The Harvest Of Sorrow was fifth in a collection of six songs for Piano and solo Voice published in 1893 as Rachmaninoff’s opus 4. Also known as Song For My Cornfield it sets a poem byTolstoy in the style of a Russian folk-song lamenting a failed harvest. For medium Voice and Piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a Russian composer and pianist who pushed the boundaries of virtuosic Pianocomposition through his incredible skills as a performer. Through his rich textures and expressiveness he is often seen as the last great member if not the pinnacle of the European Romantic movement.
