Alexander Gretchaninov: Dixi!, Op.146 No.2
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Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music
Phillip Sear plays a rousing short piece from the Russian composer Alexander Gretchaninov's 'Aquarelles'. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gretchaninov (1864-1956) studied at the Moscow Conservatoire, and taught composition there until 1922 when he moved to Paris, and finally (in 1940) to New York, becoming an American citizen. He is best known today for his Russian church music and for works for children. The Aquarelles - written in a conservative idiom for the time - were published in 1935. I can't quite work out the meaning of the title , but since I can find no relation to the famous Dixie Land song, I can only assume that the composer mean't to evoke the Latin expression 'Dixi' - which is used to mean: "I have said all that I had to say and thus the argument is settled"! The piano writing somehow reminds me of the opening of Rachmaninov's 3rd piano concerto. Thumbnail image created with Wombo Dream ( t.ly/zhJa ). #russianmusic #latin ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------- Played by Phillip Sear http://www.psear.co.uk (Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: http://wa.me/441444483794 ) TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@pianogems
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