Rachmaninoff Documentary - The Harvest Of Sorrow

Debussy - Rachmaninoff - Schubert

 

 

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, perhaps the last great representative of Romanticism in classical music.Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom that included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structural ingenuity, and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestral colors.The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output. He made a point of using his own skills as a performer to explore fully the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Even in his earliest works he revealed a sure grasp of idiomatic piano writing and a striking gift for melody.