This 10-CD set wowed audiences when it first appeared in 1992, and with good reason -- although music scholars and classical record collectors were well aware of it, the general classical audience of the late twentieth century likely had no inkling of how extensively Rachmaninov had recorded and otherwise preserved aspects of his playing and performances (in addition to his actual recordings, there were also the piano rolls that he did for the American Piano Company, which are a matter separate from this collection, and ...
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This 10-CD set wowed audiences when it first appeared in 1992, and with good reason -- although music scholars and classical record collectors were well aware of it, the general classical audience of the late twentieth century likely had no inkling of how extensively Rachmaninov had recorded and otherwise preserved aspects of his playing and performances (in addition to his actual recordings, there were also the piano rolls that he did for the American Piano Company, which are a matter separate from this collection, and transcribed and released by Decca/London Records on CD). Rachmaninov was better known as a pianist than a composer in his own time, a renowned figure at the keyboard who made much of his living after leaving Russia following the revolution -- with barely a cent to his name, as was the Communist government's policy on such matters -- as a concert artist, playing (or conducting) not only his own works but also those of other composers. These included Bach, Handel, Beethoven, Schubert,...
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