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Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Vocalise" Op.34 No.14 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943). From "Winter Gala" of Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Stephen Barlow / conductor. London, UK, 1994.
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Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
in A minor for piano & orchestra, Op. 43
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Stokowski
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
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Amy Cheng, pianist, and the Orchestra of the Pines directed by Gene Moon, present the first movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18.
Free downloadable versions of each movement of the concerto are available by subscribing to The Piano Podcast via iTunes, or going to: http://marioajero.bl ogspot.com
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Elliott Smith playing, on piano, some bars from Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C#m. An incredibly talented musician.
Strange Parallel director Steve Hanft says, "When we shot [Strange Parallel] Elliott called his version of the Rachmaninoff peice 'Punkrockmoninoff'".