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Title: Not Van Cliburn's best
Review: While the Van Cliburn recording of the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 (coupled with either Beethoven No. 5 or Tchaikovsky No. 1) is a classic performance of that piece, this disc falls short. The live recording is muddled and poorly mixed, and the piano is lost among the rest of the orchestra in parts. In addition, Cliburn is not at his best, missing notes and seemingly off in his pacing. The Prokofiev is a decent enough recording, but there are better versions of the Rachmaninoff No. 3 available (e.g. Ashkenazy, complete set of 1-4 on the Decca double) to make this disc no better than a supplemental recording for an otherwise complete collection.
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