There are some Rach threads, but not with a nice wide umbrella to list particular recordings that you enjoy. Here is one that I do,(and George told me so and was right) ;D:
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Also here on cd:
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Incredible performance....I may spin it a second time this evening.
....and another a la George:
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Two more:
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and a desert island recording for me, and if you can find it:
Les Vepres here: (scroll down a bit as the pic will not stay here):
http://www.geocities.jp/yajimak2000/Chorus.htm
I find this one essential. Jansons knows what he is doing, and the sound of a real Russian orchestra adds some authenticity to the proceedings. Outstanding, and inexpensive, these days.
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Must haves?
I could be content with these, though there are several others I enjoy.
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I think there are reems of great Rachmaninov recordings (and many have been recorded so many times). Thus, 'must have' should either be very short (those that stand out from even great reocrdings) or very long (a lot of the good ones).
If one goes for the short list, I would say add the following:
Rachmaninov performs Rachmaninov (various versions, but RCA have a well known grouping)
Isles of Dead - Ashkenazy as already posted (Ashkenazy has produced a lot of good Rachmaninov at a consistantly high level and is a great place to start)
Rachmaninov: Kocsis playing Sonata #2 and other works (great for piano introduction to a range of piano works - outstanding performance)
Anything by Sviatoslav Richter
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Allow me to pick a few nobody else has nominated...
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Symphony No 2 - uncut - RCA 1973 (?)
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Isle of the Dead - 2010
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And for the truly hardcore fan, it must be said that the selections in this box are outstanding:
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Solo piano performances with Lugansky, Santiago Rodriguez, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz; concertos by Earl Wild; symphonies by Rozhdestvensky; plus a whole bonus set of the concertos in historical recordings from the 1930s, including one of Rach's own recordings.
Quote from: Brian on January 17, 2011, 01:49:25 AM
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This is an earlier issue of the one that I recommended. I also have the Olympia issue, which was the first issue of these great performances, but more expensive:
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richter-Vol-7-Rachmaninov-Piano-Works/dp/B0000260HD
Quote from: Holden on January 17, 2011, 12:47:29 AM
Anything by Sviatoslav Richter
Any "historical" recordings on your radar, Holden?
Thanks for listing, folks. Nice reference to turn to.
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 16, 2011, 07:38:31 PM
Must haves?
I could be content with these, though there are several others I enjoy.
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Interesting how this Philips paired the same (Tchaikovsky) as the Richter DG above. Any connection I should know about?
Quote from: DavidRoss on January 16, 2011, 07:38:31 PM
Must haves?
I could be content with these, though there are several others I enjoy.
You have thread duty. :)
Quote from: Bogey on January 17, 2011, 04:34:38 AM
Interesting how this Philips pair the same as the Richter DG above. Any connection I should know about?
I've always wondered about that cover. Does anyone know the story behind it?
Quote from: George on January 17, 2011, 01:16:45 AM
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Ah, another Janis Merc recording. Nice.
Quote from: Bogey on January 17, 2011, 04:34:38 AM
Interesting how this Philips paired the same (Tchaikovsky) as the Richter DG above. Any connection I should know about?
They are the most popular 'hard' piano concertos. Every career pianist plays them (except the few exceptions who wind up recording all Mozart concertos.)
I burned out on these two, oh, 20 years ago. I haven't been able to hear more than the first theme of either before wandering off.
The Ashkenazy Symphonic Dances is very good; so is his 3d Symphony with the RCO. I'd recommend Richter's over Ashkenazy's solo pieces.
Quote from: Herman on January 17, 2011, 07:44:52 AM
I'd recommend Richter's over Ashkenazy's solo pieces.
So would I, but I generally recommend both. Reasons: (1) their approach is very different...I definitely like Richter's better, but I think the music accommodates Ashkenazy's (sweeter, perhaps more poetic) approach as well, and (2) with Ashkenazy you get pretty much everything (all the preludes, for sure) rather than Richter's cherry-picked assortment. If Richter had given us more of the pieces AND if he'd been given the sheer sonic beauty of Ashkenazy's recording on the original analog Decca LP, however, his would be a total slam dunk. No question.
All just IMO, of course.
