Sergei Rachmaninoff

Roedd Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1 Ebrill 1873 – 28 Mawrth 1943) yn gyfansoddwr, arweinydd a phianydd o Rwsia. Roedd Rachmaninoff yn gyfansoddwr gwych yn y cyfnod rhamantaidd. Mae Rachmaninoff hefyd yn enwog am ei ddwylo anferth a'i allu i ganu'r piano.

Bywgraffiad
Cafodd ei eni yn Semyonovo ger Novgorod yng Ngogledd-orllewin Rwsia yn 1873. Roedd ei rieni yn chwarae'r piano, a threfnwyd gwersi piano iddo yn St Petersburg a Moscfa. 

Tra roedd dal yn ddisgybl, ysgrifennodd opera fer o'r enw Aleko. Fe wnaeth hefyd gyfansoddi rhai darnau piano gan gynnwys ' Prelude in C sharp minor '. Roedd perfformiad cyntaf Symffoni rhif 1 yn 1897 yn hunllef. Credir fod Glazunov yr arweinydd wedi meddwi yn ystod y perfformiad.

Yn 1902, priododd Rachmaninoff ei gyfnither Natalia Alexandrovna Satina.

Ar ôl chwyldro Rwsia, symudodd Rachmaninoff a'i deulu i America. Bu farw yn Beverly Hills, Califfornia yn 1943.thumb|Sergei Rachmaninoff yn perfformio ei Prelude in C sharp minor, Op. 3|chwith

Cerddoriaeth
Cyfansoddodd Rachmaninoff lawer o ddarnau ar gyfer gwahanol offerynnau, pedwar concerto i biano a thair symffoni. Ei gyfansoddiadau mwyaf adnabyddus heddiw yw ei ail Concerto i'r piano, a'i ail Symffoni.

