Rachmaninoff Concerto 2 Solo Arrangement Version - 1st Movement

[hl782]

If anyone can post or send me a pdf copy of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Concerto Solo arrangement I'd be very very grateful! I know there is an arrangement done by Gary Lloyd but i cannot find a copy of it anywhere... I am in particular looking for the 1st movement.

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hl782

[visitor]

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[hl782]

bump

anyone?

[reiyza]

There's a piano solo of this piece? Can anyone post recordings or vids, I'm curious on what the arranger did to incorporate some aspects of the orchestral arangement with the piano arrangement. But with the abscence of the 2nd piano or orchestra, won't it feel a little, how should I put it,"lacking"?

[hl782]

https://www.classicalmidiresource.com/site/cmrmp3/render/Ra_Con_No2_Mvt_1.mp3

Been dying to find music on the 1st movement

[rubinsteinmad]

I think the renowned 19th century pianist-composer Percy Grainger did a Paraphrase on it, but I'm not too sure.

EDIT: Oops, never mind; the paraphrase is on the 3rd movement.

[visitor]

i have what i think is the closest thing, it's not an arrangement for solo, just the solo piano parts with some of the orchestral stuff reduced in at the spots where piano would not play at all so you can play through the whole thing but it is hardly a 'solo' version, this has likely been attempted but i suspect once transcription begins there are places it falls apart so no way probably to effectively write this a solo work, and honestly. it's just plain better in it's original form.
most effective 'solo-ized' i've seen is the solo piano transcription of rachm. no 3 i got a while back(checkthe purchases thread) now that thing is beefy.

i don't have the publisher's info on who that score i have but it's pretty boring again just short harmonic interludes inter spacing the actual solo parts,that's about all we have so far i suppose   

[jimfaston]

I'd guess that version that visitor is refering to is Albert Gamse's.  (The one with the chords in the score.)   Probably out of print by now.

https://www.sheetmusicplus.com/title/second-piano-concerto-opus-18-piano-solo-arrangement-sheet-music/2949900

There was a corresponding midi file to the mp3 on classicalmidiresource refered to above in circulation.  I'm surprised nobody has created a score from it.

[maxyim]

Found this thread and wanted to update it with some newer info.  There is now a new solo piano arrangement of Rachmaninoff's Concerto 2 being published by MusicAddicts.  URL: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1520576439/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The arrangers as credited are Isaac Choi and Eun-han Lee.  I am just getting started with it but it definitely shows more promise than the Albert Gamse version.  The single (as of this posting) review by a Ms. Lamitina aptly summarizes my thoughts so I will not waste text in rehashing them.  My one gripe so far is the simplifications in the introduction also referred to by Ms. Lamitina (in short, removal of notes to turn the 9-to-8 notes per measure to 8-8, ostensibly to flow better with the transposition of the orchestra part to piano) was really not needed as the left hand can pick up the key melodic notes where they are not easily able to be played by the right hand - this is also how the late C. Falzone seems to have played it.  I may create my own transcription of this section in due time...will post here should this ever take place.