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Rachmaninov Corelli Variations; Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39
Fifteen years have elapsed since Decca gave us Ashkenazy's much-praised original LP coupling of the Corelli Variations and second set...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1988
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No.3, etc
Leif Ove Andsnes | Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra | Paavo Berglund
Writing of this live performance (an amalgam of several concerts given in Norway this year) the producer notes “the danger...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 1/1996
Prokofiev; Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky Piano Works
This all-Russian recital by an all-Russian pianist was recorded shortly after an identical programme given as part of the Fifth...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 5/2006
Rachmaninov Piano concerto Nos 1 & 2
Antonio Pappano | Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | Leif Ove Andsnes
With no shortage of fine versions of this pairing from which to choose, EMI must rely on the undoubted selling...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 11/2005
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1
Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Fritz Reiner | Kyrill Kondrashin | RCA Symphony Orchestra | Van Cliburn
Van Cliburn’s first recording made in 1958 launched a thousand plaudits, beat Elvis Presley in the charts and, more seriously,...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 12/2004
Rachmaninov/Prokofiev Piano Concertos
Stanislaw Wislocki | Sviatoslav Richter | Warsaw National Philharmonic Orchestra | Witold Rowicki
We're constantly meeting Richter in the role of deeply searching musician. So how refreshing to have this reminder of his...
Reviewed by Joan Chissell in issue: 6/1985
Richter plays Chopin, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov
With the notable exception of Bach's 48, Richter has tended to avoid the 'complete set' attitude to recording. However much...
Reviewed in issue 3/1989
Benjamin Grosvenor: Dances
Benjamin Grosvenor’s selection, simply entitled ‘Dances’, is lovingly planned rather than random. Ranging from Bach to Morton Gould, there are...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2014
Grieg/Rachmaninov Cello and Piano Works
For me the problem with Timothy Hugh's playing is that he tends to over-project the music to such a degree...
Reviewed by James Methuen-Campbell in issue: 2/1994
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 3; Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1
Kyrill Kondrashin | Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra | Van Cliburn
Here, published for the first time, are the performances that sealed the Texan’s first prize in the inaugural International Tchaikovsky...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 2/2009
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