Name: Rachmaninoff’s Lost Russia
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Description: Just the mention of Russian music conjures up sounds of Sergei Rachmaninoff's piano works. But despite this iconic imagery, Rachmaninoff was a man out of place and out of time, writing about a memory of Russia that no longer existed, in a Romantic style that was already lost.

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We would like to share with you our new Piano Talks episode: Rachmaninoff’s Lost Russia.

Just the mention of Russian music conjures up sounds of Sergei Rachmaninoff's piano works. But despite this iconic imagery, Rachmaninoff was a man out of place and out of time, writing about a memory of Russia that no longer existed, in a Romantic style that was already lost.

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