Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)

In June 2022, Yunchan Lim became the youngest gold medallist of the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition; his performances demonstrated a ‘magical ability’ and a ‘natural, instinctive quality’ (La Scena) that astonished listeners around the world. The jury chairman Marin Alsop commented as follows: ‘Yunchan is the rare artist who organically combines deep musicality and astonishing technique.’ 

His artistic ability and connection with the audience also secured him the audience prize and the prize for the best performance of a new work. The young Korean’s subsequent rise to international fame has been meteoric.

Now, just in time for this year’s Van Cliburn Competition, Decca Classics is releasing Lim’s phenomenal, critically and fan-acclaimed performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.3 for the first time physically and in Dolby Atmos, with additional liner notes by Jed Distler and a special text by jury chairman Marin Alsop.

01. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 I. Allegro ma non tanto (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)
02. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 II. Intermezzo. Adagio (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)
03. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30 III. Finale. Alla breve (Live from the 2022 Cliburn Competition)