Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4

Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
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Composer: Sergey Rachmaninov
Composer: Maurice Ravel
Conductor: Ettore Gracis
Orchestra: Philharmonia Orchestra
Performer: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2000-03-14
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
  1. Piano Concerto in G major: I. Allegramente
  2. Piano Concerto in G major: II. Adagio assai
  3. Piano Concerto in G major: III. Presto
  4. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40: No. 1, Allegro vivace (Alla breve)
  5. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40: No. 2, Largo - attacca subito
  6. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40: No. 3, Allegro vivace

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Free Music Review: Great Ravel and stunning Rachmaninov!!!
Hit: 5 Stars

I love Ravel's concerto in G ever since I heard it for the first time back in 1982! The first version I bought was the one with Pascal Roge (directed by Charles Dutoit); a nice version indeed! However, I love this concerto so much that this year I decided to buy two more versions that I was always curious about: the one with Martha Argerich (directed by Claudio Abbado) and this, my newest acquisition, with Michelangeli (directed by Ettore Gracis) from EMI's fantastic series "Great Recordings of the Century"!

In many ways I feel a certain similarity between Argerich's and Michelangeli's versions. Both exhibit tremendous power and great passion, although I feel Martha Argerich's has a little more feeling and perhaps a bit more excitement overall! Her playing also feels more relaxed than Michelangeli's. The second movement (adagio assai) is played beautifully by both of them, and it is perhaps in the first and third movements where I have a slight preference for Argerich's playing. Both Claudio Abbado and Ettore Gracis direction is fine in either version, however I prefer the overall orchestral sound in my older (Rage-Dutoit) version, it's more lushious than the other's!

I also like Rachmaninov's 4th concerto a lot, and have two other versions as well: Earl Wild's (under Horenstein) and Kocsis (under de Waart). If Wild's version is great and Kocsis' is just fine, Michelangeli's is simply stunning!!! The first movement is awesome!

One thing that dissapointed me a bit in this "Great Recordings of the Century" version is the recording's sound. There's more tape noise than I was expecting, judging by the excellent remastering shown in most of the other CDs that I own from this fabulous series!

So, if you don't mind a bit of tape noise and if you're ready to listen to a great version of Ravel's and an absolutely stunning Rach 4, go for it, this is truly one of the "Great Recordings of the Century"!
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