Home / Alexis Weissenberg / Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version) : Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version): III. Allegro molto
🎵
Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version) : Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version): III. Allegro molto by Alexis Weissenberg album cover

Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version) : Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version): III. Allegro molto

by Alexis Weissenberg

About This Song

About "Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version) : Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-Flat Minor, Op. 36 (1931 Rev. Version): III. Allegro molto" by Alexis Weissenberg

Rachmaninoff's revised Allegro molto is a storm breaking over a black sea. Weissenberg drives the music with relentless force, each chord a wave crashing against granite. The tension between the sonata's monumental architecture and its wild, chromatic energy is palpable—a struggle between control and abandon that leaves the listener breathless, exhilarated, and slightly bruised.