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RACHMANINOW, Sergei
RACHMANINOW, Sergei

Five Etudes-Tableaux (orch. Respighi)

B-Note says:“Evocative titles — from seascape to Little Red Riding Hood — define this orchestral arrangement of Rachmaninoff's late piano pieces.”
Opus
opp.39,39
Composed
1917 / orch. 1931
Duration
ca. 25:00 min
First publisher
1931,Editions Russe de Musique, Paris / ass. Hawkes & Son, London
Instrumentation
3D1.2+1.2+1.2+1 / 4.3.3.1 / timp, perc(4pl), hrp, str i
Woodwinds
Flutes3D1
Oboes2+1
Clarinets2+1
Bassoons2+1
Brass
Horns4
Trumpets3
Trombones3
Tuba1
Further timp Timpani · perc(4pl) · hrp · str Strings
+1 = additional player on an auxiliary instrument (e.g. piccolo, cor anglais, bass clarinet, contrabassoon)
d = doubling, e.g. 2d1: one of the two players also plays the auxiliary instrument
Orchestra
Symphony orchestra
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  • La Mer et les Mouettes (Das Meer und die Möwen / The Sea and the Seagulls)
  • La Foire (Der Jahrmarkt / The Fair)
  • Marche Funèbre (Trauermarsch / Funeral march)
  • La Chaperon Rouge et le Loup (Rotkäppchen und der Wolf / Little red riding Hood and the Wolf)
  • Marche (Marsch / March)
Suite, partita Melancholic and elegiac

Rachmaninoff's Études-Tableaux Op. 39 were composed in 1917, during a period of personal and social upheaval for the composer. These piano miniatures unite virtuosic brilliance with poetic imagery and show Rachmaninoff at the height of his compositional maturity. The title "Études-Tableaux" points to the dual nature of these pieces: technical studies that are simultaneously sonic paintings of great atmospheric density.

Ottorino Respighi's 1931 orchestration lends five selected pieces new symphonic dimensions. Respighi's masterful art of instrumentation reveals hidden orchestral qualities in Rachmaninoff's piano writing and creates colorful soundscapes of impressionistic luminosity. The programmatic titles—from stormy seascapes to the fairy-tale portrait of Little Red Riding Hood—become particularly vivid through the orchestral palette.

The work stands as exemplary of late Russian Romanticism with its fusion of national melody, French influences, and a deeply emotional musical language. Rachmaninoff's characteristic harmony with its wide chord structures and chromatic turns unfolds with particular effect in Respighi's orchestral version, making this suite a pinnacle of the art of orchestral arrangement.

Date
22. November 1930
Venue
New York
Conductor
Ottorino Respighi
Orchestra
New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Respighi himself conducted the premiere of his own orchestration of Rachmaninoff's piano études. The orchestration was created at the suggestion of Serge Koussevitzky, who had originally planned a performance with the Boston Symphony Orchestra. Rachmaninoff was very pleased with Respighi's arrangement.

The premiere was conducted by the composer Ottorino Respighi.

More premieres conducted by Ottorino Respighi

Respighi · premiere 1928 Trittico botticelliano

Editions available

Item no. Description Price (incl. 7% VAT)
BO-5113.00Full score
1931,Editions Russe de Musique, Paris / ass. Hawkes & Son, London 		€ 44,80
BO-5113.01Large conductor's score A3
1931,Editions Russe de Musique, Paris / ass. Hawkes & Son, London 		€ 75,00
BO-5113.10Set of parts with strings 5.4.3.2.2
1931,Editions Russe de Musique, Paris / ass. Hawkes & Son, London 		€ 315,00
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