Rachmaninoff / Constance Keene, 1964: Prelude in B flat minor Op. 32 No. 2 - Philips PHC 2-006

Constance Keene (9 February 1921 – 24 December 2005) was an American pianist, who was renowned for her 1964 recording of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Preludes and won critical acclaim for her recordings of the works of Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Carl Maria von Weber and Felix Mendelssohn, as well as Rachmaninoff's Études-Tableaux, Op. 33 and Études-Tableaux, Op. 39.

She was raised in Brooklyn, New York City. One of her teachers was Abram Chasins. She won the Naumburg Piano Competition in 1943. In 1946, she stood in for Vladimir Horowitz when he was unavailable for a concert, and she asserted that she was the only female pianist ever to have been given this honor. She also appeared with Benny Goodman and his orchestra in a performance of Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. In 1949 she married Chasins, who died in 1987. They performed and recorded music for piano duo.

Through her husband, who had himself studied with pianist Josef Hofmann, she met other concert pianists, including Vladimir Horowitz. She and Chasins regularly socialized and played bridge with Horowitz and his wife Wanda Toscanini Horowitz during Horowitz's 12-year retirement from the concert stage. As a teen she met Hofmann, Godowsky, and Rachmaninoff; as an adult she and Chasins helped Van Cliburn before his rise to fame. She was close to William Kapell, Abbey Simon, and other pianists. Later in life she often hosted rising young pianists such as Evgeny Kissin, Anne-Marie McDermott, and Lang Lang at her Upper West Side home.

She later became an accomplished teacher herself. Her pupils included the children of Arthur Rubinstein, who said of her performances of Rachmaninoff's Preludes that he was "flabbergasted by the colour, sweep and imagination and ... incredible technique. I cannot imagine anybody, including Rachmaninoff, playing the piano so beautifully." ----------------
세르게이 바실리예비치 라흐마니노프(러시아어: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergei Vasil'evich Rachmaninov, 문화어: 쎄르게이 와씰리예비츠 라흐마니노브, 1873년 4월 1일 ~ 1943년 3월 28일)는 러시아계 미국인 작곡가, 피아노 연주가이자 지휘자이다.

סרגיי וסילייביץ' רחמנינוב (ברוסית: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов; ‏1 באפריל 1873 - 28 במרץ 1943) היה מלחין, מנצח ופסנתרן רוסי. התיישב בשווייץ ובארצות הברית.

セルゲイ・ヴァシリエヴィチ・ラフマニノフ（Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов、ラテン文字転写例: Sergei Vasil'evich Rachmaninov[註 1]、1873年4月1日（当時ロシアで用いられていたユリウス暦では3月20日） - 1943年3月28日）は、ロシア帝国出身の作曲家、ピアニスト、指揮者。

Siergiej Wasiljewicz Rachmaninow (ros. Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов; ur. 20 marca?/1 kwietnia 1873 w Siemionowie, zm. 28 marca 1943 w Beverly Hills) – rosyjski kompozytor, pianista i dyrygent.

Studiował w konserwatoriach w Petersburgu i Moskwie. W 1917 wyemigrował do Stanów Zjednoczonych, często mieszkał także w Paryżu. Jego muzyka nawiązuje do twórczości Piotra Czajkowskiego i Modesta Musorgskiego.

Серге́й Васи́льевич Рахма́нинов (20 марта [1 апреля] 1873, Семёново, Новгородская губерния — 28 марта 1943, Беверли-Хиллз, США) — русский композитор, пианист, дирижёр. Синтезировал в своём творчестве принципы петербургской и московской композиторских школ (а также традиции западноевропейской музыки) и создал свой оригинальный стиль.

სერგეი ვასილის ძე რახმანინოვი (რუს. Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов) (დ. 20 მარტი/ 1 აპრილი, 1873, ონეგი, ახლანდელი ნოვგოროდის რაიონი — გ. 28 მარტი, 1943, ბევერლი-ჰილზი, კალიფორნია, დასაფლავებულია კენსიკოში, ნიუ-იორკის მახლობლად), რუსი კომპოზიტორი, პიანისტი და დირიჟორი. განთქმულია ნაწარმოებით "რაფსოდია პაგანინის თემაზე "

Սերգեյ Վասիլևիչ Ռախմանինով (ապրիլի 1, 1873, Նովգորոդի նահանգ, Ռուսական կայսրություն - մարտի 28, 1943[6][1][4][5], Բևերլի Հիլզ, Լոս Անջելես շրջան, Կալիֆոռնիա, Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ), ռուս կոմպոզիտոր, դաշնակահար և դիրիժոր։

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