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| Composer | Rachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943) |
| Period | Romantic |
| Year | 1909 |
| Work type | Orchestral |
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RomeRachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 4
Rachmaninov
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Stanislav Kochanovsky; Nikolai Lugansky
ReykjavíkPoga conducts Shostakovich
Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Iceland Symphony Orchestra; Andris Poga; Alexander Roslavets; Fóstbræður Men's Choir; Kyrja Vocal Ensemble
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra music on death: whimper then bang
Jakub Hrůša leads the CSO in pedestrian Janáček and Rachmaninov, but Strauss's Four Last Songs and Wagner's Tristan excerpts send audiences home deeply touched.
Passion and precision from the Berlin Phil at Carnegie Hall
Under the leadership of Chief Conductor Kirill Petrenko, the Berliners produced a deep, muscular and forward sound that invigorated familiar music.
Gerts' dark Rachmaninov brings NSO season to a close in Dublin
The Isle of the Dead and The Bells make gloomy bookends to the final concert of the season, but Mihhail Gerts makes a great case for both at the National Concert Hall.
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