;D
Dirk
Some piano things I enjoy: Pogorelich playing some Moments Musicaux (an illegal bootleg which I can let you have if you can't find it) and Gilels playing Richardson's transcription of Vocalise, on a DVD from a Moscow concert. I can't overstress how ineffably lovely these recordings are. Less so , Pletnev and Steven Osborne in the Corelli Variations and the Moiseiwitsch Rachmaninov CD on APR.
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I'll second on Richter's Regis/Olympia disc, Kocsis' solo disc on Philips and anything by Moiseiwitsch and Rachmaninov himself.
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Forgot this one. And I second the Horowitz with Barbirolli and the Moiseiwitsch that Drasko recommended.
Quote from: George on January 17, 2011, 05:31:38 PM
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Forgot this one. And I second the Horowitz with Barbirolli and the Moiseiwitsch that Drasko recommended.
Just that one, George? What about your favorite piano concertos with Mikhail Rudy/Jansons? :)
Personally, I would also include Earl Wild/Heifetz (Chandos or Chesky) and Rafael Orozco/De Waart playing the same concertos (Philips).
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 17, 2011, 07:34:36 PM
Just that one, George?
I am trying to narrow things down for Bill and I have already posted a number of suggestions earlier.
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Personally, I would also include Earl Wild/Heifetz (Chandos or Chesky)
Heifetz? ;)
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2011, 04:25:13 AM
Heifetz? ;)
Sure. If Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau could conduct, why not Jascha?
Actually, he meant Horenstein, of course. I'd put that set in there, as well...preferably on Chesky. I have a copy of the Chandos, but I think the Chesky transfers sound better. OTOH, my original Readers Digest box set of LPs (early pressings) still sound stupendous to my ears--and that remains my favorite way of hearing these.
I bought the Rudy a few years back when everyone was gushing over it. Sorry. After two run-throughs, it didn't really do much for me; I suppose it's time to revisit. Until I do, I'll stick with Wild and Janis as concerto mainstays in stereo, and supplement with some historical (Kapell, Horowitz, et al) and a few more recent pianists (Richter, others) when I'm in the mood.
Cheers,
Dirk
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2011, 04:25:13 AM
Heifetz? ;)
Note to myself: It's not a good idea to write at two o'clock in the morning! :D
Quote from: dirkronk on January 18, 2011, 04:46:23 AM
I bought the Rudy a few years back when everyone was gushing over it. Sorry. After two run-throughs, it didn't really do much for me; I suppose it's time to revisit. Until I do, I'll stick with Wild and Janis as concerto mainstays in stereo, and supplement with some historical (Kapell, Horowitz, et al) and a few more recent pianists (Richter, others) when I'm in the mood.
Cheers,
Dirk
Rudy is the yin to Janis/Wild/Horowitz/Richter's yang. While I enjoy the set and love the sonics, I don't consider it a must-buy.
Quote from: George on January 18, 2011, 06:09:53 AM
Rudy is the yin to Janis/Wild/Horowitz/Richter's yang. While I enjoy the set and love the sonics, I don't consider it a must-buy.
Well, I'm a bit puzzled now, George:
Quote from: George on December 05, 2010, 06:02:33 AM
It's been awhile since I have heard the Previn (mostly because I didn't really like it), so all I can say is that I like this one more, though by no means would he be a first pick for a set of the concertos. Rudy/Jansons remain my favorite for a set of these works. They are available at budget price on EMI and Brilliant Classics.
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 18, 2011, 06:16:55 AM
Well, I'm a bit puzzled now, George:
"My favorite" can be different from "must-have". Michele Boegner's are my favorite Chopin nocturnes, yet I don't consider them a must-have set; the Rach preludes by Eldar Nebolsin and Steven Osborne are cycles I'd never remove from my collection but they aren't must-haves; even more paradoxically, Mustonen's Sibelius Third Symphony is something I'd call a must-hear-once but not must-have!
The Byron Janis performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto (on RCA, if you can find it) is another must have! The first movement cadenza in his hands is something to behold and contemplate!
Quote from: Brian on January 18, 2011, 07:33:55 AM
"My favorite" can be different from "must-have". Michele Boegner's are my favorite Chopin nocturnes, yet I don't consider them a must-have set; the Rach preludes by Eldar Nebolsin and Steven Osborne are cycles I'd never remove from my collection but they aren't must-haves; even more paradoxically, Mustonen's Sibelius Third Symphony is something I'd call a must-hear-once but not must-have!
