Ya I saw/heard her perform hte Rach. "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini", swooned [but didn't have an orgasm :)] at her peformance. But she really "wowd" me with her performance of the Rach. concerto 3.

@@steveburrus9347 p ppobre

i don't understand your Espanol.Please translate.

Tremendous

AVROTROS Klassiek

Beautiful!♥️

"im here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum" Rachmaninov

Its so nice to be submerged into music like this one all the lifetime.....!!!!

Perfect! One more to add -- humor.

Wise words ♥️

*sounds like too www

40hrs everyday! Clever!

ling ling workout

But theres only 24 hours in a day.... My stupid head Actually thought this was serious.

Yep, 40 hours every day, 10 days a week, for 15 months a year. She never stops.

I have listened to this from different performances many times. This is by far one of the finest.

The first time? You don't know what you've missed. Welcome to the party.

I listened to this for the first time a few months ago. Still in my honeymoon phase. It's impossibly sublime

It's been one year since I found this piece and I still feel like I'm not out of the honeymoon phase. I even booked tickets for a live performance of Each 2. Maybe it isn't a phase after all. What about you?

It's the first thing I put on when I wake up and the last thing I listen to before I sleep, with plenty of replays in between haha. Seems like every time I listen I find something new to like about it@@cloroxbleach9222

give it to Rachmaninoff for writing this masterpiece, and the inventor of pianos, and the people who constructed this piano, and the entire human history of music, and the innovators of sheet music, and the hundreds of inspirations for everyone in the lineage of this piece and this performance, and this entire goddamn orchestra, and Anna Fedorova. It's never a single human being. That's what makes it even more appreciable.

Thanks for that answer. I was going to say exactly the same thing to that person. Great collaborative effort is given every performance.

Because that human being was inspired by something superior to all humans.

@@lirich0don’t forget Rachmaninov’s parents

It's not though. Not only does it take dozens of people to perform this there are the thousands of people who made the instruments and taught the musicians. In the same manner Rach didn't composer this alone. Not only were there his teachers but all the composers and compositions that molded this work.

yes

Yes, I would heartily agree, and her interpretation - moving.

Si

Fun fact! Anna federova has played this piano concerto over 30 times!

Yikes!@ you listen to this stuff too!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so covid confined I've started listening to classical!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!

a good idea

hahah

Jajaja OMG u would be like purple only for not messing it all

Let's suffocate in public.. 😂

I was thinking the same thing! Damn the people who cough at such sacred manifestations of culture

Was your birth before or after Rachmaninoff's death?

Before

@@YippeeYippster-ge8bi well he was born in the same year rachmaninoff died, so how can you be sure?

@@Horizontal_Sonic Rachmaninoff died in 1943.

@@Allissoonn 1958-15 is 1943. The original commenter was 15 in 1958, meaning he was born in 1943. Rachmaninoff died in 1943. I'm wondering what happened first.

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Yes

The whole concert is lofty.

@@aquarius8672 I don’t respect your opinion. Please delete your comment.

​@@dino5119 agreed

My daughter is 15 Years and she studies piano in Bellas Artes in Mexico, I believe in her, in her talent but much More in her passion and love for the music, she even missed parties, even in extreme cold weather, she is perseverant and has a lot of respect for the music. Is a beautiful career

I play flute. Let's make a program!

@@lupitalopez5892 Your daughter is on the right path. Music is good mental therapy and transcends you to another sphere. Keep up the good work by giving her the opportunity.

@@Pollanese16 Where do you live! I hope California :-)

@@MrPrince1164 I live in South Florida. We can work it out tho. My line of work is pretty flexible

Rachmaninoff was not Russian. He was Jewish. I am two-minded about that fact, but his music is divine

​@@gdiwolverinemale4thhe was Russian?

@@DrdaantjeGaming Why ask me? Look up his biography on the web

@@gdiwolverinemale4th if u google it , u can see he was russian

@@DrdaantjeGaming Very well, you win. I believe I read somewhere he was Jewish. His family name sounds Jewish. Him moving to the US and later on, to Hollywood supports the claim. But the current biography says otherwise ....

6:55 always makes me close my eyes, bob my head, and cry. :-D I've loved this since high school.. was quite embarrassed to say that in public then. But now that I'm an old lady, I don't care. I love this piece. My absolute favorite.

