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Piano Tutorial: Rachmaninoff “How Fair This Place” (arr. Gryaznoff)

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Overhead keyboard TUTORIAL: on Vitchislav Gryaznoff’s transcription of Rachmaninoff’s “How Fair This Place” (aka “How Fair This Spot”, “Zdjes’ kharashó" etc).

Performances

  • Rachmaninoff “How Fair This Place” (ver. Ashkenazy)
  • Rachmaninoff “How Fair This Place” (arr. Volodos)
  • PIANO TUTORIAL - Zdes Khorosho (How Fair This Place) Rachmaninov as approx. played by Volodos

Notes

  • Rachmaninoff 12 Romances Op. 21 composed between 1900 and 1902. “Zdes Khorosho” or “How Fair This Place” is No. 7 in the series. Here are the lyrics:

    It’s so nice here …

    It’s so nice here …
    Look, over there in the distance
    A river is sparkling with fire,
    Meadows stretch out like a multicolored carpet,
    And clouds are white.
    There are no people here …
    There is silence …
    There is only God and I.
    There are flowers and an old pine,
    And you, the soul of my dream!

    It is beautiful here …

    It is beautiful here …
    Look, in the distance
    The river sparkles like fire,
    The meadows strech out like a coloured carpet,
    The clouds are growing white.

    There are no people here …
    There is just silence here …
    Only God and I are here.
    Flowers, and an old pine tree,
    And you, my daydream!

    And you, my daydream!

  • Purchase digital sheet music: https://gryaznoff.com/works/published/rachmaninoff-how-peaceful

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