Rachmaninov composed this work in 1900, and played the first complete performance on November 9, 1901, with Alexandre Siloti conducting the Moscow Philharmonic Society.
He suffered a shattering career crisis in the 1897 massacre of his First Symphony in St. Petersburg, by its first conductor, Glazunov, who was reportedly disablingly drunk -- a fiasco the critics en masse, led by
, laid at the composer's feet like an animal carcass. The audience -- ever mindful that Rachmaninov had been expelled in 1885 from the local temple of musical instruction -- listened stonily, glad for the failure of a young lion schooled elsewhere (in Moscow, he completed the Conservatory course in 1891, and graduated a year later with highest possible grades). Because of the failure of the Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninov began to drink immoderately. Believing himself unfit to compose, he tried concentrating on parallel courses as a concert soloist and opera conductor, but embroiled himself in a love affair that ended very badly. By the end of 1899, he was an alcoholic whose hands shook, imperiling his keyboard career. Between January and April 1900, Sergey Vassilyevich saw Dr. Dahl, a Moscow specialist in "neuropsychotherapy," daily, and was urged under hypnosis to compose the new piano concerto that a London impresario was asking for. Trance therapy roused the composer from his lethargy; indeed, he worked with great facility on an excellent new concerto -- the Second, in C minor, Op. 18 -- dedicated to Dr. Dahl in gratitude. Never again in the remaining four decades of his life was Rachmaninov immobilized by depression, despite several convulsive changes of fortune.
The opening, C minor, movement in sonata form was composed last; structurally it is the most conventional. Ten bars of unaccompanied keyboard chords lead directly to a palpitant principal theme for violins, violas, and clarinets -- motivic rather than tuneful, despite a melismatic extension for cellos. An episode links this to the second theme, in E flat, one of Rachmaninov's most celebrated melodies, introduced by the piano. Following the development and a maestoso alla marcia reprise, there's a brilliant coda -- but no solo cadenza, yet.
In the E major, Adagio sostenuto movement, after four bars of Tchaikovskian string chords, piano arpeggios introduce a two-part principal theme, played first by the solo flute, then by the solo clarinet. Piano and orchestra develop both parts before a Tchaikovsky-like theme for bassoons nudges the tempo a bit. Further development goes even quicker, culminating in a solo cadenza that's been teasingly postponed, after which the original material returns, soulfully.
The finale is an Allegro scherzando in C major. The strings play a rhythmic figure that builds to a staccato climax. The piano enters with a flourish, setting up the principal subject -- again, as before in I, motivic rather than tuneful, but admirably constructed for developing. This is followed by another of Rachmaninov's signature melodies, lushly undulant, sung by the solo oboe and strings. (In the postwar 1940s, this was garnished with words and performed unrelentingly by big-band vandals as Full Moon and Empty Arms). A fugato brings back the principal subject, followed by a Maestoso statement of "The Tune." Accelerating fistfuls of piano chords set up a crowd-rousing conclusion. ~ Roger Dettmer, Rovi
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2000 |
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1994 |
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2000 |
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2005 |
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1993 |
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1997 |
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2001 |
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1994 |
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1984 |
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1988 |
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1990 |
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2002 |
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1989 |
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1993 |
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1998 |
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1984 |
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1994 |
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1999 |
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1999 |
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1992 |
