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Rachmaninoff in the early 1900s

Link: Piano Concerto No. 2 (Rachmaninoff) [revise lead section last]

History

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Instrumentation

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Structure

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Recordings

Portions of the concerto were first recorded on 31 December 1923 and 3 January 1924, where Rachmaninoff soloed under Leopold Stokowski with the Philadelphia Orchestra. The technological recording limitations of his day meant that the orchestra had to be reduced, and the recordings had to be cut into four minute sections. Nonetheless, they produced an acoustic recording of the second movement and parts of the third on December. It dissatisfied the composer, which prompted a successful rerecording of the two movements on January, this time encompassing the whole third movement. It was not until December 1924 when Rachmaninoff decided to record the first movement, although after three attempts he dismissed its ending. With newer recording technology, Rachmaninoff reunited with Stokowski in April 1929 to rectify the situation, now with a full orchestra. The full concerto was electrically recorded and produced by Victor Talking Machine Company, with whom he had a recording contract since 1920. The composer has also recorded a performance of the second movement on an unpublished piano roll for Ampico. It was first performed in the Bismarck Pavilion Theatre in 16 July 1983.

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Transcriptions and derivative works

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References

Sources

Modern recordings?

• Beek, Michael (2022). "The best recordings of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2". Classical Music. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
• Clements, Andrew (2018). "Trifonov: Destination Rachmaninov. Departure review – peerless playing". The Guardian. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
• Manheim, James (2006). "Review of Kind Of Blue 10004". Kind Of Blue. Retrieved 2022-04-14 – via AllMusic.
• Sanderson, Blair (2013). "Review of RCA Red Seal 88765492602". RCA Red Seal – via AllMusic.
• Sanderson, Blair (2017). "Review of Sony Classical 88985402412". Sony Classical – via AllMusic.

Books and journals

• Bertensson, Sergei; Leyda, Jay (1956). Sergei Rachmaninoff – A Lifetime in Music. New York: New York University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-21421-8.
• Biancolli, Amy (1998). Fritz Kreisler: Love's Sorrow, Love's Joy. Portland: Amadeus Press. ISBN 978-1-57467-037-0.
• Bullock, Philip Ross (2022). Rachmaninoff and His World. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-82374-4.
• Carruthers, Glen (2006). "The (Re)Appraisal of Rachmaninov's Music: Contradictions and Fallacies". The Musical Times. 147 (1896): 44–50.
• Coolidge, Richard (1979). "Architectonic Technique and Innovation in the Rakhmaninov Piano Concertos". The Music Review. 40 (3): 176–216.
• Cunningham, Robert E. (2001). Sergei Rachmaninoff: A Bio-bibliography. Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-313-30907-6.
• Gauldin, Robert (2004). "New Twists for Old Endings: Cadenza and Apotheosis in the Romantic Piano Concerto". Intégral. 18/19: 1–23.
• Harrison, Max (2006). Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings. London: Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-0-826-49312-5.
• Huckvale, David (2022). The Piano on Film. Jefferson: McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-1-4766-4388-5.
• Keefe, Simon P. (2005). The Cambridge companion to the concerto. Cambridge, New York: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-83483-4.
• Martyn, Barrie (2017). Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor. Aldershot: Routledge. ISBN 978-0-859-67809-4.
• Norris, Geoffrey (2001). Rachmaninoff. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-198-16488-3.
• Norris, Jeremy (1994). The Russian Piano Concerto: The nineteenth century. Vol. 1. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34112-9.
• Piggott, Patrick (1974). Rachmaninov Orchestral Music. Seattle: University of Washington Press. ISBN 978-0-295-95308-3.
• Rachmaninoff, Sergei (1960). Concerto, Piano, No. 2, C Minor, Op. 18. New York: Broude Brothers, Ltd. – via New York Philharmonic (Leon Levy Digital Archives). (Score contains markings by Leonard Bernstein)
• Roeder, Michael Thomas (1994). A History of the Concerto. Portland, Oregon: Amadeus Press. ISBN 978-0-931340-61-1.
• Scott, Michael (2007). Rachmaninoff. Cheltenham: The History Press. ISBN 978-0-7524-7242-3.
• Seroff, Victor Ilyitch (1950). Rachmaninoff: A Biography. New York: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-836-98034-9.
• Steinberg, Michael (1998). The concerto: a listener's guide. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-510330-4.
• Tall, David (1981). "Catalogue of Works". In Foreman, Lewis (ed.). The Percy Grainger Companion. London: Thames Publishing. ISBN 978-0-905210-12-4.
• Timoshin, Natalie (2016). "Creativity and Mental Illness: Richard Kogan on Rachmaninoff". Psychiatric Times. 33 (9).
• Tomes, Susan (2021). The Piano: A History in 100 Pieces. New Haven & London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-26286-5.
• Walsh, Stephen (1973). "Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873 - 1943". Tempo (105): 12–21.

Other

• Chung, So-Ham Kim (1988). An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2 in C Minor opus 18: Aids towards performance (PhD thesis). The Ohio State University. Archived from the original on 1 May 2021.
• Ezard, John; Ward, David (2004). "'Rocky 2' concerto tops poll of classics". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
• Hough, Stephen (2008). "Five of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
• Saunders, Richard D. (1942). "All-Russian Program Thrills Bowl". Los Angeles Evening Citizen News. Los Angeles. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
• "Classic FM Hall of Fame 2022". halloffame.classicfm.com. Retrieved 2022-10-25.
• "The London Correspondence". The Guardian. London. 1902. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.