• Name: Sergey Rachmaninov
• Birthday: 04/01/1873
• Birth Place: Semyonovo, Russia
• Died: 03/28/1943
• Place of Death: Beverly Hills, CA
• Period: Post-Romantic
• Genre: Classical

Title	Release
The Art of Rachmaninov: Liszt, Kreisler, Debussy, Moszkovsky, Paderevsky, Saint-Saens, Grieg	2005
The Art of Rachmaninov: Schubert, Bach, Scarlatti, Daquin, Hendel, Gluck, Mozart, Beethoven	2005
The Art of Rachmaninov: Schubert, Schumann, Mendelsson	2005
The Art of Rachmaninov: Sonata for Piano and Cello, Op. 19; Two Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 2	2005
The Art of Rachmaninov: Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Rachmaninov	2005
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos 1-4	2001
Sergei Rachmaninoff, piano	2000
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4	1999
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 2 and 3	1999
Sergeiy Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninov, Schubert & Grieg WA	1999
A Window in Time	1998
Sergei Rachmaninoff	1998
Sergei Rachmaninoff in Concert	1998
The Complete Chopin Recordings	1997
Rachmaninoff Conducts Rachmaninoff	1996
Rachmaninoff Plays Chopin	1994
Serge Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 1-4/Rhapsody On A Theme By Paganini WA	1993
Sergei Rachmaninoff: In Concert II	1990
Rachmaninov: Concerto Nos. 2 & 3	1973
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff WA
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Solo Works and Transcriptions
Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos 3 & 4 WA
Rachmaninov Conducts Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov Plays Chopin
Rachmaninov plays Chopin, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Debussy WA
Rachmaninov Plays Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov's Chopin Recordings
Rachmaninov: Complete Piano Concertos
Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 3
Serge Rachmaninoff, Vol. 2
Sergei Rachmaninov
Sergei Rachmaninov Piano Recital
Sergey Rachmaninov
Sergey Rachmaninov: Recordings, 1928-29
(105) Symphonic Dances, for orchestra (or 2 pianos), Op. 45	1991
(127) Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 33 WA	1989
(183) Etudes-Tableaux, for piano, Op. 39 WA	1989
(63) Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, for chorus, Op. 31
(122) Piano Concerto No. 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1
(581) Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
(290) Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30	1930
(95) Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40	1941
(82) Preludes (10) for piano, Op. 23 WA	1989
(84) Preludes (13) for piano, Op. 32
(433) Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), for piano & orchestra in A minor, Op. 43
(218) Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27	1990
(73) The Isle of the Dead, symphonic poem, Op. 29	1975
(70) Variations on a Theme of Corelli, for piano, Op. 42
(150) Vespers (All-Night Vigil), for alto, tenor & chorus, Op. 37
(26) Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28	1993
(4) Songs (15) for voice & piano, Op. 26 WA	1994
Powder and Paint, folksong arrangment for voice & piano WA
(10) Russian Songs (3) for chorus & orchestra, Op. 41 WA	1926
(26) Transcription of Mussorgsky's "Hopak" from opera "Sorochintsy Fair" for piano (also for piano & vioin), TN iii/8 WA	1925
(33) Transcription of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee" from "The Tale of the Tsar Saltan" for piano, TN iii/9 WA	1929
(9) The Spring, cantata for baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 20	1992
(6) The flower has faded, song for voice & piano, TN ii/53/2	1993
(15) Caprice bohémien (Capriccio on Gypsy Themes), for orchestra in E minor/E major, Op. 12	1991
(18) String Quartet No.1, TN ii/30 (Romance & Scherzo, other 2 mvts. lost)	1952
(3) String Quartet No.2, TN ii/35 (2 movements only)	1952
(7) A Passing Breeze (The migrant wind), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/4	1979
(6) A Prayer, song for voice & piano, Op. 8/6 WA	1996
(4) A-oo, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/6 WA	1996
(11) Again I am alone, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/9 WA	1997
(5) Again you leapt, my heart, for voice & piano, TN ii/51	1994
(71) Aleko, opera, TN ii/70	1991
(18) All things pass by, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/15	2008
All things wish to sing, sacred song for voice & piano, TN ii/58/2 WA	1994
(4) Arion, song for voice & piano, Op. 34/5 WA	1997
(9) At the gate of the Holy Abode, song for voice & piano,TN ii/50/1
(19) Before my window, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/10
(2) Before the ikon, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/10	1995
(9) Believe me not, friend, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/7	2008
(5) Beloved, let us fly, song for voice & piano, Op.26/5 WA	1997
(20) Bogoroditse devo, radouisya (Rejoice Virgin, Mother of God), for chorus
(3) Brooding, song for voice & piano, Op. 8/3	1994
(4) By a fresh grave, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/2	1995
(8) C'était en avril, song for voice & piano, TN ii/52/1	1999
(3) Cadenza for Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, for piano, TN iii/6	1991
(10) Child, thou art as beautiful as a flower, song for voice & piano, Op. 8/2	2008
(8) Choruses (6) for female or children's chorus & piano, Op. 15	1994
(22) Christ is Risen, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/6	2008
(84) Daisies, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/3	1921
(2) Dissonance, song for voice & piano, Op. 34/13	1994