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1987 |
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1990 |
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1996 |
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1990 |
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2007 |
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1998 |
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1991 |
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1992 |
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1991 |
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1991 |
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1991 |
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1995 |
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1991 |
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1988 |
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1999 |
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1996 |
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2002 |
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1987 |
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1993 |
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2001 |
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2011 |
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1998 |
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2008 |
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1995 |
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1994 |
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1994 |
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2011 |
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1994 |
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1999 |
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2003 |
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2005 |
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2005 |
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1996 |
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1993 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G major |
1993 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini |
1985 |
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2003 |
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1997 |
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1999 |
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1996 |
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1988 |
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1997 |
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| Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
1999 |
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1997 |
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1992 |
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1990 |
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1995 |
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1994 |
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1987 |
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1997 |
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2004 |
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2004 |
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2001 |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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1999 |
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1997 |
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1995 |
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2002 |
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1993 |
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1997 |
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2003 |
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2005 |
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2005 |
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1989 |
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2007 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
1995 |
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1987 |
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1990 |
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1995 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
1992 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
1994 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
1997 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2004 |
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| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2007 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2007 |
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| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
1992 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
2004 |
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2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 |
1986 |
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2005 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 |
1986 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 |
1986 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 |
1999 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 |
2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 |
2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 4 |
2000 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos nos. 1 & 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
2001 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Music (Box Set) |
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| Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini; Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1999 |
| Rachmaninov: Symphonic Dances; Piano Concerto No. 2 |
2001 |
| Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2; Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3; Vocalise |
1997 |
| Rachmaninov: The 4 Piano Concertos |
1996 |
| Rachmaninov: The Complete Piano Concertos |
1978 |
| Rachmaninov: The Complete Symphonies & Piano Concertos [Box Set] |
2001 |
| Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos |
1990 |
| Rachmaninov: The Four Piano Concertos |
1988 |
| Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos |
1989 |
| Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos |
1997 |
| Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos |
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| Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Paganini Rhapsody |
2004 |
| Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos; Paganini Rhapsody |
2004 |
| Rachmaninov:Concerto No.2/Rhapsody on a Theme Of Paganini |
1990 |
| Rachmaninov:Piano Concertos No. 1 & 2 |
1997 |
| Rachmanonoff: Rhapsody,Op.43/Piano Concerto,Op.18/Dohnányi: Variations,Op.25 |
1995 |
| Rakhmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4; Symphonies 1-3; Orchestral Works [Box Set] |
1998 |
| Rhapsody in Blue |
2003 |
| Rhapsody in Blue, Vol. 18: Rachmaninov - Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 |
2003 |
| Richter |
1995 |
| Romantic Classics [2] |
2008 |
| Romantic Classics [Madacy] |
2008 |
| Romantic Favorites |
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| Romantic Piano Concertos |
1998 |
| Romantic Piano Concertos |
1998 |
| Romantic Piano Concertos |
1998 |
| Romantic: Strauss; Rachmaninoff |
1995 |
| Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 15 |
1999 |
| Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 35 |
1999 |
| Rubinstein Collection, Vol. 60 |
1999 |
| Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4/Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini |
1993 |
| Serge Rachmaninov, Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos |
1990 |
| Serge Rachmaninov, Robert Schumann: Piano Concertos |
1990 |
| Sergei Rachamninov, Max Trapp, Beethoven |
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| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor; Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet; Francesca da Rimini |
2000 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18; 7 Preludes |
1993 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
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| Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Recordings |
1992 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Recordings |
1992 |
| Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
1996 |
| Sergei Rachmaninov: Piano concerto No. 2, Op. 18; Edvard Grieg: Piano concerto, Op. 16 |
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| Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2/Piano Concerto No. 2 |
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| Sergej Rachmaninoff: Klavierkonzert No. 2; Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps |
1998 |
| Sergej Rachmaninow: Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1-4 |
2004 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: 4 Piano Concertos/Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
1987 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 2 & 4 |
1999 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Klavierkonzerte Nos. 2 & 4 |
1999 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
1991 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 |
