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Tag Archives: Rachmaninoff
Sergei Rachmaninoff’s 3rd piano concerto – extraordinary works involve extraordinary solutions
Probably no other work in recent years has brought us … Continue reading
No end to Rachmaninoff in sight: several annotations to opp. 3 and 16
Perhaps – despite the anniversary year – I’m rather overdoing … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano + orchestra, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading
Tagged accidentals, Rachmaninoff
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Happy birthday, Sergei! A fresh look at Rachmaninoff’s Préludes for his 150th birthday
In the Henle blog we have already published several posts … Continue reading
Posted in Monday Postings, piano solo, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, variant reading
Tagged accidentals, Préludes, Rachmaninoff
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Rachmaninoff revises Rachmaninoff. On the two versions of the Second Piano Sonata op. 36
In my last blog posting I went into the genesis … Continue reading
The première of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Sonata op. 36
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Rostov-on-Don, Saratov, Smolensk, Voronezh – what do … Continue reading
“Smfz” – On some unconventional dynamic markings in our Urtext editions
Dynamics are in a way the salt in the musical … Continue reading
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Tagged Berg, Brahms, Carl Nielsen, Crusell, Dvorak, dynamics, Rachmaninoff, Zemlinsky
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The melancholy horn – a short excursion into the monumental realm of Russian music
The repertoire of the G. Henle publishing house is traditionally … Continue reading
Posted in Élégie op. 44 (Glasunow), G. Henle Publishers, Glasunow, Alexander, Monday Postings, Mussorgsky, Modest, piano + horn, piano + viola, Rachmaninoff, Sergei, Rêverie op. 24 (Glasunow), Scriabin, Alexander, Urtext
Tagged Élégie, Glazunov, horn, Mussorgsky, Rachmaninoff, Rêverie, Russia, Scriabin, Tchaikovsky, viola
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Without words, but with a foreword – what’s new on Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise”
Looking at the topics of the by now more than … Continue reading
A wrong ‘D’ goes out into the world – Rachmaninoff’s Prélude in c sharp minor under the magnifying glass
The last blog posting on 6 January has already let … Continue reading
Corelli, La Folia and Rachmaninoff’s Variations, Op. 42
In May and June 1931 Sergei Rachmaninoff composed his famous … Continue reading