Why Listen to Rachmaninoff?

A dive into the life and music of one of the great late-Romantic pianist composers, Sergei Rachmaninoff. Music included (Listening List): Piano Concerto no. 2 - First Movement Lilacs Op. 21 no. 5 Six moments musicaux - no. 5 Grieg's Piano Concerto - First Movement Piano Concerto no. 1 - First Movement Tchaikovsky's String Quartet no. 1 - Scherzo Six moments musicaux - no. 1 Prelude in C-sharp minor Isle of the Dead Op. 29 Piano Concerto no. 2 - Second Movement Symphony no. 1 - First Movement Piano Concerto no. 2 - Third Movement Nocturne no. 2 in F Major All-Night Vigil Op. 37 - 2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda Symphony no. 2 - Adagio Symphonic Dances - Finale Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - 18th Variation 0:00 - Introduction 2:00 - Early Life 4:11 - Prelude in C# Minor 5:23 - Death as a Motif 6:23 - Piano Concertos 7:50 - The 2nd Piano Concerto 10:13 - Best Known Works 10:45 - WW1 and the All-Night Vigil 12:12 - Late Work: The Symphonic Dances 12:55 - Finale