RACHMANINOFF: PENNARIO / Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor Op. 30 / 1/4

[fredericfranc]

...there this story that some critic said that Prokofiev, playing his Nr.3, sounded/appeared like he was dusting the keyboard. This sounds to me like Mr. Pennario is dusting the keyboard, and you want to take it in the positive sense, because some of the heavy-hitters out there, of established reputations so called, sound, when playing this, like they are EVISCERATING the keyboard, so I can do with a little dusting from Mr.Pennario by now...

[jdmiller71201]

Pennario's has good momentum most of the time (the momentum must be there even in the more lyrical sections - Pennario loses it just a little here), but his tone utterly bores me - has only one "shade", one dimension. I believe there is more room in Rachmaninoff for "bite". Check out Horowitz's early recording with Coates, or, of course Rachmaninoff's recording, or Kapell's recently released recording of a performance from his final tour in Australia on the "Kapell Rediscovered" CD.

[herautdeDieu]

i love it..but it does not seem so hard to play..:P

[ScutigerousPume]

@herautdeDieu ... it's only one of the most challenging pieces in the modern repertoire.

[rock2dream]

oh my god... saw the MSO perform this with my piano class. FANTASTIC. Rachmoninoff is truly a genius composer.

[barelyapianist]

thank you for the quality upload and description. youtube vids like this are a credit to the whole site.

[12321chlo312321]

i always listen to this in the car with my dad :D lol x

[2ndAveLine]

This is terrific- honest, straightforward, elegant. His phenominal technique never overshadows the music. Pennario seems to really understand this piece, just gets to the core. It reminds me of the Horowitz-Reiner recording with the fast cadenza- I don't like the ossia.  I rank it right up there with Horowitz, Janis, and Rachmaninoff himself.

[trowuttatwo]

ahhh how lovely.......Pianism at its best!