Yes, Brian, from the perspective of an uncompromising and aseptic objectivity, you could have reason; I mean if that kind of objectivity were possible or even desirable...
Additionally, when you have listened to a lot of recordings of the same music (which is the case of George here), I immediately translate "my favorite" as if it had been said "a must-have" which is probably wrong... Anyway, I have and have listened to that set and it's not one of my favorites, just in case. :)
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 18, 2011, 06:16:55 AM
Well, I'm a bit puzzled now, George:
I don't know why you're puzzled. A set of the Rachmaninoff piano concertos is not a must buy, IMO. Especially when my favorite for 1, 2 and 3 are not part of a set.
Quote from: George on January 18, 2011, 08:27:45 AM
I don't know why you're puzzled. A set of the Rachmaninoff piano concertos is not a must buy, IMO. Especially when my favorite for 1, 2 and 3 are not part of a set.
Right, but the your posts quoted by me were not about single concertos, but about complete sets. The first one says Rudin/Jansons is your favorite complete set and the second "suggests" another thing... nothing too much important, anyway. :)
Quote from: Antoine Marchand on January 18, 2011, 09:12:33 AM
Right, but the your posts quoted by me were not about single concertos, but about complete sets.
This thread is about must have recordings. I don't think the Rudy/Jansons set of the complete concertos are a must have. As good as Rudy's set is, I think Janis and Richter (in individual performances) are better.
The quote you gave (from another thread) that you thought contradicted this actually doesn't contradict it.
QuoteThe first one says Rudin/Jansons is your favorite complete set and the second "suggests" another thing... nothing too much important, anyway. :)
Rudy/Jansons remains my favorite set. I don't consider it a must have. I have posted my must haves (none of them are concerto sets) in this thread.
I hope that clears things up. :)
After so many wonderful Rach interpreters I feel I should also mention Sofronitsky. He didn't record much but for me the Rachmaninov pieces he gave us are beautiful and, as I always expect from this immense artist, deeply expressive. Almost "poetical" for the colors and nuances he brings in every phrase.
Currently, the most easily available Sofronitsky-Rachmaninov in CD is probably in the Brillant box and in Vista Vera. But there are other editions with random Rach pieces from Melodiya, Denon, Classound, Arlecchino, Living Stage, etc.
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Aparrt from the very popular concertos 2 &3 , the discography of Rachmaninov's piano works is surprisingly small. What I mean is that not so many complete recordings, for instance, of his wonderful Preludes exist by great pianists such as Perahia and Argerich.
Rach Sym 2 Kurt Sanderling on DG (cut version) but passionate interpretation. Also, Earl Wild in PC 2 - wow!
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I very much enjoy this set. (And I was able to get mine signed when Hough played in Philadelphia!)
For historical, some of you may enjoy this one....giving it a spin as I type. Kapell gets after it, for sure.
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For those that are interested, this is from 1948....has some quite a few sound issues (scratchy at points), but I am guessing it is the best there is as Ward Martson was at the helm of this VAI release.
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Just spun this one. Bill, you gotta get it!! :)
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I very much enjoy this set.
Me, too!
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Just spun this one. Bill, you gotta get it!! :)
Beyond the vinyl I have George of this No. 2 paired with the Six Preludes?
Quote from: Bogey on January 21, 2011, 03:32:20 PM
Beyond the vinyl I have George of this No. 2 paired with the Six Preludes?
Sorry, I forgot. (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/hiding.gif)
Quote from: George on January 21, 2011, 04:48:25 PM
Sorry, I forgot. (http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys/smiley-fc/hiding.gif)
However, point still taken. If I see the cd used for 6 or 7 bones, I will grab it.
Quote from: Bogey on January 21, 2011, 06:36:46 PM
However, point still taken. If I see the cd used for 6 or 7 bones, I will grab it.
FYI - the image I posted is of the best CD mastering of that concerto.
Quote from: abidoful on January 19, 2011, 12:36:57 PM
Aparrt from the very popular concertos 2 &3 , the discography of Rachmaninov's piano works is surprisingly small. What I mean is that not so many complete recordings, for instance, of his wonderful Preludes exist by great pianists such as Perahia and Argerich.
