Rachmaninov, Symphony No. 1 / Stanislav Kochanovsky

Master and student can exchange strange secrets. "Don't be afraid to raise your head if you want attention," Tchaikovsky once said to the worried Taneyev. Did Taneyev, in turn, pass on this advice to the young Rachmaninov? Surely, if we are to believe the outbursts of the First Symphony of the young Sergei, whose career owes much to this rigorous teacher. We rediscover Taneyev through his cantata Saint John of Damascus , a fusion of Bach's style ...