Rachmaninoff wrote two sets of Etude-Tableaux, or "Picture Etudes" and each is a short character piece, which captures a particular mood or image. The Op. 39 set was published in 1917 and was Rachmaninoff's last major work written in Russia, before leaving for the West. Igor Lovchinsky
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Sergei Rachmaninov
Etude-Tableaux, Op, 39, No. 5 in e-flat minor Play
Recorded on 03/27/2012, uploaded on 03/27/2012
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Rachmaninoff wrote two sets of Etude-Tableaux, or "Picture Etudes" and each is a short character piece, which captures a particular mood or image. The Op. 39 set was published in 1917 and was Rachmaninoff's last major work written in Russia, before leaving for the West. Igor Lovchinsky
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