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Bach Toccata, Performed by Anna Malikova
…Prize at the ARD Competition Munich, establishing herself internationally. Malikova performs worldwide and has recorded numerous CDs, including works by Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Soler. Her five piano…
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Listening Forward Without Letting Go
…snap of his dances. Prokofiev’s energy still feels urban and fresh, even when it’s historical film music like “The Battle on the Ice”. Britten fused conscience and craft in works…
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Modest Mussorgsky
…music had a profound influence on subsequent generations of Russian composers, including his contemporaries in “The Five” and later composers such as Sergei Rachmaninoff and Igor Stravinsky. His emphasis on…
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Smetana – Ma Vlast, 1st Movement, Performed by Second Queensland Youth Orchestra
The Second Queensland Youth Orchestra (QYO2), conducted by Sergei V Korschmin, performed the beautiful symphonic poem “Vyšehrad” from Bedřich Smetana’s “Ma Vlast” (My Fatherland) during a tour in Sydney. The…
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My Fatherland by Bedřich Smetana – 3rd Movement
QYO2, the Second Queensland Youth Orchestra, conducted by Sergei V Korschmin, performs Bedřich Smetana’s Ma Vlast, Movement 3, Šárka, My Fatherland in a lunchtime concert at Verbrugghen Hall, Sydney Conservatorium…
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Igor Stravinsky
…in New York. His funeral was held in Venice, and he was laid to rest on the island of San Michele, close to his long-time friend, Sergei Diaghilev. Igor Stravinsky’s…
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Niccolò Paganini
…and Eugène Ysaÿe. His compositions, especially the Caprices, have inspired works by some of the greatest composers, including Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. Personal Life and Legacy Despite…
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Rachmaninoff Symphonic Dances, Op. 45, Performed by WDR Sinfonieorchester
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s complete Symphonic Dances, performed by the WDR Symphony Orchestra under conductor Semyon Bychkov….
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Rachmaninoff – 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Georgii Cherkin with the Sofia Philharmony Orchestra performs the 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, b.y Sergei Rachmaninoff
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Miriam K. Smith Plays Rachmaninoff Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19 – 3rd Movement
Miriam K. Smith, cello, performs the 3rd movement of Rachmaninoff’s Cello Sonata in G Minor Op. 19 with pianist Sandra Wright Shen. The Andante movement was recorded during a commercial…
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Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1, Op. 13
Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 1, conducted by Dimitris Botinis with the North Caucasus Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Rachmaninoff’s Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, 18th Variation
Rachmaninoff’s “Rhapsody on the 18th Variation of a Theme by Paganini” is a stunning and virtuosic piano composition that showcases the composer’s extraordinary talent. Based on a theme originally composed…
