Rachmaninov regained his confidence after treatment with Swedish-born psychiatrist Nikolaj Dahl, leading to his 2nd Piano Concerto Op. 18.
Composition History
The disastrous 1897 premiere of Rachmaninov's 1st Symphony, likely due to a drunk conductor Alexander Glazunov, led to a deep depression that prevented him from composing for years.
Composer Biography
Rachmaninov studied piano with Nikolay Zverev and later with his cousin, Alexander Siloti, a Liszt-pupil, at the Moscow Conservatoire.
Compositional Technique
The theme for Rachmaninov's Variations on a Theme of Corelli is not by Corelli, but is the old Spanish popular tune La folia, which Corelli used in one of his violin sonatas.
Composer Biography
The financial necessity of touring as a virtuoso pianist after leaving Russia compromised Rachmaninov's creative work as a composer and his health, resulting in few new works.
Composer Biography
After the 1917 revolution, Rachmaninov left Russia permanently, living in Switzerland and the USA, but never ceased to yearn for his homeland.
Composer Biography
Sergei Rachmaninov's childhood was not happy, with his father squandering the family fortune on drink and gambling.
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