Rachmaninoff Plays Symphonic Dances: Newly Discovered 1940 Recording is an album presenting pianist-composer Sergei Rachmaninoff in a 1940 recording of his Symphonic Dances. The performance showcases late-Romantic pianism with dense harmonies, sweeping melodic lines and orchestral piano textures, and documents Rachmaninoff's interpretive approach in the final years of his career.