The Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13, is a four-movement composition for orchestra written from January to October 1895 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. He composed it at his Ivanovka est
The failure of Symphony No. 1 was probably related to a subsequent psychological collapse that Rachmaninoff suffered a few months later; it haunted him until his death in 1943.
The Moscow Conservatory, where Rachmaninoff graduated with honors in the spring of 1891.
Portrait of Mitrofan Belyayev by Ilya Repin (1886)
César Cui led the critical charge against the symphony.
The Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, is a four-movement composition for orchestra written from October 1906 to April 1907 by the Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninoff. The premiere was performed at t
Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1906
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