1. The Sergei Rachmaninoff Web Pages Links, reviews, recommended recordings, celebratory essay.Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevich...... for 2000 Abram Chasin's 1955 Essay As I Saw rachmaninoff, A Fellow pianist andComposer's Personal Reflections on his Friendship with sergei rachmaninoff. http://www.flash.net/~park29/rachmaninoff.htm

Newly Updated 7 September 2001 A A a Study of Rachmaninoff's Hands, 1925 A Welcome to the 2000 Edition of The Sergei Rachmaninoff Web Pages In less than two short years, we have gone from a fledging site with just three pages to one of the most visited Rachmaninoff Sites on the Internet. In 1998, The Rachmaninoff Web Pages was inaugurated in celebration of the 125th anniversary of Sergei Vassilievitch Rachmaninoff's birth. This year, we continue to celebrate the awe-inspiring legacy left us by Rachmaninoff, emphasizing Rachmaninoff's original and irreplaceable contributions as a composer. As The Sergei Rachmaninoff Web Pages are for the literate Rachmaninoff However, since we've received so many requests, readers will be pleased to find a hotlink to a plethora of Rachmaninoff MP-3 files on our links page. A Departments Rachmaninoff Links: A World of Rach at Your Fingertips! 9 New Links! Rachmaninoff's Legacy: A Celebratory Essay on Rachmaninoff as Composer Recommended Recordings: Four Concertos + Paganini Rhapsody Rachmaninoff News: Lincoln Center in New York City will be featuring a Rachmaninoff retrospective in concert, chamber performances and film as part of its

2. The Rachmaninov Lover's Home Page Offers a biography of the composer and a presentation of pianist Frank Wiens, who recorded the Piano Concerto no. 3 and Sonata no.1. a consequence the promising pianist was shipped off to international acclaim as a pianist, conductor, and composer. rachmaninoff Composer, pianist, Conductor. London Scolar Press, http://www.radix.net/~chinatom/rach.html

The Rachmaninov Lover's Home Page It is tempting to explain Sergey Vasil'yevich Rachmaninov's lifelong outward stoicism, the icy demeanor he always exhibited when performing, as a protective mechanism acquired slowly and painfully in his youth, when one difficulty after another presented itself to a sensitive, naturally withdrawn young man who was nevertheless determined to make his way in the world as a musician. He had little help from his parents. His father squandered the famiIy fortune so quickly that Sergey was only nine years old when he saw the estate at Novgorod where they had lived, the last of their property, auctioned off to pay debts. By that time Rachmaninov was studying piano with his cousin Alexander Ziloti and composing prolifically. He would endure further hardships, but at least his genius was also being recognized, and he began to gather champions to his cause. An early convert was the older composer Peter Tchaikovsky, who attended the performance of his graduation piece, the opera Aleko. Tchaikovsky was to have conducted another early Rachmaninov work, the symphonic fantasy The Rock , but he died before being able to do so (Rachmaninov responded by writing an Elegiac Trio in his memory). Another ambitious early work. the

3. Sergei Rachmaninoff - Concerti And Sonata No. 2 To My Homepage sergei Vassilyevich rachmaninoff (rockMAH-nee-novf) was a brilliant pianist and conductor. His superlative skills in these areas along with his ability to compose, allowed him to produce music of the highest degree of mastery. During http://www.gmlile.com/rach

4. Island Of Freedom - Sergei Rachmaninoff The composer, pianist, and conductor sergei Vasilievich rachmaninoff is consideredthe last in the great tradition of Russian romantic composers. http://www.island-of-freedom.com/RACH.HTM

Sergei Rachmaninoff The Rachmaninov Lover's Home Page Sergey Vassilievich Rachmaninoff Music Timeline - Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff The Rachmaninoff Society The composer, pianist, and conductor Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff is considered the last in the great tradition of Russian romantic composers. He was born Apr. 1 (N.S.), 1873, at his family's estate, Semyonovo, in the Russian province of Novgorod. At about the age of 5, he began piano studies with his mother. In 1882 he entered the Saint Petersburg Conservatory, but he transferred 3 years later to the Moscow Conservatory. There he studied under the rigorous supervision of Nikolai Zverev, through whom he met many of the most important Russian composers of the time. Tchaikovsky , especially, exercised a major influence on him. He graduated in piano in 1891 and in composition with the Great Gold Medal in 1892. C-sharp Minor Prelude (1892), which would bring publishers a fortune and the composer world fame. The failure of his First Symphony in 1897 stifled his inspiration for 3 years. Following treatment by hypnosis he produced the

