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Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Variations

Howard Shelley (piano)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: November 1978
Conway Hall, London, United Kingdom
Produced by John Boyden
Engineered by Caroline Dorey
Release date: June 1988
Total duration: 55 minutes 2 seconds
 

All of the music on this album is also available as part of the specially priced box set The Complete Rachmaninov Solo Piano Music: ‘A fine achievement from Howard Shelley and Hyperion alike. These superbly recorded, idiomatic readings demonstrate Shelley's virtuoso pianism and affinity for this music in performances of the highest calibre’ (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide).

Reviews

‘Stunning performances’ (BBC Record Review)

‘An outstanding disc’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘An outstanding recording artist. His new record of rare and brilliant Rachmaninov has a magnetism which from first to last is inescapable’ (The Guardian)

Other albums in this series

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