Sergei Rachmaninoff and the Midnight Sled

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In the frozen Russian countryside, a boy with impossibly large hands discovers he can stretch across thirteen piano keys at once. Sergei Rachmaninoff grows up to become the most powerful pianist the world has ever heard — but when revolution tears his homeland apart, he must flee with nothing but his music in his heart. Starting over in America, he fills concert halls with the towering, bittersweet sound of a man who can never go home.

  • Duration: 26:24
  • Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff
  • Release: April 17, 2026

Music Featured

Composer Title Source
Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 No. 2 archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5 archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 - II. Adagio sostenuto archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 - I. Largo archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 - I. Moderato archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 - II. Adagio sostenuto archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Symphony No. 2 - III. Adagio archive.org
Sergei Rachmaninoff Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini archive.org

Themes

Classical Bedtime

Tags

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