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Extractions: Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff " I have never been able to make up my mind as to what was my true calling that of composer, pianist, or conductor . . . I am constantly troubled by the misgiving that, in venturing into too many fields, I may have failed to make the best use of my life." Rachmaninoff was born at the estate of Oneg, near Novgorod. Sergei was born into a wealthy family, but by the time Rachmaninoff turned nine his family had to move out of the estate and were left with nothing because of his father's wastefulness. He began to study piano with his mother at the age of four. He continued his studies with the great pianists Zvereff and Arenski. While still a student, he composed. In 1905 and 1906, he conducted at the Imperial Grand Theatre of Moscow. He conducted the Philharmonic concerts in Moscow from 1911 to 1913. During World War I, he played at many charity concerts. He fled Russia during the revolution for financial freedom and arrived at New York; he later became a US citizen. The Piano Concerti
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Extractions: Country: Russia/USA Detailed Information about Introduction (born Semyonovo, 1 April 1873; died Beverley Hills, 28 March 1943). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory (1885-92) under Zverev (where Skryabin was a fellow pupil) and his cousin Ziloti for piano and Taneyev and Arensky for composition, graduating with distinction as both pianist and composer (the opera Aleko , given at the Bol'shoy in 1893, was his diploma piece). 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, poorly conducted by Glazunov, brought about a creative despair that was not dispelled until he sought medical help in 1900: then he quickly composed his Second Piano Concerto. Meanwhile he had set out on a new career as a conductor, appearing in Moscow and London; he later was conductor at the Bol'shoy, 1904-6. By this stage, and most particularly in the Piano Concerto no.2, the essentials of his art had been assembled: the command of the emotional gesture conceived as lyrical melody extended from small motifs, the concealrnent behind this of subtleties in orchestration and structure, the broad sweep of his lines and forms, the predominant melancholy and nostalgia, the loyalty to the finer Russian Romanticism inherited from
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Extractions: It is tempting to explain Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov's lifelong outward stoicism, the icy demeanor he always exhibited when performing, as a protective mechanism acquired slowly and painfully in his youth, when one difficulty after another presented itself to a sensitive, naturally withdrawn young man who was nevertheless determined to make his way in the world as a musician. He had little help from his parents. His father squandered the famiIy fortune so quickly that Sergey was only nine years old when he saw the estate at Novgorod where they had lived, the last of their property, auctioned off to pay debts. By that time Rachmaninov was studying piano with his cousin Alexander Ziloti and composing prolifically. He would endure further hardships, but at least his genius was also being recognized, and he began to gather champions to his cause. An early convert was the older composer Peter Tchaikovsky, who attended the performance of his graduation piece, the opera Aleko. Tchaikovsky was to have conducted another early Rachmaninov work, the symphonic fantasy The Rock , but he died before being able to do so (Rachmaninov responded by writing an Elegiac Trio in his memory). Another ambitious early work. the
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Extractions: Total running time: Sleeve Notes: Piano Concertos by Rachmaninoff and Hummel Sergei Rachmaninoff was among the greatest pianists and composers of his generation and his Piano Concerto No. 2 has remained one of the most popular and challenging works for pianists worldwide. It is often at the top of classical music radio station listeners polls. In contrast, Johann Hummel, who experienced a considerably less turbulent career than Rachmaninoff, preferred the lighter toned Viennese style. His developments in the art of piano playing may arguably have contributed to the techniques that Rachmaninoff employed some thirty years later. Hummel was a respected and popular pianist who sought to develop the art of piano playing and may have encouraged his pupil, Carl Czerny to do the same and compose his famous piano exercises. He composed in almost every musical form with the exception of the symphony. Following his tour of 1822, Hummel found himself drawing on Russian influences and his Rondo Brilliant is a souvenir dedicated to Princess Gertchakoff which incorporates a Russian folk song. The variation and the rondo were forms Hummel particularly enjoyed and this rarely recorded work is a perfect example.
