Word: rachmaninoff
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Major (K. 503), Prokofiev's No. 3 and Schumann's A Minor. He originally planned to play the Mozart and Prokofiev with the New York Philharmonic later this month, but last week he changed his mind, announced he would ride with a surefire moneymaker, Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto...
...Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. I (Sviatoslav Richter; Soviet State Radio Orchestra, conducted by Kurt Sanderling; Monitor). Thanks to skillful transfer of technically mediocre Soviet tapes to high-quality American matrices, this record stands out as the best yet released in America of fabled Sviatoslav Richter (TIME, June 16), probably the most versatile, widest-ranged pianist alive. Equaling Horowitz's technique, Rubinstein's poetry, Serkin's sensitivity, he makes even Saint Saens' Piano Concerto No. 5, on the other side, seem vivid and important...
...next evening, Charles Munch will conduct the BSO in a performance of Stravinsky's "Agon;" Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, and "La Mer," by Debussy...
...solo performances are planned for the weekend. Byron Janis will perform Rachmaninoff's Third Piano Concerto and Zino Francescatti will be soloist in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto...
...weekend will include music by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Milhaud. Debussy, Ravel, Stravinsky, Rachmaninoff, and Bartok...