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This was my introduction to Rachmaninoff. I saw the movie The Seven Year Itch and was captivated by this piece, which is a recurring theme in the film. The first few bars sound like an animal crawling out of the speakers.
Recently developed a lot of appreciation for Russian composers Rachmaninoff and Shostakovitz
and Russian performers Anna Netrebko and Dmitri Hvorostovsky.