Sergei Rachmaninov - Variations on a Theme of Corelli
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- Composer: Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (1 April 1873 -- 28 March 1943)
- Performer: Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Year of recording: Live in Lugano, Switzerland, 1968(?)
Variations on a Theme of Corelli (Вариации на тему А. Корели) Op. 42, written in 1931.
The Theme is followed by 20 variations, an Intermezzo between variations 13 and 14, and a Coda to finish.
00:00 - Theme. Andante
01:11 - Variation 1. Poco piu mosso
01:58 - Variation 2. L'istesso tempo
02:38 - Variation 3. Tempo di Minuetto
03:12 - Variation 4. Andante
04:09 - Variation 5. Allegro (ma non tanto)
04:30 - Variation 6. L'istesso tempo
04:50 - Variation 7. Vivace
05:18 - Variation 8. Adagio misterioso
06:15 - Variation 9. Un poco piu mosso
07:28 - Variation 10. Allegro scherzando
08:01 - Variation 11. Allegro vivace
08:24 - Variation 12. L'istesso tempo
09:01 - Variation 13. Agitato
09:33 - Intermezzo
10:59 - Variation 14. Andante (come prima)
12:08 - Variation 15. L'istesso tempo
13:57 - Variation 16. Allegro vivace
14:27 - Variation 17. Meno mosso
15:27 - Variation 18. Allegro con brio
15:59 - Variation 19. Piu mosso. Agitato
16:26 - Variation 20. Piu mosso
17:24 - Coda. Andante
The theme is La Folia, which was in fact not composed by Arcangelo Corelli, but was used by him in 1700 as the basis for 23 variations in his Sonata for violin, violone, and harpsichord in D minor, Op. 5, No. 12. La Folia was popularly used as the basis for variations in Baroque music. Franz Liszt used the same theme in his Rhapsodie Espagnole S. 254 (1863).
Rachmaninov dedicated the work to his friend the violinist Fritz Kreisler.
He wrote to another friend, the composer Nikolai Medtner, on 21 December 1931: "I've played the Variations about fifteen times, but of these fifteen performances only one was good. The others were sloppy. I can't play my own compositions! And it's so boring! Not once have I played these all in continuity. I was guided by the coughing of the audience. Whenever the coughing would increase, I would skip the next variation. Whenever there was no coughing, I would play them in proper order. In one concert, I don't remember where - some small town - the coughing was so violent that I played only ten variations (out of 20). My best record was set in New York, where I played 18 variations. However, I hope that you will play all of them, and won't 'cough'."
Ashkenazy plays this piece very well, no 'coughs' in this performance...
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Love finding some Rachmaninoff i haven't heard before, thanks
@olla-vogala4090
8 жыл бұрын
+ThatStrangeGuy 1 My pleasure!
@timothythorne9464
5 жыл бұрын
It's pretty impressive. Passionate and mysterious, as well as the ultimate in virtuosity. The epitome of romanticism in music.
Played Corelli's "Follia" variations for an audition once. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that Rachmaninov made his own variations as well!
I know that I could sight-read all of these with the possible exception of variations 1-20.
@rohansrinivasan2162
7 жыл бұрын
So you can sight-read the Theme and Coda?
@violinhunter2
7 жыл бұрын
Yes.
@albionisland929
7 жыл бұрын
I believe that was his joke....
@SrNkolaidis
7 жыл бұрын
the intermezzo tho?
@PieInTheSky9
7 жыл бұрын
@Rohan Strinivasan That's the joke
I like how after the epic headbanging of Variations 19/20 (with an ending that recalls Chopin's 24th Prelude), Rach slips in a slow, quiet, lyrical ending, with a restatement of the Folia theme at the very end.
I didn't want it to end! What a musical thought-life Rachmaninov must have had.
14 and 15 are just so beautiful!
Vladimir Ashkenazy is absolutely incredible!!
this is my favourite rachmaninoff ive heard so far in my life
Variations 9 and 20 are my favorites. 9 is very mysterious, maybe even a little bit eerie to me and 20 is so powerful (and I think an amazing climax), this work is amazing
Such an interesting footnote Olla! Thank you!
