A very happy birthday to Sergei Rachmaninov - 1873; and to Sviatoslav Richter (1915). Those who turn up their delicate noses at Rachmaninov's music are depriving themselves of a huge joy: uniquely stirring, magnificently constructed, utterly sincere - his music is a miracle.
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The whole of his celebrated (and vast) third piano concerto, for example, is constructed from material presented in its first two measures -- before the entrance of the piano. And Rachmaninov knew from whom to steal, too: this material comes from Mozart.http://bit.ly/2GMHGpa
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Not hearing the Mozart connection...what bar/section of K475?!
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