Boris Giltburg’s Rachmaninov recordings have received numerous praises and awards. Recently he won Best Soloist Recording (20th/21st century) at the inaugural Opus Klassik Awards for his recording of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Concerto coupled with the Études-tableaux, Op. 33
On this recording, Rachmaninov’s sets of Préludes are a mirror and a record of his compositional development. With so rich a variety of character, color, texture and mood, no two préludes are fully alike. Whether evoking ballad or bell toll, the exotic or folk influences, the Préludes stand in the great tradition of works by Bach and Chopin written in all 24 major and minor keys.
Here is Mr. Giltburg, performing the Rachmaninov Piano Concerto #3:
