Rachmaninoff's 2nd¹ and 3rd² piano concertos get all the love, but what about his first? I've listened to it a few times but either it's not very memorable or I wasn't paying close enough attention. For my 2nd 2022 music project I thought it would be fun to listen to it more closely. Like it was my school assignment to do so.

Sometimes these things sound more fun in my head. But now I'm in too deep, so off we go.

1. I like Yuja Wang's interpretation best
2. Arcadi Volodos does a great ossia cadenza, and Yuja Wang does a great non-ossia cadenza