Trio Elegiaque No.2 in D minor, Part 1

Written in memory of Tchaikovsky, Sergei Rachmaninoff's Trio élégiaque in D minor, Opus 9 is a piano trio begun on 5 October and completed on 15 December 1893. It is in three movements:

• Moderato
• Quasi variazione
• Allegro risoluto

The first movement starts with a sombre tone, and erupts violently near the end.  The second movement consists of variations upon the first theme.  The final movement, although short, is dominated by the unceasingly powerful and dramatic piano part.  It was first performed in Moscow on 31 January 1894 with Rachmaninoff himself playing the piano part.

Details of performance:   Sergei RACHMANINOV: Piano Trio élégiaque No.2 in D minor Op.9 (composed 5.X-15.XII 1893, revised 1907-1917) "To the memory of a great artist" - P.Tchaikovsky.
0:10 / I. Moderato - Allegro vivace [19'00'']
19:14 / II. Quasi variazione. Andante [19'03'']
38:21 / III. Allegro risoluto - Moderato [7'50'']
David Oistrakh
Sviatoslav Knushevitsky
Lev Oborin
Studio recording, Moscow, 1958