{"product_id":"rachmaninov-plays-rachmaninov-1929-pasc521","title":"RACHMANINOV plays Rachmaninov (1929) - PASC521","description":"overviewfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eRACHMANINOV \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePiano Concerto No. 2 in C minor\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eThe legendary 1929 recording in two different versions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eand an additional alternate take\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded in 1929\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 66:39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eSergei Rachmaninov \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003epiano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Philadelphia Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e Leopold Stokowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC521.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\n\nFew recordings have remained in the catalog for nearly ninety years and\nstill been considered unsurpassed, except insofar as recording\ntechnology is concerned; but the 1929 collaboration of Sergei\nRachmaninov with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in\nthe composer\/pianist’s Second Concerto is surely one of them. Yet, what\nis perhaps less well-known is that this recording has existed in two\nalmost entirely different versions over the years, with a performance\nthat was not Rachmaninov’s first choice being the only one available\nfor half of its history. The present release brings the two together\nfor the first time.\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIn the early days of electrical recording, it was the Victor label’s\npractice to record at least two and often three takes of each side. One\nwould be approved for release, with the remainder being held as backups or\nmarked for destruction. In the case of the present set, the recording logs\nshow that for Sides 1, 5, 6, 9 and 10, three takes were made for each, with\ntwo takes taken down for the remaining sides. Rachmaninov himself chose the\ntakes that were originally issued when the set was brought out in 1929.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBy the early 1940s, Victor began drawing on saved alternate takes to\nreplace sides in some of their best-selling older recordings, due to\nincreased wear on the original metal “mothers” which had been used for\nyears to grow new stampers. Sometimes for an album set, this might mean\nreplacing one or two sides. The present recording, however, stands alone in\nthe number of substituted sides: nine out of ten, with only the original\nSide 4 retained because the sole alternate take had already been destroyed.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe “blue history cards” currently on file at the Sony archives, which\ndocument which takes were used for each side and when they were put into\nproduction, show that these substitutions were made in 1942 and continued\nto be employed for the remainder of the set’s catalog life during the 78\nrpm era. The recording logs also state that the substitute takes were used\nfor all of RCA’s LP releases, from the first in 1951 to “The Complete\nRachmaninoff” 15-LP set issued in 1973. It was not until 1987 that the\noriginal takes were first reissued on CD by RCA. Thus, for 45 of its 89\nyears in the catalog (1942 to 1987), entire generations only got to know\nthis performance from the substitute takes. (An additional alternate take\nfor Side 9 had been issued in 1940, and was only available for two years.\nThis has never appeared on an extended-play reissue before the present\nrelease.)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt is fascinating to compare the takes of each side and speculate as to why\nRachmaninov preferred one over the other. Sometimes, there are obvious\nerrors that show why a take was not originally favored; but at other times,\nthere are subtle differences in phrasing and timing that suggest a composer\ntrying out different approaches with his most famous and beloved concerted\nwork. Through it all, he has the support of Stokowski at his most\nimpassioned, and his “Fabulous Philadelphians”, the ensemble which\nRachmaninov himself once claimed was perhaps “the finest orchestra the\nworld has ever heard.”\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMark Obert-Thorn\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_thumbnail2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_cover_download_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample1_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample2_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample3_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample4_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample5_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_sample6_s3_locationfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fFull Track Listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5ftrack_listing578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab2_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\nVersion 1: Originally-issued takes (publ. 1929)\n\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n1st Mvt.: \u003ci\u003eModerato – Allegro\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n1. 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Side 10 (mm. 356 – end) matrix CVE 48972-1 (3:24)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVersion 2: Substitute takes (\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003epubl. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1942)\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n1st Mvt.: \u003ci\u003eModerato – Allegro\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n11. Side 1 (mm. 1 – 109) matrix CVE 48963-2 (3:00)\u003cbr\u003e12. Side 2 (mm. 109 – 261) matrix CVE 48964-2 (3:24)\u003cbr\u003e13. Side 3 (mm. 261 – end) matrix CVE 48965-2 (3:20)\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2nd Mvt.:\u003ci\u003e Adagio sostenuto\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n14. Side 4 (mm. 1 – 39) matrix CVE 48966-1 (2:57)\u003cbr\u003e15. Side 5 (mm. 39 – 78) matrix CVE 48967-1 (2:24)\u003cbr\u003e16. Side 6 (mm. 79 – 129) matrix CVE 48968-3 (2:31)\u003cbr\u003e17. Side 7 (mm. 129 – end) matrix CVE 48969-2 (2:49)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3rd Mvt.: \u003ci\u003eAllegro scherzando\n\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n18. Side 8 (mm. 1 – 162) matrix CVE 48970-1 (3:50)\u003cbr\u003e19. Side 9 (mm. 162 – 356) matrix CVE 48971-3 (3:43)\u003cbr\u003e20. 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