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Rachmaninov Orchestral Works
Charles Dutoit | Philadelphia Orchestra
Dutoit's Rachmaninov series has not been an unqualified success and this latest instalment does little to change the picture. The...
Reviewed in issue 2/1994
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 1 (Boris Giltburg)
Boris Giltburg | Brussels Philharmonic Orchestra | Vassily Sinaisky
One does not usually start these reviews with a critique of the booklet but I must make an exception. Written...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 06/2023
Rachmaninov: Vespers
Corydon Singers | Matthew Best
There is no reason why non-Russian choirs should not make a success of Rachmaninov's so-called Vespers—more correctly Vsenoshchnoye bdeniye, or...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 7/1991
Rachmaninov Cello Sonatas
Alexander Ivashkin | Rustem Hayroudinoff
Though the Sonata is very much the main work here, the shorter items are all attractive and interesting, if somewhat...
Reviewed by DuncanDruce in issue: 5/2004
RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No 1. Preludes Op 32 (Lukas Geniušas)
It is well known that Rachmaninov made extensive cuts and adjustments to his First Piano Sonata, having consulted with its...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 12/2023
Rachmaninov Piano Works
Though the Chopin Variations may be less distinctly 'Rachmaninov' than the more familiar Corelli set of roughly 30 years later,...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 8/1988
Rachmaninov Symphony 1 & Etudes-tableaux
Russian Symphony Orchestra | Valéry Polyansky
It is difficult to summon up enormous enthusiasm for this release when the market is so overstuffed with fine recordings...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 12/2001
RACHMANINOV Vespers
Dmitry Ivanchenko | Gloriae Dei Cantores | Mariya Berezovska | Peter Jermihov
Since Gloriæ Dei Cantores are one of North America’s finest non-professional choirs with at least 50 CDs to their credit,...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2017
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2
Alan Gilbert | Denis Matsuev | New York Philharmonic Orchestra
If you’ve got it, flaunt it. And Denis Matsuev has certainly got ‘it’ – whatever that magic, unteachable ingredient is...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: AW13
Rachmaninov - Piano Works
Listening to this latest release in John Lill’s traversal of Rachmaninov’s piano music, I was reminded of BM’s review of...
Reviewed by Tim Parry in issue: 3/1999
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