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Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 : Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation No. 16 Lento by Daniil Trifonov album cover

Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22 : Rachmaninoff: Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22: Variation No. 16 Lento

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. 16 Lento" by Daniil Trifonov

Variation 16's Lento is a hushed confession in a darkened room. Trifonov lets the notes hang in the air like breath on a winter morning, each one a quiet ache. The calm is deceptive; beneath it, a slow-burning sorrow threatens to consume the silence.