Two of Rachmaninoff’s great piano works, from two distinct phases of his compositional career. The Variations are based on the same theme, not “by” Corelli, but used “by” Corelli in his violin variations on the Follia. They were composed in 1931, at the beginning of the composer’s Swiss period. The Études-Tableaux are two sets of piano pieces of great virtuosic challenge and symphonic scope, written in 1916, when the composer was still living in Russia. The one presented here is the second set.
Edition 2023
A Rachmaninov Celebration
July 13 at 12:00 AM
Introduction
La Location
Villa del Balbianello
From the tip of the small wooded peninsula of Lavedo, stretching out sheer above the waters of the center of Lake Como, Villa del Balbianello…
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Čajkovskij
Dumka, op. 59
Čajkovskij – Pletnev
Andante maestoso dal balletto Lo schiaccianoci
Rachmaninov
Études-Tableaux, libro II, op. 39
