The Four Piano Concertos

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Royal Scottish National Orchestra & Bryden Thomson & Howard Shelley

The Four Piano Concertos is a cycle of piano concertos by Sergey Rachmaninov, composed between 1891 and 1926. The works inhabit the late-Romantic tradition, combining expansive, lyrical piano writing with virtuosic passages and rich orchestral colours, and they chart Rachmaninov's progression from youthful Romanticism to the denser, more economical textures of his later output.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor: I. Vivace
    13:19
  2. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor: II. Andante
    6:11
  3. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 1 in F-sharp minor: III. Allegro vivace
    8:16
  4. 4.
    Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor: I. Allegro
    9:49
  5. 5.
    Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor: II. Largo
    7:21
  6. 6.
    Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor: III. Allegro vivace
    9:20
  7. 7.
    Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, op. 43
    24:03

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: I. Moderato
    10:45
  2. 3.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
    11:43
  3. 4.
    Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
    11:24
  4. 5.
    Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: I. Allegro
    16:07
  5. 6.
    Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: II. Intermezzo; Adagio
    10:38
  6. 7.
    Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, op. 30: III. Finale: Allegro
    14:22

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