Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28
This guide follows Rachmaninoff’s Piano Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28 (1907) in three parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Lento and Allegro molto (sonata form).
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Follow all 23 sections as they play
- I
- II
- III
The first begins with a quiet, questioning fifth answered by a defiant , and the contains most of the thematic material used later in the . After two transitions, the enters, followed by the . The is long. The with the , then a and the , which closes quietly in D major.
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II13:37–22:01
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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