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Trio di Torino’s heartfelt, heart-rending rendition of Rachmaninov’s Second Piano Trio epitomizes the term “Elegiac”. Right from the gloomily portentous piano chords underlying the cello’s
The long timings listed on the back of this release’s jewel case correctly indicate the generally broad tempos and rhetorical headroom that characterize this Rachmaninov
Composer/conductor Virko Bailey has masterminded an extensive series of releases devoted to previously unissued concert recordings culled from Sviatoslav Richter’s concerts in Kiev. Volumes 1
Collectors of Sviatoslav Richter’s recordings won’t find “new” repertoire among the 1959/60 performances from Kiev issued here for the first time. On the other hand,
Rachmaninov’s transcriptions largely date from his concert-giving years, and it is likely that he tailored their considerable difficulties to suit his own massive, infallible hands.
Owain Arwel Hughes seems content to let Rachmaninov’s multi-faceted Third Symphony play itself, not a wise choice in this music, which needs a definite interpretive
The Ernest Ansermet volume is one of the best of EMI’s Great Conductors series. It includes terrific, well-chosen performances, only a pair of which are
While the Barbican Trio’s heartfelt reading of Rachmaninov’s early Élégiaque Trio convincingly communicates the music’s dark and passionate emotions, the ensemble’s Tchaikovsky curiously comes up
This is the second double-CD set from Philips Duo devoted to great piano concertos of the 20th century. The recordings are by various artists from
Finally! Naxos blesses us with the first decent-sounding CD transfers of the legendary Josef Lhevinne’s complete studio recordings, a slender yet priceless legacy that belongs
