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Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Bruno Maderna Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Stefan Solyom Dmitry Yablonsky Fritz Reiner Jascha Horenstein Jerzy Maksymiuk Eugene Ormandy Alexander Lazarev Bryden Thomson Antoni Wit Albert Coates Daniele Giorgi
Bernd Glemser, piano
Vladimir Horowitz, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Henri Sigfridsson, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Pietro Massa, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Recording date: 21-25 May 2002


1.   Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto - 16:42


All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers" (more info)
Performed by: South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Anonymous Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Georg Sump Daniel Hughes Marcus Creed Edward Higginbottom Nikolai Korniev Eric-Olof Soderstrom William Hall Vance George Victor Popov Gennady Dmitriak Georgi Robev
Jonathan Mack, tenor
Mikhail Nikiforov, bass
Raisa Palmu, soprano
Erja Wimeri, contralto
Eugen Antoni, tenor
Dale Warland,
Ulrike Koch, alto
Alexander Yudenkov, tenor
Boncho Chakov, tenor
Nicolai Dzichkovskii, baritone
Stefan Markov, bass


2.   Bless the Lord, O my soul - 6:00


13 Preludes, Op. 32 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
John Browning, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Benjamin Moser, piano
Recording date: 2 August 1940


3.   13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G sharp minor: Allegro - 2:19


14 Songs, Op. 34 (arr. for cello and orchestra) (more info)
Performed by: Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Composed by: Anonymous Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: David Geringas Constantine Orbelian
Alexander Zagorinsky,
Vytautas Sondeckis, cello


4.   Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 (arr. for cello and orchestra) - 5:30


Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
William Kapell, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Recording date: 11-20 January 1993


5.   5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 1 Elegie in E flat minor - 5:55


Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (more info)
Performed by: Montreal Symphony Orchestra Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Alain Lefevre
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Fritz Reiner Jascha Horenstein Gyorgy Lehel Basil Cameron Bryden Thomson Matthias Bamert Antoni Wit Walter Susskind
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
William Kapell, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Idil Biret, piano


6.   18th Variation (Somewhere In Time) - 2:44
7.   Variation 19 - 0:34
8.   Variation 20 - 0:37
9.   Variation 21 - 0:27
10.   Variation 22 - 1:47
11.   Variation 23 - 0:50
12.   Variation 24 - 1:17


Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (more info)
Performed by: Vancouver Symphony Orchestra West German Radio Symphony Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Bruno Maderna Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Vladimir Jurowski Neeme Jarvi Valery Polyansky Semyon Bychkov Enrique Batiz Sergiu Comissiona Daniele Giorgi
Recording date: November 1991


13.   Symphonic Dance, Op. 45, No. 1: Non allegro - 11:27


Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Emil Gilels, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Terence Judd, piano
Lev Oborin,
John Browning, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Sa Chen, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Benjamin Moser, piano
Lise De la Salle, piano
Recording date: 1950s


14.   9 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 9 in D major: Allegro moderato - 4:06


Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: David Geringas
Alexander Ivashkin, cello
Wendy Warner, cello
Irina Nuzova, piano
Julie Albers, cello
Orion Weiss, piano
Janet Guggenheim, piano
William Kapell, piano
Michael Grebanier, cello
Elizabeth Dolin, cello
Luba Edlina, piano
Yuli Turovsky, cello
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Edmund Kurtz, cello
Therese Motard, cello
Louise-Andree Baril, piano
Francine Kay, piano
Ian Fountain, piano
Pierre-Laurent Aimard, piano
Eckart Runge, cello
Jacques Ammon, piano
Anne Gastinel, cello


15.   Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19: III. Andante - 6:14

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (more info)
Performed by: Philadelphia Orchestra Philadelphia Robin Hood Dell Orchestra Royal Scottish National Orchestra Budapest Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra Moscow Symphony Orchestra Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra NBC Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra Toronto Symphony Orchestra Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Orchestra
Composed by: Neville Marriner Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Leopold Stokowski Stefan Solyom Dmitry Yablonsky Walter Goehr Jascha Horenstein Hans Rosbaud Mario Bernardi Gyorgy Lehel Vladimir Golschmann William Steinberg Bryden Thomson Antoni Wit Gennadi Provatorov Jean-Pierre Wallez
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
William Kapell, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Jeno Jando, piano
Howard Shelley, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Garrick Ohlsson, piano
Svetlana Navasardian, piano
Henri Sigfridsson, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Ivan Drenikov, piano
Geza Anda, piano
Arthur Ozolins, piano


1.   Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto - 11:05


Morceaux de salon, Op. 10 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Nadia Reisenberg, piano
Madeleine de Valmalete, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Carol Rosenberger, piano
Jeff Mee, synthesizer
Jungran Kim Khwarg, piano


2.   7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: No. 5 Humoresque in G major - 4:11


