Lugansky - Rachmaninoff, Moment Musical Op. 16, No. 6

Sergey Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
Moment Musical Op. 16, No. 6 - Maestoso. C major (1896)
Nikolai Lugansky, 2016
Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, 3-6: • Lugansky - Rachmaninof...
“… All authentic art is based on inspiration. There are of course details which must be developed, but only for the purpose of elaborating and expressing this inspiration. As soon as a composition becomes the fruit of effort, an express search and gathering of those ideas, there is no longer room for inspiration; it becomes craft. When a mosaic floor is finished, one sees a large, colorful canvas. But to achieve this mosaic, we had to start with the detail. The detail is made of thousands of small pebbles or pieces of marble and, while it is the result of a marvelous craftsmanship, the idea emerges from the detail. It is not the same in painting where the painter, above all, has a global vision and embraces in thought the whole of his future creation, from which the details emerge. "
Rachmaninoff, on process of composing, “Réflexions et souvenirs”