The last of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op 1, has captured the imagination of many musicians. Paganini himself thought well enough of it to make it the subject of 11 variations and a ...
Yevgeny Sudbin and Scott Yoo explain the premise behind Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on Paganini” and then perform the piece. This is really one of his most famous things. Actually, Rachmaninoff borrowed ...
As with their Avie coupling of the Second and Third Concertos (AV2192) last year, Simon Trpceski, Vasily Petrenko and the RLPO bring understanding and instinct to their performances, and take to heart ...
It takes a marvelous pianist to find something fresh in Rachmaninoff's most famous melody, and Nikolai Lugansky did it. The melody, of course, is the lushly romantic variation that comes about ...
The Philadelphia Orchestra is pulling out the stops to celebrate the 150th birthday of Sergei Rachmaninoff. The Russian-American composer who was born into Russian aristocracy had a singular ...
One of classical musics most popular works for piano and orchestra will be featured at the Monterey Symphony's first concert in 2015 — Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini. It was ...