Rachmaninov plays Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3 (1939)

PT 1a. http://youtube.com/watch?v=WlVKTRy7Mto
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
1. Allegro ma non tanto (excerpt)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano

Note: Rachmaninoff made two rather brief cuts of 4 and 2 bars in the first movement, 13 bars of the Intermezzo and made two large cuts, 23 and 13 bars, in the Finale.

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[Viacheslav Nikolaev]

I would really appreciate anything from Chopin or Debussy that I'd find nearly as impressive as Rach concerto 2. Could you please drop some compositions for me to hear and compare? :)

[woodycoat]

Sorry but what am I missing here? He's famous and yet to me his compositions are not nearly as impressive as Debussy or Chopin.

[nodata dub]

amen to that



[LePredator1]

I got a little scared and invigorated at the end of the cadenza, those big chords... How then would I have felt if I ever heard his rendition of the ossia?!!

[Robert Berger]

Rachmaninov was a Volga Tatar - making him a Turk !

[eilee11]

Thank you so much for posting this. It's a pity the entirety is not here. It's the first time I have heard the Rach 3 performed by the composer. I really enjoyed it.

[alibaba4506]

Yes. I mean in the sense of North America.

[M Goode]

mathieu is canadian (or quebecois)!

[Özgür Ademoğlu]

Ey Rahmaninov senin nasıl güzel bir gönlün var ki bu şaheseri bestelemişsin.

[alibaba4506]

I think this kind of new romantism needs more than one listening to be fully understood.