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Thursday, August 16, 2012

Symphonic Dances Rachmaninoff

Heard this piece on the radio and thought "how Prokofiev." Then the announcer said it was Rachmaninoff's last composition after he escaped to New York (Long Island, actually) in 1939.

4 comments:

CAVA said...

听了,没想到Rachmaninov可以这么现代!

Little Meatball said...

Rach 也与时俱进了吧? :D

talich said...

听到弦乐旋律一出,原形毕露了。

Little Meatball said...

开头的弦乐部分确实是哼得来 (hummable),后面的圆舞曲部分特别有 Prokoviev 的味道。

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