5. The Sergei Rachmaninoff Web Pages: Recommended Recordings: Four Concertos/Rhapso 2. sergei rachmaninoff, pianist. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy,Conductor. Released 1983. 3. sergei rachmaninoff, pianist. http://www.flash.net/~park29/recrach.htm

Updated 16 February 2002 a Recommended Recordings Here are some of the recordings which I have found most enjoyable. Some are obscure, some highly celebrated. However, to me, these represent the "best of the best." (Listing by alphabetical order of performer) Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 1. 1. Byron Janis, Pianist. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Conductor. RCA Victor Red Seal Living Stereo 62691 (Stereo). Originally released 1957. 2. Sergei Rachmaninoff, Pianist. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. RCA Victor Red Seal 56659 (Mono). Recorded 4 December 1939 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18. 2. Cecile Licad, Pianist. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Conductor. Columbia Masterworks IM-38672 (Digital Stereo). Released 1983. 4. Artur Rubinstein, Pianist. Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner, Conductor. RCA Victor Red Seal RCD1-4934 (Stereo). Recorded 9 January 1956. 5. Artur Rubinsten, Pianist. The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, Conductor. RCA Victor Red Seal 63060 (Stereo). Recorded 23 November, 1971. Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30.

6. Composer Biography - Rachmaninoff, Sergei sergei rachmaninoff. Upcoming Events 2003, (b. Semyonovo, 1 April 1873;d. Beverley Hills, 28 March 1943), Russian composer and pianist. He http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/router.asp?nodeid=216&strchar=M

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9. Rachmaninoff Archives (Library Of Congress Special Collections) Offers details on the music manuscripts, papers, and record collection in the Library of Congress. is the largest collection of sergei rachmaninoff holographs, personal papers, and memorabilia performances, and repertory as a pianist, opera conductor, and orchestra director. http://lcweb.loc.gov/spcoll/192.html

Special Collections in the Library of Congress Rachmaninoff Archives Music manuscripts, paper, and record collection of Sergei Rachmaninoff MUSIC DIVISION MOTION PICTURE, BROADCASTING, AND RECORDED SOUND DIVISION The Rachmaninoff Archives is the largest collection of Sergei Rachmaninoff holographs, personal papers, and memorabilia outside of the Soviet Union. Mrs. Sergei Rachmaninoff decided to donate this extensive family collection to the Library shortly before her death in 1951 and over the years her sister Sophie Satin and daughters, Irina Wolkonsky and Tatina Conus, have generously added material. The archives document the composer's career after his emigration from Russia (1917) with music manuscripts, autograph correspondence, photographs, programs, prizes, clippings, critical studies, biographies, and lists enumerating his recordings, compositions, performances, and repertory as a pianist, opera conductor, and orchestra director. Many important compositions are represented by autograph sketches and scores, among them Prelude in C-sharp Minor , op. 3, no. 2;

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11. Composer Biography - Rachmaninoff, Sergei sergei rachmaninoff. Upcoming Events Outwater conducts rachmaninoff 10/22/200310/25/2003, 1873;d. Beverley Hills, 28 March 1943), Russian composer and pianist. http://staging.sfsymphony.org/templates/router.asp?nodeid=216&strchar=M

12. Classical Net - Societies - The Rachmaninoff Society Includes articles and contact information.Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevich...... and bring into contact all those who appreciate the life and music of the Russiancomposer, pianist and conductor sergei Vassilyevich rachmaninoff (18731943). http://www.classical.net/music/guide/society/rach/rachtop.html

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13. Classical Net - Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto #3 Detailed information about the history, edits, and fans of the piece with selected discography.Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevich......sergei Vassilyevich rachmaninoff (1873 1943 The Third was dedicated to Josef Hofmann,who, though regarded by rachmaninoff as the greatest pianist of the http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/works/rachman/pc3.html

