The Prelude in g# minor op. 32 no. 12 – along with its fellow works in c# minor and g minor – can rightfully claim its rank among the most popular and frequently played préludes …
Nowhere is the pianist so often an ensemble partner and so rarely a soloist aggressively in the foreground as in this first movement of the Rachmaninov Second Concerto. The initial impulse plays itself out in …
In 1934, having already completed four piano concerti, Sergei Rachmaninov began a new piece consisting of 24 variations on Paganini’s well-known violin theme. The task was an ambitious one, given that the theme had already …