Rachmaninov “Fate“ - Sergei Leiferkus

Sergei Rachmaninov “Fate“ - (words by Alexei Nikolayevitch Apukhtin) Sergei Leiferkus, Howard Shelley (piano). One of the greatest songs Rachmaninov ever written, quoting famous motive of Beethoven Fifth Symphony. The song was premiered by great Fedor Chailapin, one of Composer’s close friends. With her walking stick, With her dark eyes Fate, like a terrible sentinel, Follows us everywhere. Her awful face threatens, She has turned grey with threats, She has indeed conquered many, And alw