S. Rachmaninoff Fugue in d minor

The Fugue s theme was a homework subject given to Rachmaninoff in 1889 by his harmony and composition teacher Anton Arensky. Seemingly, Arensky was seduced by his pupil s work, which animated him to compose his own musical canvas based on the same main theme: Discovering both contrasted pieces written by two different authors, Lühl decided to add his own version; eventually, we now have three romantic fugues based on an original theme by Anton Arensky: w