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Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Building a Library with Kathryn Stott and Andrew McGregor

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by pianists Lucy Parham and Kathryn Stott, who picks her favourite recording of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2.

Andrew McGregor with the best new classical releases, joined by guest reviewers Lucy Parham and Kathryn Stott.

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Pianist Lucy Parham talks through her pick of the week's new releases.

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Building a Library: especially for Valentine's Day, pianist Kathryn Stott surveys recordings of Rachmaninov's lushly romantic Piano Concerto No. 2 and picks her favourite. The concerto symbolises both personal and artistic rebirth for the composer after years spent in deep depression. Its second movement inspired Eric Carmen’s pop ballad All by Myself, and also features in film scores, most famously the 1945 romance Brief Encounter.

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Music Played

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Mache dich, mein Geist, bereit, BWV 115: I. Chorus

    Ensemble: Le Banquet Céleste.
    • J. S. Bach: Mein Geist.
    • Alpha Classics.
    • 1.

  • Frank Martin

    Piano Quintet in D minor (1st mvt)

    Performer: Ilona Timichenko. Ensemble: Utrecht String Quartet.
    • Dabriunghaus und Grimm.

  • Clara Schumann

    3 Romances Op.22: Nos. 2 & 3

    Performer: Jean Johnson. Performer: Steven Osborne.
    • LINN.

  • Johann Sebastian Bach

    Goldberg Variations BWV.988 arr. for string trio: Var 30; Quodlibet, Aria da cap

    Ensemble: TrioFenix.
    • EVIL PENGUIN.

  • Sergey Rachmaninov

    Romance in F sharp minor; Polichinelle

    Performer: Boris Giltburg.
    • NAXOS.

  • Einojuhani Rautavaara

    Cantus arcticus Op.61 (Melancholy)

    Orchestra: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra. Conductor: Neeme Järvi.
    • CHANDOS.

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

    Piano Concerto no.8 in C major K.246 (3rd mvt)

    Performer: Olga Pashchenko. Ensemble: Il Gardellino.
    • ALPHA.

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