Episode 18: 20018 Rachmaninoff 150th

Los Angeles, the city in which Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) spent the last few months of his life, played host to an exceptional festival of music last February. As part of this year’s Rachmaninoff 150 celebrations, Yuja Wang joined the Los Angeles Philharmonic and its Music and Artistic Director Gustavo Dudamel over two consecutive weekends to perform all four of the composer’s piano concertos and the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Deutsche Grammophon were there to capture their sold-out and critically acclaimed performances live at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Rachmaninoff: The Piano Concertos and Paganini Rhapsody is now set for release on 2 CDs, 3 LPs, and digitally on 1 September 2023. The Allegro vivace finale of Piano Concerto No. 1 comes out as an e-single and e-video on 23 June; the filmed cycle of five performances will be premiered on STAGE+ on 24 June and will also be available on the LA Phil’s online concert series SOUND/STAGE later in September. Track Listing:1 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor op. 18 – 1. Moderato2 2. Adagio sostenuto3 3. Allegro scherzando 4 Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor op. 1 – 1. Vivace – Moderato5 2. Andante6 3. Allegro vivace 7 Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor op. 40 – 1. Allegro vivace8 2. Largo9 3. Allegro vivace 10 Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini op. 43 – Introduction – Variation I11 Tema12 Variation II13 Variation III14 Variation IV15 Variation V16 Variation VI17 Variation VII18 Variation VIII19 Variation IX20 Variation X21 Variation XI22 Variation XII23 Variation XIII24 Variation XiV25 Variation XV26 Variation XVI27 Variation XVII28 Variation XVIII29 Variation XiX30 Variation XX31 Variation XXI32 Variation XXII33 Variation XXIII34 Variation XXIV 35 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor op. 30 – 1. Allegro ma non tanto36 2. Intermezzo. Adagio37 3. Finale. Alla breveHelp support our show by purchasing this album  at:Downloads (classicalmusicdiscoveries.store) This album is broadcasted with the permission of Crossover Media Music Promotion (Zachary Swanson and Amanda Bloom).