Vladimir Ashkenazy - Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 And 3 ..

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ARTiST.... Vladimir Ashkenazy
TiTLE..... Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos.2 & 3
LABEL..... Decca
GENRE..... Classical
RiP.DATE.. 2011-05-18
STOREDATE. 1999-09-14
SOURCE.... CD
QUALiTY... 216 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
TRACKS.... 6 / 77:13
SIZE...... 125.68 MB
RIPPER.... EAC Secure with LAME 3.98.4
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NR. TRACKNAME TiME
1 Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 1. 10:56
Moderato
2 Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 2. 11:53
Adagio sostenuto
3 Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 3. 11:42
Allegro scherzando
4 Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - 1. 16:50
Allegro ma non tanto
5 Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - 2. 11:36
Intermezzo (Adagio)
6 Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor, Op.30 - 3. 14:16
Finale (Alla breve)
TOTAL TiME: 77:13 MIN
TOTAL SIZE: 125.68 MB
RELEASE NOTES
Ashkenazy recorded the Rachmaninoff piano
concerto no. 3 at different points in his career.
This recording, the one with Fistoulari, was his
first, and in my estimation his best. He had just
shared first prize with John Ogdon at the 1960
Tchaikovsky competition, and was at his technical
peak.
I owned this recording of the Rachmaninoff 3rd
when it first came out on LP. I grew to love this
concerto through it, though in my estimation the
recording by Cliburn and Kiril Kondrashin
surpasses it. The cover of the LP indicated that
Ashkenazy recorded this performance in one cut
without edits. It seems all the more special for
that reason.
These recordings of the Rachmaninoff concertos
nos. 2 and 3 are marked by nobility and some
restraint. Ashkenazy takes an almost "classical"
approach to these concertos. Some might call him
reserved, but it would be equally appropriate to
say that he chose to dignify Rachmaninoff and
protect him from what can be a tendency to overly
romanticize this music. For me, the third
concerto comes off more successfully with this
approach.
Consistent with this more reserved approach,
Ashkenazy plays the shorter, less showy, cadenza
in the first movement of the Rachmaninoff 3rd.
This recording will always have a special place
in my collection. It is beautifully remastered
and worthy of its placement in the Legends
series.
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-- Naguib Mahfouz
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