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Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album - 'Adagio Sostenuto' from Piano Concerto #2 (15x50)

Going track-by-track, in 50 words or less, through all 15 of E.L. James' favorite classical music.

Today..."Adagio Sostenuto" from Piano Concerto #2.

While working on the Rach 3 made David Helfgott crazy, finishing his own second piano concerto brought Rachmaninoff out of a deep depression. Perhaps, then, Christian should become a composer. An excerpt from Cécile Ousset's recording with Maestro Rattle and his Birmingham, it would've been nicer to have the whole thing--especially when C minor becomes E major.

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