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Andantino b flat minor op. 16,1
6 medium
Allegretto e flat minor op. 16,2
8 difficult
Andante cantabile b minor op. 16,3
4 medium
Presto e minor op. 16,4
8 difficult
Adagio sostenuto D flat major op. 16,5
4 medium
Maestoso C major op. 16,6
7 difficult
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Sergej Rachmaninow

Composer and pianist who continued and expanded the late-Romantic tradition; he prepared the way for Prokofiev and Shostakovich. His oeuvre comprises orchestral works, piano pieces, choral works, several operas, and numerous songs.

1873Born in Semyonovo on April 1. From 1880 receives professional instruction in music.
1885–92Studies music at the Moscow Conservatory.
1890–92Piano Concerto No. 1 in F-sharp minor, Op. 1, with the diminished fourth in the main theme typical of his style.
1892Successful performance of his one-act opera “Aleko” (a graduation work). Prelude in C-sharp minor for piano.
1897Unsuccessful premiere of the Symphony No. 1, Op. 13 (with abrupt contrasts). First experiences as an opera conductor at Moscow’s Mamontov Theater. He becomes acquainted with Fyodor Shalyapin, later his friend.
1900/01Composition of the Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, in a modified style (broad melodic arcs, transparent compositional style).
1904–06Appointed conductor at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow.
1906Premieres of the operas “The Miserly Knight,” Op. 24, and “Francesca da Rimini,” Op. 25.
1907Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27, with whimsical figuration in the woodwinds; Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28.
1909Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30; symphonic poem “The Isle of the Dead,” Op. 29
from 1910More complex compositional technique (enhanced polyphony, ambiguous harmonies, fast rhythmic alterations) in Thirteen Preludes for piano, Op. 32; “Études-tableaux,” Op. 33 (1911); Fourteen Songs, Op. 34 (1910–16).
1917Rachmaninoff leaves Russia and lives in Stockholm, Copenhagen, the United States (career as pianist), and Switzerland.
1926/41Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor, Op. 40. In 1935/36, Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 44.
from 1939He emigrates permanently to the United States.
1943Death in Beverly Hills on March 28.

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About the Authors

Dominik Rahmer (Editor)

Dr. Dominik Rahmer, born in 1971 in Mainz, studied musicology, philosophy and maths in Bonn. He did his Magister Artium in 1999 and his doctorate in 2006 with a thesis on the music criticism of Paul Dukas.

From 2001 to 2011 he was employed at Boosey & Hawkes/Bote & Bock in Berlin, where he also worked on the Critical Edition of the Works of Jacques Offenbach (OEK). Since 2011 he has been an editor at G. Henle Publishers in Munich, with a particular focus on French and Russian music and works for wind instruments.

Marc-André Hamelin (Fingering)

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