Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Fis-Moll, Op. 1

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff plays his Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No. 1 Fis-Moll, Op. 1, Part 2, Andante. " Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 1 April 1873 [O.S. 20 March] 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom which included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structural ingenuity and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestral colors. The piano figures prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output, either as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. He made it a point, however, to use his own skills as a performer to explore fully the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Even in his earliest works, he revealed a sure grasp of idiomatic piano writing and a striking gift for melody. " Wikipedia