Not for the Pianist

This edition has the full orchestra music as well as the piano music. But, all staffs are so tiny that you really can't do that much with it.

Amazing!

The Rachmaninoff Piano Concertos are among the hardest ever written. This book does a good job of showing the composer's intentions. Its inclusion of the ossia version as well as the simplified version of the solo part helps the reader to compare the two. Also, the orchestra parts are easily read and well spaced. There is never too much or too little on one page. It is a great book for conductors, pianists, or anyone else who loves the Rach concerti. This is a must have for any serious piano concerto fan!

The most beautiful and dificult piano concertos

The beauty of the second concerto and the strength and skill level of the third concerto is very difficult, it's impressive that Rachmaninoff compose this beautiful concertos after his psicological problem. Sergei Rachmaninoff one of the most important pianist in the world begin your musical development when he was a young, and create a dificult and magician world of all the piano lovers. I'm a music student. I'd like to be a conductor and this edition provide me of the magic of the three first piano concertos of Rachmaninoff. The first time I open the book a greatest world of sound came to me. It's a very good choice if you are a student of conducting or you are a music lover. It's Amazing!!!