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It is easy to imagine that the forbidding darkness of the Prelude in D minor (published posthumously in 1973) was the composer’s reaction to these events. Rachmaninov was probably alluding to the grinding dissonances of Chopin’s A minor prelude, which he knew intimately. The chilling chords move slowly and distractedly at first, but as they gather momentum a sinister dance begins to emerge, only to dissipate before it can take off, and the bleak ruminations return.
from notes by Marina Frolova-Walker © 2022
On imagine aisément que l’obscurité menaçante du Prélude en ré mineur (publié à titre posthume en 1973) fut une réaction du compositeur à ces événements. Rachmaninov fait sans doute allusion aux dissonances grinçantes du prélude en la mineur de Chopin, qu’il connaissait intimement. Les accords effrayants avancent tout d’abord lentement et distraitement, mais, lorsqu’ils prennent de l’élan, une danse sinistre commence à émerger; elle se dissipe néanmoins avant de pouvoir prendre son essor, et les mornes ruminations reviennent.
extrait des notes rédigées par Marina Frolova-Walker © 2022
Français: Marie-Stella Pâris
Man kann sich durchaus vorstellen, dass die abweisende Dunkelheit des Prélude d-Moll (1973 posthum veröffentlicht) die Reaktion des Komponisten auf diese Ereignisse war. Wahrscheinlich spielt Rachmaninow auf die sich reibenden Dissonanzen aus Chopins Prélude a-Moll an, welches er sehr gut kannte. Die beängstigenden Akkorde bewegen sich zunächst langsam und zerstreut, sobald sie jedoch in Gang kommen, beginnt ein unheimlicher Tanz, der sich allerdings auflöst, bevor er abheben kann, woraufhin die düsteren Grübeleien zurückkehren.
aus dem Begleittext von Marina Frolova-Walker © 2022
Deutsch: Viola Scheffel
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