good recording of rachmaninov preludes

[hodi]

i'm looking for a good recording of rachmaninov preludes
i have heard ashkenzay's and didn't like it at all.

anyone can recommend?

[Kassaa]

Richter did some, not all.

[m1469]

My most honest recommendation is not on the market yet   he he


I actually only have ashkenazy's, so I am only writing in to agree that there are probably more out there that would be interesting and I am interested as well.  I have heard only one recording of another (of one prelude) and that was Valentina Lisitsa's.  Pretty cool.


m1469

[musicsdarkangel]

Dmitri Alexeyev!!!


Look him up on CDnow,


by far the best.

[janne p.]

I must say that Ashkenazy's versions are the best I've heard. I'd love to hear Rachmaninoff himself play them...

[Barbosa-piano]

I must say that Ashkenazy's versions are the best I've heard. I'd love to hear Rachmaninoff himself play them...

That is what I was about to post: You can hear him play some of his Preludes here:
 Recordings: https://classic.manual.ru/Rachmaninov-performer/Rach_Prel.html
«Ampico» Rolls: https://classic.manual.ru/Rachmaninov-performer/Ampico/Rach_Prel.html
The composer playing his pieces, absolutely great... His recordings are some of my favorites, as well as the Ampico Rolls.
Ashkenazy's and Nikolai Demidenko's are pretty good, as well as videos of Valentina Igoshina, she does a great job. 

Mario Barbosa

[BoliverAllmon]

Mei-ting has some on www.whitekeys.com

[quasimodo]

Nikolai Lugansky

[stevie]

Nikolai Lugansky

concurred

[brewtality]

Andrei Gavrilov

[Skeptopotamus]

Ashkenazy

[jim_24601]

I thought Ashkenazy's were very good, but Richter's better. (I'd have dearly loved to hear his complete set). I wasn't particularly convinced by Ogdon's. I've also heard a recording by Peter Katin, which I didn't fancy at all.

[rohansahai]

If you can get it frm somewhere...... Irina Smorodinova, on Melodiya.....I CAN GUARANTEE THAT THERE IS NO BETTER RECORDING !
P.S. I've heard Richter, Ashkenazy, Mei ting.....and none of them come close. Perhaps only Richter, in a few of them.

[ravel]

Also, Biret recorded the opus 23preludes. i think some of her recordings are really good.

[pita bread]

Lugansky is a legend.

[presto agitato]

Ashkenazy and Martha Deyanova

[grazioso]

The ones RIchter plays are awesome

[prokomozart man]

I like Dmitri Alexeyev. Hey, can anyone tell me if Robert Silverman has recorded them? I know he has an LP of the 2nd sonata, but I'm not sure what else he's recorded by Rachmaninov.

[arensky]

                   Agustin Anievas on EMI.  Don't know if it's still available...

[wzkit]

Richter, some of Santiago Rodrigruez, Howard Shelley.
And whatever Horowitz and Sergio Fiorentino recorded

[Floristan]

I rather like Howard Shelley; beautifully recorded as well:

https://www.towerrecords.com/Classical/Default.aspx?search_in=classical&oft=shelley%20rachmaninoff%20preludes&oft=shelley%20rachmaninoff%20preludes&free_text=shelley%20rachmaninoff%20preludes&

This is a link to his recordings at Tower Records.