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Extractions: Email Map Hello! Advertise Swap Link Network Affiliates Classifieds ... Piano Rachmaninoff Artist Song Album Composer Composition Instrument SPONSORED LINKS Want to add your LINK here for $ CDN/year? Contact us at evaluate@micro2media.com DISCOGRAPHY TOP LINKS Much of the information in this page is based on Scott Colebank's (of Prairie Village of Kansas, USA) Discography of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30. I'm extremely grateful to Mr. Colebank for his research on the Third Concerto and his permission to allow me to create this page based on his research. A titan among pianists, Sergei Rachmaninoff's recordings have become benchmark performances. He combined his formidable technique with a profound understanding of the music he was playing. Societies and Rachmaninoff Fan Sites, Rachmaninoff Top Sites, A lifetime of Music, ... Imagínese usted que se encuentra, por una calle oscura y solitaria en mitad de la noche, a un hombre muy alto, con una amplia complexión física, el pelo muy corto, nudillos grandes y separados (que denotan personalidad agresiva según Conan Doyle), unas manos enormes, con los rasgos de la cara muy marcados, labios anchos y con expresión hierática, con cara de "pocos amigos", vestido elegantemente. Si este hombre se le acerca en esas circunstancias, como mínimo sentiría temor. En ese momento le pregunta: ¿Qué hora es, por favor? Entonces usted se calmaría bastante, y observaría en el rostro de Rachmaninoff una leve sonrisa, casi como la de la "Mona lisa".
Prokofiev Discography Prokofiev as pianist. by Mark Arnest. 35 (Fantasia, transcribed by Prokofiev)*,70014. rachmaninoff, Prelude in g minor, Op. 23 5, 6198-4. Scriabin, Prelude,Op. http://home.earthlink.net/~marnest/prokofiev.html
Extractions: Prokofiev as Pianist by Mark Arnest 1. "Rollography" of Duo-Art Reproducing Piano Rolls 2. Discography of 78 RPM Electrical Recordings for His Master's Voice (HMV) Notes on Prokofiev's 78 RPM Recordings These were recorded around 1920. All of them have been reissued on Fonoteca 1019; most of them were reissued in 1995 on LaserLight 14 203 (these are marked below with an asterisk); and a few are available on miscellaneous CDs (e.g., the Toccata on Olympia OCD 208). Br.: British catalog number. The source of this "rollography" is Larry Sitsky, "The Classical Reproducing Piano Roll" (Greenwood Press, 1990). Used with permission. Composer Piece Duo-Art Catalog # Glazunov Gavotte, Op. 49 #3* Miaskovsky Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Promenade; The Old Castle) Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition (Bydlo; Ballet of Chicks in Their Eggs)* Prokofiev Gavotte, Op. 12 #2* Prokofiev Love for Three Oranges: Intermezzo* Prokofiev Love for Three Oranges: March British Duo-Art 8018 Prokofiev Marche, Op. 12 #1*
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Extractions: Sergei Rachmaninoff was one of the finest pianists who ever lived. He was helped, no doubt by his pair of huge hands. He was born in Oneg (near Novgorod) on April 1, 1873 and he died in Beverly Hills on March 28, 1943. Until the death of his friend Scriabin, Rachmaninoff had only played his own music in recitals. After Scriabin died in 1915, Rachmaninoff played his friend's music at a series of recitals, but in a completely different style from Scriabin. Many were outraged, but a young Prokofiev came backstage and told Rachmaninoff that he played very well. Rachmaninoff asked: "And you thought I'd play badly?" After that Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev didn't speak for years. Rachmaninoff was an early wunderkind - he entered the Moscow conservatory when he was 14. He won medals for his piano playing, and he was very serious about composition early in his life. During preparations for performance of the students' final projects, the professor in charge freely cut and altered the students' compositions, but Rachaminoff not only refused to make any changes, he even had the nerve to point out the errors in the professor's conducting. In 1892 he wrote the famous Prelude in C-sharp minor. There is a story that the reason this prelude became so popular is because Rachmaninoff forgot to copywright it, so all the publishers had a field day with it. His first symphony, on the other hand, was very badly received. Afterwards he could not write any music for three years. He was treated by a hypnotic specialist, Dr. Nikolai Dahl, who repeated over and over: "You will write your concerto... You will write your concerto... You will work with great facility... The concerto will be of excellent quality." Rachmaninoff did write a concerto, finishing it in 1901, and it became his most popular work. In the years before World War I Rachmaninoff wrote many excellent songs, including Vocalise, and extremely challenging piano piece, "tailored to his own spectacular hands."
