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What a wonderful picture!!!

Just what I was wanting--- a photo of Rach driving his speedboat. And I'm still waiting for one of the poker parties he used to have at his summer home. Got to be some shots of that somewhere; it's too choice.

I snapped these when I was in the Library of Congress seven years ago.

A very idyllic desk to compose upon! Did you check the drawers for any lost compositions??

Thank you so so so much for these unique photos! What a beautifull piece of furniture!

Library of Congress I guess has many more rare unique treasures about Rachmaninoff... Wish I will be still alive when they will be revealed... Are there no researchers that have true interest in Rachmaninoff that could publish something from his archives that are kept in Library of Congress?

One new rare picture



S.V.Rachmaninoff with Serge Jaroff and his Don Cossack choir

They say Rachmaninoff taught Jaroff how to direct the orchestra.

I wish I knew, whether there has been done a complete record of Rachmaninoff's Vespers by Serge Jaroff Don Cossack Choir, or Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostem?

I've come across only two records, one is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhHAEzM57hU

Rejoce, O Virgin

The other one (To Thee we sing) I will upload later.
I am really interested in rare records of Rachmaninoff works, if you can help, please write! Thank you!

One more archive photo of Rachmaninoff

SV Rachmaninoff with his wife Natalie, his daughter Irina and grand-daughter Sofia

1920-es

They see me rollin', they hatin',

They say this is somewhere in New York subway. I wish I knew when it was made!

What would be really cool: seeing the original hand-written scores for some of his pieces.
Nice Pictures.

Thank you, Batuhan! A photo with Walt Disney and Horowitz :-)

JesseOffy, will this do?

AWESOME! I went from being half asleep to fully excited! Thanks.

You are welcome!!!

Here is one more rare photo

It's been said that R. may not have been a great composer, but he was for sure the composer of a few great pieces. The world would be lesser without his works.

What a thoroughly fascinating thread, Marianne! I had seen it previously, but this is the first time I've gone through it.

I agree with the person who indicated that Rachmaninov's choral music is the most overlooked area of his compositional output, and IMO his best. About 35 - 40 years ago, I was part of a choral group who presented several unpublished Rachmaninov works, compliments of a Russian emigre who sang bass in that choir and provided them to the director. They were very gripping, very haunting. I speak as one who has never been a great fan of Rachmaninov's piano music and overall esthetic (I'm much more of a Prokofiev fan), but his choral compositions are very considerable indeed.

What an enjoyable thread! I'm inspired to practice. Maybe Rachmaninoff today.