Sydney Symphony Orchestra

CD From Hell: Klemp’s Weirdly Zippy Mahler 2, Down Under

Jed Distler

Fasten your seat belts, Mahler heads. Here comes the Resurrection […]

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Prokofiev: Piano concertos Nos. 3 & 5/Gavrylyuk SACD

Victor Carr Jr

With his rhythmic exactitude, robust tone, and perfectly balanced chords Alexander Gavrylyuk makes plain he has the technical chops to bring off Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto

Prokofiev: Kije & Oranges Suites; Ugly Duckling/Ashkenazy SACD

Victor Carr Jr

Prokofiev’s rare The Ugly Duckling is the sole item of interest on this disc. Composed just prior to his opera The Gambler, it shares much

Rachmaninov: Orchestral Works

David Hurwitz

Talk about a waste! Vladimir Ashkenazy recorded some excellent Rachmaninov for Decca, with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, including my reference recording of the First Symphony.

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto/Urasin

Victor Carr Jr

Second-place winner Rem Urasin also garnered the People’s Choice Award in the 2004 Sydney International Piano Competition. He certainly sounds as if playing to the

Prokofiev: Piano concerto competition

Victor Carr Jr

These are live performances from the 2004 International Piano Competition in Sydney, Australia. Third-prize winner Daniel Hill gives a muscular performance of Prokofiev’s Piano Concerto