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Extractions: email info@sgouros-pianist.com Biography photos Arthur Rubinstein exclaimed: I thank God for keeping me alive so that I would be able to hear with my own ears Sgouros play. He is the best pianist I have ever heard, including myself. He then took off his gold watch and put it on Dimitris Sgouros' wrist as if passing on the torch. Two months later he was dead. Born in Athens, Greece in 1969, Dimitris Sgouros began his career as an 8 year old prodigy at the Athens Conservatory, where by the time he completed his studies he had received every award given. He then continued his studies at the University of Maryland and the Royal Music of Academy of London, from which he graduated with 98% - the highest mark ever granted by the Academy. In 1982 at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., under the direction of Mstislav Rostropovich, performing Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3. He has recorded 10 albums which are sold in many countries, with compositions for solo piano by Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Mozart and also Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto and Tchaikovskys Fantasia with the London Philharmonic, and Liszts Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Slovenia, to name a few as well as the 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos by J. Brahms with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
Composer Biographies -Classical 102.1 KDFC biographies courtesy of The Grove Concise Dictionary of Music sergei RachmaninoffBorn Died Nationality Occupation History Russian composer and pianist. http://kdfc.com/new/composers_detail.cfm?id=435
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Extractions: Joshua Pierce, piano Sergei Vassileivitch Rachmaninoff was born on April 2, 1873 at Oneg, Novgorod, Russia. He died in Beverly Hills, California, March 28, 1943. All during his life, and for many decades after his passing, Sergei Rachmaninoff was regarded as - at best - an anomoly, a throwback to the 19th century, as his music always expressed itself through an unabashedly Romantic language: At times haunting, morose and forboding; at others, gentle, passionate and con molte dolce. But always, all these conflicting pathos would recede as the finales of his greatest works - such as the Symphony No. 2, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the valedictory Symphonic Dances - would give way to beautiful resolutions of triumph. If listening to Rachamaninoff seemed to some a futile exercise in depression and an exploration of the depths of sorrow, this was because of the complexity of the composer himself. Almost all of Rachmaninoff's major works were undergirded by the Roman Catholic Dies Irae. But that was only half of the story; for the listener will have found himself transported from the inevitability of death, to rise above the despair and exalt in the life-affirming, powerful finales for which the composer was so well-known. Only in Die Toteninsel (after Arnold Boecklin's painting) is death the final arbiter.
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873 - 1943) After study at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Sergey Rachmaninovembarked on a career in Russia as a composer, pianist and conductor. http://www.hnh.com/composer/rachmani.htm
Extractions: After study at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Sergey Rachmaninov embarked on a career in Russia as a composer, pianist and conductor. Exile from his own country after the Communist Revolution of 1917 forced an increased concentration on performance, as one of the most distinguished pianists of the day, activity that enabled him to support his family but left less time for his work as a composer. For practical reasons he eventually based himself in the United States, while keeping a villa in Switzerland. He died in Beverly Hills in 1943. Orchestral Music The second of Rachmaninov's four piano concertos holds an unchallenged position among romantic works in this form, its popularity closely rivalled by the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra. While the Symphonic Dances of 1940 enjoy some popularity, as well as the symphonic poem The Rock and the dark-hued Isle of the Dead, with its recurrent motif from the Latin Requiem Mass, the second of his three numbered symphonies is still more familiar. Recommended Recordings Piano Concerto No. 2 /
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