Rachmaninoff: 6 Moments Musicaux, Op. 16: No. 4 In E Minor, Presto
Vladimir Ashkenazy
Ah! To be all alone in a little cell with nobody near me Beloved that pilgrimage before the last pilgrimage to Death Singing the passing hours to cloudy Heaven Feeding upon dry bread and water from the cold spring That will be an end to evil when I am alone In a lovely little corner among tombs Far from the houses of the great Ah! To be all alone in a little cell, to be alone, all alone: Alone I came into the world Alone I shall go from it