......and don't forget the INSTRUMENT MAKERS! Without them none of this artistry is possible!

the world needs more people like you

Comme vous, je suis toujours très émue quand je pense au travail incroyable qu'ont fourni de tels interprètes pour parvenir à nous toucher jusqu'au fond de l'âme et nous apporter le bonheur !Et comme vous je les en remercie infiniment !

Anna gives a lovely rendition of this amazing concerto. Request your own free bound 2-piano score of my own romantic "Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor" Op 2

That's why its such a dying art.. we celebrate the individual too much and lose sight of how good we are together.. Its only through individual and collective sacrifice such beauty can be forged..

I audibly said "wow that's awkward" x:

@@deemascolo453 on god. she is still sweet with her expression haha

She would've been like:"you just insulted and belittled my entire community and my art. But yes"

I've always held my breath between movements at concerts. I try to chalk up to people exposing themselves to something new and not being aware of the associated etiquette. I've also seen an orchestra, conductor, and guest artist being introduced followed by a request to please hold your applause until the end of the performance.

I almost couldn't resist clapping watching the video on my laptop. I guess for the people at the concert it was impossible.

26:19 sky high

Stephanie Cheng (ii.) should be: Relaxation for beginners. How to get out of here. : )

Thank you! :)

Stephanie Cheng e

Thank you!!!!!

Every time I hear Anna playing the Rachmaninov concerto I love her more she is amazing and her piano playing just sends me to heaven Alan

thx

Thank you. I always look for that comment but I couldn’t find it anymore.

thanks

needed this lmao

Good luck Sir, I hope you and your countrymen will leave this crisis behind you in great health. All the best.

Don Specter thank you Don

SAME! Was just thinking "imagine what the end of a depression can do". We'll get through this! Hugs from Milan

Take care of yourself. Sending healing thoughts and love to you and your countrymen here from Mississippi, USA.

Richard K thanks Richard

Thank you!

Thanks！

😍

Real life hero

Thanks!

Does this to me every time too.

I first heard this on a Korean drama series Thirty-nine..if you want to listen again and cry some more than this drama series is stellar..

And yet some prefer to make war instead of getting all together and create.😢

you are proud but i happyness...

i love you too

Why don't we create art instead of wars 😔

Funny comment. I'm used to hearing people being proud of someone else or proud of their achievements.

Agree - so do I, and as a professional musician - trust me, I don't do it often, :) I guess, she has really nailed it!

Это РУССКАЯ МУЗЫКА! И именно она расскажет все будущим потомкам о нашей страсти,несбывшихся надежд и наших страданиях.

so so beautifully said

What about womankind? Still missing then?

@@anngrogan6343 ? bro it's just a figure of speech mankind refers to all of humanity. (unless that was satire in which case I'm very sorry for misinterpreting)

​@@mnemozimnemozi9271Да, русские написали много замечательных произведений классической музыки, и многие великие композиторы были русскими. (мой личный фаворит - Шостакович.) Также извините за любые ошибки, я не говорю по-русски и в настоящее время использую переводчик Google.

Yeah sure it is

If you've not heard the 3rd movement to his 2nd symphony, you need too!

Near divine indeed

When was the last time you went to opera& balet theater? Or conservatory? Or philharmonic ?

@@Zurvan101 adagio

I advise you also listen to Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No.1

LO VOY A ESCUCHAR TCHAILKOSKY ❤ MARAVILLOSO COMPOSITOR ❤ SI EL N 1 ❤❤❤

FUI JOVEN Y BAILE MUCHO CLASICO Y NO OLVIDO LA MUSICA ... ES EL ALMA Y LA EXPRESIÓN DEL CUERPO CON ELLA ES LO MAS DEL SER HUMANO ❤ ADORO LO QUE HICE Y LO QUE SIGO HACIENDO CON MIS LIMITACIONES PROPIAS DE LA EDAD ❤ PERO SIN ARTE YO NO SE VIVIR ... OLGA DESDE LA PLATA ..... ARGENTINA

Good luck!

Wow, eleven years old? And a doctor? Tell us more!

