Ten Songs for Cello and Piano, Sergej Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninoff

Ten Songs for Cello and Piano

Composer: Rachmaninoff, Sergei Wassiljewitsch
Editor: Simon, Klaus
Instrumentation: cello and piano
Edition: 2 Sheet music

These ten arrangements are a welcome addition to Rachmaninoffs small but significant output of original works for cello and piano. Klaus Simon comments that Rachmaninoffs songs are some of the most beautiful in the whole repertoire and especially suitable for cello. The instrument's sound is so flexible and beautiful for melody, and with its warm sound and potential for intense vibrato and tasteful portamenti it is ideally suited to the task. The order of this edition is a suggestion by the arranger which has worked very well in concerts; performers should feel free to choose their own combination.

Content:

1. Let me rest here alone, op 26, no 9 (? ????? ?????? / Je suis à nouveau seul / Lass mich alleine hier ruhen)
2. Oh, never sing to me again, op 4, no 4 (?? ???, ?????????! /Ne chante pas, ma belle ! / Oh, singe nie wieder für mich)
3. Before my window, op 26, no 10 (? ????? o??a / À ma fenêtre / Vor meinem Fenster)
4. Did you hiccup, Natasha? (no op) (??????? ?? ????? / Tu as le hocquet, Natacha ? / Hast Du Schluckauf gehabt, Natascha?)
5. Lilacs, op 21, no 5 (?????? / Les Lilas / Flieder)
6. Daisies, op 38, no 3 (????????? / Margeriten / Les Marguerites)
7. How fair this spot, op 21, no 7 (????? ?????? / Tout est si beau ! / Wie schön dieser Ort ist).
8. So many hours, so many fancies, op 4, no 6 (?????-??, ??? ???? / Il y a longtemps, mon ami / So viele Stunden, so viele Fantasien)
9. Melody, op 21, no 9 (??????? / Mélodie / Melodie)
10. Midsummer Nights, op 14, no 5 (??? ?????? ???? / Ces nuits dété / Mittsommernächte)

Difficulty: advanced
ISBN: 978-1-78454-799-8
ISMN: 979-0-060-14006-8
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes
page number: 52
Binding: Saddle-wire stitching