Sergei Rachmaninoff - Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 (1896) {Lazar Berman}
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- Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1 April [O.S. 20 March] 1873 - 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.
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Moments Musicaux, Op. 16 (1896)
Dedication: Aleksandr Zatayevich (1869-1936)
1. Andantino (B♭ minor) (0:00)
2. Allegretto (E♭ minor) (8:01)
3. Andante cantabile (B minor) (11:02)
4. Presto (E minor) (16:25)
5. Adagio sostenuto (D♭ major) (19:27)
6. Maestoso (C major)
Lazar Berman, piano
rec. 1975
By the fall of 1896, 23-year old Rachmaninoff's financial status was precarious, not helped by his being robbed of money on an earlier train trip. Pressed for time, both financially and by those expecting a symphony, he "rushed into production." On December 7, he wrote to Aleksandr Zatayevich, a Russian composer he had met before he had composed the work, saying, "I hurry in order to get money I need by a certain date ... This perpetual financial pressure is, on the one hand, quite beneficial ... by the 20th of this month I have to write six piano pieces." Rachmaninoff completed all six during October and December 1896, and dedicated all to Zatayevich. Despite the hasty circumstances, the work evidences his early virtuosity, and sets an example for the quality of his future works.
Six moments musicaux is a sophisticated work that is of longer duration, thicker textures, and greater virtuosic demands on the performer than any of Rachmaninoff's previous solo piano works. It is similar to Alexander Scriabin's momentous Étude in D♯ minor (Op. 8, No. 12)-in both compositions, detail is more functional than ornamentative in their musical argument. It is here, rather than in Morceaux de fantaisie (Op. 3, 1892) or Morceaux de salon (Op. 10, 1894), that Rachmaninoff places specific qualities of his own playing into his music. There is passionate lyricism in numbers three and five, but the others require a pianist with virtuoso technique and musical perception. These were composed during the middle of Rachmaninoff's career, and created a foundation of inner voices that he would elaborate on in his Preludes (Op. 23) and Études-Tableaux (Op. 33). Although he usually gave the première of his own piano works, he was not the first to perform these, and the date of the first public performance has not yet been determined.
The set's name is inspired by Franz Schubert's collection of six short piano pieces, also called Six moments musicaux (Op. 94, 1828).
The first piece is probably one of the best slow pieces by Rach
yep, i'm 4 minutes old and i've already performed this at the menuhin competition and I won the chopin competition with this piece. great beginner piece to learn in 5 mins
Первый момент попал ровно в то мнгновение, когда нужно было найти отражение своего настроения извне. Спасибо за видео!
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Wunderschöne und detaillierte Interpretation dieses spätromantischen und fein komponierten Klavierwerks im veränderlichen Tempo mit klarem doch anmutigem Anschlag und mit sorgfältig kontrollierter Dynamik. Faszinierend vom Anfang bis zum Ende!
That is a beautiful manuscript.
This is a treasure!!!! Thanks so much!! We love the original manuscripts:)
Very nice
Please! Where did you get this original manuscript from?
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Do you know the source for the original manuscript? I am doing research on this pieces and this would be super useful. Thank you!