Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 and 3

Albert Coates | Leopold Stokowski | London Symphony Orchestra | Philadelphia Orchestra | Sergey Rachmaninov | Vladimir Horowitz

One of my sharpest musical regrets is never having heard Rachmaninov in concert, a point driven home with sadistic aplomb...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 11/1997

CHOPIN Piano Sonatas Nos 2 & 3; RACHMANINOV Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Peter Donohoe)

Peter Donohoe

As they join the ranks of éminences grises, many musicians turn retrospective, revisiting repertoire high points to make final refinements....

Reviewed by Peter J Rabinowitz in issue: 02/2024

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Bernard Haitink | Vladimir Ashkenazy

The recording quality here is probably one of the most realistic ever heard in a piano concerto. As I shall...

Reviewed in issue 11/1986

Works by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky

David Wilson-Johnson | Keith Lewis | Neeme Järvi | Royal Scottish National Orchestra | Scottish Orchestra Chorus (Royal) | Suzanne Murphy

It seems remarkable that with two outstanding versions of The bells already in the catalogue (albeit only one on CD,...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 2/1987

MOZART Piano Concerto No 23 RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 3

BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Grigory Sokolov | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Trevor Pinnock | Yan Pascal Tortelier

Concerto repertoire appears for the first time in DG’s series of live archival recordings with pianist Gregory Sokolov. In Mozart’s...

Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 05/2017

Moiseiwitsch - Rachmaninov Recordings (1937-48)

Basil Cameron | Benno Moiseiwitsch | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Malcolm Sargent | Philharmonia Orchestra | Walter Goehr

Childhood memories of concerts are often hazy, but I have a clear recollection of Moiseiwitsch in recital at the Assembly...

Reviewed in issue 2/1988

Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky Piano Trios

Gould Piano Trio

A more apposite coupling might have been two Russian “in memoriam” piano trios (Tchaikovsky’s written in memory of Nikolai Rubinstein,...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2011

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Simon Trpceski | Vasily Petrenko

Simon Trpceski, late of EMI, now on Avie, opens his recorded cycle of Rachmaninov’s works for piano and orchestra with...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/2010

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Israel Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Feltsman | Zubin Mehta

The concerto starts with a faintly anonymous presentation of the first theme, redeemed somewhat by a good sense of momentum....

Reviewed in issue 8/1989

Sergey Rachmaninov: Solo Piano Recordings, Vol 4

The 14 tracks here are of six titles Rachmaninov recorded for Edison in New York over four days in April...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 07/2017