Perahia doesn't perform any late-romantic repertoire like Rachmaninoff, and Argerich doesn't do any completes.
That being said Rachmaninoff is still considered to be a speciality, and there are plenty of pianists who wouldn't touch his music, just because they don't like it.
I am trying to find a good recording of Rach 3, and I feel like something different from the Ashkenazy/Previn I started out with; I tried Volodos since it was getting lots of praise but don't find it energetic/virtuosic enough, I do not like Argerich since I feel that the major climax of the first movement is NOT done well (which in my mind is a monumental moment in the concerto).
Any thoughts for a good (non-historical!) recording of this concerto, where you really feel the energy and the incandescent fire (which I believe is part of the core of this concerto) ??
Any help would be appreciated!! :)
Quote from: raduneo on April 22, 2012, 06:46:30 AM
I am trying to find a good recording of Rach 3, and I feel like something different from the Ashkenazy/Previn I started out with; I tried Volodos since it was getting lots of praise but don't find it energetic/virtuosic enough, I do not like Argerich since I feel that the major climax of the first movement is NOT done well (which in my mind is a monumental moment in the concerto).
Any thoughts for a good (non-historical!) recording of this concerto, where you really feel the energy and the incandescent fire (which I believe is part of the core of this concerto) ??
Any help would be appreciated!! :)
Well, all my favorites are historical, but you could try Kocsis, he is as far as you can get from Ashkenazy. Fast and furious but in a more controlled, less nervous way than Argerich. His orchestra struggles a bit, but not detrimental.
Quote from: raduneo on April 22, 2012, 06:46:30 AM
I am trying to find a good recording of Rach 3, and I feel like something different from the Ashkenazy/Previn I started out with; I tried Volodos since it was getting lots of praise but don't find it energetic/virtuosic enough, I do not like Argerich since I feel that the major climax of the first movement is NOT done well (which in my mind is a monumental moment in the concerto).
Any thoughts for a good (non-historical!) recording of this concerto, where you really feel the energy and the incandescent fire (which I believe is part of the core of this concerto) ??
Any help would be appreciated!! :)
Well, if it is in stereo, is it non-historical?
My absolute favorite over the years is by
Byron Janis, either the RCA recording with Charles Munch and the Boston Symphony, or on Mercury "Living Presence" with Antal Dorati and the Minnesota Orchestra. The playing by Janis in the cadenza of the first movement in the RCA is incredible.
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Didn't he recording some of his own music? That ought to qualify, i would think.
I received your message Cato. Thanks! :)
Thanks you both of you! I will make sure to try both Jando and Kocsis. I ordered the Kocsis actually (since I enjoy the youtube version I'm hearing very much). It turns out I already had the Jando version on Mercury! :)
I will report back once I have listened to them more carefully. This is afterall the Piano Concerto that made me fall in love with classical music in the first place. (this was a bit over 2 years ago) I couln't believe that there existed in music such intense moments as that cadenza in the first movement!
Quote from: Josquin des Prez on April 22, 2012, 08:36:41 AM
Didn't he recording some of his own music? That ought to qualify, i would think.
Well his recordings are historical, so technically they do not qualify to what I asked. ;) But I will make sure to listen to them more carefully; now that I can do that with "better developed ears", it should get something different out of it I believe.
Vladimir Ashkenazy is my absolute favourite interpreter of Rach's music, incredibly expressive, passionate and thrilling both as a pianist and as a conductor; when I have to buy some recordings of Rachmaninov's works, Ashkenazy's versions are my first choices.
Vladimir Horowitz, Martha Argerich and Sviatoslav Richter are outstanding interpreters as well, but about this music, I think Ashkenazy is a little step forward.
Some of my favourites CDs, absolutely beautiful:
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My essential desert-island Rachmaninov recordings:
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But I'm also rather fond of the following:
Any Rachmaninov transcriptions by Heifetz, and other violin transcriptions from albums such as:
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Any Rachmaninov pieces played by Horowitz!
