Gramophone Magazine
May 2020
Editor's Choice

Behzod Abduraimov (piano)
Luzerner Sinfonieorchester, James Gaffigan

Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky: Lullaby, Op. 16 No. 1

"The headline-grabber is Rachmaninov’s own piano...which, when handled as intelligently as here by the young Uzbek-born, American-trained Behzod Abduraimov, allows for more subtle dialogue with the orchestral lines…The entire CD, distinguished by expert essays on the Swiss connection with Russian culture and by a panoply of photographs, feels like the product of exceptional devotion. Its outcome is new dimensions of understanding, even for those who would already claim to know this repertoire inside out." - Gramophone Magazine, May 2020.