What Makes Russian Music Russian?: Saint Paul Sunday Feature sergei rachmaninov sergei Prokofiev - Dmitri Shostakovich First performancesCellist Mstislav Rostropovich and pianist Sviatoslav Richter gave a http://saintpaulsunday.publicradio.org/features/0101_russianmusic/biographies.sh
Extractions: Died: 28 March 1943, Beverly Hills, California Composed: In the fall and early winter of 1901 for the cellist Anatoly Brandukov. Towards the end of the last movement, Rachmaninov wrote the date "November 20th". At the very end he wrote December 12th, showing that he revised the ending immediately after the first performance. Rachmaninov was 28 years old. First performance: In Moscow, December 2nd 1901 by Anatoly Brandukov, with the composer at the piano. Other works from immediately before: Piano Concerto No. 2, Op. 18; Suite No. 2 for two pianos, Op. 17. Other works from immediately after: Spring, a cantata for bass, chorus, and orchestra, Op. 20; Twelve Songs for voice and piano, Op. 21. The composer and his music: In the wake of the successful completion of his Second Piano Concerto, Rachmaninov spent the summer of 1901 on the familys country estate in the Tambov region, several days travel to the south of Moscow.
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Extractions: Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff , also Sergey Rachmaninov or Serge Rakhmaninov Born in Semyonovo, near Novgorod into a wealthy family with a strong military background, Rachmaninoff had his first piano lessons with his mother at the family estate at Oneg. After a decline in their fortunes, the family moved to Saint Petersburg where Rachmaninoff studied at the conservatory, before going on to Moscow, where he studied piano with Nikolay Zverev and Alexander Siloti (a student of Franz Liszt and Rachmaninoff's cousin). He also studied harmony with Anton Arensky and counterpoint with Sergei Taneyev. While still a student he wrote a one act opera Aleko , and a set of piano pieces, Op. 3, which contains the popular and famous Prelude in C sharp minor, a piece he came to detest through 40 years of audiences demanding it as an encore at his piano recitals. Already in his early years he showed great composing skills. His first serious pieces for the piano were composed and performed when he was thirteen years old during his stay as student at Zverev's. In 1892, at an age of 19, he completed his first piano concerto. The Concerto was later revised in 1917.
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Extractions: Send it to a friend! Sunday 3 July 2005 17:45-18:30 (Radio 3) Including a rare interview with American pianist and composer, Earl Wild, possibly the last great exponent of the Romantic tradition of piano playing. And a look at a new book about the gypsy music of the Roma communities in Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and Romania. Virtuoso American pianist Earl Wild celebrates his 90th Birthday this year but he continues to practice just as hard as ever and is about to go on tour in the US and to Amsterdam. His repertoire embraces not only the fiendishly difficult piano works of Liszt and Rachmaninov but also his own explosive transcriptions of pieces by composers as diverse as Handel, Tchaikovsky, Bach and Strauss. Wild's career has spanned seven decades through his various roles as soloist, composer, Gypsy musician, concert pianist and improviser. He started out as the pianist in the NBC Symphony Orchestra, where he was employed by Arturo Toscanini. He talks to Tom about his experience of working with Toscanini, and his acquaintance with Gershwin and Rachmaninov. Revered in his lifetime as a supremely talented concert pianist and as a pioneering recording artist, Rachmaninov's composing formed a more complex dimension to his life. In his new Rachmaninov biography, Max Harrison addresses the way in which Rachmaninov's compositions reflected the tensions of his age, placing him both in a Romantic and Modernist tradition. Harrison explains to Tom why his book focuses on Rachmaninov as studio artist. The pianist Stephen Hough and musicologist Marina Frolova-Walker join Tom to review Harrison's biography and discuss the future reception of Rachmaninov's music.
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Pianos And Pianists - The Pianist Speaks Sergei Rachmaninov Pianos and pianists Consultant Editor Ates Orga. The pianist Speaks.sergei rachmaninov Pianos and pianists homepage Lazar Berman speaks http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/1999/06/ppspeakr.htm
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Extractions: ``Brief Encounter,'' that magnificent 1945 tear-jerker, is a small masterpiece of subtlety and realism in all respects but one. The acting of Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard is restrained but moving, David Lean's direction is a model of the craft, and Noel Coward's story is a touching account of the guilt and frustration surrounding a stymied love affair. The one element that doesn't fit with all this is the score - Sergei Rachmaninov's piano Concerto No. 2. While the main characters maintain the English tradition of keeping the upper lip stiff while everything else sags, Rachmaninov's music trudges darkly across the soundtrack, every emotion fully indulged. Because it doesn't fit, it's actually quite an effective contrast, and a fine illustration of the power of Rachmaninov's music. The last of the Russian Romantics, Rachmaninov was born in 1873 and had the misfortune of living to 1943, a time when Romanticism in the arts was denigrated and the only music taken seriously was rarefied and abstract. After half a century, Rachmaninov has been forgiven for having been a living fossil, the last representative (aside from Richard Strauss) of musical ideals that had been out of fashion since World War I.