9:33 Intermezzo, cadanza style
17:03 This bombardment of chords sound extremely epic and morbid at the same time.
It could be said that with these variations, Rachmaninov continued a very ancient piece of music. It is known as a folia, where a theme is introduced and every 16 measures it will transform into a variation of that theme. The composer took some liberties with this style; I counted a few variations that were longer than 16. But it is a wonderful take of the folia. My personal favorite though is Vivaldi's folia, especially those versions as performed by Il Giardinio Harmonico, and by Hesperion XXI. I have also listened to Corelli's folia, but I find it to soft for my taste, very French, and he was Italian I believe!
@amirassadi
6 жыл бұрын
thanks for interesting information and insight.
@hansmemling7605
4 жыл бұрын
Yes but this is a variation on one theme of the folia by corelli thus we are in variation form not in Folia form. And variation form is just up to infinite variations of a simple theme with x amount of measures. To the discretion of the composer.
Listening again on 28 December 2017. Well worth it.
Have this in one of my books and have yet to play it in whole. Thanks so much for this video so I can read along with the music!
How did I miss this?! I thought I knew most of Rachmaninovs stuff, but these variations are new to me! The guy was not only a genius but prolific.
The way he tell a story through this music is outstanding.
what a fabulous performance so insightful and very emotional and beautiful
Szergej Rachmaninov:Variáció egy Corelli témára Op.42 Téma:Andante 00:05 1.variáció: Poco piú mosso 01:11 2.variáció: L'istesso tempo 01:58 3.variáció: Tempo di menuetto 02:38 4.variáció: Andante 04:09 5.variáció: Allegro (ma non tanto) 04:09 6.variáció: L'istesso tempo 04:30 7.variáció: Vivace 04:50 8.variáció: Adagio misterioso 05:18 9.variáció: Un poco piú mosso 06:15 10.variáció: Allegro scherzando 07:28 11.variáció: Allegro vivace 08:01 12.variáció: L'istesso tempo 08:24 13.variáció: Agitato 09:01 Intermezzo: a tempo rubato 09:33 14.variáció: Andante (come prima) 10:59 15.variáció: L'istesso tempo 12:08 16.variáció: Allegro vivace 13:57 17.variáció: Meno mosso 14:27 18.variáció: Allegro con brio 15:27 19.variáció: Piú mosso. Agitato 15:59 20.variáció: Piú mosso 16:26 Kóda:Andante 17:24 Vladimir Ashkenazy-zongora
What a neat idea to publish the music as Ash plays it. Thanks for sharing.
Variation no.16 reminds me of Rachmaninovs Humoreske op. 10 no. 5.
Thanks for uploading!
y gracias por el trabajo de integrar la partitura.
Ashkenazy plays this much more than "very well;" his is the best there is of Rachmaninoff Op.42.
Супер-произведение! Здесь можно услышать джазовые моменты..Сергей Рахманинов замечательный новатор,его музыку трудно с кем-то сравнить..Абсолютные шедевры..
@Pseldonymov
5 жыл бұрын
А 26 вариаций на эту же тему - Follia - Антонио Сальери слышали? Особенно хороша кода, где он (спойлер!) раздавил писклявого комара?
Tema antigo anterior a Corelli, mas por ele imortalizado, centenas de compositores fizeram variações sobre ess "basso ostinato", aprecio as de Salieri, Liszt e essa de Rachmaninoff.
Number 4 has a wonderful nostalgic feeling to it
oh the sweat La Folia sound is also great on the piano. never knew!
@segmentsAndCurves
3 жыл бұрын
Liszt's Spanish rhapsody?
I always have a feeling that this is the true Rachmaninoff.
many years ago i played this, to be young and talented again...
une merveille absolue!
@marie-anne-clairedupres7698
7 жыл бұрын
total wahr
The best Rach - Corelli ever heard
@nihilistlemon1995
7 жыл бұрын
Michel Mananes Have you heard of Nareh Arghamanyan? She is my favourite on this because of her colorful playing , softer touch ( maybe because of better recording) while being powerful when necessary.
