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    May 20, 2022 3 minutes

    MARTIN JAMES BARTLETT

    Rhapsody: Works for piano and orchestra by Rachmaninov and Gershwin. London Philharmonic Orchestra/Weilerstein

    Warner Classics 0190296434334

    Martin James Bartlett rhapsodises on our behalf for some exhilarating if ultimately wearing listening, starting out with Rachmaninov’s . It’s a belting opening without compromising orchestral detail, though the occasional dynamic change sounds contrived. A colourful performance of panache and vividness, overall (Variation 18 is opulent), if not without subtlety and piano/orchestra integration. The LPO’s clarinettist makes much of the opening glissando to launch a reading of Gershwin’s – using Ferde Grofé’s 1942 symphony scoring – that tries

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