Rachmaninov composed his Third Symphony at his summer house on Lake Lucerne during the summers of 1935 and 1936, after the triumph of his Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini had restored him to favor as a composer. After the symphony's 1937 premiere at the hands of Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra (which Ra...
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Curated by Mary Elizabeth Kelly, Primephonic Curator