Shani & Rana

This week, conductor Lahav Shani and piano soloist Beatrice Rana make their debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in a program celebrating Rachmaninoff's 150th anniversary year. The program includes Prokofiev's Classical Symphony and Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances. In between, Beatrice Rana joins in Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and Tchaikovsky's “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” from The Nutcracker Suite, for piano 4 hands. Rounding out the broadcast, Daniel Barenboim leads the CSO in Wagner's The Ride of the Valkryies from Die Walküre, Forest Murmurs from Siegfried and Siegfried's Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung.

Broadcast available through July 24, 2026 

Prokofiev Symphony No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25 (Classical)
Rachmaninov Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Beatrice Rana piano
ENCORE Tchaikovsky The Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a for piano 4 hands, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy”
Beatrice Rana piano
Lahav Shani piano
Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Lahav Shani conductor 
February 2023

Wagner The Ride of the Valkryies from Die Walküre
Wagner Forest Murmurs from Siegfried
Wagner Siegfried's Death and Funeral March from Götterdämmerung
Daniel Barenboim conductor
1991 (Erato)

Production
Brian Wise producer
Charlie Post audio engineer
Lisa Simeone host

23-30

CSOradio
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Beatrice Rana appears courtesy of Warner Classics.