Russian & Soviet Music - Classic sergei Lyapunov (18591924) sergei Liapunov - Composer and pianist - by Ryan Rachmaninov'sPage - by Matthew J. Dovey; The sergei rachmaninoff Information Page http://www.slavweb.com/eng/Russia/music/class-e.html
Greg Sandow -- Rachmaninoff 3d Comparisons and shade of the old romantic school, but in sheer strength and command grandeur,even he's the equal of any pianist here. sergei rachmaninoff (40 seconds http://www.gregsandow.com/rach3.htm
Extractions: This all started with a "Consumer Guide" I wrote for the Village Voice, New York's big alternative weekly. I listened to 17 recordings of this suddenly popular concerto, and wrote 17 quick paragraphs, with a grade attached to each one. Poor David Helfgott got an F; Vladimir Horowitz got an A, for his version with Fritz Reiner conducting. (Though a later Horowitz release, a live performance with Eugene Ormandy, only got C+.) You can read this adventure, right here on this site. Much later and by a happy coincidence I was asked to write about the concerto once again, this time for the Los Angeles Times. In fact, I was asked to defend it against critical attacks, which I was happy to do. The more I listened to it, for my Voice consumer guide, the more I loved it. And I enlisted two very articulate pianists to help me defend it Alexander Toradze, and Byron Janis. This piece, too, is available here But you want to hear the music my comparisons of six pianists playing the same Rach 3 excerpt. Click the RA icons below to hear the pianist of your choice, and if you have RealAudio 3.0 or higher installed on your computer you'll hear the excerpts "streaming" down the Internet in real time.
Alexandre Pirojenko (Alexander Pirozhenko) - Pianist sergei rachmaninoff Concerto Nr.2 cmoll, op.18; sergei Prokofiev Concerto Nr.1Des-dur, op.10; the surprise, personified by young pianist Alexandre Pirojenko. http://private.peterlink.ru/pirozhenko/
Extractions: Alexandre PIROJENKO (Alexander PIROZHENKO) Concert Pianist BIOGRAPHY RESUME REPERTOIRE REVIEWS ... LINKS BIOGRAPHY Alexandre Pirojenko was born on November 3, 1979 in St.Petersburg, Russia. He won prizes of the following international piano competitions: The Paula Cussi International Piano Competition to Celebrate the Tercentenary of St. Petersburg, Russia (2003, 1st PRIZE) The 4th International Piano Competition in Memory of Vladimir Horowitz in Kiev, Ukraine (2001, nd PRIZE, Silver medal) The 8th Newport International Piano Competition, UK (2000, 1st PRIZE) The 4th Orleans Concours International Piano XXe Siecle, France (2000, 3 rd PRIZE, Bronze medal) The International Bremen Piano Competition, Germany (1999, 2 nd PRIZE) The 3rd International Prokofiev Piano Competition in St.Petersburg, Russia (1999, 3 rd PRIZE) The 5th International Competition for Music and Art School Students in Takasaki, Japan (1997, 2
Michael Kim's Homepage pianist and orchestra matched sounds from percussive to softly sighing and mood fromambling relaxation to whipcracking sergei rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto no http://www.lawrence.edu/fac/kimm/reviews.html
Extractions: AS CONCERTO SOLOIST Beethoven - Concerto no. 1, op. 15, with the Okanagan Symphony conducted by Douglas Sandford. "This fine young pianist has an efficient technique and is very musical. The slow movement was beautiful, and the final movement was zestful and brilliant." Dale Reubart, The Kelowna Daily Courier, B.C. Tchaikovsky - Concerto no. 1, op. 23, with the Fox Valley Symphony conducted by Brian Groner. "It was played wonderfully by pianist Michael Kim, a member of the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music faculty. Kim's playing is inspired, passionate, and controlled." Carrie T. Gruman-Trinkner, The Post-Crescent, WI Rachmaninoff - Concerto no. 2, op. 18, and Concerto no. 3, op. 30, with the Regina Symphony conducted by Victor Sawa. "The adjectives to describe Kim's soaring performance of this piece come not from musicology but from volcanology: explosive, eruptive, fiery, steaming, awesome." David Green, The Regina Leader-Post, SK.
