Stanislaw Wislocki
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