Rach 3 (1 Viewer)

[Drew Bethel]

Can anyone recommend a redbook CD of the Rach 3 with excellent sonics and a great performance? Cheers.

 

[andrew markworthy]

Volodos's recording is well-reviewed and IMHO is excellent sonically and musically. Otherwise, there's an older recording by Ashkenazy with Previn conducting. Recording is okay, but excellent performance.

 

[Drew Bethel]

Thanks Andrew, I'll look it up.

 

[Jan H]

Try looking into the Martha Argerich (the greatest living pianist, IMHO) recording with Kondrashin on Philips. An older recording, but it sounds superb and the performance is jaw-dropping. JH

 

[Jan H]

Correction: The recording I was referring to was conducted by Ricardo Chailly with the RSO Berlin (Kondrashin conducts Argerich in Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto, also on the CD, which is another terrific performance). JH

 

[andrew markworthy]

The Argerich is good (I'd inexplicably forgoten about it). However, with respect, I personally think Volodos's is better. Ultimately, however, it comes down to an 'apples or pears' argument - both are excellent, and both have their especial strengths. Which one prefers is a matter of personal choice. Certainly if I went to a record store and could only find something by Argerich I wouldn't grumble.

 

[Lewis Besze]

Kissin's live recording on RCA with the BSO conducting Seji Ozawa,is the best I've heard to date.The recording is superb,but the level is a bit low but you just turn it up a bit and that's it. Enjoy!

 

[Jim_C]

I agree with Lewis. I heard a number of versions and I think that the Kissin recording is very, very good.

 

[Mike Broadman]

FYI: the Volodos recording is also on SACD. The performance, the piece itself, and the sound quality make this one of my top 3 classic recordings that I own.

Rachmaninoff was supposed to be a great pianist himself. I wonder if there are any recordings of him playing his own music.

NP: Bach, Uncommon Bach, rare organ works, DTS CD

 

[Jeff Keene]

I wonder if there are any recordings of him playing his own music.

File this under kinda :
Telarc has a disc called "A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff performs his solo piano works" (CD-80489)
The way I understand it, they took piano rolls he created and played them in a Super High Tech (TM) player piano. The recording is quite good, actually. The disc is interesting at the very least.
Hope this helps.
edited for Silly Spelling (TM)

 

[Jan H]

Wish I had SACD, I'd love to hear the Volodos in that format. Jeff - nteresting info about the Telarc disc. Will have to check it out.

 

[Jeff Keene]

Jan - It is interesting. It sounds very much like a studio recording. Doesn't feel like a concert at all. Not that there's anything wrong with that.