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In his atmospheric rendition of Rachmaninov’s The Rock, conductor Alexander Anissimov delights in the Rimsky-Korsakov-style fantasy of the music while emphasizing its drama, making this
Eugene Mursky makes the opening descent of Rachmaninov’s Sonata No. 2 sound almost like the physical gesture of throwing down the gauntlet. Though his bass
Here’s a major coup for Sviatoslav Richter fans. The great pianist’s 1960 American debut tour included a triumphant series of five Carnegie Hall recitals. Such
Rachmaninov originally composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 while a student at the Moscow Conservatory. The work published in 1892 is not the concerto we
First, you need to play this recording at a higher than normal level because it’s got a very realistic dynamic range–which means that the opening’s
Alicia de Larrocha and André Previn cautiously commence their Rachmaninov Third, neither one of them quite taking the lead. But when the pianist arrives at
Now that Rachmaninov’s Third piano concerto has become an unshakeable competition staple, we can expect (and have been getting) performances like this one whose virtues
As you would expect from their shared “Elegiac” title, Rachmaninov’s two piano trios are among his more overtly heart-on-sleeve compositions. Composed in the early 1890s,
Mengelberg and the Concertgebouw may get top billing, but piano soloist Walter Gieseking chiefly commands our attention here. Keyboard mavens may be familiar with the
This is a curious reading of The Bells. Mikhail Pletnev seems more attuned to the mystical and profound aspects of Edgar Allen Poe’s tome than
