VAN CLIBURN
RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO No. 3
Original 1959 album liner notes
RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO No. 3
Symphony of the Air
Kiril Kondrashin, Conducting
(Actual Carnegie Hall performance of May 19, 1958)
SIDE 1
PIANO CONCERTO No. 3 IN D MINOR, Op. 30
First Movement: Allegro ma non tanto
Van Cliburn, Pianist
SIDE 2
PIANO CONCERTO No. 3 IN D MINOR, Op. 30
Second Movement: Intermezzo: Adagio
Third Movement: Finale: Alla breve
Van Cliburn, Pianist
The Radio Corporation of America takes great pride in presenting to the public a recording that we feel is a living document of a historical musical event. Van Cliburn consented to have RCA Victor recording technicians go into Carnegie Hall with their equipment to tape this concert on May 19, 1958. This was only two days after his return to the United States from a triumphant and hectic tour of the Soviet Union.
Those of us present in Carnegie Hall as well as the millions of Americans who remember reading about that occasion can certainly understand how challenging this concert was – and appreciative how challenging this pianist is. If one seeks an explanation for Van Cliburn’s magnetism, I would simply say it is musical control coupled with spontaneous beauty.
Shortly before the first anniversary of his Carnegie Hall triumph Van Cliburn reviewed the tape of his performance of the Rachmaninoff Concerto No. 3 and consented to its release.
Contributing to the vitality of this actual concert performance on records in the eminent Russian conductor, Kiril Kondrashin, directing the Symphony of the Air.
Through the miracle of electronics in the recording art, RCA Victor is able to present this unique accomplishment as a permanent document.
David Sarnoff
Chairman of the Board, Radio Corporation of America
Cover photo: Michael Duplaix
Steinway Piano
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