Composers: Rachmaninov
Compositions: Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 3
Performers: Daniil Trifonov p, The Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Catalogue Number: DG 4836617

Daniil Trifonov completes his two-disc survey of Rachmaninov’s piano concertos with this second volume coupling the youthfully unfettered ardour of the First with the ripe, romantic combustibility of the Third. Why performances as thrilling as Trifonov’s and as luxuriant as The Philadelphia Orchestra’s need to be packaged as Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival remains moot but by no means distracts from the vivid and fervently expressed experiences on offer.