1939 Sergei RACHMANINOFF plays PIANO Concerto No 1 Ormandy Philadelphia VIC M865
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A series of great Solo instrumentals - Piano Violin Cello Harp, Winds and Brass on 78 rpm records
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FIRST Recording of SERGEI RACHMANINOFF playing his youthful Concerto for Piano No 1
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, in 1892, at age 19. He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti. He revised the work thoroughly in 1917. This was before his mental breakdown and subsequent restoration by Dr Dahl's hypnosis treatment. The First is very different from his later works; in exchange for less memorable melodies, this concerto incorporates elements of youthful vivacity and impetuosity.
with the Philadelphia Orchestra under Eugene Ormany
Sergei Rachmaninoff* And The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy – Concerto No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
Label: Victor – DM-865
Format:
3 x Shellac, 12", 78 RPM, Album, Automatic Couplings
Country: US
Released: 1942
Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic
Concerto No. 1 In F Sharp Minor
A First Movement: Vivace (Part 1)
B First Movement: Vivace (Part 2)
C First Movement: Vivace (Concluded)
D Second Movement: Andante
E Third Movement: Allegro Vivace (Part 1)
F Third Movement: Allegro Vivace (Concluded)
Composed By, Piano – Sergei Rachmaninoff*
Conductor – Eugene Ormandy
Please see top of the page for condition
These are touchstone recordings—music by one of the supreme masters of the keyboard played by the compose—and a glimpse into performance style of the past. Rachmaninoff was not one to dawdle in his own music. Introspection is there of course, but not to the extent of most pianists of the past two decades. Anyone who might question Rachmaninoff's supreme mastery of the keyboard has but to listen to the first-movement cadenza of the First Concerto.Sessions for both Concerto No. 1 and No. 3 were held in December 1939 and February 1940, and Concerto No. 4 was recorded in December 1941. All were recorded in Philadelphia's Academy of Music.
These are important recordings. Rachmaninoff never permitted broadcasts of his live performances and in those days pocket-sized recorders of course weren't available for illicit taping. He appeared a number of times with the Chicago Symphony. In 1909 he conducted his symphonic poem The Isle of the Dead and then appeared as soloist in his Piano Concerto No. 2, with Frederick Stock conducting. He also played this concerto in 1932, again with Stock who conducted most of Rachmaninoff's performances in Chicago. In 1920 and 1932 he played his Concerto No. 3; in 1935, 1940 and 1943 he played his Paganini Rhapsody, and in 1941 played his Concerto No. 4. The Paganini Rhapsody performances of 1940 and 1943 were complemented by Beethoven's First Concerto. The great days of the past, indeed! There also was a CSO performance in March 1941 when Rachmaninoff appeared solely as conductor, leading The Bells and his Third Symphony. No recording, unfortunately!
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