RACHMANINOV Transcriptions & Arrangements for Organ

This is an intriguing proposition, but one that contains sufficient musical delight to warrant a serious audition. The high quality...

Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2015

RACHMANINOV Vespers

Falk Hoffmann | Klaudia Zeiner | MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig | Risto Joost

This recording joins what is now a very crowded market indeed, so much has Rachmaninov’s masterpiece become part of the...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 09/2017

RACHMANINOV Vespers

David Vanderwal | John Scott | London Symphony Chorus | Ory Brown | Saint Thomas Choir of Men and Boys | Simon Halsey

Long gone are the days when Rachmaninov’s Vigil was a rarity among Western choirs; it has assumed, rightly, the status...

Reviewed by Ivan Moody in issue: 09/2016

Rachmaninov Symphony 3 etc

Russian State Symphonic Cappella | Russian State Symphony Orchestra | Tigram Martyrosyan | Valéry Polyansky

This is, to say the least, a varied programme. But Rachmaninov enthusiasts will want the three unaccompanied choruses in which...

Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 8/2000

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1

London Symphony Orchestra | Valery Gergiev

‘Vengeance is mine, I shall repay’ is grimly inscribed on the opening page of Rachmaninov’s First Symphony. Each movement opens...

Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: AW16

RACHMANINOV Music for Two Pianos

Alexander Mogilevsky | Anton Gerzenberg | Daniel Gerzenberg | Lilya Zilberstein | Martha Argerich | Nelson Goerner

All these recordings derive from performances at Martha Argerich’s annual Lugano Festival made between 2003 and 2009. Apart from their...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 03/2015

MAHLER Symphony No. 1 RACHMANINOV Symphonic Dances Op 45

Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Simon Rattle

The games composers play: inviting us to join the fun and think about them is a strong suit for Sir...

Reviewed by Peter Quantrill in issue: 05/2013

RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3

Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra | Vasily Petrenko

The Caprice bohémien, linked emotionally and chronologically to Rachmaninov’s student opera Aleko, does not by any means play itself. As...

Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 01/2012

RACHMANINOV Variations

Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The opening bars tell you this is going to be a good ‘Pag Rhap’. As things turn out, it is...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 09/2015

RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 1 (Anna Fedorova)

Anna Fedorova | Modestas Pitrenas | St Gallen Symphony Orchestra

Were this my introduction to Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto, I would come away well pleased. It seems to tick all...

Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2020