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Holy Cow!

Wednesday, November 10th, 2004

Rachmaninov, Piano Concertos 2 and 3, Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Ese-Pekka Salonen, Cond., Yefim Bronfman, piano, Sony (Amazon ASIN: B00005NWO2)

I’ve listened to these concertos for years, and own three recordings of them. I’ve never heard anything like the Third as performed here, not even under Toscanini, Szell, or Kondrashin.

Bronfman must have hands even bigger than […]

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