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Barry Douglas's performance of the First Concerto provides an arresting alternative to a more conventional approach. His brilliance has an acidulous edge that brings an unusual degree of verve... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2008 More…

Release Date: 7th Jul 2008
Catalogue No: 88697279722
Label: RCA
Length: 73 minutes

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1

Work length27:37

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Barry Douglas (piano)
Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

I. Vivace

Track length13:13

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II. Andante

Track length6:14

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III. Allegro vivace

Track length8:10

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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30

Work length45:35

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Barry Douglas (piano), Russian State Symphony Orchestra
Evgeny Svetlanov

I. Allegro ma non tanto

Track length17:57

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II. Intermezzo. Adagio

Track length11:32

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III. Finale. Alla breve

Track length16:06

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September 2008

Barry Douglas's performance of the First Concerto provides an arresting alternative to a more conventional approach. His brilliance has an acidulous edge that brings an unusual degree of verve and clarity to even the most thickly textured passages.

4th July 2008

Douglas's immaculate, cool playing is wonderfully contrasted with Svetlanov's passionate urgings and the very Russian sound of the orchestra; it is sometimes hard to believe, when listening to the soupy brass and the unfathomable depth of the string tone, that these recordings are only 15 years old.

16th August 2008

The sound of the piano comes across as perhaps a little pallid, but what Douglas does with the instrument more than makes up for it: his performance is full of virtuosity and sensitivity in equal measure. As for Svetlanov and his team, Douglas could not have received more experienced support in this music. The conductor follows every subtle inflection of the soloist’s rubato, while the orchestral playing brings a nostalgic reminder of a lost world.

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