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Sergei Rachmaninov (1873-1943)

Piano Sonatas

Howard Shelley (piano)
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Label: Hyperion
Recording details: January 1982
Art Workers Guild, Queen Square, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Andrew Keener
Engineered by Tony Faulkner
Release date: May 1988
Total duration: 56 minutes 58 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

‘A highly commendable disc’ (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

‘Outstanding … dazzling. Here is Rachmaninov playing of enormous stylistic panache’ (Hi-Fi News)

«Le charme est allié à la plus grande probité intellectuelle. Du grand art» (Répertoire, France)

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