Symphonic Dances was Rachmaninoff’s final major work. Inon Barnatan comments, “A few years ago, I came across a unique recording from 1940: a rough, private capture of Rachmaninoff playing through his Symphonic Dances at the piano for conductor Eugene Ormandy, ahead of the premiere orchestral performance. It’s not clear whether Rachmaninoff knew he was being recorded – he famously refused live recordings of his playing – but what it offers is a rare, intimate glimpse into the imagination and sou...