Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain the premise behind Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on Paganini” and then perform the piece. This is really one of his most famous things. Actually, Rachmaninoff borrowed ...
It has been an exceptional year for fans of the Rachmaninov piano concertos. After Krystian Zimerman's scintillating accounts of the first two concertos comes Stephen Hough's performances of all four ...
Rachmaninov Piano Concertos, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini Stephen Hough (piano), Dallas Symphony Orchestra/ Litton (Hyperion CDA 67501/2) (2 CDs) The sleeve photo of Rachmaninov at the piano, ...
ASO is joined by renowned soloist Sara Daneshpour with Rachmaninov's romantic Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Strings take center stage with George Walker's Lyric for Strings and Beethoven's Quartet ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Earlier this year Yuja Wang delivered one of the high-profile dates of Rachmaninoff’s 150th anniversary year ...
Yevgeny Sudbin’s playing has terrific presence in this recording of Rachmaninov’s Paganini Rhapsody. The blend of personality and stylistic perception that marks Sudbin’s live performances is also ...
The two masterpieces Rachmaninov composed at his summer mansion in Lucerne in the mid-1930s make an obvious coupling and have been issued as such before, not least in estimable accounts from Sudbin ...
In February 2023, at Walt Disney Hall, Classical piano superstar Yuja Wang joined forces with Gustavo Dudamel and the Los Angeles Philharmonic for a sold-out Rachmaninov marathon – all four piano ...
German conductor Christoph Poppen and the Hong Kong Sinfonietta achieved something remarkable by producing a performance of Mendelssohn's Symphony No3, Scottish, that almost made me like the work. I'm ...
Musicologist Marina Frolova-Walker chooses her favourite recording of Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a set of dazzling variations for ...
Rachmaninov’s First Symphony of 1895 is a tricky work to bring off. The composer never got around to revising it, though he expressed an inclination to do so, and it has remained one of those ...
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer James Loughran, Conductor Oleg Marshev, Piano Aarhus Symphony Orchestra Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 2 Oleg Marshev, Piano ...