A quotation from the full collection:
When the coughing increases, I leave out the next variation. If there is no coughing, I play them in order. […] The record so far is 18 variations, in New York.
—Rachmaninoff (on his 20 Corelli Variations)
When the coughing increases, I leave out the next variation. If there is no coughing, I play them in order. […] The record so far is 18 variations, in New York.
—Rachmaninoff (on his 20 Corelli Variations)