The last of Paganini's 24 Caprices for violin has been the subject of many sets of variations, including the composer's own set of 12, Brahms' brilliant Paganini Variations for piano, those by twentieth century composers Lutoslawski, Blacher, Lloyd-Webber, and others. But the best-known off-shoot of this Caprice is Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, not least because one of its variations -- the 18th -- has become more famous than the Paganini tune it is based on.
The Rhapsody was one of Rachmaninov's last compositions; however, it has little in common with the handful of works from the composer's last two decades. The Corelli Variations (1931), for piano, and the Piano Concerto No. 4 (1926; rev. 1941) display a colder, more modernistic Rachmaninov, while the Rhapsody harkens back to the passionate, post-Romantic world of the 1909 Third Piano Concerto. Also unusual is that, while the composer's output was paltry in his later years, this piece was finished in a mere month and a half, from July 3 to August 18, 1934.
With three discernible sections, the Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini resembles the fast-slow-fast movement structure of a piano concerto. Variations 11 through 18 serve as the slow movement, with the preceding and following groups representing the outer movements.
The work opens with an introduction that contains elements of Paganini's melody. There follows the first variation which states the theme, largely in the strings, the piano playing just single notes from the melodic line. The piano takes over in the next variation and shares the spotlight with the orchestra in numbers three through five, all of which are lively and light in mood. With the sixth variation, the tempo slows but the piano remains playful. The seventh brings on a drastic change, introducing what has become a trademark of Rachmaninov's major compositions: the Dies Irae theme, from the Roman Catholic Mass for the Dead; it appears in the next three variations as well. Some have suggested that this allusion to the biblical "day of wrath," while a feature of many of the composer's works, was here also a nod to the nineteenth century legend that the transcendentally gifted Paganini had bargained his soul to the Devil in exchange for his talents.
The 11th variation, as mentioned above, is the beginning of what serves as a slow movement; here the music is ethereal and subdued, remaining so until the fiery 13th, which is then gives way to a pair of more brilliant variations. The lively 15th variation is followed by a markedly subdued 16th and 17th in order to prepare for the climactic 18th, which offers one of the composer's most memorable themes; Rachmaninov surely could have used it in another work without the least suspicion of its relationship to Paganini.
The final "movement" begins with the 19th variation, which is somewhat academic-sounding. The next variations offer more color, though darker elements begin creeping in again with No. 22, which builds up to its finish in a way not unlike the finales of the
and Third Piano Concerto. The next variation recalls parts of the Paganini theme closely and leads to the dramatic conclusion -- a powerful and ominous, if glitzy, restatement of the Dies Irae theme by the piano and orchestra.
A typical performance of the Rhapsody lasts about 25 minutes. Rachmaninov premiered it on November 7, 1934, in Baltimore, with
conducting. ~ Robert Cummings, All Music Guide
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| Rachmaninov & Schumann |
1996 |
| Rachmaninov for Romance: Passionate Music for Love and Desire |
1995 |
| Rachmaninov: Variations On A Theme Of Paganini, No. 18 |
2009 |
| Rachnaninoff Greatest Hits |
2009 |
| Relax, Vol. 1: Smooth Classics |
2008 |
| Relax: The World's Most Beautiful Music |
2008 |
| Relaxing Pachelbel |
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| Relaxing Piano |
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| Rhapsody |
1998 |
| Rhapsody: Cello Sonatas by Rachmaninov & Prokofiev |
2008 |
| Romance With the Harp |
1996 |
| Romantic Adagios |
1999 |
| Romantic Classics |
2005 |
| Romantic Classics You Love |
2005 |
| Romantic Classics [2006] |
2006 |
| Romantic Classics [Chandos] |
2003 |
| Romantic Classics: A Sensual Collection |
2003 |
| Romantic Favorites |
1989 |
| Romantic Piano |
2001 |
| Romantic Piano Favourites (Box Set) |
1994 |
| Romantic Piano Favourites, Vol. 10 |
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| Roses and Solitude |
1996 |
| Rubinstein Adagios |
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| Russia: Across Steppes |
1995 |
| Russian Romantic Fantasy |
1997 |
| Sacred Cello |
2006 |
| Scientific Dream & a French Kiss |
1999 |
| Sensual Classics [Intersound] |
1998 |
| Sensual Classics, Disc 4 |
1997 |
| Sergei Rachmaninoff: Greatest Hits |
1994 |
| Set Your Life to Music |
1999 |
| Set Your Life to Music: For the Times of Your Life |
1995 |
| Signature Series: Romancing the Screen |
2004 |
| Silver Screen Serenade |
2008 |
| Soft Lights and Sweet Music |
2008 |
| Somewhere in Time [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] |
1994 |
| Somewhere in Time [Varese] |
1980 |
| Somewhere in Time: Classical Favorites |
2000 |
| Straight From The Street |
1994 |
| Super Audio CD Sampler [Hybrid SACD] |
2003 |
| The #1 Adagios Album |
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| The All-Time Greatest Pianists |
|
| The Art of Ashkenazy |
1999 |
| The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever! |
1995 |
| The Best Classics...Ever! |
2005 |
| The Best of Naxos, Vol. 4 |
1991 |
| The Best of Rachmaninov |
2000 |
| The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set] |
2007 |
| The Classic 100 Concerto, Vol. 2: 47-100 |
2007 |
| The Classic 100 [Box Set] |
2008 |
| The Classic 100, Vol. 2 |
2008 |
| The Classic Experience |
1996 |
| The Classic Love Album |
|
| The Encore Collection, Vol. 3 |
1990 |
| The Great Rachmaninov |
1997 |
| The Instruments Of The Orchestra |
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| The Instruments of the Orchestra: Keyboard |
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| The Magic of Lang Lang |
2007 |
| The Melody Shop |
1998 |
| The Most Famous Movie Classics |
1994 |
| The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever! |
1997 |
| The Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World...Ever! |
2005 |
| The Most Relaxing Piano Album in the World...Ever! |
2003 |
| The Most Unforgettable Piano Classics Ever |
1995 |
| The Most Unforgettable Russian Classics Ever |
2000 |
| The Movie Album |
2006 |
| The Movie Album: Classical Pictures |
1996 |
| The Only Piano Album You'll Ever Need |
2000 |
| The Rachmaninoff Collection |
2006 |
| The Ultimate Relaxation Album [Uptown] |
2001 |
| The Very Best of Rachmaninov |
2005 |
| The Very Best of Relaxing Classics |
2003 |
| The Wedding Album |
2001 |
| The World's Greatest Composers [Collector's Edition Music Tin] |
2007 |
| The World's Greatest Composers, Vol. 1 [Box Set] |
2008 |
| The World's Most Beautiful Melodies: Moonlight Classics |
1989 |
| The Yellow Guide-Classical Music |
|
| These You Have Loved |
|
| Ultimate Classic Performances |
2003 |
| Ultimate Classical: 50 Classical Performances |
2002 |
| Ultimate Relaxation Collection |
2003 |
| Ultimate Relaxing Classical Collection |
2004 |
| Unforgettable Classics: Love |
1998 |
| Unforgettable Classics: Relaxing Piano |
1998 |
| Unforgettable Classics: Romance |
1997 |
| Unforgettable Summer Classics |
1999 |
| Vengerov |
2004 |
| Very Best Of Relaxing Classics |
2003 |
| Violin Miniatures |
1989 |
| Wedding & Romantic Favorites You Love |
2006 |
| Wedding: The Essential Collection |
2002 |
| Whad'ya Know About Rakhmaninoff |
1998 |
| Wine Country Classics |
1996 |
| World's Greatest Piano Melodies |
1999 |
