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Sergei Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 42
- Thème: Andante
- Variation I: Poco più mosso
- Variation II: L'istesso tempo
- Variation III: Tempo di minuetto
- Variation IV: Andante
- Variation V: Allegro (ma non tanto)
- Variation VI: L'istesso tempo
- Variation VII: Vivace
- Variation VIII: Adagio misterioso
- Variation IX: Un poco più mosso
- Variation X: Allegro scherzando
- Variation XI: Allegro vivace
- Variation XII: L'istesso tempo
- Variation XIII: Agitato
- Intermezzo: A tempo rubato
- Variation XIV: Andante (come prima)
- Variation XV: L'istesso tempo
- Variation XVI: Allegro vivace
- Variation XVII: Meno mosso
- Variation XVIII: Allegro con brio
- Variation XIX: Più mosso. Agitato
- Variation XX: Più mosso
- Coda: Andante

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documentary Vladimir Ashkenazy introduces and plays the Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 by Rachmaninov A film by Christopher Nupen

A film by Christopher Nupen

Vladimir Ashkenazy introduces and plays the Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op. 42 by Rachmaninov A film by Christopher Nupen

About

When Sergei Rachmaninov composed his Variations on a Theme of Corelli, he had not published any piano works for over a decade. It was 1931, and though he would live for a further 12 years, it would remain his final work for solo piano, a moody and introspective work reflective of the melancholy that had so often plagued him in his life and career.

Vladimir Ashkenazy | Pianist

Program

Sergei Rachmaninov, Variations on a theme by Corelli, Op. 42
- Thème: Andante
- Variation I: Poco più mosso
- Variation II: L'istesso tempo
- Variation III: Tempo di minuetto
- Variation IV: Andante
- Variation V: Allegro (ma non tanto)
- Variation VI: L'istesso tempo
- Variation VII: Vivace
- Variation VIII: Adagio misterioso
- Variation IX: Un poco più mosso
- Variation X: Allegro scherzando
- Variation XI: Allegro vivace
- Variation XII: L'istesso tempo
- Variation XIII: Agitato
- Intermezzo: A tempo rubato
- Variation XIV: Andante (come prima)
- Variation XV: L'istesso tempo
- Variation XVI: Allegro vivace
- Variation XVII: Meno mosso
- Variation XVIII: Allegro con brio
- Variation XIX: Più mosso. Agitato
- Variation XX: Più mosso
- Coda: Andante