Steinway - Rachmaninov Prelude Improv

This improvisation on Rachmaninov’s monstrous ‘Prelude in C sharp minor’ will blow your mind
Disastrous Premieres

These classical favourites actually had DISASTROUS premieres

Second time lucky composers

These composers bounced back from failures then got lucky the SECOND time round

new releases 6th march

New Releases: Khatia Buniatishvili plays Rachmaninov and Dvorak with the LPO

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Flight of the Bumblebee two pianos

Watch this pianist play Flight of the Bumblebee on TWO pianos at the SAME TIME

Rachmaninov and daughter

Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2

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Rachmaninov - Prelude in C sharp minor

Rachmaninov News

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Rachmaninov vocalise theremin

Rachmaninov played on THEREMIN is utterly blissful

VOCES8 Rachmaninov

Listen to one of the most devastating climaxes in Russian music
pianist hand span infographic

Just how massive was Rachmaninov's hand-span?

Rachmaninov Pictures

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American flags

The best American composers

Rachmaninov Album Reviews

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New releases 11th Sep

New releases: Boris Giltburg plays Rachmaninov Piano Concert No. 2 & Steven Isserlis plays Haydn and CPE Bach's Cello Concertos
new releases 29th august

New Releases: Royal Air Force 100th Anniversary album and Rachmaninov played by Anna Vinnitskaya
new releases 30th july

New releases: Irnberger and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra play Beethoven and Rachmaninov with Martin Jones

Rachmaninov Guides

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Rachmaninov Chopin Mashup

If Rachmaninov and Chopin were friends… their music would sound like this
stokowski rehearsal rage

This conductor’s rage will simultaneously terrify and inspire you

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Boris Giltburg Rachmaninov

Boris Giltburg gives a detailed tour of the magic of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2