The most notable examples include Brahms's Variations on a Theme of Paganini and Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

* November 7-Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is premiered

Sergei Rachmaninoff's set of variations on a theme by Niccolò Paganini are so free in structure that the composer called them a Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini.

* Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra including the Piano Concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody.

His distinctive style can be heard in his recording of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and the Barcarolle, Ballade No. 4 and Nocturne, Op.

Later, in 1972, a live performance of Brahms's Piano Concerto No. 2 reunited Cliburn and Kondrashin with the Moscow Philharmonic in Moscow ; RCA Victor eventually released the performance, along with a studio recording of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, on CD.

Other noteworthy Barere performances include, but are not limited to, Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody, Reminiscences de Don Juan, Hungarian Rhapsody No. 12, Blumenfeld's Etude for the Left Hand Alone, and Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2.

* BanYa – " Caprice of Otada " is based on Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and is used in Pump it Up NX2

The eighteenth variation of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini also runs throughout the film.

The melody of " Sacred Trust " was derived from the 18th Variation in Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, though the classical composer was not credited on the single.

In 1964, he recorded Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini with Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic.

Also in 1946 he had a great success in Hamburg playing Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini under Hans Schmidt-Isserstedt.

The film-makers wanted something in the style of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini or the Second and Third Piano Concertos, but were unable to persuade Rachmaninoff himself to write a new piece or to afford to obtain the rights for any of these existing pieces.

The brass chorale at the end of the scherzo is chilling and derives from the Dies Irae, a Gregorian chant for the dead that haunts many of Rachmaninoff's works and held great influence over his creative life ( e. g. Isle of the Dead, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, his First Symphony, and his Symphonic Dances ).

Among the orchestras that performed in the Lyric Opera House are the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ( until 1982 ), and the Philadelphia Orchestra ( until 1980 ), the latter of which had a long history with the venue, including the 1934 debut of Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, with the composer at the piano.

His early Columbia recordings with Ormandy ( c. 1957-58 ), released in Europe by Philips Records ( e. g. Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini ) preserve the mood of exhilaration which attended his European debuts.

Many have noted Rachmaninoff's inspiration from George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, a piece for piano and orchestra completed in 1924, only three years before Rachmaninoff finished his own.

* Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra An analysis of Rachmaninoff's Works for Piano and Orchestra including the Piano Concertos and the Paganini Rhapsody

He was also seen playing a portion of Rachmaninoff's " Prelude in C # minor " in A Day at the Races and chords on the piano in A Night at the Opera, in such a way that the piano sounded much like a harp, as a prelude to actually playing the harp in that scene.

Martyn also maintains that Rachmaninoff may have based his interpretation of the Chopin sonata on Rubinstein's traversal, pointing out similarities between written accounts of Rubinstein's version and Rachmaninoff's audio recording of the work.

In 1973, when the company decided to release all of Rachmaninoff's recordings on LPs ( to celebrate the centennial of the composer's birth ), RCA was forced to go to record collectors for materials, as documented by Time.

" I laid Witches Dance and Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C Sharp Minor on him.

In 1984, the A & E Network broadcast a series of three programs entitled Bolet Meets Rachmaninoff, in which the pianist was shown giving masterclasses on the subject of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3.

Well known ragtime travesties include The Russian Rag, by George L. Cobb, which is based on Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor, and Harry Alford's Lucy's Sextette based on the sextet, ' Chi mi frena in tal momento?

Sergei Rachmaninoff's only comment after hearing the American premiere on the radio was a grim " Well, and now let's have some tea.

Permutations are in no way limited to the twelve-tone serial and atonal musics, but are just as well utilized in tonal melodies especially during the 20th and 21st centuries, notably in Rachmaninoff's " Variations on the Theme of Paganini " for orchestra and piano.

He received a host of the most prestigious honors each of which had not previously been conferred on an American, including the Commandeur de la Légion d ' Honneur and Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres ( France ’ s highest decorations ), the Grand Prix du Disque and Cannes Classical Award ( both for his Mercury Records recording of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 1 and Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 accompanied by the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra under Kirill Kondrashin ), and the Harriet Cohen International Music Award and Beethoven Medal ( for his performance of Beethoven sonatas ).

While appearing only as featured solo instruments in some works, for example Maurice Ravel's orchestration of Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition and Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances, the saxophone is included in other works, such as Ravel's Boléro, Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 and 2, Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 6 and Symphony No. 9 and William Walton's Belshazzar's Feast, and many other works as a member of the orchestral ensemble.

As well as Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 which recurs throughout the film, there is a scene in a tea room where a salon orchestra plays the Spanish Dance No 5 ( Bolero ) by Moritz Moszkowski.

Rachmaninoff's detailed description to von Riesemann is of interest:

* November 28-Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is premièred in New York City

* March 27 – The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff's First Symphony is a complete disaster, leaving many wondering whether Alexander Glazunov, the conductor for the event, was drunk or just disliked the music so much that he did not care about a good performance.

( Sergei Rachmaninoff's " Vespers " is really a setting of the Eastern Orthodox all-night vigil.

Although Rachmaninoff's work is performed in one stretch without breaks, it can be divided into three sections, corresponding to the three movements of a concerto: up to variation 10 corresponds to the first movement, variations 11 to 18 are the equivalent of a slow movement, and the remaining variations make a finale.

Russian standards also appeared in his recital programs, notably Tchaikovsky's " To the Forest ", " None but the Lonely Heart ", " Don Juan's Serenade ", Rachmaninoff's " Christ is Risen " and Malashkin's " O Could I But Express in Song ". It is not made lear that almost all the Lieder and Russian songs were sung in English. Very few if any in any other language.

He has a fantasy that she is a femme fatale overcome by his playing of Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto.

This piece is one of Rachmaninoff's most enduringly popular pieces, and established his fame as a concerto composer.

Six moments musicaux is a sophisticated work that is of longer duration, thicker textures, and greater virtuosic demands on the performer than any of Rachmaninoff's previous solo piano works.

Chan is a frequent guest conductor and acclaimed performances of Rachmaninoff's Symphonic Dances and Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique were broadcast by Australia's ABC FM Classics.

Written in memory of Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque in D minor, opus 9 is a piano trio begun on 5 October and completed on 15 December 1893.

3, No. 2, is one of Sergei Rachmaninoff's most famous compositions.

The manuscript of Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 is owned by the Tabor Foundation, and is on permanent loan to the British Library.

Rachmaninoff's second movement scherzo is “ vigorous to the point of abandon .” The first motif is carried out largely by the horn section.