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Title: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: Bob on July 21, 2005, 11:13:33 PM

What's the best one to use?

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: steinwayguy on July 22, 2005, 02:38:37 AM

Meh. Schirmers.  :P

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: Bob on July 22, 2005, 12:32:59 PM

Huh?  Are you recommending Schimer or saying "blech!" about it?  I thought Schirmer was bad, full of mistakes.

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: dikai_yang on July 22, 2005, 02:50:56 PM

this may not sound very smart, but go for the edition for which the page is easier to turn.... you know, when you open the book, the kind that it would stay?  you know what i'm talking about rite....

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: hazypurple21 on July 22, 2005, 03:53:42 PM

I'm with dikai. In Rachmaninoff, I don't think the editing is as important as in something like Bach or Beethoven. If you're at the Rach concerto level, I don't think you'll need fingering for the music either.   
Just go with something that's got good binding, like C.F. Peters. Stay far away from Schirmer.

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: eusebius27 on July 22, 2005, 04:26:29 PM

I'm using the International edition - large print, easy to read and thick paper.

It's quite affordable as well.

I believe Boosey and Hawkes is one of the few publishers that have the Rachmaninov 4th concerto and the Paganini variations as they recently signed a contract with the Rachmaninov estate.

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: Barbosa-piano on July 22, 2005, 06:21:02 PM

The Dover edition is pretty good, although it does not have the 4th Concerto... They are copies from Russian Editions. There is a lack of fingerings, almost none, this might be a problem for some students.

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: Motrax on July 23, 2005, 01:16:35 AM

I agree with the International Edition. The book is very durable, pages stay open, and it's not too bright or dim. Boosey and Hawkes is the best for the 4th.

Title: Re: Recommended edition of Rach Concertos?
Post by: thierry13 on July 23, 2005, 02:36:59 PM

I have boosey & hawkes for the 2nd concerto, and it's very good!