 | Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Buy new: £4.98 / Used from: £2.74 My favourite version of Rachmaninov's Third Concerto with the 'big' first movement cadenza.
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 | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 08 Medtner 1 & Quintet
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £9.00 Medtner's first concerto: a true unknown masterpiece.
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 | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 02 Medtner 2 & 3
Buy new: £11.98 / Used from: £4.99 Totally incredible! Hair-raising from start to finish!
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 | Dvorák - Piano Concerto. Schubert - Wanderer Fantasia by Richter/Klieber
Buy new: £6.47 / Used from: £3.99 Benchmark versions of both Dvorak's concerto and Schubert's 'Wanderer' Fantasy.
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 | Kurt Atterburg: Piano Concerto
Buy new: £12.69 / Used from: £8.28 Lush, romantic music, played spectacularly.
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 | Alkan: 12 Etudes, Op.39 by Jack Gibbons
Buy new: £7.28 / Used from: £6.96 In a word, awesome! Playing that defies belief of some of the most monumental piano music.
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 | Rachmaninov: Symphony No1; Capriccio on Gypsy Themes Op12
Buy new: £4.89 / Used from: £1.97 In this performance, the final minutes of the symphony are some of the most cathartic I've ever heard.
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 | Saint-Saëns: The Complete Works for Piano and Orchestra by Stephen Hough
Buy new: £24.98 / Used from: £51.77 Better recordings or more scintilating performances of these works seem unimaginable. Critically acclaimed and rightly so.
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 | The Romantic Piano Concerto, Vol. 11 Sauer & Scharwenka
Buy new: £9.98 / Used from: £7.15 By the end of the Scharwenka I was left gasping for breath. Brilliant!
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 | Khachaturian: Orchestral Works
Buy new: £9.79 / Used from: £3.88 Khachaturian's Piano Concerto is notable for its use of the flexatone in the haunting 2nd movement, and on this 'twofer' you get, amongst other things, the 2nd Symphony conducted by the composer too.
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