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This article is about the second set of
études-tableaux by Rachmaninoff, Op. 39. For the first set, see
Études-Tableaux, Op. 33.
Rachmaninoff in front of a giant Redwood tree in California, 1919
Written in 1917, the Études-Tableaux (literally, study pictures) Op. 39 are the second set of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The Op. 39 set comprises nine études:
- No. 1 - Allegro agitato in C minor - "The Sea"
- No. 2 - Lento assai in A minor - "The Sea and the Seagulls"
- No. 3 - Allegro molto in F♯ minor
- No. 4 - Allegro assai in B minor
- No. 5 - Appassionato in E♭ minor
- No. 6 - Allegro in A minor - "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf" [1]
- No. 7 - Lento lugubre in C minor
- No. 8 - Allegro moderato in D minor
- No. 9 - Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia in D major
- Rachmaninoff recorded Op. 39, No. 4 (piano roll only), and Op. 39, No. 6 (electrical recording and piano roll).[2][3]
- Evgeny Kissin recorded Nos. 1-2, 4-6, and 9 on the RCA Victor Red Seal label, May 16 and 17, 1988, in Watford Town Hall. The recording also includes the Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 18, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev conducting.[4]
- Another recording of the Op. 39 Études-Tableaux is by Alexander Melnikov on the Harmonia Mundi label. Other works are the Op. 38 songs and the Variations on a Theme of Corelli.[5]
- The Op. 39 also has been recorded by several other pianists, including Nicholas Angelich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and John Ogdon.[6][7][8]
- ^ Harrison pg. 180.
- ^ NAXOS RACHMANINOV, Sergey: Piano Solo Recordings, Vol. 3
- ^ Gramophone: Rachmaninov from Ampico Piano Rolls
- ^ Discogs: Kissin, Rachmaninoff, London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev – Concerto #2 and 6 Etudes-Tableaux, RCA Victor
- ^ Harmonia Mundi: SERGEI RACHMANINOFF, Études-tableaux op.39, Corelli Variations, Six Poems op.38
- ^ "Rachmaninov - Etudes tableaux, Op. 33 & Op. 39". Presto Music. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Vladimir Ashkenazy plays Rachmaninov's Etudes-Tableaux, Op. 39". medici.tv. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
- ^ "Release "Rachmaninov: Etudes-Tableaux, op. 33 & op. 39 / Busoni: Piano Works" by Rachmaninov, Ferruccio Busoni; John Ogdon - MusicBrainz". musicbrainz.org. Retrieved 2024-09-11.
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