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RACHMANINOV Preludes (Moura Lympany)
Here is the first recording ever made of all Rachmaninov’s Preludes. Recorded for Decca between May 1941 and August 1942,...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 10/2017
RACHMANINOV Moments Musicaux. Etudes-Tableaux Op 39
The 1990 winner of the Leeds International Piano Competition ranges far and wide and, having recently introduced us to the...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 01/2015
RACHMANINOV Troika
To see any of Rachmaninov’s three one-act operas staged in the opera house is a rare enough event but to...
Reviewed by Mark Pullinger in issue: 11/2016
MEDTNER; RACHMANINOV; SCRIABIN Piano Sonatas (Kenny Broberg)
Question: define the word ‘cheeky’. Answer: a person who (a) devotes their solo debut CD release to three of the...
Reviewed by Jed Distler in issue: 03/2023
RACHMANINOV Complete Études-tableaux (Osborne)
Before his flight to Scandinavia during the Bolshevik Revolution, Rachmaninov’s last recitals in Russia included some of the Op 39...
Reviewed by Patrick Rucker in issue: 09/2018
GLIÉRE 12 Album Leaves. RACHMANINOV Cello Sonata
Maja Bogdanovic | Maria Belooussova
Up until now, when I’ve thought about Reinhold Glière, I’ve tended to think big and bold: the Russian Sailors’ Dance...
Reviewed by Richard Bratby in issue: 05/2018
RACHMANINOV Symphony No 2 (Ashkenazy)
Philharmonia Orchestra | Vladimir Ashkenazy
Vladimir Ashkenazy has always conducted Rachmaninov’s most extended symphony with conviction, making it feel not one bar too long. Indeed,...
Reviewed by David Gutman in issue: 06/2018
MEDTNER; RACHMANINOV Piano Concertos
London Philharmonic Orchestra | Vladimir Jurowski
What an apt coupling this is. The two composers were close friends; Medtner’s Second Concerto, completed in the summer of...
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 04/2017
RACHMANINOV Piano Sonatas
The more I hear of Xiayin (pronouncd ‘Sha een’) Wang, the more I think Chandos has landed an exceptional artist....
Reviewed by Jeremy Nicholas in issue: 08/2014
Rachmaninov Piano Concerto 3 & Suite 2
Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra | Martha Argerich | Nelson Freire | Riccardo Chailly
This latest batch from the Philips 50th anniversary list contains remarkably few duds. The 24bit transfers are expertly done and...
Reviewed in issue 9/2001
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