Browse: Rachmaninoff (composer), Piano Concertos
This page lists all recordings composed by Sergey Vassilievich Rachmaninoff (1873–1943).
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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... — More…
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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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Destination Rachmaninov - Departure
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano), Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Trifonov is wonderfully alive to [the Fourth’s] mercurial piano writing, achieving astonishing crystalline delicacy in the elaborate filigree passage work and negotiating unexpected juxtapositions... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th October 2018
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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Building a Library, December 2018, Also Recommended
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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The Guardian Classical Albums of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Concerto
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2019, Winner - Piano
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Destination Rachmaninov - Arrival
RecommendedDaniil Trifonov (piano)
Philadelphia Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
In the First, he steers the music’s dramatic ebb and flow with total conviction, while also bringing tremendous clarity of fingerwork to its elaborate piano writing. Yannick Nézet-Séguin and... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, October 2019
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Concerto
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Concerto Choice
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Building a Library, January 2021
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Grammy Awards, 63rd Awards (2021), Nominee - Best Classical Instrumental Solo
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Shura Cherkassky: The Complete 78rpm Recordings (1923-1950) Shura Cherkassky (piano), Robert Lortat, Marcel Hubert, Santa Monica Symphony Orchestra, Jacques Rachmilovich
APR’s is the most comprehensive single collection and has, by a country mile, the best annotation, booklet (Jonathan Summers) and transfers (Seth B Winner)...evidence, if it were needed, of a... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2023, Archive Issue of the Month
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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Rachmaninov: The Piano Concertos & Paganini Rhapsody
RecommendedStephen Hough (piano)
Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton
The underrated Fourth Concerto features the Dallas Symphony's stellar brass and winds ideally aligned, plus Hough's balletic projection of the finale's dazzling runs. No less distinct are the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2004, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Building a Library, January 2021, Recommended Recording
2 CDs
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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... — More…
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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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Rhapsody
RecommendedMartin James Bartlett (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Joshua Weilerstein
It’s a joyful display, full of warmth, character and the singing tone that Bartlett has come to be known for... The emphasis is on spontaneity rather than virtuosity for its own sake, with an... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2022, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Mozart: Piano Concerto No. 23 & Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3
RecommendedGrigory Sokolov (piano), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Trevor Pinnock, Yan Pascal Tortelier
Sokolov is now on a don't-touch-me pinnacle...the two concertos here present the zenith of his art. An ideal partnership with the Mahler Chamber Orchestra under Trevor Pinnock's direction performing... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 10th March 2017
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2017, Concerto Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2
RecommendedLeif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano
As Andsnes observed in interview, the conductor is the one who really drives the Second Concerto, and after spacious opening chords it's over to Pappano's Berliners for opulent sweep. Andsnes... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2005, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2006, Winner - Concerto
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Building a Library, December 2018, Recommended Recording
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Rachmaninoff: Orchestral Works Kirill Gerstein (piano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Kirill Petrenko
These are big-hearted, bear-hug performances, full of passion. The Second Symphony is given a dramatic, propulsive reading...The Symphonic Dances come off terrifically. — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2024, April 2024
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