Ravel • Rachmaninov

Michelangeli at the peak of his art, the Rachmaninov No. 4 outstanding with playing by turns fiery and easeful, the Ravel G major unhurried yet suavely masterful. Daniel Jaffé

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Published: September 18, 2015 at 10:07 am

COMPOSERS: Rachmaninov,Ravel
LABELS: Warner
ALBUM TITLE: Ravel • Rachmaninov
WORKS: Ravel: Piano Concerto in G; Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 4
PERFORMER: Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano); Philharmonia Orchestra/ Ettore Gracis
CATALOGUE NO: 0724356723825 (1957)

Michelangeli at the peak of his art, the Rachmaninov No. 4 outstanding with playing by turns fiery and easeful, the Ravel G major unhurried yet suavely masterful. Daniel Jaffé

Daniel Jaffé

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Daniel Jaffé has been associated with BBC Music Magazine since 2004 when he was the reviews editor, working in that post until he went freelance in 2011. Previously he was on the editorial teams of Classic CD and Gramophone. A specialist in both Russian and 20th-century British music, he has also written articles and programme notes for various orchestras and festivals both in the UK and abroad, published two books – Sergey Prokofiev (Phaidon), and a Historical Dictionary of Russian Music (Scarecrow Press) – and contributed extensively to the Cambridge Stravinsky Encyclopedia (CUP).

Ravel • Rachmaninov

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