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Prokofiev/Rachmaninov Choral Works
When I last discussed the available recordings of Rachmaninov's cantata, The bells, I came out firmly in favour of the...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 10/1989
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3; Paganini Rhapsody
Denis Matsuev | Mariinsky Orchestra | Valery Gergiev
With reticent orchestral sound and a weird synthesis of the prosaic and the overstated, this is not an interpretation of...
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 4/2010
Rachmaninov Suites for 2 Pianos & Duets
Cynthia Raim | David Allen Wehr
On a ‘blind’ tasting you might not immediately guess that these pianists are American, but you would probably realize they’re...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 9/1998
RACHMANINOV Solo Piano Recordings Vol 3
For many, Rachmaninov was the greatest of all pianists, and here in Ward Marston’s magnificent transfers he is at last...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 01/2013
Prokofiev Piano Concerto No 3; Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3
Mikhail Pletnev | Mstislav Rostropovich | Russian National Orchestra
Commercially recorded by their composers more than 60 years ago, these concertos are generously, perhaps over-generously, represented on disc today....
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 6/2003
RACHMANINOV Piano Concerto No 2 GRIEG Piano Concerto Op 16
Gulbenkian Orchestra | Lawrence Foster | Sa Chen
Lawrence Foster is one of the best concerto accompanists in the business and almost always manages to impart freshness and...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 06/2012
Rachmaninov Complete Piano Concertos
(Royal) Concertgebouw Orchestra, Amsterdam | Bernard Haitink | Vladimir Ashkenazy
To have included the Paganini Rhapsody would have taken the Decca CDs up to around 78 and 80 minutes. It...
Reviewed in issue 4/1989
Rachmaninov/Tchaikovsky Piano Concertos
Charles Dutoit | Jorge Bolet | Montreal Symphony Orchestra
Charles Dutoit conducts the famous version of the Tchaikovsky B flat minor Concerto for Argerich on DG, but he has...
Reviewed by Ivan March in issue: 1/1988
Moiseiwitsch plays Beethoven & Rachmaninov
BBC Symphony Orchestra | Benno Moiseiwitsch | Malcolm Sargent
Say ‘Moiseiwitsch’ and most pianophiles will instantly think ‘Rach 2’‚ so closely is he associated with the piece. Yet for...
Reviewed in issue 1/2002
Rachmaninov; Rimsky-Korsakov; Stravinsky Piano Works
An 18-year-old Chinese pianist, Wen-Yu Shen, strides into the limelight with a début disc of dazzling assurance and poetic conviction....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 6/2004
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