Sergei
Rachmaninov (1873-1943)
1/5. Early Career. With Donald Macleod.
Rachmaninovwas born within earshot of a piano in the family home at Oneg, near Novgorod. His grandfather had studied with the Irish pianist John Field and would play pieces by Chopin,
Mendelssohn and Field. Rachmaninov's family were well-off but by the 1880s theirfinances were in such a dire state that they had to move to a cramped flat in St Petersburg. There, at the age often, Sergei won a scholarship to the St Petersburg Conservatory.
Prelude in C sharp minor, Op 3 No 2 Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
Piano Concerto No 1 in F sharp minor (1st mvt) Vladimir Ashkenazy, Royal Concergebouw Orchestra, conductor Bernard Haitink
Aleko (excerpt) Maria Guleghina (soprano), Sergei Leiferkus (baritone), Gothenburg
Symphony Orchestra, conductor Neeme Jarvi
Piano Trio No 2 in D minor (1st mvt) Borodin Trio Producer Johannah Smith Repeated on Sunday at 12 midnight