Rachmaninov: Piano Con... - Boris Giltburg - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto was composed while he was a student at the Moscow Conservatoire, then fully reworked before he left Russia in 1917 and again in 1919. It is hard to explain why it never achieved a higher level of popularity – it has all of the melodic beauty, passion and brilliance found throughout the composer’s music. The Fourth Piano Concerto was much revised after harsh criticism at its premiere but it occupies a unique place in Rachmaninov’s oeuvre, showing a progression from lush Romanticism towards the muscular transparency of his later works. The electrifying Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is a concerto in all but name – the work’s sense of fun and demonic bravura has ensured its place among the mostloved and often performed works for piano and orchestra.

This recording of the First and Fourth Piano Concertos completes Boris Giltburg’s recordings of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos. It follows on from a recording of the Second Piano Concerto (8.573629) which was an American Record Guide Critic’s Choice and considered ‘compulsive listening’ by BBC Music Magazine. Giltburg’s recording of the Third Piano Concerto (8.573630) shatters the encrustation of reputational habit, offering instead a vividly imaginative recreation of a score that lives and breathes with irresistible vitality.’ (Gramophone)

Label: Naxos | Origin: Holland

📌 .. Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 - Rhapsody On a Theme of Pagani