Russian-born composer Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No two has been voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music for the first time in tenth years. The piece topped the annual Classic FM Corridor Of Fame poll, dethroning English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which has held the top spot since two thousand nineteen. The announcement coincides with the one hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the composer and virtuoso pianist’s birth this mo and marks the ninth time the work has been voted the nation’s favourite. Rachmaninov tops Classic FM poll on one hundred-fiftieth anniversary of birth The London Symphony Orchestra play a programme of Rachmaninov in Trafalgar Square, central London (David Mirzoeff/PA) The London Symphony Orchestra play a programme of Rachmaninov in Trafalgar Square, central London (David Mirzoeff/PA) — © David Mirzoeff By Alex Green, PA Acting Deputy Entertainment Editor PA Media Yesterday at 23:00 Russian-born composer Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No two has been voted Britain’s favourite piece of classical music for the first time in tenth years.

The piece topped the annual Classic FM Corridor Of Fame poll, dethroning English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending, which has held the top spot since two thousand nineteen. The announcement coincides with the one hundred-fiftieth anniversary of the composer and virtuoso pianist’s birth this mo and marks the ninth time the work has been voted the nation’s favourite. Ralph Vaughan Williams (PA) Ralph Vaughan Williams (PA) — © PA Piano Concerto No two was completed by Sergei Rachmaninov in one thousand nine hundred-first after he overcame a bout of depression and he committed the work to his neurologist, Nikolai Dahl. It helped set up him as a renowned concerto composer and remains one of his most favorite pieces. In one thousand nine hundred-eighteenth following the Russian Revolution, Rachmaninov moved with his family to the US, becoming a citizen shortly before his death in one thousand nine hundred forty-third. It was also a record year for film music, according to Classic FM, with thirty-five scores in the chart, representing twelve percent of the total music.