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RCA LIVING STEREO: Van Cliburn, Kondrashin, Hendl : Piano Concertos - Rachmaninoff No. 3 & Prokofiev No. 3

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Artist: Van Cliburn - Kiril Kondrashin - Symphony of the Air - Walter Hendl - Chicago SO Album: Piano Concertos - Rachmaninoff No. 3 & Prokofiev No. 3 Released: 2005 Label: RCA Living Stereo Catalog N°: 82876-678942 Genre: Classical, Orchestral File Format: eac_iso_flac_cue_log covers 368MB 01. Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: Allegro ma non tanto 17:32 02. Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: Adagio 10:38 03. Rachmaninoff - Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: Finale - Alle breve 15:06 04. Prokofiev - Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26: Andante 09:44 05. Prokofiev - Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26: Theme and Variations 10:01 06. Prokofiev - Concerto No. 3 in C, Op. 26: Allegro ma non troppo 10:09 More Living Stereo-period classics from RCA/BMG in their original three-channel form. If you have a similar or identical center channel to your left and right front speakers, you will definitely expe...

RCA LIVING STEREO: Van Cliburn, Fritz Reiner and other: Piano Concertos - Tchaikovsky No 1 & Rachmaninoff No 2

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Artist: Van Cliburn - Fritz Reiner - Chicago SO - Kiril Kondrashin - RCA SO Album: Piano Concertos - Tchaikovsky No 1 & Rachmaninoff No 2 Released: 2004 Label: RCA Living Stereo Catalog N°: 82876-6613922 Genre: Classical, Orchestral File Format: eac_iso_flac_cue_log covers 397MB 01-03 Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No 1 34:41 04-06 Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No 2 34:08 Like most of the Living Stereo SACDs, this one pairs up the contents of two former LPs onto a single disc. The Tchaikovsky was the first recording to go platinum in classical music - recorded during the first Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958 at the height of the Cold War. The l962 taping of the chestnut Rachmaninoff concerto with Reiner pulls out all the super-Romantic qualities built into the score, but being Reiner it doesn’t seem corny in the least. The stereo stage is extremely wide compared to the two-channel option, with solid placement of the piano in the center and good depth to the ...