Piano Concertos Nos. 1, 2 and 3 In Full Score

Just as Serge Rachmaninoff’s piano virtuosity ranked him among the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, his compositions for piano and orchestra won him an important position among modern composers. Among the works that ensure his reputation are the first three piano concertos, reprinted here from the authoritative full-score Russian editions.

Rachmaninoff wrote the stirring Piano Concerto No. 1 in the years 1890-91, while he was still a young student at the Moscow Conservatory…