Work: Prelude in C sharp minor for piano, Op.3 no.2

Typically interesting programming from Jurowski gave us the Proms premiere of Adès’ Concerto for Piano and Orchestra, combined with saucy Weill and forcefully modern Rachmaninov.

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A performance of contradictions from the Belgian National Orchestra

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Clare Varney, 25 Jul

Antony Hermus searches for menace and intrigue in the BNO's programme in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw.

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In Paris, Rachmaninov the poet and the lover

Mark Pullinger, 28 Apr

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.

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Bachtrack top ten: Sergei Rachmaninov

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Mark Pullinger, 01 Apr

Possibly the greatest pianist of the 20th century and one of its greatest composers too, Sergei Rachmaninov left a relatively small catalogue – only 45 published works – yet many of them appear frequently in concert programmes.