The Rock | Sergei Rachmaninoff (1 of 2)

The Rock, Op. 7, a fantasia for orchestra written by Sergei Rachmaninoff in the summer of 1893. It is dedicated to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov.
"The golden cloud slept through the night
Upon the breast of the giant-rock"

[@samthemusicguy]

always loved this piece... must read the short story some day.. thanks for sharing!

[@iwavns]

@piano8091 That is Isle of the Dead Op. 29, This piece is The Rock, Op. 7.

[@Nibor7301]

I've always loved this piece. This is a bit faster than I am used to, but it's still brilliant.
3:00 onwards is probably my favourite moment.

[@HotSo0P]

@piano8091 No, you're thinking of something else. Rachmaninoff actually wrote a piece called "Isle of the Dead", which is his opus 29.

[@AphroditeEros33]

Rachmaninoff rocks!!! Thank you so much for sharing*^o^*

[@bigtupa5613]

rockmoninoff *pulls cock out*

[@HotSo0P]

@mrmolinodelahoz Rachmaninoff titled this compositon "The Crag" (translated as "The Rock"). The Crag theme was a facade, according to Sergei Bertennesson in his biography of Rachmaninoff, secretly hiding the real theme of the work. The real theme was a work by the Russian writer Anton Chekhov, "Along the Way". It is a tragic story of two travelers, one a joyous young girl, the other an anguished old man, who meet in a roadside inn on Christmas Eve.

[@keesbolleboos]

The painting is: "Odysseus and Calypso, 1883" by Arnold Böcklin.

[@werq34ac]

I hear the Tchaikovsky in it, and a very small bit of Rimsky Korsakov, but only Rachmaninoff could have wrote something like this.

[@D0g63rt]

@piano8091
You're thinking of a different piece. The quote there in the title is part of the inspiration for this particular work.

[@katwatson007]

who is playing and conducting this?