This generous compilation of Rachmaninoff's piano music reflects the "best of the best" -- selected shorter works that have been most often performed and most frequently recorded by such great keyboard artists as Horowitz, Richter, Gilels, Cliburn, and Rachmaninoff himself. Offered here for the firs[...]

The most celebrated piano concerto written in the 20th century and one of the most familiar compositions in all music, the great second piano concerto, with its sumptuous harmonies and lyrical melodies, is Rachmaninoff's most enduring and popular work. It became a model for modern composers both in [...]

Just as Serge Rachmaninoff ranked among the greatest pianists of the 20th century, his compositions for Piano and Orchestra won him an important position among modern composers.

The major works that made his reputation include the first three Piano concertos, reprinted here in a single volume[...]

When writing Piano Concerto No.3 Rachmaninoff wanted to create a piece that would allow him to demonstrate his talent as both a composer and a pianist. Rachmaninoff debuted the piece himself, in 1909, at the New York Symphony Society.

The piece appears here with bar-numbered movements, making[...]