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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Alexander Radvilovich (born 1955) Nikolai Rakov (1908–1990) Eda Rapoport (1890–1968), born in present-day Latvia; Alexander Raskatov (born 1953) Vladimir Rebikov (1866–1920) Levko Revutsky (1889–1977), born in present-day Ukraine; Nadezhda Rimskaya-Korsakova (1848–1919) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 ...
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff [a] [b] (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 – 28 March 1943) 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.
Nikolai Karlovich Medtner (Russian: Николай Карлович Метнер, romanized: Nikolay Karlovich Metner; 5 January 1880 [O.S. 24 December 1879]–13 November 1951) [1] was a Russian composer and pianist. After a period of comparative obscurity in the 25 years immediately after his death, he is now becoming recognized as one of the ...
Rachmaninoff's compositions cover a variety of musical forms and genres. Born in Novgorod , Russia in 1873, he studied at the Moscow Conservatory with Nikolai Zverev , Alexander Siloti , Sergei Taneyev and Anton Arensky , and while there, composed some of his most famous works, including the first piano concerto (Op. 1) and the Prelude in C ...
The verse is based on the second movement (Adagio sostenuto) of Sergei Rachmaninoff's 1900–1901 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18. The chorus was taken from the song "Let's Pretend", which Carmen wrote and recorded with his band the Raspberries in 1972. [5] The slide guitar solo was performed by studio guitarist Hugh McCracken. [6]
L.A. Phil's Rachmaninoff Festival finds a curious, though unintended, relevance thanks to its surprise connections with Philip Glass. Commentary: The curious case of Rachmaninoff and his ...
The composer and presenter Steve Race coined the term Denham Concerto for short romantic film pieces inspired by the success of the Warsaw Concerto, such as Hubert Bath's Cornish Rhapsody, Nino Rota's Legend of the Glass Mountain and Charles Williams' The Dream of Olwen, after the Denham Film Studios.
He studied law as well as composition, music theory, and piano at the State Conservatory, as well as having private lessons with renowned composers like Reinhold Glière and Alexander Goldenweiser. In 1909, he co-founded the Moscow Chamber Music Theatre with Sergei Rachmaninoff, among others.