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Rachmaninov Symphony No 3; Symphonic Dances
Mikhail Pletnev | Russian National Orchestra
I am in two minds about this disc. The same team’s recording of Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony (DG, 6/94) was never...
Reviewed in issue 7/1998
Rachmaninov Symphonic Poems
Russian State Symphony Orchestra | Valéry Polyansky
Here is a tempting proposition for collectors who wish to explore Rachmaninov’s shorter orchestral works having acquired his symphonies without...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2003
Rachmaninov (The) Bells; Symphonic Dances
“The Cologne Broadcasts” says Profil’s sleeve, but in the first two movements of the Symphonic Dances there’s little spark or...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 11/2007
Rachmaninov (24) Preludes
At a recent London exhibition of the work of New Yorker cartoonist Saul Steinberg the highlight was a remarkable 10...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 6/2009
RACHMANINOV The Isle of the Dead, Op 29. The Rock, Op 7. Symphonic Dances, Op 45
Andrew Litton | Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra
While it must be acknowledged that ominous, despondent images of mortality haunt The Isle of the Dead, this performance of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 03/2013
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op 45; Janácek TarasBulba
John Eliot Gardiner | North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Rachmaninov’s Symphonic Dances are played with great sharpness here, emphasizing the extraordinary originality of his last completed work and serving...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 1/1996
Prokofiev Violin Concerto No 2; Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Geneviève Laurenceau | Toulouse Capitole Orchestra | Tugan Sokhiev
The lonely, brooding solo line at the start of Prokofiev’s Second Concerto evokes a haunting atmosphere in this interpretation by...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 4/2011
Rachmaninov Orchestral Works
André Previn | Andrew Litton | London Symphony Orchestra | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Rarely has record company calendar-watching so revolutionized our perception of a composer's output as it did in the mid–1970s following...
Reviewed in issue 10/1993
Rachmaninov Symphony No.2
London Symphony Orchestra | Valery Gergiev
Expertly played by the London Symphony Orchestra, wisely shaped and (unusually) observing the repeat of the first-movement exposition, this performance...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 8/2010
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances/Isle of the Dead/Rock
(Royal) Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra | Andrew Davis
Andrew Davis’s Rachmaninov is conscientious and well prepared but by no means competitive with the very best. Unless you want...
Reviewed in issue 3/1998
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