hello shawn (and list) - i do not believe i ever mp3d "bublitchki" but i have it on tape and will get on it rapidly and let you know when i have it up. ...
p.s. one of the neat things about the "bublitchki" recording is that it has rachmaninoff talking at the end, telling his friends they sing very badly. perhaps...
I have just bought a box set: Rachmaninov Orchestral Works, St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansosns, Mikhail Rudy. I absolutely love it,...
Hi, In response to Michael's message re boublitchki, the home recording by Rachmaninoff, it is indeed authentic - I contacted the Library of Congress...
This is a fine DVD documentary about Rachmaninoff. It is told largely through Rachmaninoff's own words, as written in his diaries and letters, and other...
We just watched "The Harvest of Sorrows," a biography of Rachmaninoff. It was well done. We were able to get it from Netflix. It's worth ordering. It did a...
A very insightful 45-minute comparison of several complete - set recordings of the Op.39 works: www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/cdreview/pip/uq9n2/ Scroll down to the...
Thanks very much for the link. That program is really excellent quality and I've bookmarked it. The reviewer rated Hayroudoff as the winner but I think...
Hearing Spring Waters always gives me a lift. It is one of my all-time favorite pieces of music. Yesterday I wrote the folowing sonnet in tribute to...
... The programme is only up 7 days after its initial broadcast. The Op.39,# 5 rarely has enough left hand in the climax, Melnikov and Horowitz 2 who do ...
In 1965, when I lived in New York, and had just discovered the music of Rachmaninoff (via Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead), I went into a used record shop on 44th...
Programmes not to miss on BBC Radio 3 streaming: Among the composers featured In this year's Proms season is the great Russian pianist- composer, Sergei...
... www.youtube.com/watch?v=r67qs9wev7k Dont know why it wont work. Just go to YouTube home page, enter Search under "Eduard Kunz", the video will be at top of...
www.medici.tv/#/performance/371/ A rare live performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto by the Verbier Youth Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi, with pianist...
www.medici.tv/#/performance/371/ A rare live performance of the Beethoven Triple Concerto by the Verbier Youth Orchestra under Paavo Jarvi, with pianist...
A rare (?) opportunity to hear/see a live Rachmaninoff "Symphonic Dances" in the 2-piano version : www.medici.tv/#/performance/376/ With Lugansky and...
hello friends - i've finally tracked down my old tape of what appears to be a very rare disk: rachmaninoff playing for some of his friends, and at the end...
In the Rach 4 this coming Saturday: www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/2308.shtml#prom49 He is sometimes criticized, perhaps unfairly, for not having his heart...
Saturday, August 30 Lugansky played # 3 and next Saturday,Sept.6 Hough plays # 2.Lugansky can still be heard a few days more at the BBC Radio 3 site. Of...
... 2.Lugansky ... I know, who cares about another Rach 3, but Lugansky's Proms reading worth it,especially the coda of the final movement where he and Saraste...
His Proms performance now at : www.bbc.co.uk/proms/2008/whatson/0609.shtml Bit too " jeux d'perle" ? Although, as he says, avoids a "too sweaty" romanticism. ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7523248.stm "Professor Bird is particularly interested in performing expertise and music. "There are a lot of examples where...
some rachmaninoff pictures: http://images.google.com/images? q=rachmaninoff+source:life (including an amazing one of his hands from 1943) possibly more to come...
