Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 — Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
1/9/2026, 14 Tracks, 1:11:40
Featuring
Nobuyuki Tsujii
Domingo Hindoyan
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Compositional Technique
Mikhail Pletnev's concert suite from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, featured on this album, created a sensation when he performed it at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in 1978.
Notable Performances
The premiere of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in Carnegie Hall in 1910 was conducted by Gustav Mahler.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Rachmaninoff revered Tchaikovsky, who named Rachmaninoff as a likely successor in 1892 and enthusiastically greeted his opera Aleko.
Performer Biography
Nobuyuki Tsujii won the Gold Medal at the Van Cliburn Competition in Texas in 2009, which launched his international career.
Composition History
Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 in a matter of weeks for his first American tour in 1909.
Performer Biography
Nobuyuki Tsujii, the pianist on this album, has been entirely blind since birth and started playing piano by ear at age two.
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