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	The '''''Études-Tableaux''''' ("study pictures"), Op. 39 is the second set of piano ]s composed by ].		The '''''Études-Tableaux''''' ("study pictures"), Op. 39 is the second set of piano ]s composed by ].

			They are even fuller, more finely textured and darker than the first set.<ref>{{Citation\|last=Ashish Xiangyi Kumar\|title=Rachmaninoff: 9 Etudes-Tableaux Op.39 (Lugansky, Hayroudinoff, Sofronitsky)\|date=2015-12-04\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L6CxUpBZlY\|access-date=2019-03-11}}</ref>

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	* '''No. 6 in A minor'''		* '''No. 6 in A minor'''
	:This aggressive and daunting piece opens with threatening chromatic octave runs low on the keyboard, answered by quick, chattering treble figures that eventually transform themselves into a march. The music grows hectic and, having reached ''presto'', sounds nearly out of control. The effect of the piece is seemingly mysterious yet fully unified.<ref name="har208">Harrison, 208.</ref> Referred to as "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf",<ref>Harrison pg. 180.</ref> the piece ends with the chromatic runs sounding as though the wolf swallowed Red Riding Hood whole.<ref>Harrison, 208–209.</ref>		:This aggressive and daunting piece opens with threatening chromatic octave runs low on the keyboard, answered by quick, chattering treble figures that eventually transform themselves into a march. The music grows hectic and, having reached ''presto'', sounds nearly out of control. The effect of the piece is seemingly mysterious yet fully unified.<ref name="har208">Harrison, 208.</ref> Referred to as "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf",<ref>Harrison pg. 180.</ref> the piece ends with the chromatic runs sounding as though the wolf swallowed Red Riding Hood whole.<ref>Harrison, 208–209.</ref>

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The Études-Tableaux ("study pictures"), Op. 39 is the second set of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

They are even fuller, more finely textured and darker than the first set.

Structure

The Op. 39 set comprises nine études:

No. 1 in C minor

This quick-paced étude demands a tireless right hand, a syncopated left hand and considerable dexterity. Technically, the music is in an almost continual climax. It bears a resemblance to Chopin's Prelude in E-flat minor.

No. 2 in A minor

Also known as "The Sea and the Seagulls". The work contains many musical textures that make it a difficult study in touch. It requires performers to restrain themselves and at the same time not sound monotonous. The technical workings of the étude is the 2 over 3 timing, the crossing hands, and large span of the arpeggiated figures for the left hand. This left hand figure quotes the Dies Irae plainchant, one of the many works by the composer to do so.

No. 3 in F-sharp minor
No. 4 in B minor

Étude-Tableau No. 5 in E-flat minor

Karine Gilanyan performing Étude-Tableau No. 5 in E-flat minor, Op. 39, No. 5 (4:31, 8.48 MB) . Courtesy of Musopen

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No. 5 in E-flat minor
No. 6 in A minor

This aggressive and daunting piece opens with threatening chromatic octave runs low on the keyboard, answered by quick, chattering treble figures that eventually transform themselves into a march. The music grows hectic and, having reached presto, sounds nearly out of control. The effect of the piece is seemingly mysterious yet fully unified. Referred to as "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf", the piece ends with the chromatic runs sounding as though the wolf swallowed Red Riding Hood whole.

This piece was originally the fourth étude of the Op. 33 set. Since it exhibits all the pianistic, rhythmic and harmonic features that characterize the Op, 39 set, it can be assumed Rachmaninoff revised this piece extensively before including it here.

No. 7 in C minor
No. 8 in D minor

This piece is a lyrical and musical study of double notes. It requires precise pedaling, flexible and independent fingers, and agility. The piece has very long, defined legato melodic lines that are contrasted by a staccato middle section.

No. 9 in D major

Recordings

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Another recording of the Op. 39 Études-Tableaux is by Alexander Melnikov on the Harmonia Mundi label. Other works are the Op. 38 songs and the Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
Rachmaninoff recorded Op. 39, No. 4 (piano roll only), and Op. 39, No. 6 (electrical recording and piano roll).
Evgeny Kissin recorded Nos. 1,2,4,5,6,9 on the RCA Victor Red Seal label, May 16 and 17, 1988, in Watford Town Hall. 7982-2-RC. The recording also includes the Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 18, with the London Symphony Orchestra, Valery Gergiev, Conductor.

References

Ashish Xiangyi Kumar (2015-12-04), Rachmaninoff: 9 Etudes-Tableaux Op.39 (Lugansky, Hayroudinoff, Sofronitsky), retrieved 2019-03-11
Harrison, 207.
^ Harrison, 208.
Harrison pg. 180.
Harrison, 208–209.
Etudes-Tableaux book chapter

Sources

Norris, Geoffrey, Rachmaninoff (New York: Schirmer Books, 1976, 1983). ISBN 0-02-870685-4.

External links

Performances

Opus 39 played by Igor Gryshyn in Leipzig

Complete Opus 39 set by Eduardo Fernandez:

Sergei Rachmaninoff

List of compositions

Opera

Concerto

Orchestral

Symphonies	Youth Symphony Symphony No. 1 in D minor Symphony No. 2 in E minor The Bells Symphony No. 3 in A minor

Vocal

All-Night Vigil

Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

Spring

The Bells

Three Russian Songs

Vocalise

Chamber

Solo piano

Preludes	Prelude in C♯ minor Preludes, Op. 23 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Preludes, Op. 32 Prelude in F major

Recognitions

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