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Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 1 & Piano Concerto No. 1

12/1/2013, 7 Tracks, 1:10:59

Featuring

  • Lan Shui
  • Yevgeny Sudbin
  • Singapore Symphony Orchestra
  • Sergei Rachmaninoff

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Performer Biography

Yevgeny Sudbin, the pianist on this recording, was born in St Petersburg and has lived in the UK since 1997, receiving outstanding reviews for his concerts and recordings.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rachmaninov began composing his First Piano Concerto in 1890, completing it in July 1891, four months after his eighteenth birthday.

Source: Booklet

Critical Reception

The premiere of Rachmaninov's First Symphony on March 27, 1897, was a notorious disaster, shattering his self-confidence and hindering his composition for years.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Rachmaninov's musical talents were nurtured at the Moscow Conservatory by rigorous piano teacher Nikolai Zverev, with whom he lodged.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Rachmaninov extensively revised his First Piano Concerto in November 1917, using the chaos of the Russian Revolution as an opportunity to work.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

The score of Rachmaninov's First Symphony was lost when he emigrated in 1918 and was only rediscovered and reconstructed from orchestral parts in 1944.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The First Symphony features a dedication 'To A.L.' and a grim inscription from St Paul, 'Vengeance is mine, I shall repay,' which is also the epigraph to Tolstoy's Anna Karenina.

Source: Booklet

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