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Work: Piano Concerto no. 4 in G minor, Op.40

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ComposerRachmaninov, Sergei (1873-1943)
PeriodRomantic
Year1926
Work typeOrchestral
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RomeRachmaninov: Piano Concerto no. 4

Fondazione Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
Rachmaninov
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia; Stanislav Kochanovsky; Nikolai Lugansky

LiverpoolThe Nutcracker

© Gareth Jones
Britten, Rachmaninov, Tchaikovsky
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Vasily Petrenko; Boris Giltburg

PooleKissed by a Rose

© Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Bizet, Rachmaninov, Strauss R.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth; Boris Giltburg
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Søndergård’s final RSNO season opens with majestic Mahler

Thomas Søndergård © Martin Shields
The RSNO season launches with Mahler's Sixth Symphony, while Alexander Malofeev joins them for Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto. 
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Yunchan Lim plays a starring role in the CBSO’s Prom

Yunchan Lim and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra © BBC | Mark Allan
Adams, Rachmaninov and Berio are not three easy bedfellows, however Kazuki Yamada and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra pull these strands together remarkably. 
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Rach 4 redefined: Mäkelä and Yunchan Lim set a new benchmark in Seoul

Yunchan Lim and the Orchestre de Paris © Vincero
In Yunchan Lim’s hands the score to Rachmaninov's Fourth Piano Concerto emerges as a small revelation, conspicuously succeeding where so many others have floundered. 
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PooleKissed by a Rose

© Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra
Bizet, Rachmaninov, Strauss R.
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Mark Wigglesworth; Boris Giltburg
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Day of Wrath: Rachmaninov and the Dies irae

Arnold Böcklin's Die Toteninsel III © Public domain
The demonic Dies irae motif haunts many of Rachmaninov’s compositions – but what meaning did this Catholic hymn have for the Russian composer?

Painting pictures at the keyboard: Nikolai Lugansky on Rachmaninov

Nikolai Lugansky © Jean-Baptiste Millot
The Russian pianist discusses the challenges in Rachmaninov's music, the imagery in the Études-tableaux and champions the lesser known concertos.