purchasing concerto books?

[jon]

I'm sorry for starting a knew thread about something that has already been discussed, but I need advice on purchasing the music to Rachmaninoff's concerti.Mostly what I want are the 2nd and 3rd for around 20 dollars or so.The music would be obviously only for me since I don't have an orchestra right next me.Should I buy one that has the orchestra parts or maybe just the orchestra reduction for two pianos?I was looking at sheetmusicplus.com and there was a dover edition of the 1st 2nd and 3rd with complete orchestra.So what would be the best buy?Any editions would also be helpful, cause i dont want to buy the dover edition and then the pages fall out.thanks

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

I'm sorry for starting a knew thread about something that has already been discussed, but I need advice on purchasing the music to Rachmaninoff's concerti.Mostly what I want are the 2nd and 3rd for around 20 dollars or so.The music would be obviously only for me since I don't have an orchestra right next me.Should I buy one that has the orchestra parts or maybe just the orchestra reduction for two pianos?I was looking at sheetmusicplus.com and there was a dover edition of the 1st 2nd and 3rd with complete orchestra.So what would be the best buy?Any editions would also be helpful, cause i dont want to buy the dover edition and then the pages fall out.thanks

Both for 20 dollars? Is that possible?

Have you tried downloading it for free? The only downside to that is you have to print everything out. If you haven't tried that yet, go to www.sheetmusicarchive.net or https://www.piano.ru/library.html. Note, for the latter, go to https://babelfish.altavista.com/ to translate if you don't know Russian. They have a great selection of music.

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[jon]

At sheetmusicplus.com they have the 1st,2nd, and 3rd from the dover edition with the orchestra at $21.95. Yeah i have some of the 3rd concerto downloaded from sheetmusicarchives  but it would take wayyyy too long to print everything from both concertos.

[Ludwig Van Rachabji]

At sheetmusicplus.com they have the 1st,2nd, and 3rd from the dover edition with the orchestra at $21.95. Yeah i have some of the 3rd concerto downloaded from sheetmusicarchives  but it would take wayyyy too long to print everything from both concertos.

I see. The sheetmusicplus.com sounds like a good deal, however, if you don't mind spending a bit of money, you could also try musicminusone.com. In case you don't know about MMO, they give you the sheet music arranged for two pianos, and a CD of the orchestra playing without the soloist, so you can play with an orchestra. It also has another CD where the speed has been reduced for practice.

- Ludwig Van Rachabji

[jon]

Yeah that is a little too expensive for what im lookin at right now.Maybe in a few years when i seriously try and learn them that would be a good choice.Does anyone have this Dover edition?If so please tell me if it is good quality.

[DarkWind]

I have the Dover edition. It has withstanded many hard falls and lots of books being piled upon it. It has a very strong, sturdy, cover, the music is fairly readable, not too much a problem, and is very sturdy. Only problem is navigating around the Concerti. So much pages!

[rachlisztchopin]

yes i would go with the dover edition...i have it and it is wonderful

[jon]

Well I am either going to buy the Schirmer editions of the 2nd and 3rd concertos arranged for 2 pianos 4 hands or i will buy the Dover edition that has the orchestra parts.Which one would be best?I am mainly concerned with the readability of the music.Are the Dover edition notes small and are the orchestra parts a big hassle when playing the music?

[magnus-y]

Just a recommendation if I may. TIS Music usually has everything in stock and if you can order from their website there's a 15% discount (10% if not). It's www.tismusic.com. I've gotten the Boosey editions of seom Rachmaninoff there.