The last of Paganini’s 24 Caprices for solo violin, Op 1, has captured the imagination of many musicians. Paganini himself thought well enough of it to make it the subject of 11 variations and a ...

Sara Mohr-Pietsch traces a path towards Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, a single-movement work for piano and ...

Paul Dukas intended La Péri for Diaghilev's famed Ballets Russes, and its exotic subject matter allowed him to demonstrate his subtle mastery of orchestral colours. Rachmaninov's thrilling 'Paganini' ...

Variation 18, of course, is one of those irresistible melodies which, when heard, strikes one as surely among the most iconic in all music history. A slowed-down melodic inversion of the Paganini ...

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18: 1. Moderato Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18: 2. Adagio sostenuto Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18: 3. Allegro scherzando Rhapsody on a Theme of ...

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In a 2014 commentary published in The Telegraph, of London, the ever-eloquent Stephen Hough — one of the most celebrated pianists of our age and guest of the Seattle Symphony April 13-15 — addressed ...

Marking the 150th anniversary of Sergei Rachmaninoff's birth, one of today's most exceptionally brilliant pianists recently visited Thailand to collaborate with the Royal Bangkok Symphony Orchestra in ...

Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18: 2. Adagio sostenuto Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor, Op.18: 3. Allegro scherzando Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43: Introduction Rhapsody on a Theme of ...