LOVERS OF RACHMANINOV tune in!: He's 'Composer of the Week' on BBC Radio 3


27 March 2017
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Between 12-1pm every day, listen to some of the best Rachmaninov recordings including solo piano, piano concertos, chamber and more...

Between 12-1pm every day, listen to some of the best Rachmaninov recordings including solo piano, piano concertos, chamber and more.

Piano highlights: 

Monday

Piano Concerto No 1, with Krystian Zimerman

 

Tuesday

Piano Concerto No 2

Suite No 2 for Two Pianos (Argerich and Montero)

 

Wednesday

Piano Concerto No 3 (Van Cliburn)

 

Thursday

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Piano Concerto No 4 (Michelangeli)

Variations on a Theme of Corelli (Pletnev)

 

Friday 

Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Earl Wild)

Symphonic Dances for Two Pianos (Demidenko, Alexeev)

 

RACHMANINOV AS BBC RADIO 3 COMPOSER OF THE WEEK FULL DETAILS HERE 

 

Pianist ran a full feature on Rachmaninov inside issue 76. The print edition is no longer available, but you can still order the digital issue! 

As a taster, watch Van Cliburn play the opening of Rach 2