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Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Today's Birthday in Music: April 1 (Rachmaninoff)

1873 - Sergei Rachmaninoff, Semyonovo, Russia; composer, pianist, conductor

Wiki entry
Bio/pictures
Sergei Rachmaninov (La Scena Musicale)

Short film of Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 3, final movement (Horowitz- Mehta 1978)

Alexander Ognivstev sings Aleko's Cavatina from Rachmaninoff's Aleko (Russian film production)

Labels: birthdays, composer, conductor, piano, Rachmaninoff

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