Instrumental, Piano Solos, Variations, 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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What comes across most winningly is the ebb and flow of the work: the more inward passages are allowed to breathe; the extrovert ones are absolutely fiery. It's not a work that could ever be... —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2014, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.3 & Variations on a Theme of Corelli
Boris Giltburg (piano), Royal Scottish National Orchestra, Carlos Miguel Prieto
[Giltburg] delivers one of the most structurally lucid accounts of the Concerto that I’ve heard. Apart from his clear sense of direction…I also admire his capacity to create a sense of spontaneity... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, May 2018
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2018, Editor's Choice
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Visiting Rachmaninoff: Chopin Variations - Romances
Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
Melnikov's playing represents the finest of Russian pianism, combining masterful virtuosity of the kind that has no need to flaunt itself with musicianship of intelligence and sensibility...Lezhneva's... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Recording of the Month
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she fares extremely well in major solo works by Rachmaninov...Every one of the numbers in the Op. 33 Etudes-tableaux is vividly and incisively characterised, and she conjures a wonderful depth... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2012, Editor's Choice
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Rachmaninoff 150
Piano Concerto No. 2 & Other Piano Works
Kirill Gerstein (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Assorted Programs
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2 & Corelli Variations
Vanessa Benelli Mosell (piano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Karabits
Mosell plays the Concerto wth verve and direction —
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[The recital] has all the light and shade expected from such a varied programme…Li’s style is thoughtful and expressive, rather than exciting, and the concert recording gives the performance... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2018, Winner - Solo Recording - piano (19th century)
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No point trying to fault anything: the lightness and flexibility of her touch takes the breath away, and her sound is at every moment transparently controlled, each piece displaying insight... —
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, Instrumental Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2012, Editor's Choice
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