April

Composer of the month

Sergei Rachmaninoff

1873-1943

Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor

Prelude Op. 3 No. 2 in C# Minor – from a player piano roll of Rachmaninoff playing.

Rachmaninoff playing first movement of his concerto #2 from a 1929 recording.

An early Edison recording of Rachmaninoff playing.

Rachmaninoff’s Symphony #2

Rachmaninoff’s piano duets, op. 11, Barcarolle (Martha Argerich & Lilya Zilberstein)