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Sergei Rachmaninov

Valse, from Six Morceaux, Op. 11  Play

Lin-Kontorovitch Duo Duo

Recorded on 03/13/2007, uploaded on 01/14/2009

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Valse from Six Morceaux, Op.11 (1894)               Sergei Rachmaninoff

The Six Morceaux are among the earliest of Rachmaninoff's mature works. Rachmaninoff had graduated from the Moscow Conservatory in 1892, and-only two years later-had already made a reputation for himself as a pianist and as a composer. These little pieces reflect themes of yearning and display some of Rachmaninoff's famous intricate passagework. The Morceaux are often considered as the forerunners of his later 13 Preludes, Op. 32, from 1910.      Michael Cansfield