Rachmaninoff - 14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise (Official Audio)

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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, David Zinman & Sylvia McNair

Track from the 2008 Telarc album Everybody's Rachmaninoff.
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Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 – 1943) is one of the most popular and performed composers of the 20th century. He studied at the St Petersburg Conservatoire and at the Moscow Conservatoire with Ziloti, Taneyev and Arensky. His concert debut was in 1899, in London, as conductor in The Rock and pianist in Elegie and Prelude in C# minor. His most widely programmed work, Piano Concerto No. 2, was premiered in 1901. The following decade included many of his most celebrated scores including Symphony No.2, The Isle of the Dead, The Bells and Vespers. He left Russia in 1917 and toured extensively as a pianist, finally settling in Switzerland in 1934. His later works included Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Symphonic Dances. His music was characterized by the distinctively Russian elements of soaring melodies, rich orchestration and Romantic chromatic harmonies.