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Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio are not three easy bedfellows, however Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra pull these strands together remarkably. 

In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered. 

Hans Graf conducts Debussy's Images to close a gala concert featuring the Singapore debut of the great Russian pianist. 

In the first of two all-Rachmaninov programmes, The Philadelphia Orchestra, its Music Director, Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and Daniil Trifonov show why together they are some of the hottest property on the planet.

In addition to Rachmaninov, the Belgrade Philharmonic and Jaume Santonja play Stevan Hrstić's atmospheric In the Countryside and excerpts from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet.

The Seattle Symphony celebrates 150 years of Rachmaninov with stunning performances of two of his piano concertos.

The popular pianist performs all four of the Russian composer's piano concertos, plus his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, over the course of two nights at Verizon Hall.

Boris Giltburg joins The Hallé for Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto, the emotional heart of the evening.

Piano icon Yuja Wang was an often self-effacing yet effective soloist in Rachmaninov’s neglected Piano Concerto no. 4. Poulenc’s 1948 Sinfonietta received its first Cleveland Orchestra performance since its 1949 US premiere here.

Despite wonderful contributions from Stanislav Kochanovsky and the Orchestre de Paris, a disappointing opening to the Philharmonie's Rachmaninov Weekend. 

Alexander Dmitriev and the St Petersburg Symphony Orchestra paraded passionate and colourful Tchaikovsky, while the masterful Peter Donohoe gave a potent and intricate Rachmaninov.

Paavo Järvi joined artist-in-residence Leif Ove Andsnes and the musicians of the New York Philharmonic for Rachmaninov, Salonen and Sibelius.

There could hardly be a noisier way to commemorate the centenary of the Russian Revolution than a performance of Dmitri Shostakovich's mighty Twelfth Symphony.

Leif Ove Andsnes is supremely eloquent in Rachmaninov’s Fourth, but Strauss's Macbeth looks set to remain on the fringes. 

Russian pianist Kozhukhin's performance of Rachmininov's Fourth Piano Concerto is the highlight of the evening but Flor and NSO deliver satisfying Dvořák and Boydell. 

Keyboard virtuoso Trifonov delivers a stunning rendition of Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto at Birmingham's Symphony Hall. 

One repressed, one who struggled, and one who got away: Jurowski, Andsnes and the Russian State Symphony delight with varied programme of Russian composers at the Konzerthaus.

Orchestral fairy tales and a Rachmaninov concerto make for satisfying fare at Symphony Hall, Birmingham.  

Neeme Järvi led the New York Philharmonic with pianist Daniil Trifonov in an all-Rachmaninov program.

Sakari Oramo and the BBC Symphony Orchestra find icy perfection in Sibelius last work.  

Andrew Gourlay conducts the BBC Philharmonic in piano concertos by Ravel and Rachmaninov, with Noriko Ogawa, Martin Roscoe, Kathryn Stott and Martin Roscoe taking turns at the keyboard.

Blistering Shostakovich crushed Rachmaninov in this uneven pairing, the London Philharmonic’s latest exploration into “Rachmaninoff: Inside out”. 

All things Russian are the flavour of the month in Sydney at the moment. Last night, the Sydney Symphony Orchestra under chief conductor Vladimir Ashkenazy embarked upon a mini-series of three Russian concerts to end the year. Recently returned from their highly successful tour of China, the orchestra was in sparkling form and played with freshness and vitality all evening.

Le chef finlandais a abusé d'artifices dans Le Tombeau de Couperin comme dans la Symphonie avec orgue de Saint-Saëns. Yunchan Lim s'est en revanche montré irrésistible dans Rachmaninov.

Le pianiste russe a livré en deux concerts une interprétation duelle, entre une langueur confinant à la mollesse et des passages vivaces au caractère très affirmé.

Retour sur un concert 100% Rachmaninov exceptionnel à la Philharmonie, avec le fameux « Philadelphia Sound » magnifiquement restitué par l'orchestre américain et Yannick Nézet-Séguin, au côté d'un Daniil Trifonov bouleversant.

Dans le mal-aimé Concerto n° 4 de Rachmaninov au côté de Stephen Hough comme dans la Symphonie « Pathétique », l'Orchestre de l'Opéra de Rouen Normandie et son directeur musical impressionnent.

Au Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Lahav Shani dirige brillamment son Orchestre philharmonique de Rotterdam. Dans le Concerto n° 4 de Rachmaninov, Freire a les doigts d'un jeune homme.

Invité à Genève, l’Orchestre National de Lyon a délivré un concerto de Rachmaninov de haute tenue, sous la direction d'Eliahu Inbal et sous l’inspiration de Nelson Freire.

Pour le centenaire de l'État de Lettonie, les musiciens de l'Orchestre National de Lettonie dirigé par Andris Poga et accompagné de Nicholas Angelich offrent un concert de haute volée à la Philharmonie.

Die Münchner Philharmoniker machten den Zauber der Fünften Symphonie unter der Leitung von Valery Gergiev in einer frischen und fulminanten Interpretation spürbar.

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