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The Art of Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No. 2; Isle of the Dead; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini. Eugene Ormandy. Add to Custom List. Add to Collection. AllMusic Rating. User Rating (0) Your Rating. STREAM OR BUY: Release Date. 2005. Duration. 01:12:08. Genre. Classical. Styles. Concerto. Discography Timeline. See Full Discography. 404 Error.
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Well, it’s pretty obvious. Rachmaninov published his first piano concerto in 1891, aged just 18. This concerto, his second, came later and was composed between 1900 and 1901. Interestingly though, while many piano concertos are dedicated to performers, conductors, or patrons, Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2is possibly unique in carrying an inscr...
Beset by depression after the disastrous premiere of his Symphony No.1in 1897, Rachmaninov – then in his mid 20s – consulted Dr. Nikolai Dahl, a physician who was exploring the use of hypnosis. Rachmaninov later recalled, “I heard the same hypnotic formula repeated day after day while I lay half asleep in the armchair in Dahl’s study. ‘You will wri...
Playing Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2is no laughing matter. Rachmaninov’s music is challenging to those with small hands, but equally problematic if your fingers are meaty; the filigree patterns require both a wide span and fine-tipped control. And war-horse crashing is the last thing it needs. Rachmaninov’s own playing (he recorded many of hi...
The work’s exceptional fame owes a fair bit to the 1945 film Brief Encounter, directed by David Lean and based on Noel Coward’s play. Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard are the star-crossed lovers who meet by chance at a railway station in a small, prim, and proper English town. Both married, with families, they fight their passion and their conscienc...
Our recommended recording of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 performed by Daniil Trifonov, is featured on Destination Rachmaninov: Departure, winner of the Concerto Award in the BBC Music Magazine Awards 2019. “Trifonov is perhaps the most exciting pianist to have emerged internationally in the last 30 years, and peerless today as a Rachmaninov ...
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, is a concerto for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between June 1900 and April 1901. The piece established his fame as a concerto composer and is one of his most enduringly popular pieces.
We bring you the finest recordings on disc of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2, the most cherished of all the Russian composer's works.
Explore the tracklist, credits, statistics, and more for Piano Concerto No. 2 / Isle Of The Dead by Rachmaninoff / Earl Wild, The Royal Philharmonic, Jascha Horenstein. Compare versions and buy on Discogs
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Isle of the Dead (Russian: Остров мёртвых), Op. 29, is a symphonic poem composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in the key of A minor. The piece was inspired by a black and white reproduction of Arnold Böcklin 's painting Isle of the Dead, which he saw in Paris in 1907. He composed the work from January to March of 1909, but later made numerous revisions, including cuts.
Isle of the Dead, Op.29 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei) Composition Year. 1909 see below. Genre Categories. Symphonic poems; For orchestra; Scores featuring the orchestra; For piano 4 hands (arr); Scores featuring the piano (arr); Scores featuring the piano 4 hands (arr); For 2 players (arr)
