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2 years ago
Carlos Miguel Priteo conducts Rachmaninov - Symphony 2

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Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (1 Mov pt 1)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (1 Mov pt 2)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (3 mov pt 2)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (Mov 2 Part 1)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (Mov 4 pt 1)

Rachmaninov Symphony No.2 (Mov 4 pt 2)
2 years ago
Martha Argerich plays Rachmaniov - Piano Concerto 3

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Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich - Part 1

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich - Part 2

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich - Part 3

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich - Part 4

Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 3 - Martha Argerich - Part 5
2 years ago
Horowitz plays Rachmaninov

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Horowitz Rachmaninoff 3rd Concerto Mehta NYPO 1978

Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No.5 - Vladimir Horowitz
2 years ago
Rachmaninov as a Pianist

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Rachmaninoff plays Bach "Sarabanda" from Partita #4, BWV 828

Rachmaninoff plays Mendelssohn "Spinning Song"

Rachmaninoff plays Schubert Impromptu Op. 90 No. 4

Rachmaninoff plays Scriabin Prelude Op. 11 No. 8

Rachmaninoff plays Tchaikovsky Lullaby Op. 16

Rachmaninoff plays "The Swan" by Saint-Saëns

Sergei Rachmaninoff plays Liszt Polonaise No. 2 in E major

Sergei Rachmaninoff plays Schumann "Carnaval" Op. 9

Sergey Rachmaninov plays Gluck "Melody"

About Dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninov

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RachmaninovMad

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Apr 1, 2009

Date Joined

Mar 30, 2009

About this user

Hello, I am Daniel. I am absolutely obsessed with the music of Sergei Rachmaninov.

My Channels:
1. earthatic
2. RachmaninovMad

Please do visit my other channel, Earthatic, it is my main channel and I do upload videos on that channel.

I will not upload videos to this account, this is just a channel of playlists. There will be playlists, more playlists, even more playlists, and yes, even more playlists! Please do look around my channel!

Sergei Rachmaninov - Short Biography

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov was born on the 1st April 1873. He showed early talent as a pianist. Sergei was sent to studyat the Saint Petersburg Conservatory before moving to Moscow to study piano under Nikolai Zverev and Alexander Siloti. He also studied harmony and counterpoint. He also showed great skill in composition. While still a student, he wrote the one-act opera, Aleko, for which he was awarded a gold medal in composition, his First Piano Concerto, and a set of piano pieces, Morceaux de Fantaisie (Op. 3, 1892), which includes the famous Prelude in C sharp minor.
Everything was going well for Rachmaninov until the failure of his first symphony, the conductor (Glazunov) was rumoured to be drunk while conducting! This sent Rachmaninov in to depression. This depression lasted until he met Nikolai Dahl. Dahl encouraged Rachmaninov to continue composing and one of Rachmaninov's most famous pieces, the second piano concerto, was composed and dedicated to Dahl.
Rachmaninov made his first tour in the USA in 1909 with his brand new Piano Concerto 3. Rachmaninov had also recently composed his second symphony which was a tremendous hit.
Rachmaninov left Russia and set for living in the USA. In his time in the USA, he composed loads of major pieces, including the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, his fourth piano concerto and the third symphony. In the USA, Rachmaninov didn't compose as much as he had in Russia. He concentrated on being a pianist. He is famous for his large hands, being able to reach a long way apart on the piano, (Start at middle C, go up an octave and go to the next A!). Rachmaninov's final composition was his Symphonic Dances. He died of melanoma in Beverly Hills, four days before his 70th birthday on the 28th March 1943.

My Top 10 pieces of Rachmaninov:
#1 - Piano Concerto 3
#2 - Piano Concerto 2
#3 - Symphony 2
#4 - Piano Concerto 1
#5 - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
#6 - Symphonic Dances
#7 - Piano Concerto 4
#8 - The Bells
#9 - Prelude in B Flat Major
#10 - Prelude in C Sharp Minor

Underneath are my favourite Rachmaninov CD's.

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Dedicated to Sergei Rachmaninov

Carlos Miguel Priteo conducts Rachmaninov - Symphony 2

Martha Argerich plays Rachmaniov - Piano Concerto 3

Horowitz plays Rachmaninov

Rachmaninov as a Pianist