Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 has been voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music. The music topped the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame poll for the second year in a row ...

Few musicians have successfully followed two musical disciplines, but Sergey Rachmaninov (born April 1, 1873; died March 28, 1943) managed three: composer, conductor and pianist. His music is tonal, ...

Rachmaninov sat huddled on the staircase of the concert hall for most of the performance. He later wrote: “Sometimes I stuck my fingers in my ears to prevent myself from hearing my own music ...

Kit Harington narrates how Rachmaninov - Russian music’s brightest star - was floored by paralysing writer’s block… and how through therapy he overcame it to create a masterpiece.

For this solo debut, she offers an album devoted to the songs of Sergey Rachmaninov. I’ve seen Grigorian in a number of performances (most recently her thrilling Liza in Pique Dame) and she has an ...

While anguish and nostalgia pervade both the concerto and Rachmaninov’s Symphony No. 2, which the Phil played in the second half of a programme conducted by its former music director Jaap van ...