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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
Sonya Bach: Rachmaninov
Korean pianist Sonya Bach takes Rachmaninov more by subtlety than by storm. This pays many dividends. She makes the Second...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 10/2021
Rachmaninov - Rare Rachmaninov
Dene Olding | Goldner Quartet | Joan Rodgers | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Only two actual songs are included here, a pair of sacred settings dating from 1916 (very late in Rachmaninov’s life...
Reviewed by John Warrack in issue: 10/2009
BOWEN; MEDTNER; RACHMANINOV Works for two pianos (Moog, Adomeit)
Joseph Moog and Kai Adomeit are so well matched that you can hardly tell the pianists apart. In the opening...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 04/2023
RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos 1 & 3 "Destination Rachmaninov: Arrival"
Philadelphia Orchestra | Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Trifonov’s Rachmaninov is unlike anyone else’s. Whether that’s down to wilfulness and self-regard or individuality and integrity is open to...
Reviewed by David Fanning in issue: 11/2019
RACHMANINOV Moments musicaux
Here, even in Rachmaninov’s most savage and turbulent pages, is playing of an awesome clarity and poise. Xiayin Wang makes...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 09/2012
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 3
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Jurowski
These live recordings, finely played and boasting an impressive Concertgebouw-like bloom, were in fact made in Southbank Centre’s Royal Festival...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 03/2016
RACHMANINOV Complete Preludes
Leaving frantic and over-pressured playing to others, Leon McCawley finds a delicate emotional fervour with no lack of drama in...
Reviewed by Bryce Morrison in issue: 05/2015
Rachmaninov Piano Trios
Dmitry Yablonsky | Eduard Wulfson | Valeri Grohovski
Rachmaninov’s two piano trios may both bear the sobriquet “élégiaque” but that is where the similarity ends. The first was...
Reviewed by Harriet Smith in issue: 5/2007
RACHMANINOV Études-Tableaux (Complete)
One of Sviatoslav Richter’s great attributes as a Rachmaninov player was his ability to pick and choose among the compositions,...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 03/2016
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