Sergei Rachmaninoff was born in 1873, Novgorod (Semyonovo), Russia. He was a late Romantic and early Modernist composer who, though he is technically "Russian," lived in America for most of his life and is now considered an "American" conmposer. I don't really care about people who make this assumption. He is and was and always will be a true, Russian composer to me. His music is gorgeous. The Études-Tableaux are some of my favorite solo piano music of Rachmaninoff's, though he has composed a few Minute-Musicals and Preludes and other things. Rachmaninoff died in 1943 in San Francisco, California.
"Études-tableaux" literally means "studies of landscape." Lugansky is a master of creating dark, cerebral landsacapes and yet maintaining Rachmaninoff's signature gentle melodies. The Études-Tableaux are some of my favorite solo piano music of Rachmaninoff's, though he has composed a few Minute-Musicals and Preludes and other things. Enjoy this wonderful 1994 recording.
Stunning, as always, Alliepally.
ReplyDeleteBut it's all in Rapidshare! Doesn't that enrage you? :)
ReplyDeleteNot at all, cutey. I'm going to listen to Rachmaninoff all morning now.
ReplyDeleteGood!!! :3
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