Sergei Rachmaninoff's Moments Musicaux Op. 16 No. 3 is a song without words, a contemplative moment in this 6-movement set of early works that span from extremely virtuosic and bombastic to deeply reflective and still, as this excerpt from No. 3 demonstrates. This B minor movement is like a eulogy; a solemn duet of minor 3rds in the melody sings in a halting cadence, gradually finding its way out of quiet sorrow and into something much more impassioned. When the opening theme eventually returns,

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