RUSSIAN, SOVIET & POST-SOVIET CONCERTOS A Discography of CDs and LPs Prepared by Michael Herman Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Born at Oneg, Novgorod Region. He had piano lessons from an early age but his serious training in composition began at the Moscow Conservatory where he studied counterpoint with Sergei Taneyev and harmony with Anton Arensky. He began to compose and for the rest of his life divided his musical time between composing, conducting and piano playing gaining great fame in all three. After leaving Russia permanently in 1917, the need to make a living made his role as a piano virtuoso predominant. His 4 Piano Concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and substantial solo piano works make him one of the world's most-performed composers. However, he also composed operas and liturgical choral works as well as other pieces for orchestra, chamber groups and voice. Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1 (1892, rev. 1917) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)/Antonio Pappano/Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) EMI CLASSICS 74813-2 (2005) Agustin Anievas (piano)/Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos/New Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Prelude in C-sharp minor, 10 Preludes and 12 Preludes) EMI CLASSICS TRIPLE 5 00871-2 (2007) (original LP release: ANGEL SCB 3801 {3 LPs}) (1973) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/Bernard Haitink/Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra (+ Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) DECCA 417613-2 (1987) Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variations on a Theme of Corelli and Piano Sonata No. 2) DECCA TRIO 473251-2 (3 CDs) (2003) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 6554/LONDON CS 6744) (1972) Boris Berezovsky (piano)/Dmitri Liss/Ural State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 4) MIRARE MIR 019 (2006) Malcolm Binns (piano)/Sir Alexander Gibson/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 2) WORLD RECORD CLUB ST-672 (LP) (1968) Idil Biret (piano)/Antoni Wit/ Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice (included in collection: "Rachmaninov: Piano Music") NAXOS 8.501005 (10 CDs) (2000) MusicWeb International Last updated: August 2020 Rachmaninov Concertos Alexei Cherkasov (piano)/Maxim Shostakovich/Moscow Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1977) ( + Piano Concerto No. 3) VOGUE VG 651651001 (1991) Van Cliburn (piano)/Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 1) RCA VICTOR GOLD SEAL 7945 (1990) Jean-Philippe Collard (piano)/Michel Plasson/Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse ( + Piano Concertos No. 2, 3 and 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Études-Tableaux, Preludes in C sharp minor, F sharp minor, D major and G sharp minor) EMI CLASSICS 674192-2 (2 CDs) (2005) (original LP release: EMI LA VOIX DE SON MAITRE 2C16716207 {3 LPs}) (1978) Sequeira Costa (piano)/Christopher Seaman/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Suite No. 1) RPO CD 7024 (1994) Marta Deyanova (piano)/Dimitur Manolov/Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) LASERLIGHT 14271 (1995) (original LP release: HARMONIA MUNDI HM 139) (1981) Barry Douglas (piano)/Yevgeny Svetlanov/Russian State Symphony Orchestra (rec. 1993) ( + Piano Concerto No. 3) RCA RED SEAL 279722 (2008) Philippe Entremont (piano)/Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) SONY CLASSICAL ESSENTIAL CLASSICS 89962 (2002) (original LP release: COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS MS-6517/CBS S 75156) (1963) Anna Fedorova (piano)/Modestas Pitrenas/ Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen ( + Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) CHANNEL CLASSICS CCS42620 (2020) Alexander Ghindin (piano)/Vladimir Ashkenazy/Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra (original version) ( + Piano Concerto No. 4) ONDINE ODE 977 (2001) Bernd Glemser (piano)/Antoni Wit/Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini)) NAXOS 8.550809 (2000) Cor de Groot (piano)/Willem van Otterloo/Hague Residentie Orchestra (rec. 1951) (included in collection: "Willen Van Otterloo: The Original Recordings: 1951-1966") CHALLENGE CLASSICS 72383 (7 CDs) (2011) ( + Piano Concerto No. 2, Mélodie in E, Prelude in B minor and Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto) FORGOTTEN RECORDS FR602 (2015) (original LP release: EPIC LC 3145/PHILIPS N 756) (1955) MusicWeb International p2 Rachmaninov Concertos Derek Han (piano)/Carlos Miguel Prieto/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) ROYAL PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA RPO SP 010 (2006) Ian Hobson (piano