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Rachmaninov Symphony No 1
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Gianandrea Noseda
Gianandrea Noseda’s performance of the First Symphony projects an unstuffy demeanour and trim athleticism to remind the listener that Rachmaninov...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 8/2008
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 (Ticciati)
Berlin German Symphony Orchestra | Robin Ticciati
This is very much in keeping with the impression I have always had of Robin Ticciati’s work: exhaustively prepared, immaculately...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: AW21
Rachmaninov Symphonies
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Vladimir Ashkenazy
If I was slightly disappointed that Ashkenazy's reading of the Second Symphony of Rachmaninov lacked the full thrust of passion...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 6/1983
RACHMANINOV Vespers
Kaspars Putnins | Netherlands Radio Choir
It seems these days as though every self-respecting chamber choir is keen to record Rachmaninov’s monumental a cappella masterpiece as...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 07/2014
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1. The Isle of the Dead
Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Leonard Slatkin
Slatkin’s recordings of the Second and Third (7/13) symphonies signalled his sure instinct for the Rachmaninov idiom together with the...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2013
RACHMANINOV Piano Trios (Hermitage Piano Trio)
Rachmaninov’s piano trios have been extremely lucky on disc, with dozens of world-class versions (both sonically and interpretatively speaking) from...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: AW2019
RACHMANINOV Symphonies Nos 2 & 3. The Isle of the Dead (Nézet‑Séguin)
Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin
As with the first instalment of Nézet-Séguin’s symphonic Rachmaninov (the First Symphony and the Symphonic Dances – 2/21), there’s a...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 08/2023
Fiorentino Edition III - Scriabin & Rachmaninov
‘All that glitters is not gold’ – however, in the case of Sergio Fiorentino’s reading of Scriabin’s Fourth Piano Sonata...
Reviewed by Michael Stewart in issue: 7/1997
Medtner Piano Concerto No. 2; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 4
Grant Llewellyn | North Carolina Symphony Orchestra | Yevgeny Sudbin
This richly enterprising programme couples Rachmaninov’s 1926 version of his Fourth Piano Concerto with Medtner’s Second, works which both composers...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/2010
Rachmaninov Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
King's College Choir, Cambridge | Stephen Cleobury
Having recorded the much better known All-Night Vigil (‘Vespers’) in 1999, King’s here turn to Rachmaninov’s earlier setting of the...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 6/2004
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