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Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 : Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation No. 1 Moderato by Daniil Trifonov album cover

Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 : Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation No. 1 Moderato

by Daniil Trifonov

About This Song

About "Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 : Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation No. 1 Moderato" by Daniil Trifonov

The first variation is a hesitant step into deeper snow. Trifonov's Moderato preserves the theme's outline while thickening the air around it, each phrase a quiet decision, a path chosen with the knowledge that return is impossible.