{"product_id":"rachmaninov-piano-concertos-2-3-import","title":"RACHMANINOV: PIANO CONCERTOS 2 \u0026 3; SOLO PIANO WORKS - JORGE BOLET (2 CDS)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/DESCRIPTION_WITH_WORLD_1_d9254874-1b5f-48ee-852d-4074a16878e6_480x480.png?v=1595264382\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e2014 marked the centenary of the birth of the colossal Cuban-born pianist, Jorge Bolet. Signed to Decca later in life, he made a series of magnificent Liszt recordings, but also recorded music by Chopin, Schumann, Brahms and Rachmaninov. One of Bole\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003et’s own teachers, Josef Hofmann, was the dedicatee of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto, a work he recorded for Decca, together with the Second, and a series of solo piano works. There were three CDs in all of the music of Rachmaninov and these aristocratic performances are reissued here as a 2CD set. The notes include comments by Bolet on his artistic approach to the Third Concerto.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/REVIEWS_CS_WORLD_7ad42b8b-2188-414f-9c17-0e66da4d836d_480x480.png?v=1595264361\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘a greatly superior recording is one of the attractions of this CD, and at countless points it highlights Bolet’s absolute command of this work’s myriad pianistic complexities … the finale’s central scherzando is executed with great pianistic acuity’ (Piano Concerto No. 3) Gramophone, 1983\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘The selection of Preludes finds him very much on home ground … The recorded sound has been sensitively achieved – the hushed winding-down in the coda to the Variations is superbly captured’ Gramophone, 1988\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘a splendid first movement climax … the opening and closing sections of the slow movement are ravishingly beautiful, helped by the glowing Montreal acoustics … a sumptuous, spectacular Decca recording’ (Piano Concerto No. 2) Gramophone, 1988\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/files\/WORKS_WITH_GLOBE_1_7927fcc1-9689-41eb-ba92-129813efac37_480x480.png?v=1595264456\" alt=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 1.4em;\"\u003eSERGEI RACHMANINOV\u003cbr\u003ePiano Concertos No. 2\u003cbr\u003ePiano Concerto No. 3\u003cbr\u003eVariations on a theme of Chopin\u003cbr\u003eFive Preludes – Op.3 No.2, Op.32 No.7, Op.32 No.12, Op.23 No.5, Op.23 No.10\u003cbr\u003eMélodie, Op.3 No.3\u003cbr\u003eLiebesleid (Kreisler \/ Rachmaninov)\u003cbr\u003eLiebesfreud (Kreisler \/ Rachmaninov)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJorge Bolet, piano\u003cbr\u003eOrchestre Symphonique de Montréal\u003cbr\u003eCharles Dutoit (Concerto No. 2)\u003cbr\u003eLondon Symphony Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eIvan Fischer (Concerto No. 3)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DECCA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32273981407319,"sku":"028948066247","price":20.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0067\/4660\/3571\/products\/2606050.jpg?v=1595884280","url":"https:\/\/classicselectworld.com\/en-de\/products\/rachmaninov-piano-concertos-2-3-import","provider":"ClassicSelect World","version":"1.0","type":"link"}