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chong777

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Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

on: December 05, 2007, 05:42:42 AM

Who are your favourite artists for playing Rach 2 and 3?

Mine are:

Rach 2 : Earl Wild
Rach 3 : Horowitz and Martha Argerich

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mike_lang

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #1 on: December 05, 2007, 05:45:17 AM

For me, it is definitely Richter for the 2nd. For the 3rd, I could swing between Pletnev and Argerich - two very different, yet equally interesting temperaments.

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jakev2.0

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #2 on: December 05, 2007, 05:51:22 AM

2: Moiseiwitsch, Rachmaninoff, Kapell, Barere
3: Cliburn, Rachmaninoff, Horowitz, Cherkassky, Janis, Gilels

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #3 on: December 05, 2007, 09:16:11 AM

Quote from: jakev2.0 on December 05, 2007, 05:51:22 AM

2: Rachmaninoff, Kapell
3: Cliburn, Rachmaninoff, Horowitz,

For 3, Horowitz 1930 and add Argerich. Kapell's live 3rd from 1947 is also extraordinary.

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johngoh

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #4 on: December 05, 2007, 12:50:44 PM

I think Lilya Zilberstein's recording of Rach 2 and 3 with BPO and Claudio Abbado is not that bad too. .

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hodi

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #5 on: December 05, 2007, 08:10:57 PM

rach2: zimerman,richter
rach3: horowitz (1978 recording with zubin mehta), volodos, berezovsky

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thalberg

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #6 on: December 05, 2007, 08:52:42 PM

Rach 2: Helene Grimaud
Rach 3: Leif Ove Andsnes

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dnephi

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #7 on: December 05, 2007, 09:41:14 PM

2: Rachmaninoff, Van Cliburn
3: Horowitz, Alexis Weissenberg

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cforlana

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #8 on: December 07, 2007, 06:46:45 AM

I like Ashkenazy for both

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imbetter

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Reply #9 on: December 08, 2007, 05:41:29 PM

2: Volodos
3: Feltsman

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mikebechstein

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #10 on: December 11, 2007, 04:04:11 AM

I have not heard Richter but judging by my appreciation of him and the accolades for his recording of No.2 then I’m sure I will enjoy it. (Did he ever record No.3?)

My favorite recording of No.2 so far is Ashkenazy/Previn. I have it coupled with a superb Rhap on Pag.

(By the way, my favorite Rhap on Pags are Rachmaninoff himself and, in a modern recording, Orozco/De Waart.)

For No.3 I will always adore Horowitz/Ormandy but I would not want to listen to it too often. For an overall choice it would have to be Horowitz/Reiner. There are many greats out there but (IMO) none is as complete as that one.

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Re: Your preferrred Rach 2 and 3 recordings

Reply #11 on: December 12, 2007, 04:50:44 PM

My favorite right now is Berezovsky's. I have a fabulous video of the concert.

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