Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13
This guide follows Rachmaninoff’s Symphony No. 1 in D minor, Op. 13 (1895) in four parts: Grave – Allegro ma non troppo (sonata form), Allegro animato (minuet and trio), Larghetto and Allegro con fuoco (sonata form).
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The opens with the : a grim fortissimo answered by a falling, stepwise figure on strings. That figure, to the , drives the quick (the first ), first heard on clarinet. The thins the into a gypsy-flavoured, songlike tune. The starts as a short fugue on the falling figure, rises to a -like with bell sounds, then scatters in whole-tone scales. The to open the .
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III22:55–32:25
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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