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For the third concert in the series opening his LSO tenure, Antonio Pappano heads to classics from the Romantic repertoire, aided by Yuja Wang and Anna Lapwood. 

Sir Stephen Hough launches the Proms' Rachmaninov celebrations with a winning rendition of the composer's First Piano Concerto. 

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.

Vibrant colours and assured technique bring out the virtuosity of the Philharmonia, if lacking in emotional substance.

Semyon Bychkov and the Czech Philharmonic continue their European tour at the Barbican, pairing Smetana's paean to his homeland with Rachmaninov's early piano concerto. 

Rimsky-Korsakov and Rachmaninov may be bread-and-butter repertoire for pianist Nikolai Lugansky and conductor Tugan Sokhiev, but the stellar presentation at this Berlin Philharmonic concert was Chausson's Symphony in B flat major.

After a humdrum reimagining of Paganini's 24th Caprice and an underwhelming Rachmaninov piano concerto, Slatkin triumphs with an august Copland 3.

In an all-Russian matinee, the Philharmonia presents excerpts from Tchaikovsky’s ballet that lack a dance element, but Rachmaninov’s First Piano Concerto soars.

Vladimir Jurowski conducts the London Philharmonic Orchestra in works by four Russian composers whose UK premieres were all unveiled at the Proms. 

In the second concert in the Orchestre de Paris' Rachmaninov Weekend, Nikolai Lugansky and Behzod Abduraimov take up the piano concerto baton... with greater success than Saturday's programme.

Nocturne may not be your dreamlike, moonlit summer night stroll, but quite a grim-visaged journey, threateningly dark with the occasional shaft of light piercing through in powerful, sonorous tutti.

John Harbison's 80th birthday in December was marked at the start of Ken-David Masur's colorful program with the Boston Symphony. 

The Russian State Symphony Orchestra under Vasily Petrenko celebrates its heritage with an evening of Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninov

As Valletta celebrates its title as 2018 European Capital of Culture, the Malta Philharmonic gave an enthusiastic national premiere of Strauss' Ein Heldenleben.

Sir Andrew Davis conducts the BBC Philharmonic in Elgar, Rachmaninov and Sibelius with pianist Kathryn Stott.

Lesser known works by Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky rubbed shoulders with a real rarity from Taneyev.

The Staatskapelle Berlin brought a showcase programme to the Berlin Philharmonie under chief conductor Daniel Barenboim and made a case for themselves as one of the best bands performing today.

Robert Spano and the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra play an all-Rachmaninov concert, with pianist Stephen Hough performing in the First Piano Concerto. 

The Sydney Symphony Orchestra scored a major win when they engaged Daniil Trifonov to visit for three orchestral concerts and a solo recital. 

The Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra produced wonderfully supportive playing for pianist Alexander Romanovsky in Rachmaninov’s youthful First Piano Concerto and vividly brought to life Martinů’s Fourth Symphony.

Stephen Hough delivers an exciting account of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto no. 1 while the sparks from a speedy Beethoven's Symphony no. 7 fail to ignite. 

Kirill Gerstein displayed not just virtuosity in Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto no. 1, but a beautiful sense of musical line.

Under the baton of Jan Latham-Koenig, the Flanders Symphony Orchestra rendered a diverse programme in Leeds.

Like a rash over London’s concert halls, Rachmaninov (or Rachmaninoff if you prefer) is everywhere this season – not that I’m complaining.

Precise Rachmaninov and heartfelt Beethoven in a fine Philharmonia Zürich programme conducted by Fabio Luisi. 

Eastern European folk rhythms and the spirit of fin de siècle Russia resonate through Basingstoke as the Vienna Tonkünstler Orchestra plays Kodály, Rachmaninov and Dvořák. 

The Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra enjoyed an evening of youthful exuberance in the Bridgewater Hall with an all-Russian programme, conducted with grace and refinement by Yuri Simonov.Modest Mussorgsky’s Night on the Bare Mountain explicitly paints what the composer called “Spirits of darkness...and the Black Mass” in a progressively wild orgy before the bells of dawn break the scene.

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.

Un programa con Chaikovsky y Rachmaninov para resaltar las virtudes de la magnífica formación londinense Philharmonia Orchestra y de la pianista Yuja Wang con un resultado interesante aunque desigual.

Trotz kleiner Stolpersteine bieten die Münchner Philharmoniker unter Thomas Hengelbrock eine Weltklasse-Interpretation.

Un recital memorable que confirmó, una temporada más, la hegemonía de Valery Gergiev y la Orquesta del Teatro Mariinsky en el circuito internacional.

Lisitsa es un fenómeno de masas que debe gran parte de su éxito no sólo a su talento y a su laboriosidad, sino a su proyección en diversas redes.

Dans ce programme exigeant, Berezovsky, que l'on a connu plus fringant, n'offre qu'une prestation honorable du premier concerto en fa dièse mineur. Ashkenazy, à travers la Symphonie n°2 de Rachmaninoff, mène un travail de fond avec une phalange qui fut un temps l'une des plus belles du monde.

Le 26 avril, le Philharmonia Orchestra proposait sous la baguette de Youri Temirkanov un beau programme Rimsky-Korsakov/Rachmaninov/Dvořák, avec Daniil Trifonov au piano. Si le jeune soliste a déployé tout son génie, l’orchestre pourtant d’un très bon niveau n’a pas été aussi convaincant.

L'Orchestre National de Russie, invité à l'Auditorium de Lyon, s'entoure de musiciens de choix et nous propose un programme qui incite au voyage, qu'il soit historique, émotionnel ou merveilleux.