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鈥檚 pop ballad All by Myself, and also features in film scores, most famously the 1945 romance Brief Encounter.
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