Sergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff in 1921, photographed by Kubey Rembrandt. BY KUBEY REMBRANDT (PHILADEPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA) - THIS IMAGE IS AVAILABLE FROM THE UNITED STATES LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'S PRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS DIVISION UNDER THE DIGITAL ID CPH.3A40575.THIS TAG DOES NOT INDICATE THE COPYRIGHT STATUS OF THE ATTACHE
Sergei Rachmaninoff's Second and Third Piano Concertos are repertory staples. His First and Fourth Concertos were not successful at their original premiers, but were heavily revised later and were replayed with some success. Near the end of his career, Rachmaninoff recorded both of them with the Philadelphia Orchestra, conducted by Eugene Ormandy.
On this week's Classics of the Phonograph, Saturday at 11 am on WILL-FM, we will hear portions of those recordings.