Browse: Rachmaninoff - Four Pieces (?1888)

Of the arranged piano pieces, the most successful by far are those from Prokofiev's Ten Pieces, Op. 12: their pawky humour transcribes very well indeed to brass, with grace notes and little glissandos... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Pizarro is at his most expansive in the Sonata, delivering many passages of wonderfully reflecctive playing, especially in the central slow movement…[he] conjures up some marvellously rich sonorities…[and]... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Perhaps the 1980s digital cycle of the concertos, with Bernard Haitink conducting, is not as instinctively sharp in its musical responses as Ashkenazy's earlier cycle with Previn, but his performances... — The Guardian, 27th March 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This Hyperion set is a significant testament to Howard Shelley's artistry. Pianistically impeccable, he understands what Rachmaninov was about.
The original piano works span 45 years of the composer's... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…