Lugansky - Rachmaninoff “The sea and the seagulls“ (Étude-Tableau Op. 39, No. 2)

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) Études-Tableaux, Op. 39 (1916-1917) No. 2 in A minor. Lento assai Nikolai Lugansky, 2021 From Mariinsky Theatre “The sea and the gulls“ - in these words Rachmaninov referred to the second study of the cycle. It closely resembles the symphonic poem “The Isle of the Dead“ and the torpor only interrupted by the vision of the stormy sea, the image significant both in the poem and in Böcklin’s picture.” - Lugansky