Sergei Rachmaninov; Franz Liszt - Piano Concertos (Arthur Rubinstein) xrcd24

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Composer: Sergei Rachmaninov; Franz Liszt

1. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: I. Moderato - Allegro
2. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto
3. Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: III. Allegro scherzando
4. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major: I. Allegro maestoso
5. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major: II. Quasi adagio
6. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major: III. Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
7. Liszt - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major: IV. Allegro marziale animato

Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Fritz Reiner, conductor (1-3)
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein, conductor (4-7)

Date: 1956
Label: JVC/RCA

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Sergei Rachmaninov (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered as one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Some of his works are among the most popular in the romantic repertoire. His style is notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and his use of rich orchestral colors. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output, and through his own skills as a performer he explored the expressive possibilities of the instrument.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei_Rachmaninoff

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Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a prolific 19th-century Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor, and music teacher. Liszt gained renown in Europe for his virtuosic skill as a pianist and in the 1840s he was considered to be the greatest pianist of all time. As a composer, Liszt was one of the most prominent composers of the "New German School". Some of his most notable musical contributions were the invention of the symphonic poem, developing the concept of thematic transformation as part of his experiments in musical form, and making radical departures in harmony.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt

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Arthur Rubinstein (January 28, 1887 – December 20, 1982) was a Polish American classical pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time. He was described by The New York Times as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. He played in public for eight decades. All of his RCA recordings have been released on compact disc and amount to about 107 hours of music. Since his death, several labels have issued live recordings taken from radio broadcasts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Rubinstein

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