@@rodders7744 I first heard Rach 2 when I got the opportunity to watch a piano concert by a visiting virtuoso pianist in my hometown in Dipolog when I was 11. Believe it or not, I have been listening to it almost everyday since I was 11 until now that I am 27. In fact, I attended an exclusive piano concert last night, they were playing Rach 2. My passion rests on treating patients and diseases, but my real passion is on piano playing. ❤️

Hey I'm 19, heard this when I was first 14 years old, and.. first year into medicine haha It's so fascinating to see a senior with such a similar story, because I've been playing the piano since I was 9 too, my dream is to play it when love blooms in my heart

I hope your dream comes true. ❤

i doesn't work that way. But it's deffinitly very hard. I had a hard time to memorize the first movement, not even trying to play the second and third.

Almost every concert pianist who plays this plays without sheet music, because of their muscle memory that they developed while practicing and polishing the concerto. This is very common in concertos.

It's partly due to the beautiful logic governing the structure of the melody; it's not a random collection of notes, after all; it's more like a long and wonderful narrative poem, where each stanza and theme leads us on to greater realizations, and so forth. Nevertheless, the memory power they use must also be extraordinary. After getting all the notes right, the great artist adds expression on top of it all.

She's been practising it for weeks, 8 hours straight per day. Believe me, after enough practice to play a piece at concert level, the soloist knows every note.

I thought i could play in my younger days but alas it was a no go without sheet music no matter how complicated the music

That is what I have always felt about the piece. Rachmaninoff was always very sensitive and this one is like him opening his heart and pouring out every emotion. You can feel the journey through each movement. It will always be my favorite composition.

Only God knows depression yet from a bad inner struggling , a battle, God appears and be : thy kingdom come…Catholics know,….

Thanks for info. 🙂

Los acordes y arpegios de Rachmani noff nos retrotraen en mucho a Tchaiskovsky. Elementos esenciales de sus respectivas composiciones. Por cierto el parecido no es plagio, sino la influencia involuntaria de un gran maestro, en las personas de algunos de sus más distinguidos discípulos. Ambos, autores de obras maestras. Composiciones que muy pocos solistas en el mundo han sido capaces de interpretar, dada la exagerada demanda de excelencia en la motricidad fina exigida en las partituras . Con una excepción: El gran pianista ruso, intérprete magistral del Concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff… en mi modesta opinión, superior al número cinco de Beethoven: el recientemente desaparecido… les ruego excusar mi olvido del nombre de ese gran pianista. Los años juegan malas pasadas. Vayan al concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff.

When bogged down in severe depression -- as I was in my earlier life -- one feels death is imminent. Ironically, it was also the peak of my creativity. I don't pretend to understand why that is the case... God's joke perhaps. Or maybe it's his way of preventing genius such as that possessed by Serge Rachmaninov from becoming too self-satisfied and arrogant. Whatever the reason, Concerto #2 was one of his crowning achievements... this man with the enormous hands that could cleanly strike a 13th, e.g. middle C to high G.

감사합니다

Thank you!! :D

Thanks

Thanks you so much

Tytyty

Nice!!!

Kłaniam się nisko !

Music is special indeed. I also like fell in love with his music

Its so sad that WFLN stopped playing classical, but I'm really happy that WRTI picked it up

For some reason that’s my favorite part of the whole concerto

So fucking true. Literally every time, u are right

amazinggg

Try listening to 'Orgasmatron' by Motorhead then!

@@koontzman123 bro the hell

It's my favorite moment in all of recorded music.

In that same vein, I chose the Adagio from St. Saens' Organ Symphony, as the music background to my tribute words duriing my mom's graveside burial service.

And.....I was thinking before even seeing Louise's comment, that this would have been a good choice for a graveside service, too. Similar of mind, herein.

I am putting together a list for my funeral......which will be in a very short time. Thanks for the reminder to add this piece. I will see you all in God's concert hall.

I'm so sorry for your loss. Warmest wishes from UK ❤

@@helenchelmicka3028 Thanks for your kind reply, but the list is for MY funeral.

Ídem!!

i agree with you From Japan JST、17:25分

What a lovely post. Sorry for the loss of your Dad.

we are soo very sorry Sir!

láska, která Vás spojuje nekončí... je to dotyk jiných dimenzí..... spojovala Vás ale krása, vnímám to, že ušlechtilost a krása je součást lásky... a to je nejvyšší energie... ta prostě zaniknout nemůže...

