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Rachmaninov Etudes-tableaux
Nikolai Lugansky is a 22-year-old Russian pianist a major winner in the recent Tchaikovsky Competition and a favourite student of...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1995
RACHMANINOV Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op 3. Études-Tableaux, Op 33. Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op 42
This is a disc of paradoxes. The Armenian-born pianist Nareh Arghamanyan clearly experiences Rachmaninov’s music intensely. You can see as...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 10/2012
Bartók Pf Conc 2; Rachmaninov Pf Conc 3
Christoph Eschenbach | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Tzimon Barto
This is an exceptionally well-filled CD with an attractively unusual coupling. The Rachmaninov is a wonderful piece and here it...
Reviewed by Christopher Headington in issue: 1/1990
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Andrew Litton | Dallas Symphony Orchestra | Stephen Hough
Hough. Litton. Rachmaninov concertos. Hyperion. Already a mouth-watering prospect, is it not? So, like the old Fry’s Five Boys chocolate...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 13/2004
Rachmaninov Piano concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
Kirov Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre | Lang Lang | Valery Gergiev
There are all sorts of curiosities and strange musical decisions in these live recordings (no hint whatever of an audience’s...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 4/2005
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3 etc
Arcadi Volodos | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | James Levine
Straight into the top flight of Rachmaninov Thirds goes Arcadi Volodos’s recording, live from the Berlin Philharmonie last year. No...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: /2000
Rachmaninov/Saint-Saëns Works for Piano & Orchestra
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Bella Davidovich | Neeme Järvi
It is unusual for a Russian pianist, not to mention an Estonian conductor, to undertake Saint-Saens, and Bella Davidovich's account...
Reviewed in issue 8/1983
Rachmaninov Corelli Variations; Tchaikovsky (The) Seasons
What a compelling coupling this is, and how good to hear Tchaikovsky’s still-underrated cycle given a reading which conveys its...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 4/2009
Rachmaninov The Bells & Taneyev John of Damascus
Anissimov’s period at the helm of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland has coincided with a marked improvement in that...
Reviewed in issue 8/2001
Rachmaninov Symphony No. 2
Alexander Gibson | Royal Scottish National Orchestra
This early digital recording was sponsored by the Bank of Scotland, which might have given Chandos the leeway to issue...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 6/1988
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