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 ...

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 ...

As if the idyllic setting in a stunning Alpine valley weren't enough, cellist Mischa Maisky had to add more beauty to the mix, by playing some of his native Russian songs on cello. He's joined by ...

The cello is said to have been Rachmaninoff’s favorite string instrument. In his lushly romantic Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor he wrote sweepingly lyrical lines that unfold against a virtuoso ...

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 ...