COMPOSERS: Rachmaninov
LABELS: Virgin
ALBUM TITLE: Rachmaninov
WORKS: Piano Concerto No. 1; Paganini Rhapsody
PERFORMER: Mikhail Pletnev (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/ Libor Pesek
CATALOGUE NO: 363 2912
Electrifying accounts
of these muchrecorded
scores.
Pletnev’s staggering
virtuosity and tonal
sensitivity push the music close to
interpretative meltdown.