The Russian cellist Anatoly Brandukov was a best man at Rachmaninov’s wedding in the spring of 1902. He was quite a bit older than the groom, but the two had been close friends for some years, and it ...

Hailed by the Philadelphia Inquirer for his "polished charisma" and "singing sound," Crawford's new album features ten collections of work that include transcriptions from Rachmaninoff's solo piano ...

The Eroica Trio is becoming widely known for playing interesting, sometimes provacative arrangements for the piano, violin and cello combination of instruments. They brought their version of ...

Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Vocalise, one of the pieces featured in this year’s Nancy D. Hawk Memorial Day Concert, includes no words but features a soprano soloist singing a single vowel sound of her ...

Building a Library on Rachmaninov's Cello Sonata. Helen Wallace recommends a version of this passionate and turbulent piece of chamber music. The Cello Sonata was overshadowed by the huge success of ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Nostalgia, poignancy and desire are considered trademarks of the quintessential Russian compositional ...

This is a disc of high contrasts. Rachmaninov's ardently romantic cello sonata is clearly the work of a piano-obsessed composer, one who couldn't stop himself writing a huge piano part that's ...