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RACHMANINOV; SHOSTAKOVICH Cello Sonatas (Dóra Kokas)
Dóra Kokas | Marianna Shirinyan
According to cellist Dóra Kokas, ‘Hypnosis’ (this programme’s title) refers to the hypnotherapy Rachmaninov underwent in order to overcome a...
Reviewed by Andrew Farach-Colton in issue: 08/2024
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3 (Boris Giltburg)
Boris Giltburg | Carlos Miguel Prieto | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Sometimes the reputation of a piece of music becomes so ensconced that the music itself is enshrouded, infected by hearsay...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 07/2018
RACHMANINOV All-night Vigil (Bielecka)
The Rachmaninov Vigil has become one of those works, rather like Mozart’s Requiem, of which one can never have too...
Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 07/2018
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra | Simon Rattle
Rattle as Principal Guest Conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic here makes his first recording with that orchestra, and the...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 10/1984
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3 (Anna Fedorova)
Anna Fedorova | Modestas Pitrenas | St Gallen Symphony Orchestra
For her many fans, the young Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is a champion of Rachmaninov, and her performance of his...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 06/2023
Rachmaninov Early Piano Works
Ian Hobson’s playing on this new disc has many features in common with his earlier discs of Rachmaninov – the...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 5/1997
Rachmaninov Piano Works
There is superb playing here, excellently recorded and fully confirming the impression made by Gavrilov's London performances of Rachmaninov. One's...
Reviewed in issue 1/1985
Franck; Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas
Rebecca Evans | Stephen Hough | Steven Isserlis
There is no shortage of versions of César Franck’s Violin Sonata for cello and piano (see also Duncan Druce on...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/2003
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1. Prince Rostislav
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko
Vasily Petrenko rounds off his cycle of Rachmaninov symphonies for Warner (formerly EMI) Classics with this characteristically articulate and highly...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 01/2014
RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3 (Sudbin)
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Sakari Oramo | Yevgeny Sudbin
The C minor Second Concerto has left me sitting on the fence. One moment I found myself luxuriating in the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2018
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