Rachmaninoff preludes

[bitus]

What are some good recordings of Rachmaninoff preludes?
I have a John Browning recording, but i don't really like it that much.
The Bitus

[allchopin]

I have a John Browning recording, but i don't really like it that much.

Horowitz has some quality ones.

[rohansahai]

Richter recorded them (not all, but still better than most).

[chopiabin]

Ashkenazy's are pretty good, Horowitz's are amazing, and there are recordings of Rachmaninov playing some of them himself which are incredible.

[bitus]

Thank you... i'm going to look into those recordings.
If i had money, i would buy the Rachmaninoff recordings of himself... but as i just doubled the amount of money I have by finding a quarter on the ground... i just have to keep wishing
The Bitus.

[zhiliang]

Ok i find the Dmitri Alexeev good one to try if you already own the Ashkenazy, Rachmaninoff or Richter (not whole set of preludes). It is on Virgin and its quite a bargain containing also Morceaux de fantaisies, Oriental Sketch for Piano, Mélodie no 3. Or maybe Ruth Laredo on the preludes too.

Zhiliang

[dj]

Thank you... i'm going to look into those recordings.
If i had money, i would buy the Rachmaninoff recordings of himself... but as i just doubled the amount of money I have by finding a quarter on the ground... i just have to keep wishing
The Bitus.

well im not sure exactly how many recordings you were expecting people to recommend for $0.50   but you could try the library maybe

[MikeLauwrie]

Howard Shelley is the best for the preludes, by a long shot. Don't get his Rach 3 though.

Peter Katin is Ok as well.

[nolan]

Sorry for reviving a dead topic, but I didn't really want to start a new one...

Naxos has just released a new recording of the Rachmaninoff Preludes played by Eldar Nebolsin. I have been listening through my favorites and I think the interpretations are really good. Give it a listen if you are interested:

http://naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.570327

[pianodude90]

You should try Boris Berezovsky's complete recording of his preludes. That's amazing!

[jabbz]

(the last post was nearly a year ago).

[ryanyee]

i'd recommend gilels' recordings.

[frigo]

i'd recommend gilels' recordings.

I agree with you, he's amazing

[dnephi]

Lugansky's set is absolutely stunning.  Highly recommended.

[s_bussotti]

Lugansky's set is absolutely stunning.  Highly recommended.

Seconded, although to listen to it as a whole set can be a bit.... heavy.  Believe it or not, Biret's Naxos album isn't half-bad, if not a bit too straight-forward.

[retrouvailles]

Go with Howard Shelley, who is pretty much a Rachmaninoff expert (having been the first to record all of his piano music).

Btw, this topic is really old. No point in continuing really.

[rachfan]

Years ago on an FM broadcast I heard a CD of the now late Constance Keene playing the Op. 23 Preludes.  I was amazed by the wonderful technique and lyricism she brought to that set.  I believe the CD is no longer available, unfortunately.  I do have the Ashkenazy CDs which are excellent, as well as the CDs of Rachmaninoff  himself playing selected preludes, both mentioned earlier in this thread.

[88melter]

The Richter ones I have just heard recently, on a collection disc, are really powerful, crisp, and subtle, all at the same time. What a musician he was! Benno Moisevitch has a great one of the Bminor on Art of Piano CD/DVD. Avoid Ashkenazy, he has such a brittle FFF that it'l break your ears or stereo.
88melter

[general disarray]

I know this is unfashionable, but Idil Biret, an under-appreciated artist, has recorded some wonderful Rachmaninov on Naxos.  Her Preludes and Etudes-tableaux are first class.  Plus, they're cheap.

[rob_the_dude]

Simon Trpčeski did good recordings if your looking for a new CD. He didn't do all of Op. 32 and Op.23 though

[trazom]

I really enjoy Dame Moura Lympany's recording of Rachmaninoff's Preludes.  I've only heard a couple of Horowitz's but they also blew my mind.