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Rachmaninov Music for Piano and Orchestra
Here are the 'coals-to-Newcastle' pieces Ashkenazy took with him for his much-publicized return to Moscow. A souvenir of a memorable...
Reviewed in issue 9/1990
SMETANA Czech Dances
Just when you think that Garrick Ohlsson finally has all bases covered – from such staples as a complete Chopin...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 05/2016
Preghiera
Gidon Kremer | Giedré Dirvanauskaité
It would be very easy for Daniil Trifonov, only just 26 and with the world at his feet, to spend...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 05/2017
Arthur Rubinstein plays Chopin and Rachmaninov
Alfred Wallenstein | Arthur Rubinstein | Showcase Symphony Orchestra
None of these three early television broadcasts has, as far as I am aware, been commercially available before. For its...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 3/2005
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
Claudio Abbado | Mahler Chamber Orchestra | Yuja Wang
Every new release by this marvellously gifted pianist is eagerly anticipated, none more than this, billed as “her first concerto...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 6/2011
Karita Mattila - Helsinki Recital
The Saariaho cycle is the first recording of a work dedicated to the singer. In keeping with the composer’s general...
Reviewed by Mike Ashman in issue: 8/2007
Prokofiev Piano Sonatas 1 & 2
Rachmaninov's Preludes and his Etudes-Tableaux are a well known and established part of the pianist's repertory, but his two sonatas...
Reviewed by rgolding in issue: 6/1989
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
Cécile Licad | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Claudio Abbado
Since Cecile Licad is virtually unknown in this country (though she has appeared here once with this same concerto) it...
Reviewed in issue 5/1984
SAINT-SAËNS Symphonic Poems
Jun Märkl | Lille National Orchestra
Saint-Saëns’s symphonic poems are rarely gathered together on disc. From the UK, there are strong collections from Charles Dutoit and...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 03/2018
Dvorak Symphonic Poems
Charles Mackerras | Czech Philharmonic Orchestra
Premonitions of Janácek abound in these wonderful pieces and Sir Charles Mackerras, like Sir Simon Rattle on his opulent and...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 7/2010
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