Sergey Vasilyevich Rachmaninov, born in Semyonovo, Russia, on April 1, 1873, is today remembered as one of the most formidable pianists of all time and the last truly great composer in the Russian romantic tradition. Rachmaninov came from a music-loving, land-owning family; young Sergey's mother fostered the boy's innate talent by giving him his first piano lessons. After a decline in the family fortunes, the Rachmaninovs moved to St. Petersburg, where Sergey studied with Vladimir Delyansky at the Conservatory. As his star continued to rise, Sergey went to the Moscow Conservatory, where he received a sound musical training: piano lessons from the strict disciplinarian Nikolay Zverev and Alexander Siloti (Rachmaninov's cousin), counterpoint with Taneyev, and harmony with Arensky. During his time at the Conservatory, Rachmaninov boarded with Zverev, whose weekly musical Sundays provided the young musician the valuable opportunity to make important contacts and to hear a wide variety of music.

As Rachmaninov's conservatory studies continued, his burgeoning talent came into full flower; he received the personal encouragement of Tchaikovsky, and, a year after earning a degree in piano, took the Conservatory's gold medal in composition for his opera Aleko (1892). Early setbacks in his compositional career -- particularly, the dismal reception of his Symphony No. 1 (1895) -- led to an extended period of depression and self-doubt, which he overcame with the aid of hypnosis. With the resounding success of his Piano Concerto No. 2 (1900-1901), however, his lasting fame as a composer was assured. The first decade of the twentieth century proved a productive and happy one for Rachmaninov, who during that time produced such masterpieces as the Symphony No. 2 (1907), the tone poem Isle of the Dead (1907), and the Piano Concerto No. 3 (1909). On May 12, 1902, the composer married his cousin, Natalya Satina.

By the end of the decade, Rachmaninov had embarked on his first American tour, which cemented his fame and popularity in the United States. He continued to make his home in Russia but left permanently following the Revolution in 1917; he thereafter lived in Switzerland and the United States between extensive European and American tours. While his tours included conducting engagements (he was twice offered, and twice refused, leadership of the Boston Symphony Orchestra), it was his astounding pianistic abilities which won him his greatest glory. Rachmaninov was possessed of a keyboard technique marked by precision, clarity, and a singular legato sense. Indeed, the pianist's hands became the stuff of legend. He had an enormous span -- he could, with his left hand, play the chord C-E flat-G-C-G -- and his playing had a characteristic power, which pianists have described as "cosmic" and "overwhelming." He is, for example, credited with the uncanny ability to discern, and articulate profound, mysterious movements in a musical composition which usually remain undetected by the superficial perception of rhythmic structures.

Fortunately for posterity, Rachmaninov recorded much of his own music, including the four piano concerti and what is perhaps his most beloved work, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (1934). He became an American citizen a few weeks before his death in Beverly Hills, CA, on March 28, 1943. ~ Michael Rodman, All Music Guide