Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini for piano and orchestra in A minor, Op. 43

Composed at Senar in 1934. The theme comes from Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in A minor. This is Rachmaninoff’s independent concertante variation work, not a transcription of the entire...Read more

Composed at Senar in 1934. The theme comes from Niccolò Paganini’s Caprice No. 24 in A minor. This is Rachmaninoff’s independent concertante variation work, not a transcription of the entire caprice. Premiered in Baltimore in 1934 with the composer as soloist and Leopold Stokowski conducting.

Movements:
1. Introduction
2. Variation I (before the theme)
3. Paganini’s theme
4. Variations II-XXIV

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