Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No. 3

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Dimitris Sgouros | Yuri Siminov

Just about 14 when this recording was made, Sgouros has an effortless fluency and strength that more than a few...

Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 12/1984

Adams Harmonium; Rachmaninov The Bells

Atlanta Symphony Chorus | Atlanta Symphony Orchestra | Karl Dent | Renée Fleming | Robert Shaw | Victor Ledbetter

Emily Dickinson’s “coach and four” to eternity, as chronicled in her poem Because I could not stop for death, is...

Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 4/1997

Rachmaninov (The) Bells, Op. 35. Three Russian Songs, Op. 41. Spring, Op. 20

Alexey Tanovitsky | BBC Philharmonic Orchestra | Chorus of the Mariinsky Theatre | Gianandrea Noseda | Misha Didyk | Svetla Vassileva

Reviewed by kYlzrO1BaC7A in issue: 01/2012

Russia Cast Adrift Songs by Sviridov & Rachmaninov

Dmitri Hvorostovsky | Mikhail Arkadiev

Quite a few of Sviridov’s works have been entering the catalogue lately, and the addition of this haunting cycle is...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 8/1996

DVOŘÁK Slavonic Dances (Brauner)

Prague Symphony Orchestra | Tomáš Brauner

Dvořák would probably be accused of cultural appropriation these days, but the critic Louis Ehlert took an altogether more generous...

Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 02/2024

Rachmaninov/R. Strauss Cello Sonatas

Pierre Reach | Yvan Chiffoleau

Lynn Harrell's beautiful performance of Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata with Vladimir Ashkenazy on Decca easily retains its supremacy over the current...

Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 9/1987

Rachmaninov Piano Concertos Nos 1 & 4

Boris Berezovsky | Dmitry Liss | Ural Philharmonic Orchestra

Here are compelling accounts of the solo parts of these works accompanied by routine partners and a recorded balance that...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 12/2006

RACHMANINOV Piano Sonata No 2 GRIEG Piano Sonata Op 7

Boris Giltburg

After storming the heights on his disc of Prokofiev’s ‘War’ Sonatas (A/12), Boris Giltburg, the recent winner of the Brussels...

Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: AW2013

Gateways

Long Yu | Maxim Vengerov | Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Qigang Chen is something of a sound magician. In fact, the day this CD arrived I’d invested in and just...

Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2019

Prokofiev/Rachmaninov Concertos for Piano and Orchestra

BBC Symphony Orchestra | Kent Nagano | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Rudolf Schwarz | Shura Cherkassky

These performances date from 1957 and 1991‚ but Cherkassky’s delight in difference‚ his love of impish slants‚ voicings and perspectives‚...

Reviewed in issue 13/2002