Sergei Rachmaninoff - 14 Romances (Op. 34)

00:00 - Introduction + track list
00:06 - The Muse, Lento (E minor)
04:35 - In the Soul of Each of Us, Non Allegro (C major)
06:46 - The Storm, Allegro (E minor)
09:12 - The Migrant Wind, Andante (C major)
12:26 - Arion, Allegro (D minor)
15:15 - The Raising of Lazarus, Grave (F minor)
17:56 - It Cannot Be!, Allegro (E♭ minor)
19:50 - Music, Andante mosso (E♭ minor)
22:11 - You Knew Him, Grave. Marziale (D major)
24:58 - I Remember that Day, Andante semplice (A♭ major)
26:27 - The Peasant, Non Allegro. Molto marcato (C♯ minor)
30:15 - What Happiness, Largo (A major)
32:23 - Dissonance, Non Allegro. Agitato (E♭ minor)
39:00 - Vocalise - Lentamente. Molto cantabile (C♯ minor)

(Names might differ from the ones indicated in the score)

Rachmaninoff's Op. 34 was composed in 1912 and published the same year.
The first thirteen songs are based on poems by Pushkin (1, 3, 5), Korinfsky (2), Balmont (4), Khomyakov (6), Maykov (7), Polonsky (8, 13), Tyutchev (9, 10) and Fet (11, 12).
No. 14, known as Vocalise, is the most famous of the set and has been arranged for piano solo, orchestra, solo instrument with piano accompaniment and many other. The most peculiar is the one for guitar by Slash, Guns N' Roses' main guitarist.

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian (naturalised American, following the Russian Revolution) composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the late Romantic period.
His style is notable for song-like melodicism, expressiveness and rich orchestral colours.


Performers: Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Vladimir Davidovich Ashkenazy (piano)

Original audio:    • Elisabeth Söderström: The complete "1...  
Score: https://imslp.org/wiki/14_Romances%2C...)