Nov. 11, 1921: Rachmaninoff sorry he wrote prelude Sergei Rachmaninoff – who many musicians declare is the biggest living composer and the finest pianist in the world today – acknowledges he made his ...

To U. S. citizens who stay away from concerts, the best-known high-brow composer now living is probably Russian-born Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff. His crashing Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, first ...

Rachmaninoff's Preludes were written for himself, with his huge hands. So how do they translate when someone smaller, like Helene Grimaud, plays them? Well, hear for yourself. Grimaud plays ...