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Concerto in C minor: piano and orchestra 1890: String Quartet No. 1: Romance (Andante Espressivo), Scherzo (Allegro) two violins, viola, and cello 1890: Lied: cello and piano 1890: Melodie on a Theme of Rachmaninoff: violin/cello and piano 1890–1: 1: Piano Concerto No. 1 in F ♯ minor, revised 1917: piano concerto 1890–1
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff [a] [b] (1 April [ O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music.
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Abstract. Standing at the end of the line of great Romantic pianist-composers, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) is undoubtedly a fascinating character and enigma. As a celebrated pianist, composer and conductor, Rachmaninoff’s contribution to the evolution of piano literature remains significant throughout the next century.
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Well, it’s pretty obvious. Rachmaninov published his first piano concerto in 1891, aged just 18. This concerto, his second, came later and was composed between 1900 and 1901. Interestingly though, while many piano concertos are dedicated to performers, conductors, or patrons, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2is possibly unique in carrying an inscr...
Beset by depression after the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No.1in 1897, Rachmaninov – then in his mid 20s – consulted Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a physician who was exploring the use of hypnosis. Rachmaninov later recalled, “I heard the same hypnotic formula repeated day after day while I lay half asleep in the armchair in Dahl’s study. ‘You will wri...
Playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2is no laughing matter. Rachmaninov’s music is challenging to those with small hands, but equally problematic if your fingers are meaty; the filigree patterns require both a wide span and fine-tipped control. And war-horse crashing is the last thing it needs. Rachmaninov’s own playing (he recorded many of hi...
The work’s exceptional fame owes a fair bit to the 1945 film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean and based on Noel Coward’s play. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard are the star-crossed lovers who meet by chance at a railway station in a small, prim, and proper English town. Both married, with families, they fight their passion and their conscienc...
Our recommended recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Daniil Trifonov, is featured on Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, winner of the Concerto Award in the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019. “Trifonov is perhaps the most exciting pianist to have emerged internationally in the last 30 years, and peerless today as a Rachmaninov ...
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The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901. The piece established his fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces. After the disastrous 1897 premiere of his First Symphony, Rachmaninoff suffered a ...
Apr 5, 2024 · Finish the semester strong with Britannica. Learn More. As of 2023, more than 300 recordings of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor existed. One of the most interesting was performed by Rachmaninoff himself, playing with Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1929.
This judgement has been repeated many times since, but came to be seen as a virtue. Before studying this concerto, I had played his A major and C minor trios. The concerto felt like a continuation of the same kind of work. As I hinted above, much of the work in this concerto is spent in unforgiving accompaniment.
