Gramophone Awards, Rachmaninoff (composer)
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Rachmaninov Variations
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
the Philadelphians under Yannick Nézet-Séguin provide sterling support for Trifonov's stunning pyrotechnics. There are also moments of magical repose, Trifonov achieving astonishing beauty of... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2015, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2015
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Gramophone Awards, 2016, Finalist - Concerto
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Whole worlds are packed into each of the 19 songs on this unmissable debut recital from Grigorian. The Lithuanian’s soprano has a steely glint and powerful intensity, but nor does she stint... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, March 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2022, Winner - Song
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Winner - Vocal Music
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Winner - Female Singer of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2023, Nominated - Solo Vocal
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Rachmaninov: The Bells & Symphonic Dances
RecommendedSymphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
This superlative performance…is one of those stratospherically accomplished, ‘cosmic’ ones that Jansons says he is always trying to attain… Jansons has Rachmaninov in his very soul; but he is... —
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2018, Recording of the Month
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Record Review, 3rd February 2018, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Shortlisted - Choral
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Choral Performance
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Diapason d’Or, April 2018, Nouveauté
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…Outstanding Rachmaninov playing of acute perception, discretion and poetic sensibility, limpid, powerful and luminous in equal measure. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th April 2009
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Instrumental
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2009, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Rachmaninoff: Symphony No. 3, Vocalise & The Isle of the Dead
RecommendedSinfonia of London, John Wilson
Wilson’s way with the music seems to owe more to the x-ray clarity of Toscanini and Szell...sprung like a sports car, tightly resilient on its bushings. —
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Shortlisted - Orchestral
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A supremely intelligent, deeply feeling artist of the first order. —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2018, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Winner - Instrumental
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Grammy Awards, 62nd Awards (2019), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto opens in thundering style, before a glittering pianistic masterclass in high-speed touch from Wang, alternating between virtuosic shimmering and emotive depth.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Concerto
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Rachmaninoff: the Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
Yuja Wang (piano), Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Gustavo Dudamel
Wang has recorded three of the works before...But however dazzling those performances are technically, she is a much more mature performer nowadays. While the flashy exuberance of the First... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2024 Shortlist, Finalist - Concerto
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Special offer. Tharaud plays Rachmaninov
RecommendedAlexandre Tharaud (piano), Sabine Devieilhe (soprano), Aleksandar Madžar (piano) & Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Vedernikov
After the famous introductory bars – following the score rather than the composer’s recording – the sweeping first subject enters faster, thankfully, than Richter’s celebrated account but with... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Rachmaninov: Songs
RecommendedEvelina Dobraceva, Ekaterina Siurina (sopranos), Justina Gringyte (mezzo-soprano), Daniil Shtoda (tenor), Andrei Bondarenko, Rodion Pogossov (baritones), Alexander Vinogradov (bass) & Iain Burnside (piano)
I was quickly won over by Andrei Bondarenko's burnished baritone sound and sensitivity...The two sopranos are top-note perfect...At times, the heavier-weight voices of mezzo Justina Gringyte... —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2014, Choral & Song Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Solo Vocal
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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