Rachmaninoff - Fantasie tableaux Suite No.1 for two pianos, Op. 5
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Published 2015-06-11
Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos), Op. 5, is a composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Composed in the summer of 1893 at the Lysikofs estate in Lebeden, Kharkov, this suite was initially titled Fantasie-Tableux since Rachmaninoff intended it, as he explained in a letter to his cousin Sofia Satin, to consist "of a series of musical pictures." While François-Rene Tranchefort asserts that the music illustrates four extracts of poems (written by Mikhail Lermontov, Lord Byron, Fyodor Tyutchev and Aleksey Khomyakov), Rachmaninoff biographer Max Harrison counters that while the poems "convey something of the emotional tone of the music," the music itself is not programmatic.
This work was first performed on November 30, 1893, by Rachmaninoff and Pavel Pabst in Moscow, and is dedicated to Tchaikovsky who had died just weeks prior. Rachmaninoff composed a second suite in 1901.
The four movements are:
0:00 I. Barcarolle. Allegretto, in G minor.
7:52 II. La nuit... L'amour... Adagio sostenuto, in D major. (The night...the love...)
13:39 III. Les Larmes. Largo di molto, in G minor. (The Tears)
20:16 IV. Pâques. Allegro maestoso, in G minor. (Easter)
All Comments (21)
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My grandpa gave me a CD with this piece for Christmas, when I was a child, almost 40 years ago. I am in love with the melody ever since. <3
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I cannot stop listening to it. It has been at least 100 times
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Rediscovering this after a few years and it’s still so mesmerisingly beautiful....
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Full of passion and sad yearnings... the first part is like some kind of beautiful dark magic 😍🔥
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Фантастика!!! Красивейший перезвон колоколов в этой сюите исполненый на фортепиано! Большое спасибо каналу за выложенный файл!!!
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4th movement is amazing, especially played that fast and the audio quality is great too.
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One of the best performances I've heard of this gorgeous piece; a work of this type that is only surpassed by Rachmaninoff's Second Suite for Two Pianos.
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Best version I've heard!
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I'm very familiar with this piece and had heard it played by more well- known pianists like Ashkenazi, Argerich, etc but I instantly prefer this version by Ingryd Thorson and Julian Thurber
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GRACIAS !!!! Ingrid y Julian ...SON EXCELENTES PIANISTAS .....una obra Maravillosa y Sublime !!! Amo toda la musica de Rachmaninoff...Muchas GRACIAS !!!
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Mesmerizing beauty...Phenomenal interpretation...
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Stunning performance by two of the world's greatest pianists.
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The two pianos sing so well together, I feel like dancing!
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no puedo parar... esto es una droga!!! viva Rachmaninoff...
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The second movement reminds me of Liszt. The whole suite is shimmering with beauty.
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Beautiful performance; lovely! Thank you🌹
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Какое необыкновенное фото и так гармонично с гениальной музыкой Сергея Рахманинова 💗👌👍🙏👀👂🙋♀️
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Rachmaninoff's melodies are exquisite, the product of genius, like so many other ones by him,: the second piano concerto, the Elegie no. 3, the suite for two pianos no. 1, and the list is interminable. In his melodic ability is equal to Chopin, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Schubert, and the other great masters of melody. Gabe Meruelo.
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Beautiful chord changes."I do not believe in the artist that discloses too much of his images. Let [the listener] paint for themselves what it most suggests." (Rachmaninoff)
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There have been many good duo-pianists, but often they play well together because they have eschewed freedom and spontaneity....this duo plays with the abandon of a great solo pianist...but they do it together! Very rare.....