Rachmaninoffworld.co.uk (18731943) Picture, biography, works, photographs, quotes, and links.Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevich co.uk (previously The sergei rachmaninoff Information Page). This page isdedicated to the great Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor. http://www.rachmaninoffworld.co.uk/
Extractions: :: main :: main biog works gallery ... contact Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) Welcome to the new rachmaninoffworld.co.uk (previously The Sergei Rachmaninoff Information Page This page is dedicated to the great Russian composer, virtuoso pianist and conductor. rachmaninoffworld.co.uk is currently under production and will shortly be launched with a new look, feel and a lot more content.
p궣 Martyn, Barrie. rachmaninoff Composer/pianist/Conductor. Palmieri, Robert.sergei Vasil'evich rachmaninoff A Guide to Reserch. http://homepage1.nifty.com/rachmaninoff/books/english.htm
Alexander Scriabin (1872-1915) Library Of Congress Citations Control No. 79383156 /MN/r853 Title Jean Carrington Cook, pianist. sound recording. 1979.rachmaninoff, sergei, 18731943. Morceaux de fantaisie, op. http://www.mala.bc.ca/~mcneil/cit/citlcscriabin.htm
Extractions: The Little Search Engine that Could Down to Name Citations National Library of Canada LC Online Catalog ... Free Email from Malaspina Book Citations [First 20 Records (of 163)] Author: Bowers, Faubion, 1917- Title: Scriabin: a biography of the Russian composer, 1871-1915. Published: Tokyo, Palo Alto [Calif.] Kodansha International [1969] Description: 2 v. illus., facsims., music, ports. 22 cm. LC Call No.: ML410.S5988 B7 Dewey No.: 786.1/0924 B ISBN: 0870110817 Subjects: Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Control No.: 69016374 /MN/r85 Author: Bowers, Faubion, 1917- Title: The new Scriabin; enigma and answers. Published: New York, St. Martin's Press [c1973] Description: xiv, 210 p. illus. 22 cm. LC Call No.: ML410.S5988 B68 Dewey No.: 786.1/092/4 B Notes: Bibliography: p. 205. Subjects: Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Control No.: 72092039 /MN/r85 Author: Swan, Alfred J. (Alfred Julius), 1890- Title: Scriabin, by Alfred J. Swan. Published: New York, Da Capo Press, 1969. Description: 119 p. 21 cm. Series: Da Capo Press music reprint series LC Call No.: ML410.S5988 S9 1969 Dewey No.: 786.1/0924 B Notes: Bibliography: p. [112] Subjects: Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich, 1872-1915. Control No.: 75076423 /MN/r932
Sergei Rachmaninov Grove Concise Dictionary of Music entry at the Classical Music Pages with biography, major works, Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevichsergei Rachmaninov (18731943 and his cousin Ziloti for piano and Taneyev and Arenskyfor composition, graduating with distinction as both pianist and composer http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/rachmaninov.html
Extractions: Country: Russia/USA Detailed Information about Introduction (born Semyonovo, 1 April 1873; died Beverley Hills, 28 March 1943). He studied at the Moscow Conservatory (1885-92) under Zverev (where Skryabin was a fellow pupil) and his cousin Ziloti for piano and Taneyev and Arensky for composition, graduating with distinction as both pianist and composer (the opera Aleko , given at the Bol'shoy in 1893, was his diploma piece). During the ensuing years he composed piano pieces (including his famous c-sharp Minor Prelude), songs and orchestral works, but the disastrous premiere in 1897 of his Symphony no.1, poorly conducted by Glazunov, brought about a creative despair that was not dispelled until he sought medical help in 1900: then he quickly composed his Second Piano Concerto. Meanwhile he had set out on a new career as a conductor, appearing in Moscow and London; he later was conductor at the Bol'shoy, 1904-6. By this stage, and most particularly in the Piano Concerto no.2, the essentials of his art had been assembled: the command of the emotional gesture conceived as lyrical melody extended from small motifs, the concealrnent behind this of subtleties in orchestration and structure, the broad sweep of his lines and forms, the predominant melancholy and nostalgia, the loyalty to the finer Russian Romanticism inherited from
Classical Pianist Dimitris Sgouros Biography celebration of Moscow and performed the 3rd Piano Concerto of sergei Rachmaninoffin the the critic Nikita Michalov saying We saw a great pianist perform a http://www.sgouros-pianist.com/biography.htm
Extractions: email info@sgouros-pianist.com Biography photos Arthur Rubinstein exclaimed: I thank God for keeping me alive so that I would be able to hear with my own ears Sgouros play. He is the best pianist I have ever heard, including myself. He then took off his gold watch and put it on Dimitris Sgouros' wrist as if passing on the torch. Two months later he was dead. Born in Athens, Greece in 1969, Dimitris Sgouros began his career as an 8 year old prodigy at the Athens Conservatory, where by the time he completed his studies he had received every award given. He then continued his studies at the University of Maryland and the Royal Music of Academy of London, from which he graduated with 98% - the highest mark ever granted by the Academy. In 1982 at the age of 12, Sgouros made his Carnegie Hall debut with the National Symphony Orchestra of Washington D.C., under the direction of Mstislav Rostropovich, performing Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3. He has recorded 10 albums which are sold in many countries, with compositions for solo piano by Schumann, Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Liszt and Mozart and also Rachmaninoffs Piano Concerto No. 3 with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Tchaikovsky's 1st Piano Concerto and Tchaikovskys Fantasia with the London Philharmonic, and Liszts Concerto No. 2 with the Philharmonic Orchestra of Slovenia, to name a few as well as the 1st and 2nd Piano Concertos by J. Brahms with the Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra.
