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Rachmaninov Piano Concertos
André Previn | London Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy’s recorded partnerships with Kondrashin, Previn, Haitink, Ormandy and, as conductor, with Jean-Yves Thibaudet, testify to his enduring affection...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1996
RACHMANINOV Piano Trios
Vladimir Ashkenazy | Zsolt-Tihamér Visontay
You have to wonder whether Ashkenazy would ever have made this disc were it not for the fact that it...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 11/2013
Inon Barnatan: Rachmaninov Reflections
Five years ago, Ward Marston released substantial fragments from a demonstration of the Symphonic Dances given by Rachmaninov to help...
Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 01/2024
RACHMANINOV All-Night Vigil
Latvian Radio Choir | Sigvards Klava
In a 1939 interview, Rachmaninov confessed that stylistically he ‘felt like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 02/2013
Rachmaninov Piano Sonata No 2; Corelli Variations
Bernd Glemser is presented to us in the booklet’s approximate English as the winner of ‘17 competitions and special prizes...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 8/2006
Rachmaninov (6) Choruses, Op 15; Scriabin Symphony No 1
A glance at the current catalogue would have told Chandos that the Rachmaninov Choruses are not exactly ‘premiere recordings’, though...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 7/2005
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 2
Boston Symphony Orchestra | Krystian Zimerman | Seiji Ozawa
A year without a recording by the vital, ever-youthful Krystian Zimerman is a year lost – and his previous recording...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2004
Rachmaninov Works for Two Pianos
Offered here in reverse order of composition, Rachmaninov’s three substantial works for two pianos are given muscular and exuberant performances...
Reviewed by Nalen Anthoni in issue: 1/2007
RACHMANINOV Piano Duos (Babayan; Trifonov)
This album of Rachmaninov’s two-piano music offers a winning mix of limitless pianism, deep knowledge and visionary boldness. Add to...
Reviewed by Marina Frolova-Walker in issue: 05/2024
RACHMANINOV Compete Preludes
A first listen to 25 year old Lukas Geniušas’s performance of Rachmaninov’s 24 Preludes left me enormously impressed. A second...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 10/2015
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