Rachmaninoff wanted to recreate the world as it once was. He was the last of the great Romantic composers. Fortunately, there are still pianists and conductors and listeners and critics such as Fiona ...

Rachmaninoff’s “Prelude in C-sharp minor,” Piano Concerto No. 2 and Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini are some of his most memorable compositions, but the play delves into the events in his ...

and the by now inevitable C sharp minor Prelude), but when he returned to Moscow and tried to complete a Second Piano Concerto, his depression returned. Rachmaninov went to consult a psychologist, Dr ...

The encore was a lovely cello-and-piano arrangement of Rachmaninoff’s G-flat major Prelude (Op. 23, No. 10). Balance issues that compromised the Myaskovsky were mostly resolved in the other two ...

Born in Moscow and now based in Berlin, Zlata Chochieva rose to prominence through luminous recordings of Rachmaninov and ...