Notes: Recorded at Trinity Church. Gregor Benko, in his notes for the 1973 'The Complete Rachmaninoff' RCA release, notes that no usable take of the final section of the first movement survived. He indicates that the posthumous publication of the 1924 recording was 'filled out' with a section from the later 1929 electrical recording of the concerto by the same artists.

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December 30 1924

Camden, NJ, USA

Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

Notes: Details of Rachmaninoff's recording sessions have been compiled from Barrie Martyn's book 'Rachmaninoff: Composer, Pianist, Conductor' (Scolar Press: London, 1990), pp. 453-497.

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December 31 1924

Camden, NJ, USA

Gramophone Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Gramophone Recording

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January 14 1925

New York, NY, USA

Piano Roll Recording

Rachmaninoff's role: Piano Roll Recording

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January 14 1925

Washington, DC, USA

Poli's Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The attached reviews indicate that Rachmaninoff played the Gluck-Sgambatti Melodie as an encore after the Schumann Sonata, and Chopin's Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2, and the transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 16 1925

Washington, DC, USA

The White House

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina notes that this Friday concert was ‘by invitation’, and that she believed the Chopin Ballade was likely in A flat major, op. 47. The program had been sent to Satina by the Chief Usher of the White House, H. G. Grim, but is also confirmed in the first attached press clipping. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 17 1925

Charlottesville, VA, USA

Cabell Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 19 1925

Norfolk, VA, USA

Academy of Music

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Encores are noted in the attached reviews both after the Schumann Sonata and at the end of the recital, however their details are not given. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 21 1925

Knoxville, TN, USA

Lyric Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Two waltzes by Chopin are noted as the encores in the attached reviews. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 23 1925

New Orleans, LA, USA

Athanaeum

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Rachmaninoff played the Gluck-Sgambatti Melodie as an encore after the Beethoven Sonata, as noted in the attached review, and a work by Chopin at the end. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 27 1925

St Louis, MO, USA

Odeon Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The first attached review notes an encore after the Schumann Sonata, the Gluck-Sgambatti Melodie. At the end of the recital, encores were a Chopin mazurka, Rachmaninoff's transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, Chopin's Waltz in C sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2, a Humoresque by Tchaikovsky, and Dohnányi's Etude. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 28 1925

Topeka, KS, USA

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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January 30 1925

El Paso, TX, USA

Liberty Hall

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: A work by Chopin and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak are noted among three encores in the attached review. In the attached press clipping, the piano used by Rachmaninoff to practise at his hotel is offered for sale. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 2 1925

Tucson, AZ, USA

High School Auditorium

Notes: Satina was unable to find details for this program, yet it can partially be reconstructed by two recently found reviews and a press clipping. The Chopin works were perhaps the same as played in other concerts at this time, such as in San Diego on February 9. Two waltzes by Chopin - C sharp minor and A flat major - are noted as encores.

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February 3 1925

Phoenix, AZ, USA

Shrine Auditorium

Notes: Satina was unable to find details for this program. The attached review mentions only the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, and unnamed works by Chopin. The attached press clipping a few days after the concert invites readers to inspect the piano used by Rachmaninoff to practise during his two days in Phoenix.

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February 5 1925

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Philharmonic Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The first of the attached reviews notes Chopin's Waltzes in A flat major, op. 69, no. 1, and C sharp minor, op. 64, no. 2, Rachmaninoff's transcriptions of Mussorgsky's Hopak and Kreisler's Liebesleid, and the Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3, no. 2, as the encores. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 6 1925

Pasadena, CA, USA

High School Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: According to the attached review, the order of Rachmaninoff's two compositions could have been reversed. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 9 1925

San Diego, CA, USA

Spreckel’s Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 11 1925

San Jose, CA, USA

Victory Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Satina believed only one work by Liszt was played, yet the attached brief review refers to two. Given its occurrence in similar programs, the Sonetto is also listed here. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 12 1925

Stockton, CA, USA

High School Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: An unfortunate occurrence of billowing stage curtains is discussed in the second attached press clipping. In it, in response to being told that the small audience could not be moved closer to the stage, Rachmaninoff suggests inviting them to his hotel room. In the first attached press clipping, the Stockton Record makes an unfortunate typographical mistake in regard to the name of the location. The first attached review indicates that the Serenade was played in place of the advertised Etude-Tableau, and also notes encores, which might be determined as Liszt's transcription of Schubert's 'Das Wandern', a Chopin waltz, and Rachmaninoff's transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 13 1925

Fresno, CA, USA

High School Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Tchaikovsky's Troika and Rachmaninoff's transcription of a Kreisler piece (spelled 'Chrysler'), likely the Liebesleid, are noted as encores in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 14 1925

Oakland, CA, USA

Auditorium Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: Tchaikovsky's Troika is noted as an encore in the attached review. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 15 1925

San Francisco, CA, USA

New Columbia Theater

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The attached review from the San Francisco Examiner states that Rachmaninoff performed in the city in the previous season, however no sources record this event. The same review notes he played Chopin's Waltz in A flat major, op. 64, no. 3, as an encore after the Beethoven Sonata, but there is no mention of encores at the end of the recital. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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February 18 1925

Portland, OR, USA

The Auditorium

Rachmaninoff's role: Solo Pianist

Notes: The second attached review indicates that Rachmaninoff played Tchaikovsky's Troika as an encore after the Schumann Sonata, and at the end of the recital played a Chopin waltz, his transcription of Kreisler's Liebesleid, his own transcription of Mussorgsky's Hopak, and Liszt's transcription of Schubert's 'Das Wandern'. LoC, Sergei Rachmaninoff Archive, ML31.R33, Papers of Sophie Satin, boxes 82-89.

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