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ArkivMusic Rachmaninov Preludes, Opp 23 32 / Vladimir Ashkenazy Indeed, it s one of the finest recordings in this pianist s immense discography . Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23 no 3 in D minor by sergei rachmaninov http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp?album_id=57827
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov rachmaninovComplete Works for Cello and Piano Naxos (8.550987). Michael Grebanier,cellist; Janet Guggenheim, pianist. rachmaninov s complete works for http://www.compactdiscoveries.com/CompactDiscoveriesArticles/CapsuleReviews.html
Extractions: Capsule Reviews Alkan: Le Festin d'Esope, Barcarolle, Quasi-Faust , and Symphonie BMG High Performance (HP 09026 63310-2) Raymond Lewenthal, pianist Lewenthal started the recent revival of interest in Alkan and now I understand why. His performances are truly magnificent. They sound impossible! You can't believe that there are no other pianists playing at the same time! In fact, sometimes it's hard to believe that there isn't an entire orchestra there, the sound is so full and lush! Lewenthal brings out the best in these compositions, which is very good indeed. And the remastering is excellent, too. Even the program notes, which are by Lewenthal himself, are fascinating and extremely well written. Also on this disc is the most interesting group composition, Hexameron , by Liszt, Thalberg, Pixis, Herz, Czerny and Chopin. Bach: 5 Versionen der Passacaglia BWV 582 (Signum SIG X93-00) This is a great idea, well executed: a CD with five versions of the famous "Passacaglia" by J.S. Bach. The first version is performed on a period organ by Christian Rieger. The second, a piano version by Eugene d'Albert (1864-1932) is performed by Ernst Breidenbach. Next comes a version for romantic organ by Franz Liszt (1811-1886) and Johann Gottlob Topfer (1791-1870). The fourth version is for piano, four hands, by Max Reger (1873-1916). The pianists are Oliver Kolb and Ernst Breidenbach. And, finally, Leopold Stokowski's (1882-1977) orchestral transcription performed by the Frankfurt State Orchestra conducted by Nikos Athinaos.
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Extractions: Welcome to Compact Discoveries . I'm your guide, Fred Flaxman. The next hour will be devoted completely to a single compact discovery: an RCA Red Seal BMG Classics recording called "Vocalise." I call this program "Vocalise Variations." MUSIC: fades out The Vocalise in question is by Sergei Rachmaninov. It contains what in my opinion is one of the most beautiful melodies ever written. And lots of people evidently agree with me, including musicians, as this hour will prove. You see the original piece by Rachmaninov was written for soprano and piano. After all, a "vocalise" is a melody sung without words but to one or more vowel sounds. Cellists, flutists, violinists, choirs and orchestras all loved this melody so much that they arranged this music for their instruments. This CD consists entirely of these various arrangements of Rachmaninov's famous piece.
Extractions: wesm@soundstage.com Musical Performance Recording Quality Overall Enjoyment Apparently not high enough! Time and again, I was amazed at the felicitous surprises Hough and Litton seem to have discovered in the score. From the martial beat six minutes into the first movement of the Second Concerto to the delicate skittle as Litton holds the orchestra in perfect balance with Hough in Variation X of the Rhapsody This is the 2004 classical recording of the year. GO BACK TO: Current Month's Music Reviews Archived Music Reviews
Sheet Music Plus - Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 In D It is very difficult, but it would be a great addition to any pianist s repertoirethat 3 Op. 30, D Minor, composed by rachmaninov, sergei (18731943) http://wwws.sheetmusicplus.com/sheetmusic/detail/MO.MMOCD3074.html
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Extractions: As a pianist he was famous for his precision, rhythmic drive, legato and clarity of texture and for the broad design of his performances. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory graduating with distinction as both pianist and composer. During the ensuing years he composed piano pieces, including his famous c-sharp Minor Prelude, songs and orchestral works, but the disastrous premiere in 1897 of his Symphony No.1. He composed his Second Piano Concerto. Meanwhile he had set out on a new career as a conductor, appearing in Moscow and London. The essentials of his art had been assembled in the Piano Concerto no.2. Rachmaninov inherited Romanticism from Tchaikovsky and his teachers. In 1909 he made his first American tour as a pianist, for which he wrote the Piano Concerto no.3. After the October Revolution he left Russia with his family for Scandinavia. In 1918 they arrived in New York, where he mainly lived thereafter, though he spent periods in Paris Dresden and Switzerland. There was a period of creative silence until 1926 when he wrote the Piano Concerto no.4, followed by only a handful of works over the next 15 years, even though all are on a large scale. During this period, however, he was active as a pianist on both sides of the Atlantic. Madalin Chiricuta
Extractions: In 1928 Vladimir Horowitz came to the United States and made his U.S. debut in New York, where he became friends with Sergei Rachmaninov. A few weeks later, the two artists got together to play Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3 - with Horowitz as the soloist and Rachmaninov as the "orchestra" at a second piano. Fifty years later, Horowitz performed this work once again in New York, but this time accompanied by the New York Philharmonic under Zubin Mehta. Classica presents the live recording of this celebrated event at which Horowitz, who had played the work with its creator and knew it like no other, performed the concerto for the very last time. Born in Kiev (Ukraine) in 1904, Vladimir Horowitz was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the 20th century. His phenomenal virtuosity, his willful interpretative style and his delight in publicity turned him into a world-class star who was known far beyond the confines of classical music. He died in New York on November 5, 1989. Sergei Rachmaninov visited the United States for the first time in the fall of 1909. For his lengthy concert tour, he had brought the recently completed Third Piano Concerto with him. The nearly three-quarter-hour long work stands out for its enormous technical demands as well as for its intricate structural design, which links the three movements together cyclically through the use of the same thematic material. The Third Piano Concerto is a standard work in the repertoire of virtuoso concert pianists and shows the composer, who is sometimes unfairly called old-fashioned, as fully in tune with his time.
