This isn't your Aunt Victoria's Rachmaninov. Oh my, no. As recorded by the late Moura Lympany in the early '50s, this is full-bodied, hot-blooded Rachmaninov, Rachmaninov so hot that it'll burn the grill off your speakers and singe the hair on your forearm. Moura Lympany, an English pianist with more energy and enthusiasm than reserve and restraint, tears into Rachmaninov's Preludes with the kind of bravura technique more commonly associated with postwar American pianists than with pre-war English pianists. But Lympany has ...
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This isn't your Aunt Victoria's Rachmaninov. Oh my, no. As recorded by the late Moura Lympany in the early '50s, this is full-bodied, hot-blooded Rachmaninov, Rachmaninov so hot that it'll burn the grill off your speakers and singe the hair on your forearm. Moura Lympany, an English pianist with more energy and enthusiasm than reserve and restraint, tears into Rachmaninov's Preludes with the kind of bravura technique more commonly associated with postwar American pianists than with pre-war English pianists. But Lympany has a technique to rival her American contemporaries and a temperament that few of her fellow Brits could match. While some listeners might prefer a more brooding approach to Rachmaninov the melancholic, Lympany's unashamed aplomb and reckless panache makes a compelling case for Rachmaninov the virtuoso. In her recording of Rachmaninov's Third Piano Concerto with Anthony Collins conducting the New Symphony Orchestra of London, Lympany does not slight the sensuality of the work's central...
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Add this copy of Decca Recordings 1951-1952 to cart. $20.98, new condition, Sold by scifiguy24 rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from las vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2005 by Decca.
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BRAND NEW FACTORY SEALED upc number punched. made in Germany PLEASE NOTE: *** Digital Code may not work or missing. There is no guarantee you will receive a valid digital code with this item. ***