1963 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C Minor Op.18/Piano Concerto No.3 in D Minor Op.30 |
1990 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 3 |
1998 |
| Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4 |
1996 |
| Simon Barere At The Carnegie Hall |
1989 |
| Simon Barere Carnegie Hall Recordings, Vol. 5; An undated performance |
2005 |
| Simon Rattle: Russian Music |
2009 |
| Sir Neville Marriner: Anniversary Edition |
1999 |
| Space Envoys with music from Piano Concerto No. 2 by Rachmaninov |
|
| Sviatoslav Richter 3 |
1999 |
| Sviatoslav Richter: Pianist of the Century |
|
| Sviatoslav Richter: Pianist of the Century |
|
| Sviatoslav Richter: Sensibler Exzentriker |
|
| Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos |
1996 |
| Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos; Mendelssohn: "Midsummer Night's Dream" Scherzo |
1997 |
| Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 |
1958 |
| Tchaikovsky: Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninoff: Concerto No. 2 |
1958 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1 / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1991 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1995 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
2001 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1995 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
2004 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1995 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1987 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1987 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Two Preludes |
1995 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Sergey Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
1992 |
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No1, Op23; Rachmaninov: Concerto for piano in Cm |
|
| Tchaikovsky: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 |
1991 |
| The 20th Century Maestros |
2003 |
| The Art of Ashkenazy |
1999 |
| The Art of Lang Lang |
2007 |
| The Art of Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Isle of the Dead; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini |
2005 |
| The Basic Library |
2007 |
| The Best Of Rachmaninoff |
1993 |
| The Best Rachmaninov [Best Buy Exclusive] |
2005 |
| The Best of Rachmaninoff |
2006 |
| The Best of Rachmaninov |
2000 |
| The Classical Jazz Quartet Play Rachmaninov |
2006 |
| The Complete EMI Recordings 1946-1984, Vol. 1: Orchestral |
2008 |
| The Complete Rachmaninov Recordings 1937-43 |
1995 |
| The Complete Recordings |
2004 |
| The Great Concertos |
2009 |
| The Great Piano Concertos |
|
| The Great Piano Concertos |
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| The Great Russian Classics |
1997 |
| The Hélène Grimaud Collection |
2009 |
| The Lympany Legend, Vol.1 |
|
| The Number One Rachmaninov Album |
2002 |
| The Piano Concerto Collection |
2007 |
| The Piano Concertos of Sergey Rachmaninov |
1999 |
| The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) |
1999 |
| The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) |
1999 |
| The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) |
1999 |
| The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) |
1999 |
| Tschaikowsky: PIano Concerto No. 1 b-moll; Sergey Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 c-moll |
1990 |
| Ultimate Piano Concertos: The Essential Masterpieces |
2008 |
| Ultimate Rachmaninov: The Essential Masterpieces [Box Set] |
2007 |
| Walter Gieseking, Piano |
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| Willen van Otterloo: The Original Recordings: 1951-1966 |
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| William Kapell |
1999 |
| William Kapell Edition (Box Set) |
1998 |
| 100 Best Adagios |
2008 |
| 100 Best Concertos |
2008 |
| 100 Best Film Classics |
2006 |
| 100 Best Karajan |
2008 |
| 100 Best Piano Classics |
2006 |
| 100 Best Romantic Classics |
2007 |
| 100 Chefs d'Oeuvre de la Musique Classique |
2006 |
| 100 Classical Essentials |
|
| 100 Most Essential Classical Favorites |
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| 100 Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe |
2008 |
| 100 Piano Classics |
2005 |
| 100 Popular Classics [Box Set] |
2000 |
| 100 Relaxing Classics (Box) |
2007 |
| 100 Relaxing Classics (Slim Box) |
2007 |
| 101 Great Orchestral Classics, Vol. 5 |
1991 |
| 101 Piezas Mas Clasicas |
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| 25 Concerto Favorites |
1997 |
| 25 Mellow Piano Favorites |
2004 |
| 25 Tranquil Classics |
2002 |
| 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes [Warner] |
