Rachmaninoff, Sergei - Vocalise, Opus 34 Nº14

Rachmaninoff wrote the Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14, in 1915, for Antonina Nezhdanova – a lyric coloratura soprano and one of Russia’s greatest singers. When asked, Rachmaninoff told her, “It has no need of words, when you can convey everything better, and with more feeling, with your voice and interpretation”. 
Gordon Stewart