Rachmaninov, Sergey - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 - Rachmaninov, Sergey (piano)

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"One could hardly do better than begin [this series] with such essential performances as Sergei Rachmaninov's own recordings of his works for piano and orchestra. The importance of these classic RCA performances as vital historical documents need not be restated here, even though I must confess to being in the minority in finding the composer's playing strangely offhand at times. Still, they remain a fascinating listen and essential for any collection... The remastering by Mark Obert-Thorn is superbly done, and the two discs gain, of course, by the low Naxos price."
(Fanfare)

Sergey Rachmaninov, piano
Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy; Leopold Stokowski