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Rachmaninoff | Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 (1934)

The Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43 is a concertante work written by Sergei Rachmaninoff for piano and orchestra, closely resembling a piano concerto, all in a single movement. Rachmaninoff wrote the work at his summer home, the Villa Senar in Switzerland, according to the score, from 3 July to 18 August 1934.

Rachmaninoff himself, a noted performer of his own works, played the piano part at the piece's premiere on 7 November 1934, at the Lyric Opera House in Baltimore, Maryland, with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Leopold Stokowski.


PERFORMANCE

Performed by Georgii Cherkin - piano

Sofia Philharmony Orchestra

Conducted by Uroš Lajovic


19.04.2018 - "Bulgaria Hall"

Rachmaninoff
1873 - 1943