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Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1
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Concertos » Piano Concertos
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Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
In the First, he steers the music’s dramatic ebb and flow with total conviction, while also bringing tremendous clarity of fingerwork to its elaborate piano writing. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, January 2021
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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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... —
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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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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.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Concerto
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Rachmaninoff: the Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Wang 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... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Concerto
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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... —
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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. Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
[Nos 1 & 4] have never been such sure-fire crowd-pleasers, but Trpčeski certainly plays them with fire and passion. No. 1 emerges as big-boned and compelling, while he plays up the leanly modernist... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
Krystian Zimerman (piano)
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Seiji Ozawa
The catalogue may bulge with recordings of these two concertos, yet the verve and poetry of these performances somehow forbid comparison, even at the most exalted level. Zimerman claims that... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2004, Disc of the Month
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Coming soon. Rachmaninoff: 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... —
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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
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3 Vinyl Records
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Prokofiev & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos
Byron Janis (piano)
Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin
...this is a spellbinding disc, legendary recordings of legendary performances of these two concertos, rounded off with a neat “mini-recital” of four solo pieces. Go forth and buy – you will... —
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Rachmaninov - Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra
RecommendedRafael Orozco
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Edo de Waart
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Building a Library, January 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, July 2019, Proms BaL Recommendation
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