The appearance of yet another recording of the Rachmaninov Second Piano Concerto to set alongside the 50 currently in print doesn’t exactly quicken the pulse. But Leif Ove Andsnes’ new version, taped ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 by ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Anna Fedorova, Piano St Gallen Symphony Orchestra Modestas Pitrenas, Conductor (24) Preludes, Movements: F sharp minor, Op. 23/1 Anna Fedorova, Piano St Gallen ...

These concertos span Rachmaninov's career, from his farewell to Russia (the piano concerto No 1 of 1891) to his uneasy exile in the new world, where he encountered 1920s jazz and big bands but wrote ...

It has been an exceptional year for fans of the Rachmaninov piano concertos. After Krystian Zimerman's scintillating accounts of the first two concertos comes Stephen Hough's performances of all four ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op. 1, Rachmaninoff, piano, Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (rec. 1940). Sony/RCA Byron Janis, piano, Moscow Philharmonic ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Daniil Trifonov, Piano Philadelphia Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Conductor Vocalise Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Daniil Trifonov, ...

Rachmaninov’s First Symphony of 1895 is a tricky work to bring off. The composer never got around to revising it, though he expressed an inclination to do so, and it has remained one of those ...

Pianist Simon Trpceski is joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, in this compelling coupling of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 4. Trpceski captures the mood ...

As with their Avie coupling of the Second and Third Concertos (AV2192) last year, Simon Trpceski, Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO bring understanding and instinct to their performances, and take to heart ...