Kozhukhin Performs Allegro scherzando from Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2

OVERVIEW

Jaap van Zweden conducts the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and pianist Denis Kozhukhin in Rachmaninov’s towering Second Concerto. "Kozhukhin’s dazzling performance must have lifted Orchestra Hall a few feet off its foundation. It was hard, in fact, to imagine any pianist seizing this formidably difficult concerto in a mightier grip than this Russian firebrand. Even in a day when keyboard virtuosos are thick on the ground, Kozhukhin is special" (Chicago Tribune). This excerpt from the third movement was recorded on December 14, 2017.

PERFORMERS

Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Jaap van Zweden conductor
Denis Kozhukhinpiano