2007 |
| 40 Most Beautiful Love Themes [Welt Packet] |
2008 |
| 50 Most Essential Classical Piano Pieces |
2010 |
| 500 Classic Masterpieces [Box Set] |
1992 |
| A Gala Evening in Moscow |
1995 |
| A Gift of Great Melodies: The Ultimate Collection |
2003 |
| A Gift of Piano: The Most Beautiful Melodies |
2002 |
| A Great Panorama of Classical Music |
2000 |
| A Passion For Romance |
1991 |
| A Passion for Music |
|
| A Rachmaninoff Weekend |
2006 |
| A Treasury of Golden Classics |
2001 |
| Adagio |
1995 |
| Adagio, Vol. 2 |
1992 |
| Adagio, Vol. 2 [Bonus Track] |
1992 |
| Adagio, Vol. 2: The Sound of Silence |
1997 |
| Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Shostakovich: Piano Concerto No. 2 |
2000 |
| An Hour with Rachmaninov |
|
| Angelsong: Choral Classics by the Sea |
2003 |
| Autumn in the Park |
|
| Bach Spectacular / The Romantic Rachmaninoff |
2005 |
| Beautiful Music to Love By |
1996 |
| Bedtime Serenades: Tranquil Classics for the Perfect Night's Sleep |
2007 |
| Best 20th Century Classics 100 |
|
| Best Classical Album of the Millennium |
1999 |
| Best Classics 100 |
2004 |
| Best Classics 100 [DVD Video] |
2004 |
| Best Classics 50 |
|
| Best Loved Classics, Vol. 7 |
|
| Best Of Rachmaninoff |
|
| Best Relaxing Classics 100 |
2007 |
| Best Romantic Classics 100 |
2007 |
| Best of Classics for Relaxation |
1999 |
| British Film Classics |
2003 |
| Chill Classics |
2004 |
| Chill with Rachmaninoff |
2004 |
| Cinema Classics |
1998 |
| Cinema Classics 2007 |
2007 |
| Cinema Classics, Vol. 2 |
1992 |
| Cinema Classics: Klassische Melodien aus berühmten Filmen |
1997 |
| Clair de lune and Other Moonlit Melodies |
1985 |
| Classic CD No. 115 |
|
| Classic CD No. 58 |
|
| Classic Cinema, Part 2 |
2008 |
| Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012 |
2012 |
| Classic FM at the Movies: The Sequel |
2007 |
| Classic FM: Music for Bathtime |
2004 |
| Classic Passion - Music of Love and Fire |
1997 |
| Classic Supersonic |
1993 |
| Classical Chill: Classical Music for Chilled Out Moods |
|
| Classical Chillout |
2005 |
| Classical Chillout [Union Square 3 CD] |
2005 |
| Classical Chillout [Union Square 4 CD] |
2003 |
| Classical Chillout, Vol. 1: Classic Films |
2003 |
| Classical Greatest Hits |
2003 |
| Classical Greatest Hits: The Inspriation behind the Pop Songs of Kylie Minogue, The Beatles, and Many More |
2004 |
| Classical Heartache: The Most Moving Classical Music In The Universe |
2004 |
| Classical Heartbreakers: The Most Moving Classical Music of All Time |
2004 |
| Classical Love (3D Pop-Up Edition) |
2005 |
| Classical Lullabies |
1998 |
| Classical Masterpieces Vol. 4 |
2007 |
| Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium |
1999 |
| Classical Masterpieces of the Millennium: Rachmaninoff |
1999 |
| Classical Music 101 |
2004 |
| Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music |
1995 |
| Classical Music...for Reading |
2005 |
| Classical Passion |
1994 |
| Classical Passion, Vol. 1 |
1998 |
| Classical Piano |
|
| Classical Romance |
1996 |
| Classical Romance, Vol. 2 |
2004 |
| Classical Summer Moods |
2003 |
| Classical Treasures [Box Set] |
2005 |
| Classical Treasures: Classical Sounds of Excellence |
2005 |
| Classical Treasures: Classics for Meditation |
2003 |
| Classics By Candlelight: Music for Romance |
2000 |
| Classics For Lovers [Arte Nova] |
2002 |
| Classics at the Movies |
|
| Classics at the Movies: Comedy, Vol. 1 |
2002 |
| Classics by Candlelight |
2003 |
| Classics for Love |
1994 |
| Classics for Lovers |
1993 |
| Classics for Lovers [Intersound Box] |
1997 |
| Classics for Quiet Times |
|
| Classics for Wellness |
2006 |
| Classics of the Silver Screen |
1990 |
| Classics on Ice |
|
| Clive Barker: Being Music |
1999 |
| Coffeehouse Classics [Classical Heritage] |
1997 |
| Coffeehouse Classics [Intersound Boxset] |
1997 |
| Concert in the Park |
1991 |
| Concerto Royal Philharmonic |
1989 |
| Desert Island Discs: Sue Lawley Celebrates 10 Years of The Castaways' Choice |
1998 |
| Desire: Music for Romance |
1999 |
| Desire: Music of Romance, Discs 3 & 4 |
1999 |
| Diamonds, Elegant Classics |
2007 |
| Die Neue Klassik: Ravel, Rachmaninov, Gershwin, R. Strauss, Orff |
1996 |
| Don Bradman: The Music He Loved |
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| Down Time: Classical Music for Quiet Moments |
2007 |
| Embrace |
2011 |
| Ervin Nyiregyházi in Performance |
2007 |
| Essential Adagios |
|
| Essential Piano: The Ultimate Piano Collection |
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| Essential Relaxing Classics |
|
| Festive Duo |
1996 |
