Suite No. 1 in G minor (or Fantaisie-tableaux), Op. 5, is a suite for two pianos written by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The suite was a musical depiction of four poems written in the summer of 1893 at the Lysikof estate in Lebeden, Kharkov.[1] The premiere took place in Moscow, on November 30, 1893, played by Rachmaninoff himself alongside Pavel Pabst.[2] The work was dedicated to Tchaikovsky,[3] who intended to attend the work's premiere, but died five weeks prior.[4] Its four movements alongside their respective poems are as follows:
Rachmaninoff composed a second suite for two pianos in 1901.
The Suite No. 1 was arranged for orchestra by Rebekah Harkness. A 1968 recording by Jorge Mester and the London Philharmonic Orchestra was released in 1994 on Citadel Records.