Bless your Fathers taste

Эта музыка не для макияжа..

Amen!!!

She is Just hammering every note... Check Evgeny Kissin on same piece... FGS people... A skirt and blond hair deaf your ears?

without passion do something else

@@artwitstick Dear Art Allen, thank you very much for your response. I certainly 👍agree with you.

@@Pizarro1808 you are oblivious

Sempre fui apaixonada por piano, e aos 21 anos minha primeira vez que vejo essa peça. Encantada! Meu amor cresceu mais e espero que seja assim ate meus 60 também 💖

+ComposerInUK Ah, ah, ah! Bla, bla, bla, bla! Sexy Anna? No! too much vodka and potatoes!

+Fritz Kirchhoff That wasn't said about this pianist - I know the article. If you're offended by plunging necklines then look away and hear the mastery. I don't relate or want to engage with cynical people. And you're certainly one of them...

+Mario DiSarli Did I mention that she was sexy? I made a general point about the luxury we all have of enjoying our own chosen performances from those on show here. Again, like Fritz, you're a cynic and I'd rather be an enthusiast and revel in all the fine players we all have today and the choice we are given. Of course we can all have our favourites. But to make such irritating comments does you no credit at all... I hope you cheer up one day.

+ComposerInUK Bla, bla, bla, bla, ...! THE TELEGRAPH As Nicola Benedetti, the violinist, bemoans the idea that sex sells classical music, professor of marketing Gloria Moss explains why both genders cash in on their looks to make their millions By Professor Gloria Moss 1:27PM BST 01 Apr 2014 Like it or not, looks affect our responses. So Nicola Benedetti’s comments that “classical music isn’t supposed to be sexy” and that her success bears no relation to her looks flies in the face of volumes of marketing research. It also flies in the face of history, since you have only to think of the effect of composer and pianist Franz Liszt in the 19th century (a 'looker' in his day) on women to realise this. Women would tear bits of his clothing, fight over broken piano strings and locks of his shoulder-length hair. They would even take his cigar butts and place them in their cleavages. ..... When it comes to classical music, you could argue that people don't buy or listen to it based on what the composer or musician looks like: they listen to their CD or record rather than watch it online through a music video, where female pop stars generally flirt with the camera to generate attention. .... However, people's responses to classical musicians do have a visual element, whether it is through the CD cover, concert hall or visual recording, and this will inevitably influence purchasing reactions. Related Articles Sex isn't what sells classical music, Nicola Benedetti says 01 Apr 2014 'Women who do well out of their looks play the game' 01 Apr 2014 'I can wear long skirts when I am 40' 05 Feb 2014 Besides, how do the successful classical musicians get their big break in the first place? Of course, talent is a huge part of it. So is hard work. But combine that with a beautiful body, flowing locks and an attractive smile, and you're onto a winner. Take extraordinary pianist Yuja Wang, who has made it her signature to perform in short dresses. Take Anne Sophie-Mutter, plucked for stardom by Karajan at the age of 13, and her strapless Galliano dresses. .... Also think of violinist Nigel Kennedy, protégé of Yehudi Menuhin, and the way his punk hairstyle may have helped him reach a large audience. The winning recipe is a superabundance of talent plus looks. Those who know how to use their looks well have an advantage: sex will always sell. .... At the end of the day, Benedetti may well baulk at the impact of looks but there is no denying their impact in her own success. That's just the world we live in; how does that old saying go: if you've got it, flaunt it. Dr Gloria A Moss is professor of marketing and management at Buckinghamshire New University and a visiting professor at ESG, Paris. She is the author of gender, design and marketing and has a new book, 'Why men like straight lines and women like polka dots', appearing in the spring.

+ComposerInUK Indeed! Wonderful times!

Yes - the last movement almost stands on its own, without reference to the previous 2. Almost but...

I always get chills down my spine especially during the last part of the 3rd movement.

honestly I enjoy the first movement the most

I feel the same, Marta. It was the last piece of music my father listened before he passed away.

I still miss my father, who left us when I was only 18, many years ago.

That is a nice memory, I don't know my father. : (

He went out listening to one of the greatest pieces of music ever. May he rest in power!

@@LuciaDiFranco Ciao Lucia! I genitori di mio padre erano italiani. Saluti di una argentina chi ama l'Italia e la musica classica.

where?

