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Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Evelyn Chen | Leonard Slatkin | Philharmonia Orchestra
Coaxed by a romantically entwined couple on the front of Classic fM’s booklet and the promise of the theme from...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 4/1998
Rachmaninov Preludes, Op 3 No 2, Op 23 and Op 32
Is there a version of all the Rachmaninov Preludes that is completely satisfying? Moura Lympany’s 1951 account comes closer than...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2005
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 2; Solo Piano Works
Hélène Grimaud | Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ever since her début recording of the Rachmaninov Second Sonata at the age of 15 (Denon‚ 12/86 – nla)‚ interest...
Reviewed in issue 13/2001
Rachmaninov Symphony 1
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Vladimir Ashkenazy
The extra firmness of focus of CD enhances even the superlative qualities of Decca's LP sound, here with the Concertgebouw...
Reviewed by Edward Greenfield in issue: 7/1984
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
Cécile Licad | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado
The 1984 LP was Licad's debut on record, and I share TH's welcome for it. Still only 24, this Manila-born...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 2/1986
A Rachmaninov Celebration
Andrey Chistiakov | Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | Oleg Volkov
Does the world need another Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, let alone another Rach 2? Well, there’s always room...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 9/1998
Gilels plays Saint-Saëns and Rachmaninov
André Cluytens | Emil Gilels | Paris Conservatoire Orchestra
Emil Gilels (1916-85) was a true king of pianists and these Paris and New York based recordings (dating from 1954-6)...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 2/1994
Rachmaninov: Works for Piano and Orchestra
To release these identically-coupled mid-price CDs in direct competition with one another CBS must be fairly confident of their merits....
Reviewed in issue 3/1991
Debussy; Dohnányi; Rachmaninov Orchestral & Vocal Works
Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra | Júlia Hajnóczy | Zoltán Kocsis
I expect many readers have become wary of successfully established pianists-turned-conductors with nothing in particular to contribute to what Hans...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 11/2004
Rachmaninov Cello Sonata Op 19; Shostakovich Cello sonata Op 40
As several cellists have found, the sonatas by Rachmaninov and Shostakovich make a good pairing. To hear them in conjuction...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/2007
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