"Rachmaninoff: Sonata No.2 i (1931)" genre: Piano
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	Rachmaninoff's Sonata No.2 Op. 36 in B-flat minor was composed in 1913, but in a letter to the Dutch conductor Willem Mengelberg he wrote that the piece had never really satisfied him and that he intended to revise it which he did in 1931. This performance is of the revised version. Many artists actually prefer the original version which has, of course, much greater complexityit, got more notes and many wonderful recordings are made by John Browning, Horowizt, Sultanov, etc. who combined the new and old versions together fantastically in their own ways. In the sonata one seems to hear great bells ringing. Rachmaninoff wrote this piece right after his Choral Symphony "The Bells". They may come from that, but then, all Russian composers have been influenced by the sound of bells from 22 churches in a four-block area in Moscow—all ringing at once on Easter Sunday. This performance was specially dedicated to Kui's god-sister who just passed away last year, the blessing sound of bells to the heaven!
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