Reddit reviews Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete Recordings

I tend not to like piano roll recordings - they're very incomplete pictures of the nuances of a performance. Of course in some cases they're the best thing we've got, but Rachmaninoff recorded most of the things he put on rolls on actual audio as well, and the grainy early recording technology is worth it to be able to hear the organic sound IMO.

Zenph Studios put together a CD of "Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff" a while back that's actually pretty well-done. C-sharp minor prelude and his Lilacs song transcription are the only samples I can find on Youtube. You can read about the "re-performance" process here. They've done re-performances of some Gershwin too (this is news to me, must be a relatively new release), Glenn Gould's 1955 Goldberg Variations, and some Art Tatum songs.

If you're interested in Rachmaninoff's actual audio recordings, there is a 10-disc box set (digital, CD) available of his complete recordings. Some absolutely fascinating stuff on there. But even 10 CDs doesn't even come close to touching the breadth of his repertoire.

EDIT: spelling

Here is a 10 CD set of all of the recordings that we have of Rachmoninoff playing - http://www.amazon.com/Sergei-Rachmaninoff-Recordings-Sergey-Rachmaninov/dp/B000003FB7

You can buy individual songs from the collection, as well.

The sound quality is a bit shallow and there are some pops and static in some songs, but that's to be expected, I guess.

I actually bought this entire collection back about a decade ago, IIRC, back in the days when you couldn't buy a couple songs here and there. :-) I enjoyed listening to it for some time, although the poor (by today's standards) sound quality was always in my consciousness when listening. Also, he played many of his solo piano pieces way faster than more modern renditions I had heard, and I prefer the slower versions, personally.