How Fair This Spot, Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcription of Jeremy Jordan
How Fair This Spotis one of 12 songs from Rachmaninoff’s Opus 21 song cycle of Romances. The libretto is a compilation of the work of various Russian poets. The original poem by Glafira Galina describes a beautiful and serene view of rivers, meadows, and clouds. As the narrator gazes upon this scene he/she is transported to sublime ecstasy.Jeremy Jordan
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Sergei Rachmaninov
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Recorded on 06/01/2016, uploaded on 01/19/2017
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How Fair This Spot, Sergei Rachmaninoff, transcription of Jeremy Jordan
How Fair This Spotis one of 12 songs from Rachmaninoff’s Opus 21 song cycle of Romances. The libretto is a compilation of the work of various Russian poets. The original poem by Glafira Galina describes a beautiful and serene view of rivers, meadows, and clouds. As the narrator gazes upon this scene he/she is transported to sublime ecstasy. Jeremy Jordan
More music by Sergei Rachmaninov
Romance, Op. 11 No. 5
Prelude Op. 3, No. 2, in c-sharp minor
Prelude Op. 32, No. 5, in G Major
Etude-Tableau in A minor, Op. 39, No. 6
Loneliness, Op. 21 No. 6
Prelude Op. 23, No. 10, in G-flat Major
Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 3
Serenade, Op. 3
Moment Musicaux Op. 16, No. 4
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