Title: | Piano sonata no. 2, Variations on a theme of Corelli; Moments musicaux |
Otros títulos: | Piano sonata no. 2, op. 36 Variations on a theme of Corelli : op. 42 ; Moments musicaux : op. 16 Variations on a theme of Corelli Moments musicaux Piano music |
Intérprete/ Colaborador: | Sergei Rachmaninoff; Idil Biret |
Código CDU: | R.08 |
Forma Musical: | Música para piano -- Discos compactos. Conciertos (Piano con orquesta) -- Discos compactos. Piano con orquesta -- Discos compactos. |
Abstract: | This was the last original solo piano work by Rachmaninov and the only one he composed outside Russia. It was written in 1931, the same year the composer boldly denounced the Soviet Union, referring to its leaders as "Communist grave-diggers." Stalin banned Rachmaninov's music as a result, but, recognizing its more appealing and generally less radical nature, rehabilitated it three years later. This work is among the several that were subsequently well received in Moscow. The Variations on a Theme of Corelli was written in Rachmaninov's less Romantic, more detached style, already heard in his Piano Concerto No. 4 (1926; rev. 1941) and the much earlier Piano Sonata No. 2 (1913). But the Corelli Variations go a step further in their icy, emotional demeanor, for here Rachmaninov displays a cerebral temperament more so than in any other composition in his oeuvre. The work is cast in three movements, Allegro and Scherzo, Adagio, and Finale. The outer panels are in D minor, and the inner ... |