Rachmaninoff: Adagios

In today’s hectic world, it is increasingly important to relax and take time out for yourself. This special collection of beautiful and serene adagios by Rachmaninoff will help you do just that. This set brings together recordings by several of the best, all sharing their deep love and affinity for the Russian master. Composer: Sergei Rachmaninoff 🎵 Online purchase or streaming (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, YouTube Music): 🎬🎮 Our music is available for sync licensing in videos, films, tv-shows, games, advertising and more. For more information and to request a license go to: The piano dominated Rachmaninoff’s creative thinking from the start. Even his four early piano pieces of 1887 reveal the extraordinary sense of kinship he felt with the instrument. However, he soon had higher ambitions in mind, emulating Chopin (and before him)Bach by composing the sequence of Preludes in the early years of the 20th century, and following it with two sonatas which demanded the prodigious technique that almost he alone of contemporary performers could marshal. The Op 32 Preludes date from a Schumann-esque 18-day burst of creativity, but they distil Rachmaninoff’s pianistic imagination at its most diverse, completing the cycle. His compositional voice is darker and still more introspective in the sequences of Etudes-tableaux, which forsake the free and lyrical vein of his earlier music for a disciplined austerity. A moment to relax, to withdraw from an increasingly hectic life, overfed with stimuli from work, society obligations and social networks: this music will calm down your jittery nerves, and will take you on slow waves of soothing melodies to a world of pure sound and tranquillity. Tracklist: 0:00:00 Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18: II. Adagio sostenuto played by Klára Würtz (piano), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine & Vladimir Sirenko (conductor) 0:11:06 Symphony No. 2 in E Minor, Op. 27: II. Adagio - Molto allegro (Arranged as Piano Concerto by Alexander Warenberg) played by Wolfram Schmitt-Leonardy (piano), Janáček Philharmonic Orchestra & Theodore Kuchar (conductor) 0:24:18 Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 19: III. Andante played by Benedict Kloeckner (cello), Anna Fedorova (piano), Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie & Laércio Diniz (conductor) 0:30:34 Piano Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: II. Lento played by Zlata Chochieva (piano) 0:38:41 Études-Tableaux, Op. 33: III. Grave in C Minor played by Zlata Chochieva (piano) 0:44:15 Études-Tableaux, Op. 39: II. Lento assai in A Minor played by Zlata Chochieva (piano) 0:50:26 Preludes, Op. 23: IV. Andante cantabile in D Major played by Geniušas Lukas (piano) 0:54:58 Preludes, Op. 23: X. Largo in G-Flat Major played by Geniušas Lukas (piano) 0:58:30 Preludes, Op. 32: V. Moderato in G Major played by Geniušas Lukas (piano) 1:01:42 Preludes, Op. 32: X. Lento in B Minor played by Geniušas Lukas (piano) 1:07:06 Moments musicaux, Op. 16: V. Andante sostenuto in D-Flat Major played by Franke Nils (piano) 1:10:29 Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3: I. Elégie in E-Flat Minor played by Franke Nils (piano) 1:15:15 7 Morceaux de salon, Op. 10: VI. Romance played by Tomellini Elisa (piano) 👉 Social media links: Instagram: Facebook: TikTok: Spotify Playlists: Brilliant Classics Spotify: New Classical Releases: The Best of Liszt: The Best of Bach: Most Popular Piano Music: Beautiful Classical Music: Classical Music For Dinnertime: Thank you for watching this video by Brilliant Classics, we hope you enjoyed it! Don’t forget to share it and subscribe to our YouTube channel. And visit our channel for other pieces by Rachmaninoff and more of the greatest composers. We upload daily with complete albums and compilations with the best classical music. #Rachmaninoff #Adagios #ClassicalMusic #BrilliantClassics