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Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 & Youth Symphony - Silvestrov: The Messenger

5/5/2023, 5 Tracks, 1:08:48

Featuring

  • Modestas Pitrėnas
  • Anna Fedorova
  • Sinfonieorchester St. Gallen
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Valentin Silvestrov

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Performer Biography

Pianist Anna Fedorova's live recording of Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano Concerto has over 37 million views on YouTube and is highly acclaimed by critics and musicians.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rachmaninoff composed his Piano Concerto No. 3 for his first American tour in 1909, practicing it on a silent keyboard during his ocean crossing.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

At its premiere in 1909, the New York Sun critic described Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 as merely 'reasonable,' despite the audience's wild applause.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

Gustav Mahler conducted Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 with the New York Philharmonic in 1910, a performance Rachmaninoff remembered for Mahler's rare attention to detail.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Valentin Silvestrov, a Ukrainian composer, wrote 'The Messenger' after his wife's death, hearing a simple Mozartian melody as a message from above.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Sergei Rachmaninoff, born in 1873, was forced to flee his home country of Russia with his family during the 1917 revolution and spent the rest of his life in the USA.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The solo part of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is considered so difficult that its dedicatee, Josef Hofmann, whom Rachmaninoff considered the best pianist, never dared to play it.

Source: Booklet

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