Rachmaninov reviews
Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances: four great recordings of this masterpiece - and one to avoid
The greatest recordings on disc of the Russian composer Rachmaninov's final orchestral masterpiece, the Symphonic Dances, full of vibrant colour and driving rhythms
The best recordings of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2
We bring you the finest recordings on disc of Rachmaninov's most cherished concerto...
Rachmaninov's All-Night Vigil (Vespers): a guide to the composer's masterpiece and its best recordings
Rachmaninov's love of the music and rituals of the Orthodox Church were distilled in his masterpiece All-Night Vigil (Vespers); Daniel Jaffé finds the best recording
A guide to Rachmaninov’s Second Symphony and its best recordings
Julian Haylock explains how the Russian’s towering Second Symphony emerged from the trauma of the First
(Re)visions
Vittorio Forte (piano) (Odradek)
Respighi: Transcriptions
Orchestre Philharmonique Royal de Liège/John Neschling (BIS)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 (LSO/Rattle)
London Symphony Orchestra/Simon Rattle (LSO Live)
Ivan Bessonov plays...
Ivan Bessonov (piano) (Ars Produktion)
Rapa Nui Odyssey
Mahani Teave (piano) (Rubicon)
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1; Symphonic Dances
Philadelphia Orchestra/Yannick Nézet-Séguin (DG)
Organ Prom
John Challenger (organ) (Salisbury Cathedral)
Rachmaninov • Taneyev: St John of Damascus; The Bells
Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno; Gurzenich Orchestra Cologne/Dmitri Kitayenko, et al (Oehms)
Rachmaninov: Preludes; Etudes-Tableaux, etc
Sergei Babayan (piano) (DG)
Grigory Sokolov: Beethoven • Brahms • Mozart
Grigory Sokolov (piano) (DG)
Russian Cello Sonatas
Hee-Young Lim (cello); Nathalia Milstein (piano) (Sony Classical)
Russian Colours
Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin (Orchid Classics)
Sibelius & Rachmaninov Songs
Jacques Imbrailo, Alisdair Hogarth (Linn)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 3; Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Boris Giltburg; Royal Scottish National Orchestra/Carlos Miguel Prieto
(Naxos)
Valery Gergiev at the Proms: Rachmaninov; Ravel; R Strauss; Ustvolskaya & Berlioz
Behzod Abduraimov, Alexei Petrenko; Munich Philharmonic/Valery Gergiev (DVD; Naxos)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos 2 & 3
Yevgeny Sudbin (piano);
BBC Symphony Orchestra/
Sakari Oramo (BIS)
Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Preludes, etc
Anna Fedorova (piano); St. Gallen Symphony Orchestra/Modestas Pitrenas (Channel Classics)
Exiles in Paradise
Brinton Averil Smith (cello), Evelyn Chen (piano) (Naxos)
Morgen: Songs by Duparc, R Strauss and Rachmaninov
Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Jonathan Ware (piano) (Erato)
Rachmaninov in Lucerne: Rhapsody Op. 43 and Symphony No. 5
Behzod Abduraimov (piano); Lucerne Symphony Orchestra/James Gaffigan (Sony Classical)