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Works REPERTOIRE Bach (arranged by rachmaninoff) Three Movements from Violin Partitain E Major rachmaninoff Ten Preludes, Opus 23 rachmaninoff Three Etudes http://www.jrirecordings.com/Pages/JPages/j106.html
Rachmaninov, Sergey (1873 - 1943) After study at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Sergey Rachmaninovembarked on a career in Russia as a composer, pianist and conductor. http://www.hnh.com/composer/rachmani.htm
Extractions: After study at the St. Petersburg and Moscow Conservatories, Sergey Rachmaninov embarked on a career in Russia as a composer, pianist and conductor. Exile from his own country after the Communist Revolution of 1917 forced an increased concentration on performance, as one of the most distinguished pianists of the day, activity that enabled him to support his family but left less time for his work as a composer. For practical reasons he eventually based himself in the United States, while keeping a villa in Switzerland. He died in Beverly Hills in 1943. Orchestral Music The second of Rachmaninov's four piano concertos holds an unchallenged position among romantic works in this form, its popularity closely rivalled by the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, for piano and orchestra. While the Symphonic Dances of 1940 enjoy some popularity, as well as the symphonic poem The Rock and the dark-hued Isle of the Dead, with its recurrent motif from the Latin Requiem Mass, the second of his three numbered symphonies is still more familiar. Recommended Recordings Piano Concerto No. 2 /
Commentary 1971 In his old age, the pianist Arthur Rubinstein worked frequently with thethennew Guarneri Quartet, a collaboration that brought out the best in an http://www.commentarymagazine.com/teachout.htm
Extractions: by Terry Teachout March 2003 W HAT makes a composer great? The quality of his music is the obvious answerand the right one. But few listeners (and surprisingly few critics) are self-confident enough to vouch for a composer solely on the basis of their own unsupported evaluation of his art. Instead, they look for reassuring outward signs of significance. Was he born in Austria or Germany? Did he turn out a body of large-scale works that employ the sonata-allegro form? Was he careful to keep local color out of his music, other than for occasional effect? Above all, was his private life sufficiently messy to make possible the writing of a readable biography? The higher a composer scores on this checklist, the more likely that he will be acclaimed as great. Judged by such standards, Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904) is bound to fall short. To begin with, he was Czech, and though he was an accomplished symphonist whose grasp of the Austro-German idiom was so complete that no less a master of form than Johannes Brahms praised him enthusiastically, many of his best-known works are nonetheless redolent of Czech folk music. Furthermore, his life was uneventful, at least by the sensational standards of such other 19th-century composers as Berlioz, Schumann, or Liszt, and no English-language biographer has yet succeeded in writing about him interestingly. For all these reasons, it should come as no surprise that while some of Dvoráks music has made its way into the standard repertory, he has never been fully accepted as a key figure of the Romantic era. The once-common critical line on his music was that it was charming but lacked the structural rigor of the Austro-German masters. (George Bernard Shaw once declared with amused condescension that the Eighth Symphony was very nearly up to the level of a Rossini overture, and would make excellent promenade music at the summer
