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Quartet of pianists go into bat for Ravel and Rachmaninov with the BBC Philharmonic

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Reviewed at The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester on 24 April 2015
Ravel, Piano Concerto in G major
Ravel, Piano Concerto in D major for the left hand
Rachmaninov, Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor, Op.40
Rachmaninov, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43
Andrew Gourlay, Conductor
Noriko Ogawa, Piano
Martin Roscoe, Piano
Kathryn Stott, Piano
Peter Donohoe, Piano
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