Fact file
| Year of birth | 1873 |
| Year of death | 1943 |
| Nationality | Russia |
| Period | 20th century |
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BergenYoung Artists' Concert 2019
Rachmaninov, Haydn, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss R., Lalo
Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Cathrine Winnes; Nikita Khnykin; Leonardo Chiodo; Lorenz Karls; Ingvild Schultze-Florey
StockholmEd Gardner conducts the Royal Stockholm Philharmonic
Clyne, Rachmaninov, Lutosławski
Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Edward Gardner; Alexander Gavrylyuk
LondonSeeking New Horizons III: Political Protest
Wagner, Rachmaninov, Falla
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Alexander Shelley; Vadym Kholodenko; Rebecca Afonwy-Jones
SevilleFausto
Wagner, Rachmaninov, Schumann
Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla; John Axelrod; Mary Anne Huntsman
BostonAndris Nelsons conducts Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich
Rachmaninov, Shostakovich
Boston Symphony Orchestra; Andris Nelsons; Daniil Trifonov
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Magnificent Rachmaninov tribute from Lugansky and Denève in Ghent
Nocturne may not be your dreamlike, moonlit summer night stroll, but quite a grim-visaged journey, threateningly dark with the occasional shaft of light piercing through in powerful, sonorous tutti.
Poetic Rachmaninov in Seong-Jin Cho’s LSO debut
Gianandrea Noseda's Shostakovich symphony cycle with the London Symphony Orchestra took us right back to the composer's student days, with the punchy First.
Technical excellence but muted expressivity: Arcadi Volodos
Armed with extraordinary precision, the Russian pianist brings as much elegance to his compatriots Rachmaninov and Scriabin as he does to Schubert.
Young pianists dazzle in Cleveland
Xiaoxuan Li and Eva Gevorgyan, winners of the 2018 Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists, came back to Cleveland for an evening of virtuosic showpieces.
A Rachmaninov evening with the Russian National Orchestra
A marvelous musician, Mikhail Pletnev, conveyed a fresh perspective on the inner works of Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto.
List of works
10 Preludes, Op.2313 Preludes, Op.326 Moments musicaux, Op.166 Moments musicaux: Andantino in B flat minor, Op.16 no.16 Moments musicaux: Presto in E minor, Op.16 no.4All Night Vigil ("Vespers") for choir, Op.37All Night Vigil: Svete tikhi (Gladsome Light)Anna KareninaBefore the icon, Op.21 no.10Beloved let us fly, Op.26 no.5Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19Cello Sonata in G minor, Op.19: AndanteChrist is risen, Op.26 no.6Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3Cinq Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3: Prelude in C sharp minorCinq Morceaux de fantasie, Op.3: Sérénade in B flat minorDaisies, Op.38 no.3Deux Morceaux de Salon, Op. 6DiamondEtudes-Tableaux: selectionFate, Op.21 no.1Francesca da RiminiFrancesca da Rimini: O, ne riday moy, PaoloHow fair this spot (Zdes' khorosho), Op.21 no.7I was with her, Op.14 no.4In the silence of the secret night (V molchan'ji nochi tajnoj), Op.4 no.3It cannot be, Op.34 no.7Letter to K.S. StanislavskyLilacs (Siren'), Op.21 no.5Liturgy of St John Chrysostom for choir, Op.31Morning, Op.4 no.2Night is sorrowful, Op.26 no.12Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not! Op.4 no.1Oh, do not grieve, Op.14 no.8On the death of a siskin, Op.21 no.8Piano Concerto no. 1 in F sharp minor, Op.1Piano Concerto no. 2 in C minor, Op.18Piano Concerto no. 3 in D minor, Op.30Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor, Op.40Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, Op.28Piano Sonata no. 2 in B flat minor, Op.36Piano Trio no. 1 in G minor "Trio Élégiaque"Piano Trio no. 2 in D minor, "Trio Élégiaque", Op.9Prelude in B minor, Op.32 no.10Prelude in C sharp minor for piano, Op.3 no.2Prelude in D major, Op.23 no.4Prelude in E flat major, Op.23 no.6Prelude in F sharp minor, Op.23 no.1Prelude in G flat major, Op.23 no.10Prelude in G minor, Op.23 no.5Preludes: selectionRhapsody on a Theme of Paganini in A minor for piano and orchestra, Op.43She is as beautiful as noon, Op.14 no.9Sing not to me, beautiful maiden (Ne poy krasavitsa pri mne), Op.4 no.4Songs: selectionSpring Cantata for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra, Op.20Spring torrents, (Vesennije vody), Op.14 no.11String quartet no. 1 Romance and Scherzo (incomplete)Suite for two PianosSuite no. 1 "Fantaisie-Tableaux" for Two Pianos, Op.5Suite no. 2 for Two Pianos, Op. 17Symphonic Dances, Op.45Symphony no. 1 in D minor, Op.13Symphony no. 2 in E minor, Op.27Symphony no. 3 in A minor, Op.44The Bells, for choir and orchestra, Op.35The Isle of the Dead, Symphonic poem, Op.29The Ring, Op.26 no.14The Rock, Op.7The Soldier's Wife, Op.8 no.4There are many sounds, Op.26 no.1They replied, Op.21 no.4To my children, Op.26 no.7Twilight, Op.21 no.3Two farewells, Op.26 no.4Variations on a theme of Chopin in C minor for piano, Op.22Variations on a theme of Corelli in D minor for piano, Op.42Vespers (Bogoroditsye Dyevo), Op.37: Ave MariaVocalise, Op.34 no.14We shall rest, Op.26 no.3When yesterday we met, Op.26 no.13Étude-Tableau in A minor, Op.39 no.2Étude-Tableau in A minor, Op.39 no.6Étude-Tableau in D major, Op.39 no.9Étude-Tableau in E flat minor, Op.39 no.5Études-Tableaux in C minor, Op.33 no.3