Sergei Vassilyevich RACHMANINOFF Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 3 in D minor, op. 30 Created by Kar-Gee, Tan Member of The Rachmaninoff Society Much of the information in this page is based on Scott Colebank's (of Prairie Village of Kansas, USA) Discography of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, op. 30 . I'm extremely grateful to Mr. Colebank for his research on the Third Concerto and his permission to allow me to create this page based on his research. Please see below for more information about Mr. Colebank's research on the Third Concerto and how you can contact The Rachmaninoff Society These views are my own and do not represent those of The Rachmaninoff Society Mr. Scott Colebank nor the National University of Singapore . Kindly send your views and comments to Kar-Gee, Tan . This is my first-ever attempt to create an HTML page and I hope to be able to improve on it in terms of contents and presentation. So, your suggestions and constructive criticism will be kindly appreciated. Contents Brief History of the Third Concerto First Performances Earliest Recordings Champions of the Third ... List of Musicians Brief History of the Third Concerto The Third (as it will be known for the rest of this article) was completed as a major composition which Rachmaninoff would "show off" in New York in 1909 during his first concert tour of USA. He wrote the work in the peace of his family's country estate, Ivanovka, and it was completed on 23 September 1909 (Julian Calendar).

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16. Sergei Rachmaninoff Brilliant composer, talented pianist, and controldemanding conductor, SergeiRachmaninoff was born on a family estate near Novgorod, Russia. http://www-atdp.berkeley.edu/9931/htsai/rachmaninoff.html

Sergei Rachmaninoff Brilliant composer, talented pianist, and control-demanding conductor, Sergei Rachmaninoff was born on a family estate near Novgorod, Russia. His father and grandfather were already very good amateur pianists, thus Sergei followed in their footsteps, as he began piano lessons at a very young age. Although he was born with that musical exposure, he was expected to go on to military school for a career there. At the age of nine, Rachmaninoff traveled to St. Petersburg due to his father's ill judgement with money, as he lost the family fortune. There, Sergei entered as a scholarship student at the conservatory. However, Rachmaninoff was not a good student, as he often cut class and wandered about the grand city, sometimes even spending his time at the skating rink. His grandmother always took him to church services, where he admired the singing and the tolling of the bells. Even though he deeply enjoyed music, his teachers foresaw no such relation for him with music. Later, however, when he entered the Moscow conservatory at fifteen, he discovered new horizons when he added composition to his piano playing. At Moscow, Rachmaninoff lived at the home of his teacher, the great Nicolai Zverev, who supervised every detail of his students' lives. There, Rachmaninoff met and played for many giant figures of Russia, including Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky , who became his musical idol.

17. Rachmaninoff Webring Homepage Reasons for the ring, explanation of what it is, biography of the composer, joining information, and Category Arts Music Composers R Rachmaninov, sergei Vasilyevich...... 1939, reprinted 1976); John Culshaw, sergei Rachmaninov (1949 commentary and critique;Barrie Martyn, rachmaninoff Composer, pianist, Conductor (1990 http://www.gmlile.com/webrings/rachring/rachring.html

This site is a member of WebRing. To browse visit Here I have created this webring in an effort to promote my belief that the internet can be the ultimate media for this type of information. By linking all of the best web pages on Sergei Rachmaninoff in such a way, anybody can get reliable information on this man. This compilation of web pages is indended for use by student surfer, the college researcher, the fans of Rachmaninoff's music, and anybody who may be interested in learning about Sergei Rachmaninoff. This will be an ongoing project and I sincerely hope it will never be finished. As the media grows, so will the Rachmaninoff Webring. I dream of the day when there is a Rachmaninoff discussion group, chat room cd exchange, all incorporated into this resource. I know what his music has done and continues to do for me, and I hope that he can do it for you too! A webring is a collection of related webpages that are linked very much like a ring. You can begin at any page in the ring, and if you follow the links you will experience all of the pages in the ring and end up where you began. There is a box or set of links that looks the same on each page. It has links to go to the next site, the previous site, or back to this page. If you click on the picture of Rachmaninoff you will also come back to this page. You can see this above. Try it out, but don't go far! There's more! Early Life.

18. Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilyevich. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001 2001. rachmaninoff, sergei Vasilyevich. (sy rg ´ v s ´ly v ch räkhmä´nnôf) (KEY) , 1873–1943, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor. http://www.bartleby.com/65/ra/Rachmani.html

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