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Review of Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov Piano Concertos

Tchaikovsky & Rachmaninov Piano Concertos

Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra | Mariss Jansons | Mikhail Rudy

EMI

On the face of it the catalogue is not exactly crying out for this issue. But it turns out to...

Reviewed in issue 4/1992

Review of Rachmaninov Vespers

Rachmaninov Vespers

Eric-Olof Söderström | Erja Wimeri | Eugen Antoni | Finnish National Opera Chorus | Raissa Palmu

Naxos

This disc (previously released in Finland with the more accurate title ‘Vigilia’, the Vespers being only the first part of...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 12/2004

Review of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3

Andrei Gavrilov | Philadelphia Orchestra | Riccardo Muti

EMI

The first sign of trouble comes after the minicadenza in the first movement exposition, which Gavrilov concludes so artificially that...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Review of Rachmaninov Symphony No 1; Isle of the Dead.

Rachmaninov Symphony No 1; Isle of the Dead.

Mariss Jansons | St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI

This St Petersburg Philharmonic Hall production lacks bloom and tonal vibrancy. While the balance is an often compelling realization of...

Reviewed by John Steane in issue: 4/1999

Review of Rachmaninov Piano Trios

Rachmaninov Piano Trios

Borodin Trio

Chandos

The piano dominates in both scores and one can scarcely complain if it does so in the recording. There were...

Reviewed in issue 3/1985

Review of Rachmaninov Symphony No 3; Vocalise

Rachmaninov Symphony No 3; Vocalise

Leopold Stokowski | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI

Like Toscanini, Boult and Barbirolli, Leopold Stokowski carried some of his finest interpretations well into old age – further in,...

Reviewed in issue 7/1998

Review of Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninov Piano Trios

Tchaikovsky; Rachmaninov Piano Trios

A AaaUnspecified | Kempf Trio

BIS

Tchaikovsky’s Piano Trio was dedicated to the memory of Nikolai Rubinstein, and Rachmaninov’s second Trio élégiaque, Op 9 was in...

Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 7/2003

Review of Balakirev Islamey; Liadov Piano Works; Rachmaninov Piano Sonata

Balakirev Islamey; Liadov Piano Works; Rachmaninov Piano Sonata

Olga Kern

Harmonia Mundi

This enchanting recital suggests a young pianist who, free from hothouse competition pressure (she won first prizes in Italy’s 1999...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2005

Review of Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 & Paganini Rhapsody

Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 1 & Paganini Rhapsody

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

Decca

Ashkenazy's Rachmaninov cycle with Haitink has not, I think it would be fair to say, been generally rated an improvement...

Reviewed in issue 12/1987

Review of Rachmaninov Orchestral Works

Rachmaninov Orchestral Works

Alexander Dmitriev | St Petersburg Philharmonia Academic SO

St Petersburg Classics

The flood of new recordings of the Second Symphony has not diminished my enthusiasm for the piece, and Dmitriev's is...

Reviewed in issue 2/1995

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