# Help me replace my Rachmaninov cd **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403 "2004-11-06T22:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2004, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/1 "2004-11-06T22:02:09Z")
My beloved cd of Rachmaninov’s “Concerto No. 2 in C-minor” plus “Rhapsody on a Theme Of Paganini” played by Cecile Licad has been smooshed. I really like this particular recording, but I am willing to try a different pianist for diversity. Of course, I’ll undoubtedly end up buying this cd again at some point, but tell me whose version of Rachmaninov’s most famous work would you buy first? ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/2 "2005-01-23T01:46:00Z")
I’ve the same question, so I’ll just bump this one: Recommend good recordings for the 2nd Piano Concerto. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/3 "2005-01-23T02:21:11Z")
“The Second Piano Concerto . . . It shakes me! It quakes me! It makes me feel goose-pimply all over! I don’t know who I am–or where I am–or what I’m doing! Don’t stop–don’t stop–don’t ever stop!” [Sorry, just having a Marilyn attack] ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/4 "2005-01-23T02:27:42Z")
[Sviatoslav Richter](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/music/B000001GQD/glance/002-6449904-0861606) rocks. As a matter of fact, I’m not sure it’s humanly possible to do a better job than he did on that record. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/5 "2005-01-23T06:37:04Z")
You might try the RCA series “Recordings In Time” (not sure of the catalogue number). You can listen to Rachmaninov PLAYING Rachmaninov (it was recordedona recording piano). I’ll try to dig up the exact catalogue number for you. ---
**Author:** ![jovan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/0ea827/32.png) [@jovan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jovan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/6 "2005-01-23T06:49:33Z")
Rachmaninov plays Rachmaninov is [here](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000003FGS/qid=1106463106/sr=2-2/ref=sr_2_2/102-8647423-2853714). They’re pretty old recordings, though, so don’t expect pristine high-fi sound. ---
**Author:** ![II\_Gyan\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/bbe5ce/32.png) [@II\_Gyan\_II](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/II_Gyan_II)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/7 "2005-02-05T04:40:01Z")
Any other good recordings for the 2nd? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2005, 9:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-replace-my-rachmaninov-cd/273403/8 "2005-02-05T09:34:10Z")
IMO, the best interpreter of Rachmaninoff is Ashkenazy, both as pianist and conductor.