My Grandfather's favorite piece as well! He doesn't have dementia, but he is getting there sadly :-(. He loves it, especially as used in the film "I've Always Loved You." His favorite movie. :-)

Iris Sagar , good for him, god i cant imagine not being able to remebering this magical piece.

it provides healing for his mind, very touching

Iris Sagar he whistles? When I hear somebody whistle, I insult them regardless of innocence or guilt. Whistling has become a tool of affiliation akin to flashing gang signs, as well as humorous reasons. If you scoff, then you have reacted without thinking which is a requisite to being human. My first sentence.

great thankyou

Yes, it is the most Russian. And I like the sound of it. Astute of you to notice.

So true, Eliza. Greetings from Russia.

YES YES YES.

I love at around the 22 minute mark when they pan across the crowd, some people are blinking profusely, some have their hands clasped against their chest and some are just sitting back with their eyes closed savouring the moment.

yeah that was pretty amazing

Well you ageist moron, whats wrong with old people, they have as much right to be there as youngsters and can probably appreciate far more the beauty of great music played by devoted stars

In my country, China, the audience of an orchestra concert is mainly composed by middle aged people and young students. "Classical" music is being reintroduced to China, and although only a small fraction of people get interested, that makes a large number of enthusiasts, given the huge population.

I absolutely agree, it aslo happens to me....it's PERFECT and TIMELESS.

hyperborean72 I thought the same, is amazing

The Third Piano concerto is even more profound, Staggering to consider...

Have you listened to the black saint and the sinner lady?

@@joshuagregoire9504 not for me. I love saxophone but hate those screechy alto saxes. Also, the name/theme of the album conjures ugly images of race and infidelity. I don't know how it could be compared to this piece. If any one could compare, it could only possibly Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1, or vicente amigo morente. But everyone has their own tastes. Even so, one thing is universally clear: music has lost its beauty today. Along with Man's moral decline has come his music's decline. Being an expression is Man's heart, it too has become carnal, graceless, godless, worthless. Today's "music" is nothing more than a tool of Satan to drag the masses further astray on the broad path of destruction. May any who hear consider this and repent, trusting in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.

@@jarthurpaxton9223 absolutely agreed! And if you loved this one, as sublime as it is, I really recommend this piece. You won’t regret it, and the part around 2:20 is soul-crushingly beautiful. It’s Liebestraum No. 3 (Love Dream) by Liszt, but orchestrated. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/m86pf8antdiycZs.html

The Connoisseur Here is THE REAL TOCCATA, the ONE and ONLY by J.S, Bach: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jZ2gd5desbfGaHU.html

Imagine Playing it flawlessly and without sheets

Definitely not the most difficult pieces

36 mins xx

Robert Jensen when you know a piece very well, and you’ve played it a lot, you can play that whole piece automatically. I think she knows the piece so well she just has to think of her rendition. That’s my idea, because I have the same thing with some pieces lol.

@@maua2848 That's what makes a virtuoso, the ability to think the music. I kinda get it because my ability to recall music is far, far better than my normal memory - but it's nowhere near this level.

its been 20 minutes and im still waiting for the words dude this song has a loooonngg intro 👺👺

​​@@Kermit15243the lyrics start at 32:36

The song "All By Myself" has the same melody as in some parts of this concert, that's why 😅 specially the version by Eric Carmen, a bit before the end there's a one-minute piano solo playing exactly the same as Anna.

at least the most beautiful that I have heard of

Yn bendant

My first ever classical concert... I became addicted

Ha, Motzart beats it just in a concerto I cannot find now.

SPELLBOUNDING!

It is true that sometimes we are all so focused on the soloist that we forget how important the role of the orchestra is.

+LD Sledge Played with a slower tempo than usual. It not has the monumentality of some other interpretations or the dynamic ferocity of other but still possesses a great lyricism and crystalline clarity! I believe that clarity is the key element of this concert. An audience not very prepared! The applause at the end of the first movement makes you smile the talented soloist.

I think this work does not need the "monumentality" that some put into it. Fedorova has shown us that the work is brilliant without it. It is a much more delicate piece than the Rach 3, which is much much much more monumental in every way than the Rach 2. Leave the monumentality for the 3, I feel!

+LD Sledge , was good but still not as much as Van Cliburn or Yuja Wang .

