Facing the Music, Overcoat Media’s series about the psychological backstories of the great composers is now available as a box set on BBC Sounds. In Episode 5, Kit Harington delves into the stormy inner world of Rachmaninov, tracing the shadows of loss and perfectionism that haunted the composer’s work....So what is it about Rachmaninov that gets Kit so excited? He’s a tortured genius. Rachmaninov didn’t just write music; he bled it. After a humiliating premiere, he couldn’t compose for years,...

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