Sergei Rachmaninov - Moment musicaux No.3, Andante cantabile in B minor

Andante cantabile in B minor from “Six moments musicaux“. Author: Sergei Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943). The third piece drastically differs from the previous: the continual gauntlets of number two is relieved by the third piece in the set, an “introspective rêverie.“ Drawing on the previous illustration of a “generic hybrid,“ this piece is described as a mixture between the song without words and funeral march genres, to create what is called the “most Russian“ piece of the set, containing both sonorous bass a