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 ...

An emotional man and a deep thinker, Sergei Rachmaninov was something of an introvert and was once dubbed by fellow composer Igor Stravinsky as a “six-and-a-half-foot scowl.” Despite all this ...

Few musicians have successfully followed two musical disciplines, but Sergey Rachmaninov (born April 1, 1873; died March 28, 1943) managed three: composer, conductor and pianist. His music is tonal, ...

Alexandre Kantorow joins the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra for Rachmaninov's Opus 1, his Piano Concerto no 1, written when he was 17 years old. Then the orchestra takes centre stage in ...

Today he is chief conductor designate to both the Royal Concertgebouw and Chicago Symphony Orchestras, two of the world’s ...

Straight into the top flight of Rachmaninov Thirds goes Arcadi Volodos’s recording, live from the Berlin Philharmonie last year. No doubt about that. To the top of the top flight? Not quite. And no ...

More Mikhaïl Pletnev with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Rachmaninov's concertos: No.1 and No.2 81 min Watch the programmeMore Watch Mikhaïl Pletnev and the Orchestre Philharmonique de ...

Rising conductor Kazuki Yamada conducts a clear, forthright and flowing account of Rachmaninov's Second Symphony.