Rachmaninov:piano Concerto 3, Rubinstein 4

Joseph Moog, piano; Deutsche Staatsphilharmonie
Rheinland-Pfalz; Nicholas Milton, conductor

Rubinstein: Piano Concerto no.4 in D minor op.70
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto no.3 in D minor op.30

o The outstanding young German pianist Joseph Moog makes his debut on ONYX with a superb disc of two great Russian piano concertos that have had very different fates.
o Anton Rubinstein's Fourth was once one of the most famous and popular concertos in the repertoire, and many of the major virtuosos performed this work into the early years of the 20th century - when the composer's other works had vanished from the concert hall. He composed five piano concertos, which can be considered as the models for those of Tchaikovsky and later Rachmaninov. Well written for the piano and the orchestra, Rubinstein's Fourth is the archetypal Romantic concerto - big tunes, big gestures and plenty of exciting finger-work for the soloist. The neglect of this work today is hard to understand.
o Rachmaninov's Third Concerto was one of the works that swept Rubinstein's concertos from the concert platform. Its combination of virtuosity and symphonic structure together with the hallmark Rachmaninov tunes has made this one of the most popular works in the repertoire from the time of the premiere in the USA with the composer as soloist and Mahler conducting. It is one of the most technically demanding concertos in the repertoire.

Price: $21.98