Category: music-6-Late-Romantic

https://youtu.be/vpaPWuDQUcc The Best of Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 — 28 March 1943) Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave…… Continue reading The Best of Rachmaninoff

https://youtu.be/v5DfYcT5icY FULL DOCUMENTARY AND CONCERTIn part two of Keeping Score: Mahler, MTT examines Mahler’s creative growth, from the 1890s to his death at the age of 51 on May 18, 1911, including his symphonies, the Rückert songs and Das Lied von der Erde. The show charts Mahler’s mercurial career as a conductor, from the Vienna…… Continue reading Gustav Mahler: Keeping Score | Origins

https://youtu.be/U_yxtaeFuEQ …A recently re-discovered recording of a concert held in tribute to the people of Czechoslovakia days after the Soviet Union invaded. Filmed live at the Royal Albert Hall in September 1968…