Best recording Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 4

Can anyone recommend an excellant recording of this piece? Thanks!

ivory112-30-2002 12:52pm

sugarbrie Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 3,854 posts 12-30-2002 at 02:30pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I would probably go with the Ashkenazy/Previn. Also get the complete cycle played by Rachmaninov himself if you don't already have it. Obviously sonically poor (1930s vintage), but well worth the listen for interpretation. Can't beat the original source.
rushton Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,445 posts 12-31-2002 at 01:27am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Another nice performance with a different perspective on the work is the Wild/Horenstein performance. An RCA recording (my copy is GL 25293) reissued by Chesky (CR 41).
ronfint Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2 posts 12-31-2002 at 02:24am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Michelangeli on EMI ASD 255. This was repressed in recent years by Testament.
tweekerman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 473 posts 12-31-2002 at 04:39am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Concertos 1 and 4 are the ones i most listen to. #1 has so much Russian soul, and 4 has powerful piano passages with beautiful orchestral composition. The above 3 are all great performances. With the Michelangeli you also get the best performance of the Ravel concerto. The Ashkenazy/Previn is the one to get vs the Ashkanazy/Heintik. Rachmaninov on the piano shows very technical playing with poetical nuances.