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Rachmaninov Symphony No 2
Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Paavo Järvi
Maybe because the sound is so chilly and uninviting I am left with a distinctly monochrome impression of Paavo Järvi's...
Reviewed by Edward Seckerson in issue: 3/2007
Rachmaninov Complete Symphonies and Orchestral Works
Sydney Symphony Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Now in his 71st year, Vladimir Ashkenazy’s formidable artistic credentials in this glorious repertoire need no further bolstering from me,...
Reviewed by Andrew Achenbach in issue: 4/2009
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 1 (Ashkenazy)
Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
It’s third time around for Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Rachmaninov symphonies. Indeed, it’s difficult to think of any active musician more completely at...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 10/2017
RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux (Nikolai Lugansky)
The Études-tableaux were not made for performing or hearing as a cycle. They are too much for one half of...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 03/2023
Rachmaninov Piano Works
Ever since his triumph in the 1998 Tchaikovsky Competition, Denis Matsuev’s name has inspired awe and amazement in musical circles....
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 3/2008
RACHMANINOV Vespers
Charles Bruffy | Frank Fleschner | Julia Scozzafava | Kansas City Chorale | Phoenix Chorale
The commercial recording history of Rachmaninov’s All-Night Vigil stretches back only 50 years, with at least three outstanding versions having...
Reviewed by Malcolm Riley in issue: 05/2015
RACHMANINOV Etudes-tableaux. Moments musicaux
Boris Giltburg, the Russian-born Israeli pianist who won the 2013 Queen Elisabeth Competition, is that genuine rarity: a pianist whose...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 06/2016
RACHMANINOV Songs
Elena Sukmanova | Julia Sukmanova
First impressions are crucial. Opening with one of the most beautiful songs in the Russian repertoire, ‘Sing not to me,...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 09/2016
RACHMANINOV; PROKOFIEV Cello Sonatas
Andrei Korobeinikov | Johannes Moser
Johannes Moser is palpably a gifted cellist, lending his warm tone to two very different Russian sonatas. I was momentarily...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 02/2017
Mussorgsky Songs and Dances of Death
Dmitri Hvorostovsky | St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra | Yuri Temirkanov
Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s naturally warm voice might not seem well suited to the grim sequence of Mussorgsky’s four songs but he...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 13/2005
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