Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2
1901 · Work
Three years after his First Symphony was savaged into silence and depression, Rachmaninoff — coaxed back to work by the hypnotist Dr Dahl, to whom the score is dedicated — premieres a concerto of such sweep that it becomes the most loved in the repertoire. Its tunes have been borrowed by everyone from Frank Sinatra to Celine Dion; the comeback remains music's most famous.
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