Urtext edition for piano, edited by Dominik Rahner.
Difficulty: difficult.
Fingering by Marc-André Hamelin.
Between 1914 and 1917, Sergei Rachmaninoff published two volumes of
Études-Tableaux – a term coined by the composer with which he succeeded
in expressing the blend of technical studies with programmatic character
pieces. As with the concert etudes of Chopin or Liszt, they represent a
technical and interpretational touchstone for every pianist. One of the
best-known pieces amongst them is the Étude-Tableau in e flat minor
with its dark towering chords and a weaving elegiac melody, such as only
Rachmaninoff could write – so it is hardly surprising that none other
than Vladimir Horowitz regularly performed the work in his concerts and
recorded it several times.
Publisher: G. Henle HN1264
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