| Film 100: Classic music from your favourite movies |
2006 |
| Film Classics |
1997 |
| For Mother: A Classical Bouquet |
|
| Frohe Weihnachten und ein glückliches neues Jahr |
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| From Katya...With Love...Katya Gríneva: Solo Piano |
1997 |
| Garden of Thoughts: Love |
2008 |
| Giovanni: Classical Piano Masterp;ieces |
1993 |
| Gold Medal Dreams |
2007 |
| Great Music Classics (Box Set) |
2002 |
| Great Music Classics (Collectors Edition) |
1999 |
| Great Music Classics [10-disc set] |
1999 |
| Great Music Classics [5-disc set] |
2001 |
| Great Orchestral Melodies |
1995 |
| Great Romantic Classics |
2001 |
| Greatest Hits - Tchaikovksy, Rachmaninoff, Chopin, Liszt |
1995 |
| Greatest Russian Composers |
|
| Heartache: The Most Moving Classical Music in the Universe |
2004 |
| Highlights from the Rubinstein Collection |
|
| History of Classical Music |
1999 |
| I Love Classics |
2009 |
| In Classical Mood: Expressions of Love |
|
| John Bayless: The Movie Album: Classical Pictures |
1996 |
| KDFC: Islands of Sanity, Vol. 2 |
2003 |
| Kostelanetz Super Hits Vol. 1 |
2000 |
| La Féérie des plus Beaux Allegros |
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| Les 100 plus belles pages du piano |
2006 |
| Les Grands Classiques D'Edgar [Box Set] |
2007 |
| Les Élections du Piano |
|
| Liebestraum |
|
| Living with the Classics |
|
| Love & Desire in the Classics: Romantic Piano Music |
1999 |
| Lovers' Adagios |
2006 |
| Made Famous by Classic FM |
2009 |
| Magic Of The Classics |
1994 |
| Magic of the Piano |
1994 |
| Masterpieces |
|
| More of the Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe |
2003 |
| Movie Adagios |
2001 |
| Movie Adagios [Simplified Metadata] |
2001 |
| Movie Classics [Angel] |
1996 |
| Movie Classics [Public] |
1997 |
| Music for Mothers |
2009 |
| Music for Wine and Candlelight |
|
| Music for a Romantic Evening |
2004 |
| Music from the Movies |
|
| Music to Renew Your Soul |
2005 |
| Musical Moods, Vol. 2 |
1999 |
| Must Have... Favourite Classics |
2007 |
| Must have... Movie Classics |
2007 |
| My Figure Skating Album |
2004 |
| Nocturne II |
|
| Orchestras in Movies |
|
| Oscar's Orchestra [Music and Excerpts from the Animated TV Series] |
1997 |
| Pachelbel's Canon & Other Classics for Relaxation |
2000 |
| Patinage artistique |
|
| Percy Grainger: Dished Up for Piano, Vol. 2 |
1990 |
| Piano Adagios |
1998 |
| Piano By Candlelight |
1996 |
| Piano By Candlelight [Madacy] |
1994 |
| Piano Classics (Box Set) |
1997 |
| Piano Classics, Vol. 3 |
1997 |
| Piano Dreams [Box Set] |
2008 |
| Piano Essentials |
2008 |
| Piano Favorites |
1996 |
| Piano Greatest Hits |
1998 |
| Piano Interludes |
1997 |
| Piano Masterpieces |
|
| Piano by Candlelight |
1995 |
| Piano: Greatest Hits |
2000 |
| Piano: The Most Beautiful Melodies |
2003 |
| Poetree: Thoreau |
2008 |
| Popular Classics |
2007 |
| Rachmaninoff In Hollywood |
1997 |
| Rachmaninoff for Relaxation |
2001 |
| Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits |
2003 |
| Rachmaninoff: The Greatest Hits |
|
| Rachmaninov For Dummies |
|
| Rachmaninov for Romance: Passionate Music for Love and Desire |
1995 |
| Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3 [DVD Audio] |
2004 |
| Rachnaninoff Greatest Hits |
2009 |
| Radiance 2: Most Relaxing Classics of All Time |
2004 |
| Radiance 2: Ultra Relaxing Classics |
2004 |
| Radiance: The Most Relaxing Classics of All Time |
2004 |
| Relax, Vol. 1: Smooth Classics |
2008 |
| Relax: Klassik zum Entspannen |
2004 |
| Relax: The World's Most Beautiful Music |
2008 |
| Relaxing Classics: The Very Best of Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Rachmaninov |
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| Relaxing With The Classics |
1999 |
| Relaxing with the Classics |
1998 |
| Rogers: Q |
|
| Romance |
1996 |
| Romantic Adagios |
1999 |
| Romantic Classics |
2005 |
| Romantic Classics (Box Set) |
1995 |
| Romantic Classics [Chandos] |
2003 |
| Romantic Classics [Vox] |
2003 |
| Romantic Classics, Vol. 1 |
1995 |
| Romantic Melodies of the Classics |
1997 |
| Romantic Moments From The Classics |
1994 |
| Romantic Moments From The Piano Concerto |
1994 |
| Romantic Moments [2-disc set] |
2000 |
| Romantic Piano Adagios |
2002 |
| Romantic Piano [Madacy Box] |
2004 |
| Royal Philharmonic Orchestra 60th Anniversary Celebration, Vol. 2 |
2002 |
| Rubinstein Adagios |
|
| Russia's Greatest Hits |
1990 |
| Sensual Classics [Warner Brothers] |
1993 |
| Serenity |
2006 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits |
1994 |
| Set Your Life to Music |
