Path 11
The concerto, 1721 to 1959
Soloist and orchestra across two and a half centuries, from Bach's harpsichord to Rostropovich's cello.
Bach → Vivaldi → Mozart → Beethoven → Mendelssohn → Tchaikovsky → Dvořák → Rachmaninoff → Ravel → Shostakovich
Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
This guide follows Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (1901) in three parts: Moderato (sonata form), Adagio sostenuto and Allegro scherzando.
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The piano alone begins with a slow series of , bell-like chords that build tension, until strings and first clarinet bring in the over the piano's rippling arpeggios. The , in E-flat major, enters on the piano. The is unstable and . In the a horn introduces the , and the ends fortissimo in C minor.
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II 11:35–22:23
III 22:32–34:18
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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Path 16
Russian voices
From Glinka to Shostakovich: a century of Russian music, in the order it was written.
Glinka → Balakirev → Mussorgsky → Borodin → Rimsky-Korsakov → Tchaikovsky → Rachmaninoff → Scriabin → Prokofiev → Shostakovich
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