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Sergei Rachmaninoff/Ottorino Respighi - Cinq Études-tableaux

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) / Ottorino Respighi (1879 - 1936) - Cinq Études-tableaux (1930) I. The Sea and the Seagulls (Op. 39, No. 2) [0:00] II. The Fair (Op. 33, No. 4) [9:04] III. Funeral March (Op. 39, No. 7) [10:55] IV. Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (Op. 39, No. 6) [18:28] V. March (Op. 39, No. 9) [21:26] BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda (2007) Cinq Études-tableaux is Ottorino Respighi's orchestration of five of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Études-tableaux. A typical performance lasts around 23 minutes. "In orchestrating five of Russian composer Sergei Rachmaninov's Études-tableaux, Ottorino Respighi provided a brilliant work for orchestras everywhere. It was Frédéric Chopin who transformed the étude - French for 'study' - from a musically uninteresting practice piece into a short work of artistic musical value. Rachmaninov married Chopin's concept with the Romantic-era notion of pictorial or program music. He called these pieces Études-tableaux or 'Pictorial Etudes.' They appeared in two sets: Op. 33 (1911) and Op. 39 (1916 - 1917). In 1929, conductor Serge Koussevitzky (who had already scored with his idea to have Maurice Ravel orchestrate Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition) suggested to his publisher, Editions Russe de Musique, that they should commission the brilliant Italian composer Ottorino Respighi -- who was now internationally famous as a result of his tone-pictures The Pines of Rome and The Fountains of Rome -- to orchestrate a selection of Rachmaninov's Études-tableaux. Fortunately, Rachmaninov, Respighi, and Editions Russe all agreed, and the orchestration of five of them soon came about. Earlier, Rachmaninov had kept the visual inspiration of the Études-tableaux secret, saying, 'I do not believe in the artist discussing too much of his images. Let them [the audience] paint for themselves what it most suggests.' But with the Respighi orchestration project settled, he wrote his Italian colleague, 'Will you permit me, Maître, to give you the secret explanations of their composer?' Rachmaninov sought thereby to aid Respighi find the right orchestral colors. Respighi was no stranger to Russian music - he was an orchestration student of Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He created brilliant and appropriate colors for all of the pieces. The Sea and the Seagulls (Op. 39 No. 2, Lento assai in E minor) was a subject suggested by Rachmaninov's wife after hearing her husband play it. It has murmuring sounds, but with lonely cries from the violin and woodwinds above. Fair (Op. 33, No. 7, Allegro con fuoco in E flat Major) is a bustling piece and serves as a scherzo to the five-movement set. Funeral March (Op. 39, No. 7, Lento lugubre in C minor) called forth from Rachmaninov the most detailed explanation: 'The initial theme is a march. The other theme represents the singing of a choir. Commencing with the movement in 16ths in C minor and a little further on in E flat minor, a fine rain is suggested, incessant and hopeless. This movement develops, culminating in C minor -- the chimes of a church. The Finale returns to the first theme, a march.' Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf (Op. 39 No. 6, Allegro in A minor) opposes orchestral growls for the wolf to high violin music for Red. March (Op. 39, No. 9 in D major) allows Respighi to thunder out with the full force of the orchestra. Although it never gained anything like the popularity of the orchestral Pictures at an Exhibition, the Études-tableaux remain an excellent choice as unusual repertory." (source: AllMusic) Original audio:    • Rachmaninov/Respighi: 5 Études-tableaux (P...