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Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40
Genres:
Concertos » Piano Concertos
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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... —
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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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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... —
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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
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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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New. Rachmaninoff: 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... —
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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
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3 Vinyl Records
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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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New. The Romantic Piano Concerto (1991 - 2007 Edition)
Featuring pianists including Stephen Hough, Seta Tanyel, Piers Lane, Nikolai Demidenko, Martin Roscoe, Howard Shelley, Peter Donohoe, Marc-André Hamelin and Steven Osborne
Is this handsomely produced box-set worth acquiring? As a work of art alone, yes! If you have not encountered these works before, do not hesitate. Dip in anywhere and you will be rewarded. Assuming... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2026, Editor's Choice
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50 CDs
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Simon Trpčeski (piano)
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vasily Petrenko
[Nos 1 & 4] have never been such sure-fire crowd-pleasers, but Trpčeski certainly plays them with fire and passion. No. 1 emerges as big-boned and compelling, while he plays up the leanly modernist... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2011, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Rachmaninnoff: Piano Concertos 1-4
Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
The Rachmaninov dream team of the 1970s play this much-hackneyed score with a freshness, moving sincerity and exhilarating emotional power that galvanises the attention from start to finish.... —
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Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4
Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano
[Andsnes] manages to make the first movement sound more sinister and wayward than most of his rivals, yet he's in his element in etching the filigree and fioriture of the highly-decorated solo... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Concerto
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2010, Editor's Choice
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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 & 4
Anna Fedorova (piano), Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen, Modestas Pitrėnas
the clear thinking and feeling behind these Rachmaninov concerto interpretations are refreshing indeed: this certainly isn’t just yet another ‘Rach 2’. Fedorova’s commanding contrast of spaciousness... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Concerto
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