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Trio élégiaque No. 2 (Rachmaninoff)
Sergei Rachmaninoff's ''Trio élégiaque'' No. 2 in D minor, Op. 9 is a piano trio which he began composing on 25 October 1893 and completed on 15 December that year. It was written in memory of Tchaikovsky, and was inscribed with the dedication "In Memory of a Great Artist". It was first performed in Moscow on 31 January 1894 by Rachmaninoff himself, the violinist Julius Conus, and the cellist Anatoli Brandukov. Structure The trio is in three movements, taking approximately 50 minutes to perform: This piano trio is similar to Tchaikovsky's '' Trio in A minor'', which was dedicated to Nikolai Rubinstein, in that it follows the same basic structure. Reception and later revisions In 1907, Rachmaninoff made cuts and revisions to his writing for a second edition of the work, and in 1917 made further cuts which were incorporated into the 1950 Muzgiz edition of the piece. According to biographer Barrie Martyn, the work has never achieved much attention, and "has been all but igno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff; in Russian pre-revolutionary script. (28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor. Rachmaninoff is widely considered one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, one of the last great representatives of Romanticism in Russian classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom notable for its song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colours. The piano is featured prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output and he made a point of using his skills as a performer to fully explore the expressive and technical possibilities of the instrument. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at the age of four. He studied with Anton Arensky and Sergei Taneyev at the Moscow Conservatory and graduated in 1892, having already composed several piano and orchestral pieces. In 1897, following th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
