Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos/Rhapsody

Sergei Rachmaninoff (Composer), Andre Previn (Conductor), London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Vladimir Ashkenazy (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy
• Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
• Conductor: Andre Previn
• Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
• Audio CD (January 14, 2003)
• SPARS Code: ADD
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Decca
• ASIN: B000076GYF
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #22,145 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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36 of 47 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Rachmaninov, Ashkenazy and Previn Again?!, July 17, 2003

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Michael B. Richman (Portland, Maine USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos/Rhapsody (Audio CD)

The playing on this CD is worthy of five stars, but Universal gets a one-star demerit for releasing these works too many times. If you want one CD of Ashkenazy & Previn playing a couple of Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, then you buy the Penguin Classics title. If you want two CDs of Ashkenazy & Previn playing all four Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, then you buy the Double Decker. If you want six CDs of Ashkenazy & Previn playing all four Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, plus the Paganini Rhapsody and other works for piano, then you buy the boxed set. And now, if you want Ashkenazy & Previn just playing all four Rachmaninov Piano Concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody, you can get this three disc set. Geez, there is less selection in the grocery store! Some of the Universal Trio releases have been phenomenal -- Dvorak Slavonic Dances/Symphonic Poems, Brahms Concertos/Overtures, Mendelssohn String Quartets, etc. -- but with the combined resources of so many labels surely they could have dug a little deeper into the vaults and found something else that was unreleased on CD. Or, just not bothered with this title at all.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Deja Vous all over again!, September 10, 2010

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Thomas Martin "sonomatom" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos/Rhapsody (Audio CD)

I totally agree with Michael Richman's earlier comments. These are important,perhaps, definitive recordings of Rachmaninov's mighty piano concerti, but how many reissues, in how many different guises do they warrant? I don't believe this "Trio" release (although an excellent value) is even remastered, ADRM or otherwise. Another example of the sad state of the serious music recording scene here and abroad. Thank God for Naxos & its vision, repertoire, and increasingly excellent roster of artists!

4.0 out of 5 stars Ashkenazy Playing Rach, February 7, 2012

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Carlos Quintero "quinmal" (Caracas, Venezuela) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos/Rhapsody (Audio CD)

Ashkenazy playing Rachmaninov has been always wonderful. Despite

this is a very good cycle, his collaboration with Haitink was more

touching and much more convincent. For Rach played by Ashkenazy, go

for the Haitink cycle in the same label.