Rachmaninov/ Vinnitskaya/ Urbanski - Piano Concert 2 Release:Piano Concert 2 Alpha Marius Petipas and Pyotr I

Marius Petipas and Pyotr I

Here the composer first introduces Sprechgesang (speech-song)

After a recording of Beethoven's variations in 2015

in the very venues where they were premiered

Rachmaninov/ Vinnitskaya/ Urbanski - Piano Concert 2 Release:Piano Concert 2 Alpha Marius Petipas and Pyotr ISergei Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto might never have seen the light of day had it not been for hypnosis: before the twenty seve year old composer began work on it, he was on his last legs financially, artistically and psychologically. Dr. Nikolay Dahl hypnotized his patient every day, whispering to him: 'You will write your concerto. You will work with great fluency. The concerto will be of excellent quality.' The creative block disappeared,