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Ravel, Maurice: Miroirs and Sonatine; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux.(Brief Article)(Sound Recording Review)
Ravel, Maurice: Miroirs and Sonatine; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Etudes-Tableaux. Robert Hamilton, piano. Recorded ca. 2004; location not listed. Engineer: Mark Fuksman. 74+ minutes. Summit 382. (The actual album title is Robert Hamilton, Miroirs.)
There is a picture of the engineer in the booklet that came with this recording, and in the background is a speaker that looks like an old Heil AMT driver sitting on top of an enclosure that looks like it is holding some kind of old, Electro-Voice woofer/tweeter-horn driver. Well, maybe that is just kept on hand for machine-art reasons.
In any case, the performance is excellent and the piano sound here is quite good, although there is some background hiss that might be ...
- Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Picture from: Archive Photos September 1, 1994 700+ words
...1873. Born on this day in 1873, Sergei Rachmaninoff stands as the last of the great...work as a composer. Rachmaninoff. Sergei Rachmaninoff. composers. conductors. musical...suits. people. entertainment Sergei Rachmaninoff Copyright (c) Archive Photos.
- Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Works.(Book Review)
- Magazine article from: American Music Teacher Cromley, Dorothea October 1, 2004 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) February 8, 2002 700+ words
Byline: David Ramsey Staff writer Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) had the fortune of being blessed with an abundance...Symphony Orchestra. She specializes in the piano works of fellow Russian Sergei Rachmaninoff. Color.
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek Chang, Yahlin March 10, 1997 700+ words
SERGEI RACHMANINOFF said he composed his thunderous Third Piano Concerto for elephants...sensuality alternates between tenderness and out-and-out lust. Sergei Rachmaninoff: What canyon say? For almost 20 years after he wrote the Third...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) Gowen, Bill June 21, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Bill Gowen Daily Herald Classical Music Critic If you want to enjoy the music of Sergei Rachmaninoff in your home, here are recommended recordings of his most popular works: Piano Concertos (complete): The best integral recording...
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- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) June 21, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Bill Gowen Just who was Sergei Rachmaninoff, whose music will be featured during this summer's Ravinia Festival? Rachmaninoff, born in 1873 in Russia, matured into a...
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- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Mohr, Ian March 13, 2006 700+ words
"Driving Miss Daisy" helmer Bruce Beresford has signed to direct "Rhapsody," a biopic of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. Producing are Frederick Muller and Floyd Bradley's London-based Prelude Features and producer Edward Pressman...
- Between the Rach III and a hard place; a notoriously brutal concerto stars in a...
- Magazine article from: U.S. News & World Report December 2, 1996 700+ words
Every craft, every sport, every art has its Everest. In the world of piano, it is Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3. Written in 1909 by the Russian virtuoso, the more than 70-page piece requires not just supreme technical...
