RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18 / Etudes - Tableaux Op. 39 Nos. 1, 2, & 5

 

RACHMANINOV: Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18 / Etudes - Tableaux Op. 39 Nos. 1, 2, & 5

Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra
conducted by Kiril Kondrashin
Vladimir Ashkenazy, piano

Decca SXLA 6099
Stereo 1970 Australia

Genre: Classical
Style: Romantic

SIDE ONE (00:00 - 23:08)
Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18
1 1. Moderato
2 2. Adagio sostenuto

SIDE TWO (23:08 - 50:41)
Piano Concerto No.2 In C Minor, Op.18 (cont'd.)
1 3. Allegro scherzando
Etudes - Tableaux Op. 39 No. 1, No. 2, No. 5
2 Etude No. 1
3 Etude No. 2
4 Etude No. 5

Manufactured for The Decca Record Company Limited
Made By EMI (Australia) Limited
Published by Boosey & Hawkes (Aust.)
Sleeve Notes – Vladimir Ashkenazy

Stereo release. Based on the absence of Mono catalogue number on the sleeve, this would date from around late 1969 into 1970.Originally recorded in 1963 and released in mono. Those releases appears to have been imported into Australia. Since that release, Decca signed with EMI to manufacture and release their albums in Australia.