Transcriptions by Volodos such as from the songs and from the slow movement of the Cello Sonata
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Quote from: raduneo on April 22, 2012, 08:51:14 AM
Well his recordings are historical, so technically they do not qualify to what I asked. ;)
I suppose you are trying to avoid historical recordings because of the poor sound quality then? A lot of people tend to keep a line of separation between historical recordings and modern ones also due to certain specific ideas about the performance and interpretation of music which were peculiar of those specific times, which a lot of people today do not find agreeable. But this ought not to be the case here, since we are talking about the composer performing his own music. You can't get more definitive then that.
Quote from: Cato on January 18, 2011, 07:47:31 AM
The Byron Janis performance of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto (on RCA, if you can find it) is another must have! The first movement cadenza in his hands is something to behold and contemplate!
I hadn't listened to this version so I just checked it out... ouch, it's quite a mess IMO, particuarly the 1st movement cadenza, fistfulls of wrong notes everywhere. The tempos are all over the place, conductor and pianist can't seem to agree the speed, it's all a bit too sloppy for my taste.
I'm listening to the 1st concerto now though, and I think his 'exuberant' style suits this concerto much more.
Quote from: BobsterLobster on April 22, 2012, 03:04:57 PM
I hadn't listened to this version so I just checked it out... ouch, it's quite a mess IMO, particularly the 1st movement cadenza, fistfuls of wrong notes everywhere. The tempos are all over the place, conductor and pianist can't seem to agree the speed, it's all a bit too sloppy for my taste.
I'm listening to the 1st concerto now though, and I think his 'exuberant' style suits this concerto much more.
I have always found the interpretation of the cadenza by Janis to be thrilling!
And to be sure,
Vladimir Ashkenazy and
Alexis Weissenberg are no slouches: the latter even resembled The Rach!
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My favorite for the Rachmaninoff Etudes Tableaux for years has been Ogdon on Testament. Angelich is more refined, more beautiful, while still powerful when called for. Thus, he will likely become my new favorite. This lovely CD should be added to the "it's a damn shame it's OOP" list. :sigh: If you see it in the bins, grab it!
For the preludes:
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I would like to add a couple of recommendations too....from the 60+ recordings that I must have of Rachmaninov's works. The Melodiya release (in pretty good sound too) of Yevgeny Mogilevsky with Kondrashin playing the Piano Concerto No. 3 and the Rustem Hayroudinoff Chandos CD of the Preludes in terrifically recorded piano sound ...one of my desert island discs.
Sorry I am not sure of how to post the album cover art or else I would have, in line with the other replies.
Quote from: George on January 17, 2011, 01:56:11 AM
This is an earlier issue of the one that I recommended. I also have the Olympia issue, which was the first issue of these great performances, but more expensive:
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http://www.amazon.co.uk/Richter-Vol-7-Rachmaninov-Piano-Works/dp/B0000260HD
The last time I tried getting started with Rach, this was the cd 'you all' basically told me to get,... which I just haven't gotten around to, though, coming from a Liszt listening spree, I though Rach must have things that I like.
For 'Solo Piano' ONLY, what might snyprrr respond to? If I think it sounds too much like... mm, salon?,... I mean,... I NEED modern sound,... and I generally respond to well planned recitals by the ultra-virtuoso,... one would really want ultra-virtuoso here, no?,... just to get the 'magical' thing, the effortless flying?
aye :-[ communication breakdown :-\
I really liked Volodos's Liszt on Sony,... but he doesn't have a typical solo Rach cd that comparable, right? Angelich?
Quote from: snyprrr on July 08, 2012, 10:21:49 AM
The last time I tried getting started with Rach, this was the cd 'you all' basically told me to get,... which I just haven't gotten around to, though, coming from a Liszt listening spree, I though Rach must have things that I like.
For 'Solo Piano' ONLY, what might snyprrr respond to? If I think it sounds too much like... mm, salon?,... I mean,... I NEED modern sound,... and I generally respond to well planned recitals by the ultra-virtuoso,... one would really want ultra-virtuoso here, no?,... just to get the 'magical' thing, the effortless flying?
aye :-[ communication breakdown :-\
I really liked Volodos's Liszt on Sony,... but he doesn't have a typical solo Rach cd that comparable, right? Angelich?
I don't like Volodos. For modern sound Rachmaninoff, try this cheap 2CD set:
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