British-Iranian pianist Arsha Kaviani makes his Royal Albert Hall debut with the soaring second movement from Rachmaninov’s ...
It’s one of the greatest works in the piano repertoire, and it first captivated listeners 123 years ago today. On this day, 9 November, in 1901 in Moscow, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No.2 premiered ...
Rachmaninov was one of the greatest pianists the world has ever known, and the music he wrote for the instrument is passionate, sensual and thrilling. His Second Piano Concerto was life-changing, ...
British-Iranian pianist Arsha Kaviani makes his Royal Albert Hall debut with the electrifying finale of Rachmaninov’s Piano ...
A Rachmaninov concerto movement, with soaring orchestral lines, and breathless piano notes, but it’s all on a single instrument. Here’s a performance that is a true feat of musicianship and dexterity.
Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 Yunchan Lim, Piano Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra Marin Alsop, Conductor This is the official commercial release of a live performance that has already acquired ...
There's a special reason for pairing these two Russian piano concertos; not only were Rachmaninov and Nikolai Medtner life-long friends, but they dedicated the works, both composed in the mid-1920s, ...
With Yevgeny Sudbin’s scintillating interpretation of Skriabin’s Piano Concerto still resonating in the memory after his London performance of it last month, this CD brings together two other works ...
Like buses, three new recordings of Rachmaninov’s Third Piano Concerto have appeared at once. The most startling of them, with Grigory Sokolov as the soloist, is in fact not exactly new; Sokolov no ...