Thread: Rachmaninov SACDs

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Post by Sebastian March 9, 2005 (1 of 14)
Who knows good Rachmaninov SACDs to buy?

Post by mdt March 9, 2005 (2 of 14)
Sebastian said:

Who knows good Rachmaninov SACDs to buy?

Symphony No.2 Fischer,BFO (Channel Classics)
Piano concerto No.3 Volodos; BPH,Levine (Sony)
"Horowitz" recital encluding Rachmaninov besides Chopin, Schumann and Liszt (Sony)

Post by ramesh March 9, 2005 (3 of 14)
Sebastian said:

Who knows good Rachmaninov SACDs to buy?

Complete concertos and Paganini variations. Hough/Litton on Hyperion. Only complete set on SACD, excellent performances and sound. No controversial interpretations in any of the concerto movements, the climax to the first movement of the fourth is only exceeded by Michelangeli, none of the flaccid longeurs which mar stretches of the Volodos SACD of no3. As a bonus which is far more valuable than the rubbish peddled as 'extras'in DVD videos, the liner notes are utterly outstanding.
Concertos 2&3 etc on Mercury. Famous performances which are rejuvenated on SACD No3 is outstanding with the section from the development to the cadenza in the first movement possibly more exciting than Hough ( neither are as daemonic as Argerich, which isn't on SACD)
Symphony no2 Fisher/Budapest FO on Channel. The outstanding digital performance, even on CD. Not just passionate, but his ear for sonority and timbral balance elicit darker undercurrents in the slow movt and close of the scherzo which feel musically right. Pacing is well-nigh faultless, and he doesn't make the work appear anaconda-like in length.

Post by seth March 9, 2005 (4 of 14)
ramesh said:

Symphony no2 Fisher/Budapest FO on Channel. The outstanding digital performance, even on CD. Not just passionate, but his ear for sonority and timbral balance elicit darker undercurrents in the slow movt and close of the scherzo which feel musically right. Pacing is well-nigh faultless, and he doesn't make the work appear anaconda-like in length.

Here's another vote for that recording.

Post by pentaman March 10, 2005 (5 of 14)
Sebastian said:

Who knows good Rachmaninov SACDs to buy?

You can try PentaTone's cat item PTC 5186 114 with the Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini. The pianist is Werner Haas, a pupil of Gieseking, who was making a brilliant carreer until he died in a car accident shortly after this (analogue Philips)recording which was made in 1974 in 4 channel quadraphony and is remastered by PentaTone in DSD technolgy and released on hybrid SA-CD

Another Rachmoninov in the PentaTone catalogue is cat item PTC 5186 027, a recprding of the Vespers, Op.37 peformed by the St Petersburg Chamber Choir. The recording was made in 2002 in a church in the Netherlands in DSD Technology by the team of Polyhymnia, which makes all new recordings for PentaTone.

For more info have a look at www.pentatonemusic.com

Pentaman

Post by akiralx March 10, 2005 (6 of 14)
pentaman said:

You can try PentaTone's cat item PTC 5186 114 with the Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini. The pianist is Werner Haas, a pupil of Gieseking, who was making a brilliant carreer until he died in a car accident shortly after this (analogue Philips)recording which was made in 1974 in 4 channel quadraphony and is remastered by PentaTone in DSD technolgy and released on hybrid SA-CD

For more info have a look at www.pentatonemusic.com

Pentaman

Looks good - is the Haas disc in 5.1 sound?

Post by Daland March 10, 2005 (7 of 14)
pentaman said:

You can try PentaTone's cat item PTC 5186 114 with the Piano Concerto No. 2 and the Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini. The pianist is Werner Haas, a pupil of Gieseking, who was making a brilliant carreer until he died in a car accident shortly after this (analogue Philips)recording which was made in 1974 in 4 channel quadraphony and is remastered by PentaTone in DSD technolgy and released on hybrid SA-CD

Another Rachmoninov in the PentaTone catalogue is cat item PTC 5186 027, a recprding of the Vespers, Op.37 peformed by the St Petersburg Chamber Choir. The recording was made in 2002 in a church in the Netherlands in DSD Technology by the team of Polyhymnia, which makes all new recordings for PentaTone.

For more info have a look at www.pentatonemusic.com

Pentaman

I think that the 4.0 recording with Haas and the Frankfurt RSO under Inbal can be warmly recommended. It combines warmth with clarity and brilliance. Sonically, this is hard to beat. Before I heard this recording I had associated Rachmaninov with a rather opaque orchestral sound. But this changed my perception. The level of detail is amazing, you can follow the musical proceedings without difficulty. The Hyperion set is quite good, but not in the same class.

Post by mdt March 10, 2005 (8 of 14)
akiralx said:

Looks good - is the Haas disc in 5.1 sound?

all recordings of Pentatone's remastered series are 4.0 as the series name "RQR" sais they are Remastered Quadro Recordings. Pentatone has kept them, justly so imo, in that original format.

Post by Sebastian March 10, 2005 (9 of 14)
great help! thank you very much.
I know the recording has been very controversial, but is there a SACD of Lang Lang's interpretation of Rach2 and Paganini Rapsodi also?

Post by zeus March 10, 2005 (10 of 14)
Sebastian said:

great help! thank you very much.
I know the recording has been very controversial, but is there a SACD of Lang Lang's interpretation of Rach2 and Paganini Rapsodi also?

This might help:

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