Lugansky - Rachmaninoff Étude-Tableau in G minor, Op. 33, No.8/No.5/No.7

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Étude-Tableau in G minor (1911) Ori. #8 of 9; pub. as #5 in 1911; as #7 in 1948 Nikolai Lugansky, 2016 “Étude-tableau in G minor casts a gloom, bringing to one’s mind Pushkin’s lines about autumn: ‘O drear and cheerless time, you charm the eye and tender. Contentment to the heart. How wondrous to behold Your dying beauty is, the lush and sumptuous splendour Of nature’s farewell bloom, the forests clad in gold...’ The drooping melodies seem to be sad remembrances of the past and even the sudden gusts of cold wind (in the middle of the piece) can’t dispel the mood of sweet sadness.” - Lugansky