Sergei Rachmaninoff

The calming strains of this incredibly beautiful music have been thoughtfully and carefully scored in this string arrangement. The composer's full orchestration has been pared down to its basic elements, leaving a work that will captivate and entrance your audiences. Not only for concert programming, this work also makes a superb choice in your contest program. (6:15) / Orchestre A Cordes

Bless the Lord O my soul-Blagoslovi Dushè Moya Gospoda (Bless The Lord O My Soul) is a work by Sergei Rachmaninoff for Solo Alto Voice and Unaccompanied SATB Choir. From the 'All-Night Vigil ' this is the Vocal Score featuring a pronunciation guide and an explanation of the transliteration and translation. The lyrics are in the original and a phonetic transliteration.

Par LISCHKE ANDRE. Lorsque la Révolution de 1917 contraignit Rachmaninov à  quitter la Russie, le compositeur se lança dans une carriêre de concertiste à  plein temps. Universellement admiré par ses confrêres, exceptionnel dans Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven Schumann et dans sa propre musique, son jeu a marqué tous ceux qui l'ont entendu. André Lischke revient dans cet ouvrage sur le parcours et l'art d'un musicien qui aura été à  parts égales compositeur, pianiste interprête de ses oeuvres autant que du grand répertoire, ainsi que chef d'orchestre charismatique. Il replace sa formation dans le cadre de la vie musicale et culturelle en Russie, montrant la place du piano dans son oeuvre et dans sa vie, et en mettant l'accent sur sa carriêre d'interprête et ses choix de répertoire avant et aprês son émigration. Est également étudié le legs discographique considérable de Rachmaninov pianiste. L'ensemble constitue un essai biographique passionnant sur ce phénoMène unique dans l'histoire du piano, dont l'écriture pianistique et l'interprétation se répondent, comme les cloches des églises russes dans la mémoire sonore de l'émigré. / Broché / Livre / Livres

The engaging theme from this piano classic is instantly recognizable and your students will love its dark forboding quality. Chromatic triads against a prominent bass line are trademarks of Rachmaninoff and his distinctive late Romantic style. Dur: 4:00

The Harvest Of Sorrow was fifth in a collection of six songs for Piano and solo Voice published in 1893 as Rachmaninoff’s opus 4. Also known as Song For My Cornfield it sets a poem byTolstoy in the style of a Russian folk-song lamenting a failed harvest. For medium Voice and Piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian composer and pianist who pushed the boundaries of virtuosic Pianocomposition through his incredible skills as a performer. Through his rich textures and expressiveness he is often seen as the last great member if not the pinnacle of the European Romantic movement.

These fifteen numbers form what is called in Russian Combined Prayer Service or All Night Vigil consisting of the vesper and matin service linked together for the nights of vigil preceding the great holidays. I must not therefore be confused with the liturgy or the communion service for which Rachmaninov has also written a musical setting. A word of praise should be spoken for the English text provided by Canon Winfred Douglas. This indefatigable champion of the Russian school has labored lovingly over these translations and adaptations and has achieved a truly notable result.

From an earlier Belwin Mills edition this is Volume 2 of a series of the piano works of the great Russian-American composer. These compositions were written as 'picture pieces' though Rachmaninoff did not reveal what each piece was to suggest preferring to leave that discovery to the pianist. This book contains the complete Opus 33 and Opus 39 works

The Great Doxology-Slavosloviye Velikoye (The Great Doxology) is a work by Sergei Rachmaninoff for Unaccompanied SATB Choir. From the 'All-Night Vigil ' this is the Vocal Score featuring a pronunciation guide and an explanation of the transliteration and translation. The lyrics are in the original and a phonetic transliteration.

Only few pieces have ever won over the audience and haunted their composer as much as Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor. The composer virtually complained that 'people want to have it played all the time'. The present new edition of this 'highlight' of the piano music repertoire considers the differences between autograph and first edition very carefully, comparing them with the composer's recordings. / Piano