{"product_id":"rachmaninov-plays-rachmaninov-piano-concertos-1-4-paganini-rhapsody-1929-41-pasc544","title":"RACHMANINOV plays Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4, Paganini Rhapsody (1929-41) - PASC544","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. 1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\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. 3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\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. 4\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003eRACHMANINOV \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003ePaganini Rhapsody\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eStudio recordings, 1929-1941\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eTotal duration: 2hr 17:25\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;\"\u003e, piano\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eThe Philadelphia Orchestra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003econducted by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003eEugene Ormandy \u0026amp; Leopold Stokowski\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_titlefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_quotefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9review_bodyfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9main_samplefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fsamples\/PASC544.mp3578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_labelfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fProducer's Note578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_typefb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5fcontent578a9379d1e540bd96d26f03a79628d9tab1_contentfb55cd020f0643f08418183279e63a5f\u003cp\u003e\nOver a period of eighteen years involving a single record label, a single\nensemble and its two successive music directors, Sergei Rachmaninov set\ndown his complete works for piano and orchestra. He started with his most\nbeloved concerto, the C minor, in an acoustic recording of the second and\nthird movements with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra,\nbegun in December of 1923 and completed the following month. The results\nwere successful enough to warrant recording the first movement in December,\n1924; but because of the advent of electrical recording shortly thereafter,\nthis portion was never released on 78 rpm discs. (The complete recording is\navailable on Pristine PASC 471).\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nBy April, 1929, recording technology had improved to the extent that a\nremake of the Second Concerto was warranted. This time, the venue was the\norchestra’s home, the Academy of Music. Forces no longer had to be reduced,\nnor did any more re-scoring need to be done in order for the music to\nregister over acoustic phonographs. As was the practice of the time,\nmultiple takes of each side were made. In 1942, as the metal parts began to\nshow wear, Victor substituted nine of the ten sides of the album with\nbackup takes. Both versions were transferred on Pristine PASC 521, although\nhere, the takes originally approved by the composer-pianist are presented.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe next work to be recorded was the \u003cem\u003ePaganini Rhapsody\u003c\/em\u003e, set down\nonly seven weeks after its November, 1934 première. Due to the economic\nconstraints of the Depression, Victor was holding its sessions in a\nconverted Camden church using reduced forces. It was recorded in one take\nwith no pauses, with the original engineers fading down one side on one\ncutting turntable while they faded up the next side on another. (The two\ncutters were running at different speeds with different volume levels,\nwhich made linking the sides together for this transfer challenging.) The\nnon-stop recording approach lends a great momentum and energy to the\nperformance.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nIt was as a result of a Rachmaninov Festival planned by the orchestra’s new\ndirector, Eugene Ormandy, that the First and Third Concertos were recorded\nin December, 1939, with a make-up session two months later. Victor had\nwanted to record the composer in these works; but Rachmaninov bargained to\nhave them let him conduct a recording of his Third Symphony in exchange.\nThe originals were recorded at a very high volume level, at the expense of\ncutting the bass to avoid blasting. I have tried to coax as much bass as\npossible from the original discs to present a more natural sound in these\ntransfers.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\nThe Fourth Concerto, composed in 1926 and premièred by the composer under\nStokowski the following year, had not been part of the festival due to the\ncomposer’s having withdrawn it in 1931 for further revision after its\ninitial poor critical reception. The recording in December, 1941 followed\nthe first performances of the final version. The composer continued to make\nchanges to the orchestration up to the recording session, some of which are\nnot reflected in the published score. It was fortuitous that Victor took a\ngamble on this work with a troubled past when it did. The following summer,\nthe first Petrillo Ban on recording went into effect; and before it was\nover, Rachmaninov was dead.\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\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003eRACHMANINOV plays Rachmaninov\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 24px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCD 1 (65:34)\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 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st Mvt.: Moderato – Allegro (9:49)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd Mvt.: Adagio sostenuto (10:43)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd Mvt.: Allegro scherzando (10:56)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 10 and 13 April 1929 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrix nos.: CVE 48963-3, 48964-1, 48965-1, 48966-1, 48967-3, 48968-2,\n48969-1, 48970-2, 48971-2 \u0026amp; 48972-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on Victor 8148 through 8152 in album M-58\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 1st Mvt.: Allegro ma non tanto (13:56)\u003cbr\u003e5. 2nd Mvt.: Intermezzo: Adagio (8:40)\u003cbr\u003e6. 3rd Mvt.: Finale: Alla breve (11:29)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 4 December 1939 and 24 February 1940 in the Academy of Music,\nPhiladelphia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrix nos.: CS 045627-1, 045628-1, 045629-1, 045630-1, 045631-1,\n045632-2A, 045633-1, 045634-3 \u0026amp; 045635-1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on Victor 17481 through 17485 in album M-710\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCD 2 (71:50)\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 RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. 1st Mvt.: Vivace (12:10)\u003cbr\u003e2. 2nd Mvt.: Andante (5:27)\u003cbr\u003e3. 3rd Mvt.: Allegro vivace (7:31)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 4 December 1939 and 24 February 1940 in the Academy of Music,\nPhiladelphia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrix nos.: CS 045621-2, 045622-2, 045623-2, 045624-1, 045625-3 \u0026amp;\n045626-3\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eFirst issued on Victor 18374 through 18376 in album M-865\n\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. 1st Mvt.: Allegro vivace (9:47)\u003cbr\u003e5. 2nd Mvt: Largo (6:02)\u003cbr\u003e6. 3rd Mvt.: Allegro vivace (8:49)\n\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eRecorded 20 December 1941 in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 12px;\"\u003eMatrix nos.: CS 071277-2, 071278-2, 071279-1A, 071280-1A, 071281-1,\n071282-1, 071283-1 \u0026amp; 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Andante cantabile (2:35)\u003cbr\u003e27. Variation 19. A tempo vivace (0:36)\u003cbr\u003e28. Variation 20. Un poco più vivo (0:36)\u003cbr\u003e29. Variation 21. Un poco più vivo (0:26)\u003cbr\u003e30. Variation 22. Marziale. Un poco più vivo (Alla breve) (1:38)\u003cbr\u003e31. Variation 23. L’istesso tempo (0:49)\u003cbr\u003e32. Variation 24. 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