All-night Vigil, Op. 37, "Vespers" (more info)
Performed by: South West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Baden-Baden
Composed by: Anonymous Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Georg Sump Daniel Hughes Marcus Creed Edward Higginbottom Nikolai Korniev Eric-Olof Soderstrom William Hall Vance George Victor Popov Gennady Dmitriak Georgi Robev
Jonathan Mack, tenor
Mikhail Nikiforov, bass
Raisa Palmu, soprano
Erja Wimeri, contralto
Eugen Antoni, tenor
Dale Warland,
Ulrike Koch, alto
Alexander Yudenkov, tenor
Boncho Chakov, tenor
Nicolai Dzichkovskii, baritone
Stefan Markov, bass


3.   Troparion for the Virgin Mary (Bogoroditse Dyevo) - 3:23


10 Preludes, Op. 23 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Ruth Slenczynska, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Josef Lhevinne, piano
Mischa Levitzki, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Nikita Magaloff,
John Browning, piano
Andre Laplante, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Daniel Noli, piano
Steffen Horn, piano
Grigory Sokolov, piano
Jane Coop, piano
Benjamin Moser, piano
Recording date: 1945


4.   10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 2 in B flat major - 3:42
5.   10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G minor: Alla marcia - 4:02


Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25 (more info)
Performed by: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Nayden Todorov Michael Halasz Gianandrea Noseda
Gennady Bezzubenkov, bass
Mariana Zvetkova, soprano
Boiko Zvetanov, tenor
Peter Naydenov, bass
Marina Mescheriakova, soprano
Evgeny Akimov, tenor
Sergey Murzaev, baritone
Svetla Vassileva, soprano
Misha Didyk, tenor


6.   Francesca da Rimini, Op. 25: Act I: Francesca's Aria - 2:49


Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Arthur Rubinstein, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
William Kapell, piano
Ethella Chuprik, piano
Bernd Glemser, piano
Josef Hofmann, piano
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Elena Bezprozvannykh,
Eldar Nebolsin, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano
Balazs Szokolay, piano
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Recording date: 11-20 January 1993


7.   5 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: No. 2 Prelude in C sharp minor - 4:41


Moments musicaux, Op. 16 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov Alain Lefevre
Matthew Davidson, piano
Dmitry Paperno, piano
Benno Moiseiwitsch, piano
Tatyana Nikolayeva, piano
Timur Sergeyenia,
John Browning, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Margarete Babinsky, piano
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
Alina Kabanova, piano
Recording date: 18 March 1940


8.   6 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: No. 3 Andante cantabile - 6:16


6 Songs, Op. 38 (version for piano) (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Sequeira Costa, piano
Emil Gilels, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
John Browning, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Recording date: 25 April-6 May 1988


9.   Daisies, Op. 38, No. 3 (piano version) - 2:25


Aleko (more info)
Performed by: Ukraine State Radio Symphony Orchestra Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra Sofia National Opera Orchestra Ukraine National Symphony Orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra Russian Philharmonia Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Theodore Kuchar Lawrance Collingwood Nayden Todorov Mario Bernardi Vladimir Sirenko Alexander Vedernikov Constantine Orbelian Rouslan Raychev
Mariana Zvetkova, soprano
Andreana Nikolova, mezzo-soprano
Boiko Zvetanov, tenor
Alexander Tekeliev, bass-baritone
Peter Naydenov, bass
Feodor Chaliapin, bass
Vladimir Grishko, tenor
Nicola Ghiuselev, bass
Vsevolod Grivnov, tenor
Daniil Shtoda,
Mikhail Kit, bass
Dimitar Petkov, bass
Olga Guryakova, soprano
Vassily Gerello, baritone
Elena Manikhina, mezzo-soprano
Pavel Kourshoumov, vocals
Blagovesta Karnobatlova-Dobreva, vocals
Tony Chirstova, vocals
Taras Shtonda, bass-baritone
Allan Monk, baritone


10.   Aleko: The Young Gypsy's Romance - See, beneath yon firmament - 1:29


Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version) (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Rufus Choi, piano
Antonii Baryshevskyi, piano
Earl Wild, piano
Igor Kamenz, piano
Konstantin Scherbakov, piano


11.   Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version) - 5:27


Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 (more info)
Composed by: Sergei Rachmaninov
Rustem Hayroudinoff, piano
Peter Nagy, piano
John Browning, piano
Idil Biret, piano
Sa Chen, piano
Lise De la Salle, piano
Recording date: 24-27 September 1988


12.   9 Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 33: No. 8 in G minor: Moderato - 3:53


Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27 (more info)
Performed by: Detroit Symphony Orchestra BBC Philharmonic Orchestra Ireland National Symphony Orchestra Scottish National Orchestra CSR Symphony Orchestra, Bratislava Philharmonia Orchestra Russian State Symphony Orchestra Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra Oregon Symphony
Composed by: Neville Marriner Sergei Rachmaninov
Conducted by: Mariss Jansons James DePreist Stephen Gunzenhauser Leonard Slatkin Valery Polyansky Alexander Anissimov Alexander Gibson Gianandrea Noseda


13.   Adagio - 14:47

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