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Rachmaninoff's compositions cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Novgorod, Russia in 1873, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev, Alexander Siloti, Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky, and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano concerto (Op. 1) and the Prelude in C ...
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Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (sometimes spelt Rachmaninov or Rakhmaninov) was born in Semyonovo on 1 April 1873. His mother was a trained pianist, and she taught Sergei well enough for him to merit paid lessons with professional teachers. The family was reasonably well off until Rachmaninoff's father got into debt and was obliged to sell the fam...
Rachmaninoff wrote his First Piano Concerto in 1890-1, and his first composition out of the Conservatory was the Prelude in C sharp minor for piano (1892). Rachmaninoff was influenced by earlier composers of Romantic music (around 1790-1910), such as Robert Schumann (1810-1856), Frédéric Chopin (1810-1849), Franz Liszt (1811-1886), and Richard Stra...
After composing his Third Piano Concerto and premiering it in New York in 1909, Rachmaninoff toured the United States. Regular tours across Europe followed. The composer divided his time between his summer home at Ivanovka and the winter performance tours. This sequence was only interrupted by the First World War (1914-18). Rachmaninoff gave concer...
Rachmaninoff wrote music in a wide variety of forms, including sacred vocal works for performance in the Russian Orthodox Church, concertos, symphonies, preludes, and songs. Rachamaninoff's most important works are: 1. 4 piano concertos 2. 3 symphonies 3. 24 preludes for piano (1892-1910) 4. Spring(1902) 5. Liturgy of St John Chrysostom(1910) 6. Th...
Rachmaninoff's music belongs to the Romantic era, even if the composer himself outlived that period of music. Of this, the composer was fully aware as he once commented: "I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writingand I cannot acquire the new" (Thompson, 178). Rachmaninoff suffered ill health in hi...
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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.
- Prelude in C sharp minor. Written in 1892, ‘Prelude’ instantly catapulted Rachmaninoff to fame. It became so popular with the public that the composer even stopped loving his own masterpiece.
- Piano Concerto No. 2. Rachmaninoff experienced what he described as a creative revival that manifested itself in the Piano Concerto No. 2, composed in 1901.
- The Bells Symphony. Rachmaninoff was an incredibly receptive child. His grandmother regularly took little Sergei to church as a kid. The boy heard the bells ringing, loved choral singing and was carried away by the atmosphere.
- Piano Concerto No. 3. According to award-winning Russian pianist Nikolai Lugansky, renowned for his beautifully nuanced interpretations of Rachmaninov, it’s safe to say that ‘Piano Concerto No. 3’ is “the greatest piano concerto ever written”.
Piano Concertos by Sergei Rachmaninoff; No.1 in F ♯ minor, Op.1 (1890-91, rev. 1917) No.2 in C minor, Op.18 (1900-01) No.3 in D minor, Op.30 (1909) No.4 in G minor, Op.40 (1926, rev. 1928 & 1941) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43 (1934)
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Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 1 in F♯ minor, Op. 1, in 1891, at age 17-18 (the first two movements were completed while he was still 17; the third movement and the orchestration were completed shortly after he had turned 18). He dedicated the work to Alexander Siloti.
Oct 31, 2016 · Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no. 4 in g-minor, op. 40 (1926/1941)- Allegro vivace (0:26)- Largo (11:57)- Allegro vivace (20:14)Iceland Symphony Orches...
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