6 Romances, Op.8 (Rachmaninoff, Sergei)

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Editor:

Pavel Alexandrovich Lamm (1882–1951) and Zarui Apetovna Apetian

Publisher Info.:

Rachmaninov: Romansi - Polnoe Sobrannie
Moscow: Muzgiz, n.d.(1957). Plate M. 26012 Г.

Copyright:

Public Domain - Non-PD EU

Misc. Notes:

Texts in Russian only
Voice specifications are based on the complete Rachmaninov Song cycle on the Chandos label

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Commercial Recordings

Amazon.com (what is this commercial link and why is it here?):
TitleArtists
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers (Mass for Unaccompanied Chorus)Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Karl Dent
Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff: Zenph Re-performanceSergei Rachmaninoff
Rachmaninoff: The Complete Preludes for PianoAlexander Budyonny
A Window in Time: Rachmaninoff Performs His Solo Piano WorksSergey Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Wayne Stahnke
Sergei Rachmaninoff: The Complete RecordingsNone given
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General Information

Work Title 6 Romances
Alternative Title 6 романсов (6 romansov)
Composer Rachmaninoff, Sergei
Opus/Catalogue Number Op.8
Number of Movements/Sections 6
Average Duration 13 minutes
Year/Date of Composition 1893
Year of First Publication 1893
Librettist Nos.1, 2, 5 — Alexey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), after Heinrich Heine (1797–1856)
Nos.3 and 4 — Alexey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), after Taras Grigoryevich Shevchenko (1814–1861)
No.6 — Alexey Nikolayevich Pleshcheyev (1825–1893), after Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832)
Language Russian
Dedication No.1 — Adolf Adolfovich Yaroshevsky (1862–1911)
No.2 — Mikhail Akimovich Slonov (1868–1930)
No.3 — Leonid Grigoryevich Yakovlev (1858–1919)
No.4 — Mariya Vasilyevna Olferyeva
No.5 — Nataliya Dmitriyevna Skalon (1868–1943)
No.6 — Mariya Adrianovna Deysha-Sionitskaya (1859–1932)
Genre Song cycle
Piece Style Romantic
Instrumentation Voice + Piano
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Section Listing

  1. The Water Lily / Речная лилея (Rechnaya lileya)
    Vivo–Moderato (G major)
  2. Child! Thou Art as Beautiful as a Flower / Дитя! Как цветок, ты прекрасна (Ditya! kak tsvetok ty prekrasna)
    Andante (E♭ major)
  3. Brooding / Дума (Duma)
    Moderato (D minor)
  4. I Have Grown Fond of Sorrow / Полюбила я на печаль свою (Polyubila ya na pechal′ svoyu)
    Adagio sostenuto (G minor)
  5. The Dream / Сон (Son)
    Allegretto (E♭ major)
  6. A Prayer / Молитва (Molitva)
    Moderato (C minor)

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