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 ...

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 ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto No 1 in F minor, Op. 1, Rachmaninoff, piano, Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Eugene Ormandy (rec. 1940). Sony/RCA Byron Janis, piano, Moscow Philharmonic ...

Rachmaninov’s First Symphony of 1895 is a tricky work to bring off. The composer never got around to revising it, though he expressed an inclination to do so, and it has remained one of those ...

Pianist Simon Trpceski is joined by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Vasily Petrenko, in this compelling coupling of Rachmaninov’s Piano Concertos Nos 1 and 4. Trpceski captures the mood ...

Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 has been voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music. The music topped the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame poll for the second year in a row, after it ...

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