Piano Concertos 1-4
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RRP £20.30 historic list price — see live Amazon pricing below
- Composer
- Sergei Rachmaninov
- Performers
- London Symphony, Andre Previn, Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Label
- Decca
- Discs
- 2
- Barcode
- 9786303975290
Amazon.co.uk If you don't already have the complete Rachmaninov concertos, you can buy this version with total confidence. There may be better recordings of the individual works (such as the legendary Michelangeli in No. 4 or Argerich in No. 3) but this remains the finest complete recording, unrivalled since it was made in the early 1970s. Only the boxy sound (in itself not bad enough to lessen the recommendation) and the tuning of the piano in the first movement of the First Concerto counts against it. Vladimir Ashkenazy is one of Rachmaninov's most sympathetic interpreters, both as pianist and latterly as conductor. He never ladles on the sugar in the way some interpreters do and the music sounds all the greater for it. Previn is a superb ally, and his relationship with the LSO was one of the most distinguished in the orchestra's history. The highlights are too numerous to number: by far the best thing is to buy it and hear it for yourself. --Harriet Smith Product description DOUBLE CD: Rachmaninov,Piano Concertos 1-4
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