This a great recording by a wonderful artist who died in March of 2024 at age 95. Byron Janis suffered extremely painful arthritis in this wrists and fingers throughout much of his career, but play on regardless. He had studied very early with Vladimir Horowitz. He made great recordings as well of the Rachmaninoff Paganini Rhapsody and the composer's 3rd Concerto, and many others. He is sadly missed.
He really paved the way for the contemporary pianists on how to perform Rachmaninoff concertos. What a legend. I was very sad to hear about the injury and the finger condition he had. Yet, with that minor disability, he performed as if he never had to deal with any physical condition.
Mikhail Pletnev The King Rachmaninov piano concerto no 1! The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Radu Lupu Mikhail Pletnev
@@chrisreinhart6421 There is not a single performance by Ashkenazy of Rachmaninoff, either as pianist or conductor, that I find preferable to all others.
Éternal, is the Triangle, One Writes Music, One Plays Music, and All Listen to the Music.The Muses in Action. All are Edificated. Grace in the Universe is, the Eternal.
Not only 'very good' dear Mr. Winterflood.....it's exciting....stunning.... amazing -the cooperation with KONDRASHIN.... heute kommt da nur ZIMERMAN/OZAWA ran! GARIBALD MYERS/ OTTAWA
I see massive praise for this interpretation on here but it's just ok. Am I missing something? It's a bit too fast throughout. And where is the slow buildup in movement 2 to the big sweeping payoff? if you want to know what I'm talking about look up Ashkenazy and Previn's interpretation. I think that's the gold standard.
If you dont like Janis then you will not appreciate Rachmaninoffs performance either. Janis models his interpretation after the composers recording. I love Ashkenazy/Previn on the Rach 4 even more than Michelangeli, but here Janis, Pletnev and Valentina Lisitsa are comparable to Rachmaninoff himself.
Sound is good, but the interpretation is so empty. Is terrible. What was the problem of this man? Maybe someone should to listen: Pletnev Laura De Fusco Lyudmila Sosina
