Rachmaninov's Birthday! & EDIT

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Rachmaninoff : Piano Recital　

To appreciate his artistry today, a fascinating upload in which the producer created a compilation of Rachmaninoff recordings in recital format - a brilliant collection of phenomenal performances, all of which demonstrate his profound pianism. Always on display are a full-bodied sonority with a rich array of colours and shadings, incredible rhythmic pulse and momentum, flawless weighting of chords to bring out the 'flavour' of each chord, and gorgeous rubato.
*Note that his 1925 account of the Beethoven 32 Variations does not include all 32 Variations, despite that number being on the original record label: because he had to squeeze his performance onto one double-sided 78rpm disc with a maximum of about 4 minutes a side, he only played 24 variations after the theme.
Ⅰ. Bach
00:00 Prelude, 03:11 Gavotte, 05:57 Gigue - from Violin Partita No.3 in E major (arr.Rachmaninoff)
Ⅱ. Beethoven
07:00 32 Variations in C minor
Ⅲ. Schubert
a) 14:49 Impromptu in A-flat minor Op.90 No.4
b) 19:20 Wohin? (arr. Rachmaninoff)
Ⅳ. Chopin
Sonata No.2 in B-flat minor Op.35
(21:40 1st mov. / 27:31 2nd mov. / 32:49 3rd mov. / 38:56 4th mov.)
(Intermission)
Ⅴ. Rachmaninoff
a) 40:24 Prelude in G-flat major Op.23 No.10
b) 43:38 Moment Musical in E-flat minor Op.16 No.2
c) 46:30 Oriental Sketch
Ⅵ. Tchaikovsky
48:15 Troika Op.37 No.11
Ⅶ. Borodin
52:12 Scherzo in A-flat major
Ⅷ. Scriabin
55:11 Prelude in F-sharp minor Op.11 No.8
Ⅸ. Kreisler
57:48 Liebesleid (arr. Rachmaninoff)
Ⅹ. J.Strauss Ⅱ
1:02:10 Valse Caprice 'Man lebt nur eimal' (arr. Tausig)
(Encores)
Ⅰ. Schumann
1:09:08 Der Kontrabandiste (arr. Tausig)
Ⅱ. Schubert
1:10:59 Das Wandern (arr. Liszt)
Ⅲ. Mendelssohn
1:12:39 Spinning Song
Ⅳ. Rimsky-Korsakov
1:14:21 The Flight of the Bumblebee (arr.Rachmaninoff)
Ⅴ. Rachmaninoff
1:15:32 Prelude in C sharp minor Op.3 No.2