(Sâr’-ga Va-sil-ya’-vech Rakh-ma’-ne-nof) 1873–1943 Russian composer Rachmaninov studied with Arensky and Taneyev in Moscow, graduating with the Great Gold Medal in 1892. The same year, he composed his famous Prelude in C sharp minor. In 1897, the premiere of his First Symphony had a hostile reception and he ceased composing for three years. However, he was able to ...
their composing. In Schumann’s case, his ambition to be a virtuoso performer was abruptly halted by (perhaps self-inflicted) damage to his fingers in his early twenties. A century later Rachmaninov was not only a very late Romantic composer, he also matched the stereotype by being a highly regarded pianist. During the Romantic period, the pianist acquired heroic status. ...
, but was also heavily influenced by Tchaikovsky whom he met, along with Taneyev, while he was working as professor at the Moscow Conservatory. Among his pupils were Rachmaninov, Glière and Alexander Scriabin. During a virtuoso career he held the coveted positions of Director of the Russian Choral Society (1888–95), council member of the School of Church Music ...
(D’me’-tre Shus-ta-ko’vich) 1906–75 Russian composer Shostakovich was the first of his country’s composers to come to attention after the Russian Revolution of 1917, and since Stravinsky, Rachmaninov and (until the 1930s) Prokofiev were all living abroad, his early successes made him the great hope of Soviet music. He became associated with the Western-influenced modernist movement in the Soviet ...
b. 1971 Russian pianist A child prodigy, he gave his first solo recital at the age of 10 and as a teenager worked with Karajan, later collaborating with Solti, Giulini, Abbado, Maazel and Ashkenazy among conductors, and with Martha Argerich, Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell in chamber music. But it is for solo performances ...
Rhapsody in Blue Written very rapidly (Gershwin did not have time to orchestrate it himself) in 1924 for a concert of ‘symphonic syncopation’ at New York’s Aeolian Hall attended by Rachmaninov, Rhapsody in Blue takes jazz and other popular styles and develops them symphonically. No other work of its kind has achieved such lasting popularity. Introduction | Modern Era | ...
her repertory. Recommended Recording: La bohème, soloists, Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus & Orchestra (cond) Tullio Serafin (Decca) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov | Late Romantic | Classical ...
appeared regularly with the Berlin Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Philharmonic and other major orchestras. Praised especially for his Grieg performances, his repertoire also embraces Mozart, Schubert, Rachmaninov, Lutosławski and Kurtág. He co-founded the Risør Chamber Music Festival in Norway, and was its artistic director 1991–2010. Introduction | Contemporary | Classical Personalities | Martha Argerich | ...
Origin Of Symmetry (2001) was a more expansive collection, featuring Bellamy’s untamed riffing and drawing on influences as diverse as Rage Against The Machine, Ned’s Atomic Dustbin, Rachmaninov and Philip Glass. As remarkable as his guitar style was, Bellamy’s soaring voice added emotion to the bombast. His riff from the single ‘Plug In Baby’ has been hailed ...
(1894), the masterly Symphony No. 4 in C minor (1898), dedicated to Glazunov, and much chamber music. An influential teacher, he included among his pupils Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Rachmaninov, Sergey Lyapunov (1859–1924) and Glière. Recommended Recording: Piano Quintet, Piano Trio, Vadim Repin, Lynn Harrell, Mikhail Pletnev, et al (Deutsche Grammophon) Introduction | Late ...
debut came in 1963 and since then he has given recitals and concerto performances all over the world and has made many recordings including the complete Mozart, Beethoven and Rachmaninov concertos. Since the 1970s he has had a parallel career as a conductor and has held the positions of principal guest conductor with the Philharmonia Orchestra and the Cleveland Orchestra ...
Gustav Mahler Leading Exponents Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Gabriel Fauré Antonín Dvořák Edward Elgar Giacomo Puccini Gustav Mahler Hugo Wolf Richard Strauss Jean Sibelius Carl Nielsen Leoš Janáček Alexander Scriabin Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov Late Romantic Style Late Romantic compositions are defined by dramatic dynamics and extreme harmonies that sound as though they conflict. Introduction | Classical Music Styles & Forms | Twentieth Century ...
ambivalent allegretto, the apparently jubilant helter-skelter of the final movement rings distinctly hollow. Russia also produced two of the other most widely performed twentieth-century symphonists. The three works by Rachmaninov, of which the Second (1906–08) has enjoyed the most popularity, compensate in melodic opulence for what they occasionally lack in formal cohesion. Prokofiev’s Symphony No. 1, ‘Classical’ ...
unique. The works of the Russian Romantics Modest Mussorgsky (1839–82) and Anton Rubinstein (1829–94), the French Impressionists Debussy and Maurice Ravel (1875–1937), and the great pianist-composers Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) and Rachmaninov are all unthinkable without the realization by both Liszt and Paganini that virtuosity can be elevated to the status of great art. As Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) later remarked: ‘A difficulty ...
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