Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3

This historic live recording documents Idil Biret's US debut performing Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3, which she played on November 22, 1963, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Erich Leinsdorf at Boston Symphony Hall. The concert took place on the day of the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy, lending it extraordinary historical significance.

The interpretation combines the pianistic maturity of the then 22-year-old Idil Biret with the musical tradition of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. The recording comes from the collections of the Library of Congress and has been included in the National Recording Registry. It documents a moving moment in which music history and contemporary history meet in an impressive way.