Work: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor, Op.40

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

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Rach 4 redefined: Mäkelä and Yunchan Lim set a new benchmark in Seoul

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SangKwon Lee, 11 Jun

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.

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Daniil Trifonov debuts in Singapore with Rachmaninov 4

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Chang Tou Liang, 18 Apr

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

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Day of Wrath: Rachmaninov and the Dies irae

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Mark Pullinger, 01 Apr

The demonic Dies irae motif haunts many of Rachmaninov’s compositions – but what meaning did this Catholic hymn have for the Russian composer?

Painting pictures at the keyboard: Nikolai Lugansky on Rachmaninov

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Mark Pullinger, 26 Jan

The Russian pianist discusses the challenges in Rachmaninov's music, the imagery in the Études-tableaux and champions the lesser known concertos.