@manuelbes
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheLifeisgood72 wtf
@manuelbes
4 жыл бұрын
@@TheLifeisgood72 I hope what you said in the other comment was satire
@esdjesd8589
3 жыл бұрын
mAnu It appears as though some substance use preceded the writing of the comment about women haha. I’d only use the epithet ‘beast’ to describe the miraculousness of how, say, pianists such as Valentina Lisitsa, Anna Fedorova and many others play certain pieces of music.
@segmentsAndCurves
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheLifeisgood72 It's the 21st century.
Гениально , Владимир Ашкенази👏👏👏👏
Var. 13 is my favorite! So convulsive, manic, and frantic! My only criticism is that it's too short 😩😩
...... les limites merveilleuses d'outre-tombe dépassées ..... l'inimaginable imagintion harmonique.... l'abime du slawe, sans retour.......
Браво! Потрясающе!
wonderful
8:24 reminds me of etude tableaux op.33 no.1
@zainlam1205
3 жыл бұрын
Very similar the voice leading in the etude is harder tho
this is my motivation to practice every day
Coughing at 9:31, but he didn't skip the next variation
That Variation 20... 16:26 INCREDIBLE
La Folia! They all have been suduced by this old great theme!
This is a live recording from Lugano in 1985.
extraordinaria versión!
That coda is spooky, and I think I hear a foreshadowing to the Barber nocturne...
There's a clear difference between the Chopin Variations and the present Corelli Variations. Both in maturity, style, writing, and pianism.
@sean-kb4wr
3 ай бұрын
You're everywhere
Браво!!!!!!!!
i like the original best really beauthifull melody
Gorgeous!
Excelente.
very nice!!!!
Did anybody else catch that nod to his d-minor etude in variation 10?
Браво
gözlerinin içine baka baka somutlaştı acım. bana dokunmaktan bile sakınırken kesip biçiyorsun, parçalıyorsun kırılmadık yer bırakmadığın kalbimi. belki kendinden çoktur verdiğin değer ama verdiğin ızdırap daha çok... beni yordun
This set of variations anticipes the Rhapsody, I guess.
I think Haendel's famous Sarabande was also inspired by the La Folia theme
@AmeeliaK
Жыл бұрын
Exactly, I can't listen to this without hearing the Sarabande in my ear... Some time ago I thought, someone should do variations of the Sarabande, not knowing that probably the Sarabande was already a variation of the Folia ...
i loved 14 and 15
8:01 Thumbnail - Variation 11. Allegro Vivace
I can easily play this! Until 1:14
@hszhaiwyuab5672
7 жыл бұрын
that just sort of encourages me (unlike liszt )
@takinoborudesu
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I can also easily play Chopin's Winter Wind Etude! (The first 4 bars)
Handel's Sarabande? Am I the only one who hears it?
@ewamaria8
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Hartnett No, we are two so far :)
@arnauddika
8 жыл бұрын
+ewamaria8 This theme was peetty popular back then. Vivaldi also composed one, it's named "La Follia" dhould check it out.
@SrNkolaidis
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Hartnett the tune's everywhere. Ashkenazy did an interview on it. Pretty fascinating if you like that sort of thing.
@coolmuller8770
8 жыл бұрын
+Daniel Hartnett So true! The first thing I thought too!
@FocusMrbjarke
8 жыл бұрын
I think it's pretty obvious
Prefiero pensar que este tema no es de Corelli, sino que nació antes, pero, ha perdurado por siglos y ha sido retomado muchas veces por brillantes ejecutantes y compositores como ahora lo hace Sergio. Hay versiones a solo: kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYJppsmCqJm6c9Y.html, trio y diversos instrumentos: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z3qm05mrmqitqtY.html Escuchen, por favor, también y, con atención al mexicano MM Ponce kzread.info/dash/bejne/Y22cr5uSlpTKeLw.html. Los saludo pensando en lo afortunado que somos al poder disfrutar de todas estas opciones desde el renacimiento/barroco hasta los tiempos neurotizantes/contemporaneos. Un abrazo afectuoso a todos.
This sounds like the theme to Liszt's Spanish rhapsody. Exactly in fact.
