(1/2) Rimsky-Korsakov - Piano Concerto - Richter/Kondrashin

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908)
Piano Concerto in C-sharp Minor
Op.30

Moderato -
Allegretto quasi polacca -
Allegro

Sviatoslav Richter, piano
Moscow Youth Orchestra
Kirill Kondrashin, cond.

Recorded Moscow, February 17, 1950

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Music

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• Rimsky
• Korsakov
• Piano
• Concerto
• Sviatoslav
• Richter
• Kirill
• Kondrashin

[alphabet661]

I like the op[ening 2 minutes or so but then it becomes a bit too referential to the Listz Piano concertos - just with some more novel orchestration. Some of the comments are overly harsh. I think this deserves to be heard - maybe not a ton but I am unsure about it being kept on the shelf.

I find it informative as how difficult it was for composers to write a piano concerto under the shadow of Listz and Brahms.

[24u2c]

it has an asian feel to it :P

[Vesivian]

What an amazing piece, can't believe that I have never heard this masterpiece before!

[HotRatsAndTheStooges]

Easily the best piano concert I've heard. Rimsky-Korsakov had very progressive orchestration for his time.

[s1earle]

Perhaps we could compare this to the recording of Ponti; Ponti has an abundance of energy yet this version seems to lack vitality...

[massimiliano123123]

@KevinBeethoven The second and the third of Prokofiev are wonderful too!

[KevinBeethoven]

this and Rachmaninoff 2 are the best post- classical piano concertos ever written

[SuperCosmos2012]

amazing!



[fredericfranc]

Why this meets with neglect should be no freaking mystery after listening to this, yet Richter was a sucker for it, and with me being an asshole for the Slavic/Russian thing, I got something out of it too, but I can't figure the Pollacky element in it.

[TJFNYC212]

what boring music thank God this concerto in on the shelf!