{"podcast":{"title":"Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast","slug":"sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438","podcast_index_feed_id":783438,"rss_url":"https://stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/b/c/7/c/bc7c96c900fe9392d959afa2a1bf1c87/resized-image-Promo.jpeg","author":"Joshua Weilerstein","episode_count":293,"summary":"Sticky Notes is a classical music podcast for everyone, whether you are just getting interested in classical music for the first time, or if you've been listening to it and loving it all your life. Interviews with great artists, in depth looks at pieces in the repertoire, and both basic and deep dives into every era of music. Classical music is absolutely for everyone, so let's start listening! Note - Seasons 1-5 will be returning over the next year. They have been taken down in order to be re-recorded in improved sound quality!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T22:19:57.957535+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438"},"episode":{"title":"Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2","slug":"rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-2","published_at":"2026-01-08T15:54:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-2","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438","url":"https://stickynotespodcast.libsyn.com/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-2","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/stickynotespodcast/Rach_2_podcast_-_08012026_08.16.mp3?dest-id=477278","summary":"We humans seem to love comeback stories, and there is no comeback quite as compelling in the classical music world as Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto. It was written three years after the disastrous premiere of his First Symphony, a premiere so catastrophic that it lives on in the annals of musical history, and is the essential starting point for understanding the Second Piano Concerto and how it came to be. The concerto revived both Rachmaninoff's career and his spirits, and it remains his most famous orchestral work. It is a towering masterpiece of Romanticism, overflowing with glorious melody after glorious melody, supported by virtuosic and sumptuous writing for the solo piano, and a deeply satisfying orchestral part that continues to make audiences swoon around the world. Today on the show, we'll begin with the story of Rachmaninoff's First Symphony, and then walk through this extraordinary concerto, highlighting what truly makes Rachmaninoff's music so special. Hint: it's not just the pretty melodies. Recording: Vladimir Ashkenazy with the Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra, Kirill Kondrashin cond.","meta_description":"We humans seem to love comeback stories, and there is no comeback quite as compelling in the classical music world as Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3161,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438/episodes/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-2/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/sticky-notes-the-classical-music-podcast-783438/rachmaninoff-piano-concerto-no-2.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}