Rachmaninoff's "Variations on a Theme of Corelli," Op. 42, is, in a sense, misnamed. It's based on a tune that Corelli made famous use of, in one of his sonatas, but Corelli didn't come up with it ...

Daniil Trifonov, piano; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor. Deutsche Grammophon. Rachmaninoff’s two variation sets, on themes by Corelli and Chopin, are not his most inspired creations. But because there ...

Composer and pianist Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff spent the summer of 1931 at his luxurious holiday villa on the shores of Lake Lucerne in Switzerland. He could afford to. His many concert ...

Students of McCallie School’s iMAT program (Integrated Music, Art, and Technology) will join Tim Hinck for a new project. Mr. Hinck has been working with 14 students to expand his performance of a ...

The Wichita Symphony Orchestra has put together a program that explores the variations of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s masterful “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini,” Edward Elgar’s beloved “Variations on an ...

SATURDAY 2/25-SUNDAY 2/26. Robinson Center. 7:30 p.m. Sat.; 3 p.m Sun. $19-$77. The Arkansas Symphony Orchestra’s next installment of its Masterworks Series revolves around pianist George Li, a ...

An unforgettable music evening dedicated to the work of Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of the most prominent composers of ...

Rachmaninoff: “Symphonic Dances”; “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini”; “Aleko” Overture Dmitri Alexeev, piano; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra; Yuri Temirkanov, conductor (RCA). Sergei ...

The Boulder Symphony is tackling Tchaikovsky's dramatic Symphony No. 4 and Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini — performed by a very special guest. Shangru Du is from Wuhan, China, he is ...