Is Slavic melancholy so different to any other kind? According to fans of Rachmaninov’s gorgeously melancholic music, the answer is definitely yes. They insist only Russian pianists can really ...

The news that Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 has been voted number one in Classic FM’s Hall of Fame for the second year running is not really news. Rachmaninov is popular? Do bears do what ...

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, ...

Assured performances from the RPO as part of its ongoing “Lights in the Dark” series that brought career correspondences ...

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 ...

Late-career works by Lyadov, Bartók and Rachmaninov dominated the program, which featured Inon Barnatan as piano soloist.

Bruce Liu joins the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra for Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, along with music by two emigrée composers, Korngold and Bartók. Show more Bruce Liu joins the ...

No disrespect to Ravel and Rachmaninov, who contributed their own lively music to a dance-themed evening, but the title of Lisa Robertson’s ...

Watch Klaus Mäkelä conducts Ravel With Yuja Wang and the Orchestre de Paris 59 min Watch the programme More Mikhaïl Pletnev with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France Rachmaninov's concertos: ...