@ricardofernandez-teran666
4 жыл бұрын
The first theme used in Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody (immediately after the virtuosistic introduction) reads "Folies d'Espagne", which refers to "La Follia", the theme of these variations by Rachmaninoff. I actually love the second theme used in Liszt's piece, the "Jota".
@Hitherto90
4 жыл бұрын
@@ricardofernandez-teran666 I see...
Variation 4 is so rachmaninoff
The theme is corelli's "folia" isn't it?
@emichgarden
4 жыл бұрын
Yes. La Folia
@ruperttmls7985
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah! Not original by Corelli... XD
So, Rachmaninoff made some variations of the variations..
sie ist so schön, ich mag.
17 has a strange effect on me. It almost sounds out of tune with how many unexpected key changes there are within one melodic note.
@ronmor2004
5 жыл бұрын
Absolutely! I get chills 5 - 6 bars before the end because the resolution to B flat major is so relaxing. My favorite variation by far.
13:57 - 17:23 💙
18 19 20 have to be the most techically demanding ones imo
Variation 10 is the same theme as the etude tableux in d minor
I suspect that Rachmaninoff spent too much time playing the Wilde Jagd Etude before writing this ... half of the variations sound like they came straight out of Liszt!
is this theme also used in Liszt's work Spanish Rhapsody. It sounds slightly different but pretty much alike, just curious
@therealtruetwelfth798
5 жыл бұрын
jj John Yes - the Liszt is based on “La Folia” & another tune (Jota Aragonesa). Correlli & CPE Bach (among many others I’m sure) have composed variations on La Folia. It is often thought of as a Spanish tune but it’s actually Portuguese in origin, and probably quite old.
very serious and sad music
If Rachmaninoff were a whiskey, he would be Highland Park!
I love this version, though it always gives me some chills since Correlli reminds me of the horror video game Ib (the museum theme to be precise). Still, it's a beautiful version !
15:26 so fucking hardcoree
Variation 17 is the best.
@terryss95
7 жыл бұрын
Mr.Columbo You should listen to the Java Suite.
@SpaghettiToaster
7 жыл бұрын
What exactly in them reminds of this variation?
4:10
7:28
진짜대박
@olla-vogala4090
7 жыл бұрын
Sorry, could you type that in English please?
@user-jq6yu8gi8s
7 жыл бұрын
olla-vogala Thank for your great playing!! I play this music every day. You are good^^
@olla-vogala4090
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you, you are very welcome! :)
Sounds like Handels Sarabande
My favorite LaFolia
0:01 그분이 생각난다
"Prendre une douce tourterelle baroque et la hacher en goulash comme le ferait un moujik des steppes converti au communisse .... jamais je n'aurais cru Sergei Vassillievich capable d'une telle barbarie " (Jean Dudot. L'essence de la barbarie. Plon 1958)
Did this man just sneak Handel's Sarabande in with the Corelli variations ... Rachmaninov never ceases to amaze me ... but then again, Corelli's theme resembles the sarabande too ... wow ...
Is this a good beginner piece? If I want to learn to play some more Rachmaninov pieces?
14 variation
4:51, 16:26
Dad but not sentimental Deep but yet reserved This is the true Rachmaninoff. This is the Rachmaninoff we love.
@remomazzetti8757
Жыл бұрын
What does "Dad but not sentimental " mean?
@AmeeliaK
Жыл бұрын
@@remomazzetti8757 sad but not sentimental
Is intermezzo a parody on Liszt's Hungarian rhapsody #2 (at the beginning at least)?
Rachmaninov himself called this set "boring". I wonder why.
@GUILLOM
Жыл бұрын
He didn't
A thousand explanations of why this is not possible...
Looks like a Bach Fugue nightmare
Theme from Pirates and Carabin.........
16-55
0:00 2:38
Why is this a theme by Corelli? La Folia pre-dates Corelli.
Liszt Spanish Rhapsody
Check out this update of Bach's version of the theme! kzread.info/dash/bejne/pmxhma59iZrZqdI.html
piano/recording is so weird that sometimes I can hear string instruments xd