Anton Batagov “Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff” in Philadelphia

SELECTED LETTERS OF SERGEI RACHMANINOFF

piano cycle

1 At the Grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff (Kensico Cemetery, Valhalla, NY)

2 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Simeon ten Holt

3 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Peter Gabriel

4 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Arvo Pärt

5 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Ludovico Einaudi

6 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Philip Glass

7 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Wim Mertens and Niccolo Paganini

8 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Brian Eno

9 Letter from Sergei Rachmaninoff to Vladimir Martynov

10 At the Grave of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Postlude

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Duration: 1 hour 20 minutes, no intermission

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Renowned classical composer and pianist Anton Batagov performs his iconic piano cycle / album

Selected Letters of Sergei Rachmaninoff. It was written, premiered and released in 2013. It caused a

sensation. Numerous musicological articles and even dissertations have been written about it. It has

deeply influenced many artists. Now it is considered to be a contemporary Russian classics.