 Opus Teitl Offeryn/nau Dyddiad cwblhauScherzo in D minorCerddorfa1887Manfred1891, lostSuite in D minor1891Youth Symphony, unfinishedPrince Rostislav7The Rock1893Two Don Juan Episodes1894, lost12Caprice bohémien189413Symphony No. 1189527Symphony No. 2190829Isle of the Dead44Symphony No. 3193645Symphonic Dances1940Romance in A minorFfidil a Piano1885String Quartet No. 1Dwy ffidil, Fiola, a Sielo1890?Lied in F minorSielo a Piano1890Mélodie on a Theme of RachmaninoffFfidil neu Sielo a Piano1890?Trio élégiaque No. 1Ffidil, Sielo, a Piano18922Two Pieces (Prelude, Danse orientale)Sielo a Piano6Morceaux de salon (Romance, Danse hongroise)Ffidil a Piano18939Trio élégiaque No. 2Piano, Ffidil a Sielo1893, revised 1906 (Boosey & Hawkes ed.), 1913 (modern Russian ed.)String Quartet No. 2Dwy ffidil, Fiola, a Sielo1896?19Cello SonataSielo a Piano1901Concerto in C minor, projectedPiano a cherddorfa18891Piano Concerto No. 1 in F minor1891, revised 191718Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor190130Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor190940Piano Concerto No. 4 in G minor1926, revised 194143Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini1934Étude in F major [lost]Piano1886?Song Without Words in D minor1887?Lento in D minor1887?Four Pieces
 Romance / Andante, in F minor
 Prélude / Allegro, in E minor
 Mélodie / Andante, in E major
 Gavotte / Allegro, in D major1887Three Nocturnes
 1. Andante cantabile – Allegro vivace, in F minor (1887)
 2. Andante maestoso – Allegro assai, in F major (1887)
 3. Andante – Allegro moderato, in C minor (1888)1887/88Piece (Canon) in E minor1891Fugue in D minorPrelude in F major3Morceaux de fantaisie
 No. 1, Élégie in E minor
 No. 2, Prélude in C minor
 No. 3, Mélodie in E major (revised in 1940)
 No. 4, Polichinelle
 No. 5, Serenade (revised in 1940)189210Morceaux de salon
No. 1, Nocturne in A minor
No. 2, Valse in A major
No. 3, Barcarolle in G minor
No. 4, Mélodie in E minor
No. 5, Humoresque in G major (revised in 1940)
No. 6, Romance in F minor
No. 7, Mazurka in D major1894Four Improvisations (with Arensky, Glazunov, Taneyev)189616Six moments musicaux
No. 1 Andantino in B minor
No. 2 Allegretto in E minor
No. 3 Andante cantabile in B minor
No. 4 Presto in E minor
No. 5 Adagio sostenuto in D major
No. 6 Maestoso in C majorMorceau de Fantaisie in G minor1899Fughetta in F major22Variations on a Theme of Chopin190323Ten Preludes
No. 1, in F minor
No. 2, in B major
No. 3, in D minor
No. 4, in D major
No. 5, in G minor
No. 6, in E major
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in A major
No. 9, in E minor
No. 10, in G major28Piano Sonata No. 1190832Thirteen Preludes
No. 1, in C major
No. 2, in B minor
No. 3, in E major
No. 4, in E minor
No. 5, in G major
No. 6, in F minor
No. 7, in F major
No. 8, in A minor
No. 9, in A major
No. 10, in B minor
No. 11, in B major
No. 12, in G minor
No. 13, in D major1910 33Études-Tableaux
No. 1, in F minor
No. 2, in C major
No. 3, in C minor
No. 4, in D minor
No. 5, in E minor
No. 6, in E major
No. 7, in G minor
No. 8, in C minor191136Piano Sonata No. 21913, revised 193139Études-Tableaux
No. 1, in C minor
No. 2, in A minor
No. 3, in F minor
No. 4, in B minor
No. 5, in E minor
No. 6, in A minor
No. 7, in C minor
No. 8, in D minor
No. 9, in D major1916Four Pieces
 Prelude in D minor
 Piano Piece in A-Flat Major
 Oriental Sketch
 Fragments191742Variations on a Theme of Corelli1931Two Pieces (Valse, Romance)Piano - Chwech llaw1891Russian RhapsodyDau Piano5Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos)189317Suite No. 2190111Six Morceaux
No. 1, Barcarolle
No. 2, Scherzo
No. 3, Thème Russe
No. 4, Valse
No. 5, Romance
No. 6, SlavaDeuawd Piano1894Romance in G major1894?Polka Italienne1906?Transcription of Tchaikovsky: Manfred SymphonyDeuawd Piano1886, lostTranscription of Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty1891Transcription of Glazunov: Symphony No. 61896Paraphrase of Bizet: Minuet from L'ArlésiennePiano1900, revised 1922Transcription of Franz Behr: Lachtäubchen, Op. 303 (published as Polka de W.R.)1911Transcription of John Stafford Smith: The Star-Spangled Banner1918Cadenza for Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 21919Paraphrase of Kreisler: Liebesleid1921Paraphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at Sorochyntsi1923Paraphrase of Schubert: Wohin? (D795/2)1925Paraphrase of Kreisler: LiebesfreudParaphrase of Mussorgsky: Gopak from The Fair at SorochyntsiPiano a Ffidil1926Paraphrase of Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the BumblebeePiano1929Paraphrase of Mendelssohn: Scherzo from the Incidental music to Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream1933Paraphrase of Bach: movements from Partita No. 3 in E major for unaccompanied violin (BWV 1006)1933 or 1934Paraphrase of Tchaikovsky: Lullaby (Cradle Song Op.16, No.1) 1941 Esmeralda, projectedOpera1888 Aleko ()189224The Miserly Knight ()1904 25Francesca da Rimini ()1905 Salammbô, projected1906 Monna Vanna, unfinished1908 Deus Meus Côr cymysg chwech rhan  1890? O Mother of God Perpetually Praying: a Choral Concerto in G minor Côr Cymysg1893 Chorus of Spirits1894? Song of the NightingaleCôr cymysg pedwar rhan a piano1894?15Six Choruses for Women's or Children's Voices 
Be Praised
Night
The Pine
The Waves Slumbered
Slavery
The AngelCôr menywod neu blant1895 Panteley the HealerCôr Cymysg189920Spring, cantataUnawd bariton, Côr a cherddorfa190231Liturgy of St. John ChrysostomCôr191035The BellsUnawdwyr lleisiol, côr, a cherddorfa191337All-Night VigilCôr191541Three Russian SongsCôr a cherddorfa1927 "Again you are Bestirred, my Heart"Llais a Piano1890 or 1893 "At the Gates of the Holy Cloister"1890 Two monologues from Boris Godunov, opera gan Mussorgsky1891? "C'était en avril"1891 "Dusk was Falling"4Six Songs
"Oh No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!"
"Morning"
"In the Silence of the Secret Night"
"Sing not, O Lovely One"
"The Harvest of Sorrow"
"It Was Not Long Ago, My Friend"1890–1893 "Song of the Disenchanted,"1893? "Do you Remember the Evening?"1893? "The Flower Died"18938Six Songs
"Water Lily"
"My Child, Your Beauty is That of a Flower"
"Thoughts, Reflections"
"I Fell in Love, To My Sorrow"
"A Dream"
"Prayer"14Twelve Songs
"I Await You"
"Small Island"
"How Fleeting is Delight in Love"
"I was with Her"
"Summer Nights"
"You are so Beloved by All"
"Do Not Believe me, Friend"
"Oh, do not Grieve"
"She is as Beautiful as Midday"
"In my Soul"
"Spring Torrents"
"It is Time!"1896 "Were you Hiccupping?"1899 "Night"190021Twelve Songs
"Fate"
"By a Fresh Grave"
"Twilight"
"They Replied"
"Lilacs"
"Fragment from 'de Musset'"
"How Peaceful"
"On the Death of a Linnet"
"Melody"
"Before the Icon"
"I am not a Prophet"
"How Pained I am"190226Fifteen Songs
"There are Many Sounds"
"All was Taken from Me"
"We shall Rest"
"Two Farewells"
"Let us Leave, my Sweet"
"Christ is Risen"
"To the Children"
"Beg for Mercy"
"I am Again Alone"
"At my Window"
"The Fountain"
"Night is Sorrowful"
"Yesterday we Met"
"The Ring"
"All Passes"1906 "Letter to Stanislavsky"190834Fourteen Songs
"The Muse"
"In the Soul of Each of Us"
"The Storm"
"The Migrant Wind"
"Arion"
"The Raising of Lazarus"
"It Cannot Be"
"Music"
"You Knew Him"
"I Remember that Day"
"The Herald"
"What Happiness"
"Dissonance"
"Vocalise" (listed separately below)1912 "Vocalise"1915 "From the Gospel of St. John" "Prayer"1916 "All Things Wish to Sing"38Six Songs
"At Night in my Garden"
"To Her"
"Daisies"
"The Pied Piper"
"Sleep"
"A-oo!"

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