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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3

Simon Trpceski Audio CD
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  • Performer: Simon Trpceski
  • Orchestra: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Conductor: Vasily Petrenko
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Audio CD (1 Mar 2010)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Avie
  • ASIN: B0035KTIKU
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 42,211 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Song TitleArtist Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Concerto no. 2 Op. 18 in C minor I ModeratoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra10:20Album Only
Listen  2. Piano Concerto no. 2 Op. 18 in C minor II Adagio sostenutoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra11:39Album Only
Listen  3. Piano Concerto no. 2 Op. 18 in C minor III Allegro scherzandoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra11:51Album Only
Listen  4. Piano Concerto no. 3 Op. 30 in D minor I Allegro ma non tantoRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra16:53Album Only
Listen  5. Piano Concerto no. 3 Op. 30 in D minor II Intermezzo: AdagioRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra10:44Album Only
Listen  6. Piano Concerto no. 3 Op. 30 in D minor III Finale: Alla breveRoyal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra14:18Album Only


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Pianist Simon Trpèeski makes his Avie label debut with his first concerto recording, Rachmaninov's Second and Third, potently partnered by Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

30-year-old Macedonian pianist Simon Trpèeski is one of the most remarkable musicians of his generation. Here he performs technically flawless and superbly rendered versions of Rachmaninov's notoriously challenging Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3. He partners with frequent collaborator Vasily Petrenko who, with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, extend their fruitful Avie association with this, the first of two recordings with Trpèeski surveying Rachmaninov's complete concertante works for piano and orchestra.

Trpèeski has performed extensively in the UK and has a loyal following amongst audiences of the London Symphony, Philharmonia, London Philharmonic, the Wigmore Hall and Southbank, and others. Winner of the London International Piano Competition in 2000, he was a member of the BBC New Generation scheme and winner of the Royal Philharmonic Society's Young Artist Award in 2003. A Gramophone Award-winning artist, his first concerto recording will be eagerly sought out.

Since becoming Principal Conductor of the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra in 2006, Petrenko has had a galvanising effect on Classic FM's Orchestra in the Northwest. Multiple Gramophone Awards and unanimous critical acclaim have further spread their magical brand of music-making.

"Petrenko's Rachmaninov is passionate yet strikingly unsentimental. This approach fits well with that of his soloist Simon Trpèeski, whose playing of this most difficult of concertos combined impish nonchalance with great muscularity. Much of it was dazzling...Trpèeski dispatched the first-movement cadenza with breathtaking panache." - The Guardian

Personnel: Simon Trpèeski (piano), Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko (conductor)

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Simon Trpceski, piano - Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra - Vasily Petrenko, direction

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23 of 26 people found the following review helpful
By Ralph Moore TOP 50 REVIEWER
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I am still in two minds about these performances and might yet revise this, my initial response, but I find myself torn between two reactions: first, that this is first class music-making by sensitive musicians who have decided that the only way to approach music which has become a cliché is to re-think matters entirely, and go for a more cerebral, serious interpretation; secondly, that this very decision robs the music of a certain vulgar vitality essential to its nature. Of course, the second alternative is the direct result of the first decision. The Santa Fe listener has neatly anatomised the dilemma in his perceptive lead review on Amazon.com; if I want to hear Horowitz tear a passion to tatters in the Third I know where to go, but there must surely be room for this more considered version.

This disc certainly didn't take me by storm the way Petrenko's other recent Rachmaninov medley on Avie did. My appreciation of those performances and the fact that they almost instantly became my first choice for "The Isle of the Dead" and the "Symphonic Dances" led me to have high hopes of these concertos; that expectation has not been fulfilled but I do not want to dismiss these versions out of hand, as they might well repay careful re-listening. Trpceski is fleet and fluent in the passagework but, compared with the brilliant, breathless attack of, say, Byron Janis and Dorati on the old Mercury recording, the tempi set by him and Petrenko seem a bit tame and careful - although they create a kind of contemplative, melancholy quite other than the more traditional, barnstorming showmanship we have become used to.

Try to listen before you buy; meanwhile for me I think the jury is still out on this one.
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27 of 36 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing 'vin ordinaire' 9 Mar 2010
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As a lover of these concerti for over half a century, and possessor of 80 versions of the 3rd, I regretfully have to record my disappointment with this new recording. The 2nd holds little that's unpredictable, and to me only caught fire on the last 2 pages. It must be well nigh impossible to beat the immense competition in a work like this, and to overcome perfomer's over-familiarity. But that's what distinction in mainstream repertoire is all about. The 3rd's performance doesn't begin to eclipse Argerich, Janis, Cliburn or Horowitz. Petrenko and the RLPO are impressive, but Simon seems not yet ready to record this cruelly demanding piece. There is also a crucially exposed wrong note in the finale, which ruins repeated listening. Incandescence, guaranteed by only a live performance, and so essential, is missing. Sorry to be so negative, but these days only perfection of technique, aplomb, accompaniment, unity and recording quality will be acceptable in such key repertoire.
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3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing 16 July 2011
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I am a big fan of Petrenko whom I believe will be seen as one of the great conductors of the 21st century if he continues to develop his extraordinarily talents. For that reason I snap up all the new CDs which he conducts and, by and large, have been repaid with hearing excellent performances.
I have to admit those in question here, however, are nothing special. The accounts are well performed but lack insight to mine the essential romanticism of these works. With a substantial number of great performances of each work available there is no reason, unless like me you have made a mistake, to buy this CD. The three stars are awarded for the technical quality of the performances and the sound both of which are excellent.

After reading the remarks of others on this site I must strongly object to the person who rates this disc highly for its relaxing qualities. Anyone who listens to Rachmaninoff to relax would be better off with Montovanni or some other form of aural pablum! Rachmaninoff's music reaches and gives insight into the heights and depths of human feeling and it is a disservice to him to characterize his music as relaxing.
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