1999 |
| Simply Classical Movie Music |
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| Simply the Best Classical Passion: Music for Classic Lovers |
2003 |
| Sounds of Excellence: 200 Greatest Classics, Vol. 3 |
1995 |
| Stress Relief: Healing Classics to Restore the Soul |
2005 |
| Students of Vladimir Viardo |
2005 |
| Sunday Morning Classics [Madacy] |
2003 |
| Super Artists on Super Audio, Vol. 6 |
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| Table for Two: Music for Falling in Love |
1998 |
| Tenth Anniversary Special Edition |
1996 |
| Teresa Sterne: A Portrait |
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| That's Light Musical Entertainment |
2009 |
| The 99 Most Essential Classical Pieces in Movies |
|
| The Best Classics...Ever! |
2005 |
| The Best of Classical |
2005 |
| The Best of Classics |
2005 |
| The Best of Piano Greats |
1999 |
| The Best of Rachmaninoff |
2003 |
| The Best of Rachmaninov |
1997 |
| The Best of the Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe |
2006 |
| The Chandos Sound Experience |
1990 |
| The Classic 100 |
2008 |
| The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set] |
2007 |
| The Classic 100 Concerto, Vol. 1: 1-46 |
2007 |
| The Classic 100 Concerto: The Top 10 |
2008 |
| The Classic 100, Vol. 1 |
2008 |
| The Classic 100: 20th Century |
|
| The Classic 100: The Ultimate Top 10 Collection |
2008 |
| The Collection, Vol. 3 |
|
| The Essential Classics Collection |
1997 |
| The Essential Van Cliburn |
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| The Good Life: Composers' Greatest Concertos, Vol. 1 |
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| The Good Life: Composers' Greatest Concertos, Vol. 2 |
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| The Good Life: The Greatest Waltzes, Sonatas and Concertos (Box Set) |
2004 |
| The Great Pianists |
2003 |
| The Great Rachmaninov |
1997 |
| The Great Russian Performers |
1997 |
| The Heart of the Piano Concerto |
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| The Idiot's Guide to Classical Music |
1995 |
| The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 75th Anniversary - Great Moments |
2012 |
| The Legacy of Daniel Bonade |
2002 |
| The Magic of Lang Lang |
2007 |
| The Most Famous Movie Classics |
1994 |
| The Most Inspiring Classics in the Universe |
2004 |
| The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! |
1997 |
| The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World...Ever! |
2005 |
| The Most Relaxing Classical Piano Music in the Universe |
2004 |
| The Most Relaxing Classics of All Time |
2004 |
| The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever! |
2003 |
| The Most Romantic Classical Music in the Universe |
2004 |
| The Most Unforgettable Concertos Ever |
1999 |
| The Movie Album |
2006 |
| The Only Classical Album You Will Ever Need |
2007 |
| The Only Classical CD You'll Ever Need! |
1999 |
| The Only Piano Album You'll Ever Need |
2000 |
| The Piano... The Passion |
1995 |
| The Piano...The Passion |
1994 |
| The Rachmaninoff Collection |
2006 |
| The Rachmaninov Experience |
|
| The Record of Calm & Tranquility: Classical Music for Relaxation |
2001 |
| The Romantic Piano, Vol. 2 |
2002 |
| The Royal Treasury of Classical Music |
2000 |
| The Royal Treasury of Classical Music, Vol. 5 |
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| The The 99 Most Essential Romantic Masterpieces |
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| The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe |
2007 |
| The Very Best of Herbert von Karajan |
2011 |
| The Very Best of Rachmaninov |
2005 |
| The Very Best of Relaxing Classics |
2003 |
| The World of Music: Seventh Edition |
|
| The World's Most Beautiful Melodies: Moonlight Classics |
1989 |
| Ultimate Classical Masterpieces Collection: Piano Masterpieces |
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| Ultimate Classics |
2006 |
| Ultra Relaxing Piano: Peaceful Melodies to Soothe the Spirit |
2004 |
| Unforgettable Classics: Piano Vol. 2 |
1997 |
| Verdi, Mozart, Strauss |
2000 |
| Violines de pego instrumentales |
1991 |
| Virtuoso Piano Music |
1999 |
| Viu la Música, Viu l'Orquestra |
|
| Vogelstimmen & Klassik |
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| Warsaw Concerto |
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| Whad'ya Know About Rakhmaninoff |
1998 |
| Winterträume: Russische Orchesterwerke |
2006 |
| Yes [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] |
2005 |
| Élections Classiques, 2007 |
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