Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I: C minor → E major The piano soloist is Hélène Grimaud. The second movement opens with a series of slow chords in the strings which modulate from the C minor of the previous movement to the E major of this movement. The piano enters, playing a simple arpeggiated figure. The main theme is initially introduced by the flute, before being developed by an extensive clarinet solo. The motif is passed between the piano and other soloists before the music accelerates to a short climax centred on the piano. The original theme is repeated, and the mus… read more
Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I: C minor → E major The piano soloist is Hélène Grimaud. The second movement opens with a series of slow cho… read more
Adagio sostenuto – Più animato – Tempo I: C minor → E major The piano soloist is Hélène Grimaud. The second movement opens with a series of slow chords in the strings which modulate fro… read more
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов), 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943, was a composer, pianist, and conductor. Alternative transliterations of his name include Sergey, Sergej or Serge, and Rachmaninov, Rakhmaninoff.) Rachmaninoff was born in 1873 in Semyonovo, near Novgorod, in north-western Russia. He was born into a noble russian family, who had been in the service of the Russian tsars since the 16th century. His parents were both amateur pianists. Rachmaninov is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. He had legendary te… read more
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов), 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943, was a composer, pianist, and conductor. Alternative transliterations of his name inclu… read more
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов), 1 April 1873 - 28 March 1943, was a composer, pianist, and conductor. Alternative transliterations of his name include Sergey, Sergej or Serge, and Rachmaninov, … read more