Rachmaninoff later blessed a ballet using this music with the story line. The pianist represents Paganini, with the variations containing the medieval Day-of-Wrath melody the specter of evil, and the famous lush eighteenth variation his object of love. So within this exciting concerto-work of soloist, orchestra, and conductor underlies another dramatic triangle. Rachmaninoff loved the surrounding drama.
So hot was Paganini's violin-playing that rumors circulated he'd sold his soul to the devil in return for superhuman talent and a beautiful woman, too, of course. But Rachmaninoff crafted the most memorable and brilliant use of this tune, a set of demanding variations for piano and orchestra. Paganini's famous melody in his 24th solo violin caprice enchanted many composers, notably Liszt, Schumann, and Brahms. Late in life, Russian Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of the piano-greats in history (in addition to being a busy conductor and composer), harked back a century to another legendary instrumentalist, Nicolo Paganini, to write his final concerto work. (In this feature, hear professor and soloist David Korevaar at his office grand piano discussing and playing highlights of this dazzler.) What's the very height of musical-excitement in the classical universe? Opera aside, we have a strong candidate for you: the swan song of Sergei Rachmaninoff's concerto-works, his thrilling Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini!
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