Rachmaninoff: Works for Cello and Piano
Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Editor: Daniela Macchione Instrumentation: Cello, Piano Binding: Hardcover ISMN: 9790006559725 Size: 10.0 x 12.8 inches Pages: 106 Description Sergei Rachmaninoff's chamber music for cello and piano comprises three works, all of which originate from his early compositional period and whose genesis is closely linked to people in his circle at the time. Seventeen-year-old Rachmaninoff wrote the "Lied", which was first published posthumously, during a stay with the family of his future wife Natalia. He dedicated this to her sister Vera. "Prélude et Danse orientale", Op. 2 is dedicated to his good friend, the cellist Anatoli Brandoukoff, with whom he played the "Prélude" in the first public concert consisting entirely of his own works. Also dedicated to Brandoukoff is the Sonata, Op. 19 which is one of the first works that Rachmaninoff wrote after the years of depression he suffered following the failure of his first symphony. Part