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RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra | Tadaaki Otaka
Tadaaki Otaka is a Rachmaninov interpreter of no mean experience and insight – I for one recall with pleasure his...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 10/2012
SHOSTAKOVICH Preludes RACHMANINOV Romances
The prize-winning Russian cellist Boris Andrianov here offers a programme of Russian music in transcriptions for cello and piano. Shostakovich’s...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 02/2015
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2. Piano Concerto No 2 (Kirill Gerstein)
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Kirill Gerstein | Kirill Petrenko
For such a starry orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic has a pretty threadbare Rachmaninov catalogue. Their only symphony cycle was with...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2024
RACHMANINOV Dissonance (Asmik Grigorian)
Asmik Grigorian | Lukas Geniušas
After triumphs on stage in Salzburg (Salome) and Madrid (Rusalka) that have already made it to DVD and Blu ray,...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 04/2022
RACHMANINOV; SCRIABIN Piano Sonata No 1 (Zixiang Wang)
Given the option to pair one Scriabin and one Rachmaninov sonata, most young pianists would choose the latter’s popular Second...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2021
SCRIABIN 24 Preludes RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No 1
The coupling of Scriabin with Rachmaninov is a particularly interesting one. Fellow students though they were, their personalities were markedly...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 02/2016
RACHMANINOV Complete Piano Works Vol 2
If the outwardly enviable, note-perfect professionalism of so many of today’s pianists can leave you cold and dispirited, the reverse...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 07/2015
MYASKOVSKY; RACHMANINOV Cello Sonatas
Bruno Philippe | Jérôme Ducros
Bruno Philippe is still only 25 but you wouldn’t guess from the maturity of his musical thinking, which is coupled...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 03/2019
Rachmaninov Symphony No 2
Antonio Pappano | Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Rome
This superlative performance of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony serves to underline what can be achieved in realms of interpretation when...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 5/2011
Rachmaninov Orchestral Works
Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra
There are dangers in getting to know a score through the work of a single orchestra and conductor whether on...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/1994
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