Rachmaninov Songs

Dimitri Kharitonov | Leif Ove Andsnes

Dimitri Kharitonov gets this recital off to a fine start with his gentle, intimate singing of one of Rachmaninov’s most...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1999

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Dimitris Sgouros | Yuri Siminov

''Hold back as long as you can'' were Abbado's words to Sgouros (see ''News & Views''—January, page 852) about recording...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 8/1984

Rachmaninov Piano Works

Andrei Gavrilov

The four Moments musicaux are in sequence but otherwise Preludes and Etudes-tableaux, plus the youthful Elegie, are mixed together to...

Reviewed in issue 7/1985

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto & Sonata

BBC National Orchestra of Wales | John Lill | Tadaaki Otaka

John Lill first performed Rachmaninov's Third Concerto when he was 18. Now, at 50, he returns to this daunting masterpiece,...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/1994

RACHMANINOV; STRAVINSKY Piano Works (Karine Poghosyan)

Karine Poghosyan

The powerful, impassioned pianism displayed in the Armenian-American pianist Kariné Poghosyan’s all-Khachaturian solo debut CD (Grand Piano, 2015) remains evident...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 02/2020

MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition RACHMANINOV Moments musicaux

Jean-Philippe Collard

Collectors familiar with Jean-Philippe Collard’s excellent EMI Rachmaninov recordings will be pleased to see the pianist return to the composer....

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2019

RACHMANINOV Préludes, Études-Tableaux, Moments Musicaux (Sergei Babayan)

The Armenian artist Sergei Babayan is perhaps best known as Daniil Trifonov’s sometime teacher and mentor. It is presumably thanks...

Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 09/2020

RACHMANINOV All-Night Vigil

Key Ensemble

How low can you go? To a choral director considering the All-Night Vigil this is, perhaps, the paramount question. Although...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 08/2014

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, etc

Antál Dorati | Boris Berezovsky | Byron Janis | Eliahu Inbal | London Symphony Orchestra | Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra | Philharmonia Orchestra

''I wrote it for elephants,'' exclaimed Rachmaninov, shaking his head in fear and disbelief over the difficulties of his Third...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 9/1992

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3 SIBELIUS Symphony No 2

Chineke! Orchestra | Gerard Aimontche | Roderick Cox

In an ideal world there should be no need for a special orchestra that selects musicians on the basis of...

Reviewed by Michelle Assay in issue: 10/2018