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...
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MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kissin) | |
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MUSSORGSKY, M.: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kissin)
Composers:
Balakirev, Mily Alexeyevich -- Grunfeld, Alfred -- Liszt, Franz -- Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Scriabin, Alexander
Artist:
Kissin, Evgeny
Label/Producer: Christopher Nupen Film |
NAXOS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Classical Concert, 2017) | |
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NAXOS 30TH ANNIVERSARY CONCERT (Classical Concert, 2017)
Composers:
Berens, Herman -- Martinu, Bohuslav -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Ravel, Maurice -- Schumann, Robert
Artists:
Giltburg, Boris -- Rimmer, Nicholas -- Schwabe, Gabriel -- Yang, Tianwa
Label/Producer: Naxos |
NEBOLSIN, Eldar: Live in Concert in St. Petersburg - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / RACHMANINOV, S. / BEETHOVEN, L. van | |
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NEBOLSIN, Eldar: Live in Concert in St. Petersburg - TCHAIKOVSKY, P.I. / RACHMANINOV, S. / BEETHOVEN, L. van
Composers:
Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Lande, Vladimir -- Nebolsin, Eldar -- St. Petersburg State Symphony Orchestra
Label/Producer: Naxos |
NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2007 (Bashmet, Bronfman, Gergiev) | |
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NEW YEAR'S CONCERT 2007 (Bashmet, Bronfman, Gergiev)
Composers:
Berlioz, Hector -- Borodin, Alexander Porfir'yevich -- Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich -- Liszt, Franz -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Strauss II, Johann -- Verdi, Giuseppe -- Wagner, Richard
Artists:
Bashmet, Yuri -- Bronfman, Yefim -- Gergiev, Valery -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Chorus -- St. Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra
Label/Producer: Bel Air Classiques |
OPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITES (Royal Opera House, 1993) | |
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OPERA AND BALLET FAVOURITES (Royal Opera House, 1993)
Composers:
Puccini, Giacomo -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay Andreyevich -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich
Artists:
Barlow, Stephen -- Benjamin, Leanne -- Burchuladze, Paata -- Bussell, Darcey -- Collier, Lesley -- Cooper, Adam -- Deller-Takemura, Maria -- Domingo, Placido -- Downes, Edward -- Durante, Viviana -- Fisher, Jonathan -- Hvorostovsky, Dmitri -- Kanawa, Kiri Te -- Kumakawa, Tetsuya -- Leiferkus, Sergey -- Loots, Iohna -- McGorian, Elizabeth -- Mosley, Philip -- Mukhamedov, Irek -- Royal Ballet, Covent Garden -- Royal Opera House Orchestra, Covent Garden -- Sansom, Bruce -- Solymosi, Zoltan -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Tomowa Sintow, Anna -- Vanderspar, Christopher -- Wordsworth, Barry
Label/Producer: Opus Arte |
Orchestral Music - RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. / BERLIOZ, H. (Abduraimov, Munich Philharmonic, Gergiev) (BBC Proms, 2016) | |
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Orchestral Music - RAVEL, M. / STRAUSS, R. / BERLIOZ, H. (Abduraimov, Munich Philharmonic, Gergiev) (BBC Proms, 2016)
Composers:
Berlioz, Hector -- Liszt, Franz -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Ravel, Maurice -- Ustvolskaya, Galina Ivanovna
Artists:
Abduraimov, Behzod -- Gergiev, Valery -- Munich Philharmonic Orchestra -- Petrenko, Andrei
Label/Producer: Naxos |
Piano Duo Recital: Freire, Nelson / Argerich, Martha - CHOPIN, F. / DEBUSSY, C. / RACHMANINOV, S. / RAVEL, M. | |
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Piano Duo Recital: Freire, Nelson / Argerich, Martha - CHOPIN, F. / DEBUSSY, C. / RACHMANINOV, S. / RAVEL, M.
Composers:
Chopin, Fryderyk -- Debussy, Claude -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Ravel, Maurice
Artists:
Argerich, Martha -- Freire, Nelson
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
Piano Recital: Berman, Lazar - SCHUMANN, R. / LISZT, F. / RACHMANINOV, S. (The 1988 Tokyo Recital) | |
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Piano Recital: Berman, Lazar - SCHUMANN, R. / LISZT, F. / RACHMANINOV, S. (The 1988 Tokyo Recital)
Composers:
Liszt, Franz -- Rachmaninov, Sergei -- Schumann, Robert
Artist:
Berman, Lazar
Label/Producer: Dynamic |
Piano Recital: Chochieva, Zlata - CHOPIN, F. / LISZT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / MEDTNER, N. / RACHMANINOV, S. (Home Music Berlin Concert 5) | |
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Piano Recital: Chochieva, Zlata - CHOPIN, F. / LISZT, F. / MENDELSSOHN, Felix / MEDTNER, N. / RACHMANINOV, S. (Home Music Berlin Concert 5)
Composers:
Chopin, Fryderyk -- Liszt, Franz -- Medtner, Nicolas -- Mendelssohn, Felix -- Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Chochieva, Zlata
Label/Producer: PARS Media |
Piano Recital: Grimaud, Helene - BACH, J.S. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / BRAHMS, J. / RACHMANINOV, S. | |
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Piano Recital: Grimaud, Helene - BACH, J.S. / BEETHOVEN, L. van / BRAHMS, J. / RACHMANINOV, S.
Composers:
Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Brahms, Johannes -- Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Grimaud, Helene
Label/Producer: Digital Classics Distribution |
RACHMANINOV REVISITED (Documentary, 2020) | |
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RACHMANINOV REVISITED (Documentary, 2020)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artists:
Bronfman, Yefim -- Brown, Melody -- Douglas, Barry -- Fedorova, Anna -- Kern, Olga -- Kobrin, Alexander -- Lisitsa, Valentina -- Matsuev, Denis -- Pletnev, Mikhail -- Tsujii, Nobuyuki
Label/Producer: EuroArts |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor (arr. for 2 marimbas) (DoubleBeats) (from Naxos 8.574056) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes, Op. 23: No. 5 in G Minor (arr. for 2 marimbas) (DoubleBeats) (from Naxos 8.574056)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
DoubleBeats
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 2 in B-Flat Major (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 3 in D Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 3 in D Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 4 in D Major (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 4 in D Major (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 5 in G Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 10 Preludes: No. 5 in G Minor (Masterclass with Boris Giltburg) (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Problem Solving in Action) (Golandsky) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes, Op. 32: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Problem Solving in Action) (Golandsky)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Golandsky, Edna
Label/Producer: Golandsky Institute |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes: No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |
RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes: No. 5 in G Major (Giltburg) | |
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RACHMANINOV, S.: 13 Preludes: No. 5 in G Major (Giltburg)
Composer:
Rachmaninov, Sergei
Artist:
Giltburg, Boris
Label/Producer: Naxos |