Variations on a Theme of Chopin / Piano Sonata no. 1

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Boris Berezovsky

Variations on a Theme of Chopin / Piano Sonata No. 1 is a pairing of piano works by Sergei Rachmaninov, composed in 1902 and 1908 respectively. The music juxtaposes densely textured, late-Romantic harmonies and virtuosic pianism, with the variations elaborating transformations of a Chopin theme and the sonata developing larger-scale, episodic contrasts that trace Rachmaninov's evolution toward his later sonata writing.

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  1. 1.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Theme - Largo
    1:20
  2. 2.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation I. Moderato
    0:37
  3. 3.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation II. Allegro
    0:26
  4. 4.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation III. Allegro
    0:26
  5. 5.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation IV. Allegro
    0:58
  6. 6.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation V. Meno mosso
    0:43
  7. 7.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation VI. Meno mosso
    1:04
  8. 8.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation VII. Allegro
    0:18
  9. 9.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation VIII. Allegro
    0:20
  10. 10.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation IX. Allegro
    0:23
  11. 11.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation X. Più vivo
    0:40
  12. 12.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XI. Lento
    1:28
  13. 13.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XIII. Largo
    1:50
  14. 14.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XV. Allegro scherzando
    1:58
  15. 15.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XVI. Lento
    1:16
  16. 16.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XVII. Grave
    1:06
  17. 17.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XVIII. Più mosso
    1:06
  18. 18.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XIX. Allegro vivace
    1:23
  19. 19.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XX. Presto
    1:12
  20. 20.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XXI. Andante - Più vivo
    3:08
  21. 21.
    Variations on a Theme of Chopin, op. 22: Variation XXII. Maestoso
    5:38
  22. 22.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 28: I. Allegro moderato
    14:01
  23. 23.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 28: II. Lento
    9:51
  24. 24.
    Piano Sonata no. 1 in D minor, op. 28: III. Allegro molto
    15:04

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