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RE: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is REALLY hard (for the orchestra!)

I've had the impression that Rachmaninoff's Second Symphony was very hard to play..... It seems to bring out the limitations of the orchestra, even a good one.

When it comes to executing the work, nothing comes close to the Frank Shipway/Cleveland Orchestra performance in 1980. Take away that performance, I'd take Eugene Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra.

The best orchestral performance of Rach's Third Concerto was also conducted by Eugene Ormandy..... With the New York Philharmonic and Vlad Horowitz in that (in)famous 1978 performance at Carnegie Hall. Still my favorite performance of Rachmaninoff's Third Concerto. The patchwork job notwithstanding.


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