and conductor)/Sinfonia Varsovia ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) ZEPHYR 7 (2 CDs) (2007) Stephen Hough (piano)/Andrew Litton/Dallas Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) HYPERION CDA 67501-2 (2 CDs) (2004) Byron Janis (piano)/Kiril Kondrashin/Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3, Toccata, Schumann: Piano Sonata No. 4 - Excerpt, Mendelssohn: May Breezes and Pinto: Scenas Infantis) MERCURY LIVING PRESENCE 434333-2 (1994) (original LP release: MERCURY SR 90300/PHILIPS 6513013) (1963) Byron Janis (piano)/Fritz Reiner/Chicago Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 3) RCA VICTOR LIVING STEREO 68762 (1997) ( + Liszt: Todtentanz and Schumann: Piano Concerto) SONY ORIGINALS 8876545671-2 (2013) (original LP release: RCA LM-2127/ RCA RB16071) (1958) Valentina Kamenikova (piano)/Jiri Pinkas/Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) SUPRAPHON SUA ST 50887/CROSSROADS 22 16 0176 (LP) (1967) Peter Katin (piano)/Sir Adrian Boult/London Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) AUSTRALIAN ELOQUENCE ELQ4809091 (2015) (original LP release: DECCA SXL 2034/LONDON CS 6055) (1959) Zoltán Kocsis (piano)/Edo De Waart/San Francisco Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) PHILIPS DUO 468921-2 (1993) (original LP release: PHILIPS 6514377) (1983) John Lill (piano)/Tadaaki Otaka/BBC National Orchestra of Wales ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variations on a Theme of Corelli and Piano Sonata No. 2) NIMBUS NI 1720 (3 CDs) (2011) (original CD release: NIMBUS NI 5511) (1997) Valentina Lisitsa (piano)/Michael Franci/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) DECCA 4784890 (CDs) (2013) Nikolai Lugansky (piano)/Sakari Oramo/City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos No. 3) WARNER CLASSICS 47971 (2003) MusicWeb International p3 Rachmaninov Concertos Moura Lympany (piano)/Nikolai Malko/Philharmonia Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 and Preludes) MAGDALEN METCD8016 (2 CDs) (2012) (original LP release: HMV CLP 1037/ANGEL 35568) (1955) Vardan Mamikonian (piano)/David Stahl/Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 and Mendelssohn: Piano Concerto No. 1) ORFEO C497001A (2000) Fabio Martino (piano)/Dan Ettinger/Stuttgart Philharmonic ( + Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5) HÄNSSLER CLASSICS HC19048 (2019) Oleg Marshev (piano)/James Loughran/Aarhus Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) DANACORD DACODCD 582-83 (3 CDs) (2006) Denis Matsuev/Valery Gergiev/Mariinsky Orchestra ( + Shchedrin: Piano Concerto No. 2 and Stravinsky: Capriccio) MARIINSKY SACD MAR0587 (2015) Vladimir Mishtchuk (piano)/Alexander Chernuchenko/St. Petersburg Symphony Capella (rec. 1992) ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) MANCHESTER FILES CDMAN 107 (2000) Vladimir Mishtchuk (piano)/Samuel Friedmann/Russian Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Variations on a Theme of Corelli and 4 Pieces) ARTE NOVA 797600 (3 CDs) (2006) (original CD release: ARTE NOVA 43315) (1999) Benno Moiseiwitsch (piano)/Sir Malcolm Sargent/Philharmonia Orchestra (rec. 1948) ( + Piano Concert No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) NAXOS HISTORICAL 8.110676 (2001) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LCT-1127/LVT-1008 (LP) (1950s) (from HMV 78s) Hiroko Nakamura (piano)/Yevgeny Svetlanov/USSR State Symphony Orchestra ( + Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) SONY MUSIC (Japan) SRCR-2509 (2000) Noriko Ogawa (piano)/Owain Arwel Hughes/Malmö Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) BIS CD-795 (2012) John Ogdon (piano)/Gennady Rozhdestvensky/London Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) COLLINS CLASSICS 1088-2 (1989) Alexei Orlovetsky (piano)/Alexander Titov/St. Petersburg New Classical Orchestra ( + Piano Concerto No. 2) WCD 98014 (1998) MusicWeb International p4 Rachmaninov Concertos Rafael Orozco (piano)/Edo De Waart/Royal Philharmonic Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) PHILIPS DUO 438326-2 (2 CDs) (1993) (original release: PHILIPS 6747397 {3 LPs}) (1973) Arthur Ozolins (piano)/Mario Bernardi/Toronto Symphony Orchestra ( + Dohnanyi: Variations on a Nursery Song and Litolff: Concerto Symphonique No. 4 - Scherzo) CBC CD SMCD 5052 (1986) Kun-Woo Paik (piano)/Vladimir Fedoseyev/Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra ( + Piano Concertos Nos. 2, 3 and 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini) RCA VICTOR RED SEAL (France) 68867-2 (3 CDs) (1998) Leonard Pennario (piano)/André Previn/London Symphony Orchestra (include in collection: “Leonard Pennario - The Complete RCA Album”) RCA 9075899272 (12 CDs) (2019) (original LP release: RCA VICTOR LSC-2788/RCA SB 6618)