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An introduction to Rachmaninoff's music by Geoffrey Norris
As a pianist, Rachmaninoff was lionized wherever he went; as a conductor, he was praised to the skies. Yet he thought of himself first and foremost as a composer, and it is in his music that his lasting legacy lies. Although, naturally enough, he became known primarily for his piano works during his own lifetime, he transcended the traditional image of the virtuoso/composer by writing imaginatively and idiomatically in a wide variety of genres: aside from the four piano concertos, the Paganini Rhapsody and the several series of solo piano pieces, Rachmaninoff was drawn into the world of opera, to symphonies, to the choral repertory, chamber music and song.