Boston Symphony Orchestra

Composed at Ivanovka in the summer of 1909 for Rachmaninoff’s first American tour. Dedicated to Josef Hofmann. Premiered in New York in 1909 with the composer as soloist and Walter Damrosch...Read more

Composed at Ivanovka in the summer of 1909 for Rachmaninoff’s first American tour. Dedicated to Josef Hofmann. Premiered in New York in 1909 with the composer as soloist and Walter Damrosch conducting. Two alternative first-movement cadenzas are supplied by the composer; they belong to the same concerto.

Movements:
1. Allegro ma non tanto
2. Intermezzo. Adagio
3. Finale. Alla breve

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