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, ...

Among Sergei Rachmaninoff's grandest musical expressions are his piano concertos, because he conceived them for himself as the soloist. We take you to a concert in Frankfurt to hear Rachmaninoff's ...

Throughout the week Classic FM’s presenters bring you the best new recordings, including world exclusives and premiere broadcasts of latest releases. This week: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 1 by ...

These concertos span Rachmaninov's career, from his farewell to Russia (the piano concerto No 1 of 1891) to his uneasy exile in the new world, where he encountered 1920s jazz and big bands but wrote ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Malmö Symphony Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Noriko Ogawa, Musician, Piano Owain Arwel Hughes, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 Sergey ...

How did Sergei Rachmaninov snag a songwriting credit for a pop ballad written decades after his death? The answer lies in his enduringly popular Piano Concerto No.2... The late American ...

Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra Sergey Rachmaninov, Composer Simon Trpceski, Piano Vasily Petrenko, Conductor Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 4 ...

It is only a fortnight ago that a disc of Rachmaninov’s orchestral music performed by the RLPO and Vasily Petrenko featured here as CD of the Week. But these things happen, and it would be quite wrong ...

Tom Service explores Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto, asking what is the secret of its continuing emotional appeal and also why critics disliked it so much. Show more Tom Service examines one of ...

Listening to these two concertos is like flying by the seat of your pants. Khatia Buniatishvili has acquired a reputation as a young pianist of fire and brilliance, and she does not disappoint in ...

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, ...

We welcome acclaimed Rachmaninoff interpreters from around the world and spanning multiple generations, for back-to-back iterations of the composer’s four Piano Concertos. Ryan Wang, Jeneba ...