Thursday, December 15, 2011

Rimsky - Korsakov - Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor #70

Rimsky - Korsakov - Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor
Nicolai Rimsky - Korsakov (1844 - 1908) 
Orchestration of a master, and as was recognized early in his career was. His first compositions were successful operas. Despite his lack of formal education in music theory and harmony, the music conservatory at St. Petersburg in 1871 he was appointed Professor of Composition and orchestration. One step ahead of his students, he prepared himself for three years, returned home to set textbooks and studied counterpoint and fugue in the strict rule to follow while writing exercise. Learning by Rimsky-Koraskov himself that he was "likely to garner the information I have provided a better quality of hirsute by the puppet!"

His only piano concerto Balakirev's urging, he wrote in 1883-1884. Though not a pianist, Rimsky-Korsakov wrote, "It sounded good and proved that it is entirely satisfactory to piano technique and style will. This greatly astonished Balakirev, who has found his rhythm in my concerto by any means that I expected .. . How do I know that some articles should be thoroughly pianistic. "

Franz Liszt concerto dedicated to Rimsky-Korsakov's 2nd piano concerto style of Liszt concerto form that contains various sections that flow with each other is one of the movement. Concerto, a theme, a collection of folksong Balakirev on the form is created.

Russia is among the many well known pieces such as Rachmaninoff and other composers influenced. The pieces do not hear very often part of the 15 minutes of short duration. It's a very well written piece full of bravura piano writing and orchestral color. It is claimed to be heard.



Rimsky-Korsakov's Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor :