Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3 / 2023 Remastered (Ct.rc.: Vladimir Horowitz, Fritz Reiner)

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Sergey Vasil’yevich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
00:00 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto (2023 Remastered)
15:18 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: II. Intermezzo: Adagio (2023 Remastered)
25:05 Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: III. Finale: Alla breve (2023 Remastered)

Piano: Vladimir Horowitz
RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Fritz Reiner
Recorded in 1951
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Rachmaninoff wrote his third concerto especially for his first tour of the United States. He gave the premiere on November 28, 1909, at a concert of the New York Symphony Orchestra, with Walter Damrosch conducting. (On January 16 of the following year he played it with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Gustav Mahler.) Many consider this concerto Rachmaninoff's finest contribution to the literature. The composer himself frequently expressed a partiality for it; in 1923 The Etude published an interview in which he said, « I believe in what might be called indigenous music for the piano....Even with my own concertos I much prefer the third, because my second is so uncomfortable to play… »

The beautiful, nostalgic opening theme is so unmistakably Russian as to seem an actual folk song Rachmaninoff had appropriated. But he denied this, declaring that it was "borrowed neither from folk song nor from church sources.... If I had any plan in composing this theme, I was thinking only of sound. I wanted to 'sing' the melody on the piano, as a singer would sing it—and to find a suitable orchestral accompaniment, or rather one that would not muffle this singing." There are two long, bravura cadenzas for this movement. One is heavy and chordal in texture, typifying Rachmaninoff the virtuoso pianist, while the other is light and quicksilver. Horowitz plays the latter.

The second movement, rich and deep in color, begins with another typically Russian theme, tender and melancholy but not tearful. There is a contrasting section, and the concerto's opening theme is heard in an altered form. The theme is also heard in the finale, which follows the Intermezzo without interruption. This brilliant movement reaches its climax in a brief, exciting cadenza and a dramatic coda in which, in the words of Abraham Veinus, « Rachmaninoff calls upon every last resource to create the sensation of those broad, powerful wings upon which his supremely rhapsodical emotion can soar to a triumphant and terrific conclusion. »

To support his family, Vladimir Horowitz gave up his ambitions as a composer and devoted himself to the piano. He graduated in 1920 with Rachmaninov's Third Concerto. His performance was so spectacular that everyone, including the audience and the judges, rose to applaud him - a first in the history of the Moscow Conservatory. Horowitz is immediately embarked on a dazzling career in the Soviet Union and Europe. His New York debut on January 12, 1928, conducted by Thomas Beecham, established him as one of the greatest pianists of his time, on a par with his predecessors Sergei Rachaminoff, Josef Lhévinne and Josef Hofmann.

A few years later, worn out by his hectic life, he interrupted his career for the first time. Suffering from depression, he was hospitalized several times, notably for appendicitis and phlebitis. He then retired to Switzerland, where he befriended a composer he had always admired, and for whom he was a constant champion: Sergei Rachmaninov. He found strong moral support in the latter, who confessed: « I had to wait until the day I met Vladimir Horowitz to discover the full extent of the piano's resources. »

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