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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2

~ Krystian Zimerman
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  • Audio CD (2 Feb 2004)
  • SPARS Code: DDD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Universal Classics
  • ASIN: B0000V8CIQ
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 34,551 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Song Title Time Price
Listen  1. Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1 - 1. Vivace12:22Album Only
Listen  2. Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1 - 2. Andante 6:42£0.79
Listen  3. Piano Concerto No.1 in F sharp minor, Op.1 - 3. Allegro vivace 7:28Album Only
Listen  4. Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 1. Moderato11:46Album Only
Listen  5. Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 2. Adagio sostenuto12:15Album Only
Listen  6. Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18 - 3. Allegro scherzando11:34Album Only

On this CD:
  1. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 in F sharp minor
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    with Krystian Zimerman
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

  2. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 in C minor
    Composed by Sergey Rachmaninov
    Performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra
    with Krystian Zimerman
    Conducted by Seiji Ozawa

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5.0 out of 5 stars Fresh interpretation of one the all-time greats, 11 Jul 2004
Rachmaninoff's second piano concerto lies at the core of the piano concerto repertoire. Gloriously romantic and suffused with yearning melody accompanied by his characteristically beautiful harmony, it is deservedly regarded as an outstanding piece in the classical music literature. However, there are just so many recordings of this piece, what can Zimerman bring to those much-recorded pages?

I am happy to report that his interpretation is fresh, exciting and full of the energy and verve required for this youthful work. The first movement is especially fine in its unpretentious approach, clean playing and wonderful orchestral accompaniment from Ozawa and the Boston SO. Zimerman displays an assured virtuosity that is vital for successful execution and yet at no time is it empty showmanship. As an aside, I certainly couldn't criticise the opening bars as being a groteque distortion of the written note, as another reviewer contends. If I have a quibble, however, is that the recording places the piano at the very forefront of the audio stage. This results in a slightly disappointing predominance of the piano when the orchestra plays in rousing fortissimo passages (I'm thinking in particular of the final statement of the theme in the final movement in C major). That small quibble aside, this is a superb account.

But let's not forget the first concerto either. Written whilst still a student at the Moscow Conservatory, it bears harmonic debt to Tschaikovsky, whilst still being idiomatically his own. Zimerman plays the piece with fabulous zest and conviction. The virtuosity is spellbinding. Again, the first movement is particularly exciting, with Zimerman judging tempo and dynamic to great effect. It has to be one of the finest recordings of the work, aside from Rachmaninoff's own.

This CD comes very highly recommended. There are, of course, other great recordings of these works: the composer's own versions of both; and the second conerto by Benno Moieseiwitsch (whom Rachmaninoff considered to be capable of playing his works better than he could), Sviatoslav Richter or Vladimir Ashkenazy. In an ideal world, get them all, but Zimerman's recording is a worthy addition to your collection if you don't own either of these works.

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12 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Long-awaited Rachmaninov from Zimerman, 10 Feb 2004
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Recordings by this remarkable pianist are so infrequent, and usually so welcome, but this new recording is a disappointment. Zimerman's advocacy is never in doubt, much of the pianism is taut and dynamic, but there are also incomprehensible musical misjudgements which were never expected given that the pianist has been so familiar with these works for so much of his life. The opening of the C minor, for all its individualism, sounds almost grotesque, by way of example. In the first movement cadenza of the F sharp minor, there are disturbing distortions in phrasing that the score simply does not support and, at the end of it, the orchestra crashes in with gusto... but too early. Zimerman is persuasive in each of the slow and final movements although, in the C minor, he never displaces the Richter/Warsaw PO/Wislocki 1959 recording (DG Original 447 4202). Overall, his mind appears set upon attack, an approach supported by a recording which favours the piano. As for the orchestral support, the listener might be left feeling little of the pianist's drive and commitment. It is more than twenty years since Zimerman played the first concerto at London's Royal Festival Hall, a lighter and more capricious reading much better suited to the output, however much revised, of a virile, student Rachmaninov. It is sad to confess such disappointment with such an outstanding pianist.
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