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 ...

Her new work, which still didn’t have a title during a pre-Christmas interview, got its start with the Royal Ballet in 2019 when it was a pas de deux set to preludes by Sergei Rachmaninov.

Featuring Rachmaninoff’s most beautiful music including the Second Piano Concerto, the Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Preludes, and Symphonic Selections, “Rachmaninoff and the Tsar” had ...

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 ...

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 ...

It occupies a special place in the classical repertoire. From sonata to concerto, from prelude to etude, from Beethoven to Rachmaninov: Embark on a timeless journey with these prodigious pianists. 88 ...

He brings his recent Carnegie Hall program (which is destined for Paris, Milan and Brussels as well), playing multiple preludes by Bach, Rachmaninoff, Górecki, Szymanowski and Chopin's complete Opus ...