Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, filled with dark-chocolate harmonies, has been seducing newcomers to classical music for a century. No wonder its melodies have also cropped up in movies and pop songs.

In this concert, Houston Civic Symphony will perform Tann's The Open Field: In memoriam Tiananmen Square and Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 in E minor, op. 27.

Tucson Symphony Orchestra is “rach”ing out this weekend with Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2, a behemoth work that the orchestra programs every seven or eight years. In this case, it’s been 11 years ...

Hosts Michael Stern and Dan Margolies examine a hidden gem by Mozart contemporary Joseph Martin Kraus and Beethoven's fusion of different forms and genres, the 'Choral Fantasy,' featuring pianist ...

LONDON (Reuters) - An autograph manuscript score of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 that had been presumed lost for half a century will be sold at auction in May, Sotheby's said on Thursday. The ...

A feast of sumptuous melody and powerful emotions, Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 2 shares a program with the highly atmospheric violin concerto by his Finnish contemporary, Jean Sibelius. Norwegian ...

This symphony has established itself as one of the most popular of all Russian orchestral works. The Second is Rachmaninoff’s only symphony to date from the years of his full-blown Romantic style. At ...

The Houston Symphony's "RachFest" has saved the best for last - as demonstrated by Thursday's opening of the final program in the three-weekend celebration of Sergei Rachmaninoff. With Kirill Gerstein ...

In addition to a busy weekend of contrasting operas, the San Diego Symphony is throwing Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 at us. Mozart’s final symphony, The Jupiter, is coming along for the ride as ...

It’s not hyperbole to say that Rachmaninoff is in Russian-American pianist Olga Kern‘s DNA. “I play Rachmaninoff all my life,” said the 50-year-old Kern, who will play the composer’s Piano Concerto No ...

On a mostly listless Tuesday at the Renee and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall, Conrad Tao sat at his dressing room piano in casual street clothes and played a snippet of the world’s most terrifying ...

Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, filled with dark-chocolate harmonies, has been seducing newcomers to classical music for a century. No wonder its melodies have also cropped up in movies and pop songs.