Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Dover Miniature Music Scores) [Paperback]

Serge Rachmaninoff (Author), Music Scores (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 2, 2011 | Series: Dover Miniature Music Scores

Rachmaninoff wrote his famous Piano Concerto No. 3 to showcase his talents not only as a composer but as a pianist. A pyrotechnic display of virtuosity that has become the apex for all pianists, this celebrated piece appears here with bar-numbered movements. Ideal for study in the classroom, at home, or in the concert hall.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Dover Publications (November 2, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0486449599
• ISBN-13: 978-0486449593
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,419,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quite possibly the hardest piano music ever written - but well worth it, August 5, 2005

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Jonathan Keener (Lancaster, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Kalmus Edition) (Paperback)

I bought this piece of sheet music after my teacher recommended it as a 'good piano competition piece.' I had already worked on most of Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto (also very difficult) and the third movement of Mozart's 17th concerto. I would definitely not recommend getting this piece if you don't have a MAJOR desire to learn it as it is very difficult. However, the piece is extremely beautiful, and technically showy (which is why it is a 'good competition piece') - probably my favorite piece of sheet music at the moment. I have been playing piano for 12 years and would consider myself fairly advanced - but I still anticipate it taking at least 6-8 months to learn this piece, and that's practicing it up to and about 1 hour per day. Rachmaninoff wrote a masterpiece and it is considered today to be one of the most beautiful and difficult piano concertos, up there with Tchaikovsky's 1st. This edition has a limited amount of fingerings, but it is easily readable and not over-edited like some editions. I wholeheartedly recommend it but will warn you again not to attempt to learn it unless you have a strong desire to do so.

5.0 out of 5 stars includes both ossia cadenza and normal one, September 12, 2011

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ropes - See all my reviews

This review is from: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Kalmus Edition) (Paperback)

pro- i like the cover. printed fairly well. paper is of not the filmsy dover kind.
con- it's the same edition as the ones you'll find online at imslp.org, not too special but better than schirmers.

1 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Greatest piano concertos arranged for 2 pianos., October 20, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 (Kalmus Edition) (Paperback)

for those of u that saw "shrine" i guess u already discovered the "magical" feeling after hearing this piece. w/ this arrangement the piece could be played by two ppl instead of w/ the orch... makes things simplier but sounds just as nice.