Sergey Vassilievich Rachmaninoff
Born: 1st April 1873, Starorussky Uyezd
Died: 28th March 1943, Beverly Hills
Nationality: Russian
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness, dense contrapuntal textures, and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he used his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument.
Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff began learning the piano at the age of four.
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- Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat minor (1)
- Étude-Tableau, Op. 39 No. 9 in D major (1)
- Fragments (1)
- Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3 (1)
- Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30 (1)
- Polka italienne (1)
- Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C sharp minor (4)
- Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42 (1)
- Vespers, Op. 37: Bogoroditse Devo (Rejoice, O Virgin) (1)
- Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 (6)