+LD Sledge I agree. It's a spectacular rendition. I adore this concert.

What song did you attempt to find? Also if you like this I really recommend Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3.

Same, been looking for "Tragic Music Pieces" and I was overflowing with emotions and keep on thinking about story plots for my novel/short story... Music really does help with everything...

if someone ever had told me that one day, i’ll find a comment left by a Jojo fan editor, on a Rachmaninov recording, I would have laugh haha

@@dinoobuzzati life is simply full of surprises! Lmao

Listen to gary graffman version.

I'm 18 and same!!

@@katttttt awesome! i’m glad we both enjoy it :)

@rwankramershorts4732 15 and same

It was his First Symphony, but yes, that’s an incredible story!

Hekla

With all due respect, that is the most well known circumstance of this piece.

To be sure, there are still many who don't know those circumstances. Regardless, it's a lesson in how even great artists have suffered terribly under criticism. I keep this in mind as I'm working on my first novel, and I'm aware that I can look up reviews of the best books I've ever read, all-time favorites, and I can still find a few people who think they are garbage. What Rachmaninoff suffered can be even worse in this social media age.

and was dedicated to his therapist Dr Nikolai Dahl who helped him overcome his mental block.

All music is music from heaven.

Leonardo, coincido contigo plenamente, aunque tenga que hacerlo en Español. Un abrazo fraternal.

OMG I LOOKED LECK MICH IM ARSCH UP I WASN'T DISAPPOINTED IN MOZART

Leonardo Teixeira [[[[[.

+Michajeru yes !

+Michajeru "It is as if an angle came down from Heaven" I'm not sure if you're being funny or not, but did you mean an angel or an angle, such as 45°?

+bored1980 I made a spelling error which has now been corrected.

+bored1980 You're so acute!

+bored1980 don't be so obtuse

I am not a classical music expert but I know this piece pretty well. Since watching Brief Encounter first introduced me to it 30 years or so ago I have loved it and listened to it countless times on vinyl and CD ... seeing it performed so beautifully, as you say by both the soloist and the orchestra just moved me to tears .. wonderful performance of an incomparable piece of music.

I'm just waiting for the day when I read these comments and see Taylor Swift's entry, "GOD, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER KNEW SUCH MUSIC EXISTED!" That will make my day. (JJ Townley, also a composer of a neo-Romantic Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor here on KZfaq)

You are not alone in that respect, Mr. Pickard.

At the 2013 BBC Proms, Nobuyuki Tsujii did a great performance as well. In some places even better than this one. I find the way that he plays it to be better articulated and balanced compared to this one.

Imagine what he could offer if he wasn't blind!

Lol

Few men ever reach full Rach-man hood

@@richarddavis2219 Congratulations! I hope you do well

Actually (remember from my piano lessons) there is some liberty to transform some bigger extension chords in fast arpeggios. Big hand composers knew this and gave "creative" freedom to the pianist. Still some of greatest Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky performances are coming from Oriental pianists (Women or man) who have not the biggest hands... :) Still one of the hardest strains of this kind of concerts is over pulse and interpretation.

jjaus some of us women out here have man hands ;)

Ahhhhh I've also been OBSESSED with this part ever since the first time I heard it!!!! It's just so deeply relaxing, yet so grand and charged with energy! The resolution at the end gives me goosebumps every time...

Hmmm, I know I am very late, but you should try listening to Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony - 3rd movement (Adagio) as well as the second movement of his Piano Concerto No.1! You might like it because they have a similar approach in motif.

Me too...

@@mako30 thank you!

@@mako30 Hi! Sorry, just saw this now... Will check it out straight away :D Thanks so much already though!!

Blackout muse

This is exactly the excerpt that kept me coming back to this performance, it's literally just magical.

The same to me

crying each time

Yes, it's subtle indeed. Almost a whisper, especially the 2nd movement.

I love stories/moments like that! Thanks for sharing. Those unexpectedly sublime moments amongst the ordinary and mundane. Especially watching the world pass by as a passenger.

A simple & beautiful story. Sincere gratitude.

Yup !

Awesome story, agree on the power of this Concerto

Thx for sharing.. maybe you could try listening to Alexander Malofeev.. IMHO, only Russians (or Slavic) could play Rach with sublime intensity of feelings