zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 8 in C sharp minor
A big, loud piece with prevalent patterns of leaps in the left hand, creating a huge roar. The piece has grand dissonances but also contains a gorgeous romantic interlude. There are two references to the Prélude in C-sharp minor; could this piece be a venting of his anger and frustration at the public’s fascination with and demand for him to play that early prélude?
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 in C major
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Hélène Grimaud
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
By Vladimir Horowitz
By Nikolai Lugansky
Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 C major sheet music
