Sergei Rachmaninoff plays his Piano Concerto No. 2

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16 жыл бұрын

Here is Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) himself playing the first movement (Moderato) from his second piano concerto.
Written between 1900 and 1901, Rachmaninoff slaved over its composition for many hours a day for more than half a year. It had been the first large work he had created since his poorly received first piano concerto four years earlier.
The result, however, remains one of Rachmaninoff's most well-known and beloved works that is a pillar in today's piano repertoire. The concerto was first performed in its entirety on October 27, 1901 in Moscow.
This record collection was recorded in 1929 by RCA victor with Rachmaninoff's favorite orchestra; the Philadelphia Orchestra. Leopold Stokowski (1882-1977) is conducting. I personally own the records, which are in public domain, and digitally restored the audio.
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@adamwhite6271 6 жыл бұрын

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” ― Sergei Rachmaninoff.

@LesterBrunt 4 жыл бұрын

Isn’t it insane how we can listen to these types of rare and significant recordings all day long while at the time of the recording you would be lucky to hear such a performance once in your entire life.

@player1giogamer93 Жыл бұрын

Bjt that one live hearing costs more than listening this vid for whole of life actually xd i would give everyrhing to meet rachmaninoff and talk to him all the days long

@phoenixvette 9 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy this man was alive when audio recording was available.

@lorddoomx7115 6 жыл бұрын

preach!

@petparadise6071 6 жыл бұрын

In_a_Trance Studios yeah.!!!!

@donbarbier6344 6 жыл бұрын

Ditto & How❣️

@davidtracey9094 6 жыл бұрын

well said

@erixlloliver-darkmusic 6 жыл бұрын

And I just want to listen Bach or Pachelbel playing... 😭 Impossible dreams

@OldRaver 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for putting this on. Played it to my 87 year old father (retired pianist) and it brought a tear to his eye. He finally agrees that the Internet may be a good thing :)

@ALEXANDER6888 11 жыл бұрын

GOD EVERY TIME I WATCH THIS VIDEO I THINK : ITS RACHMANINOFF HIMSELF PLAYING THIS PIECE! One of the most incredible pianists that ever existed playing a piece, and it is recorded! I'D LOVE to hear chopin playing 1 single song. 1 SINGLE song he composed. PEOPLE DON'T YOU GET IT! ITS RACHMANINOFF! RACHMANINOFF PLAYING HIS OWN PIECE, AND THIS IS RECORDED! GOD That's very emotional!

@dwacheopus 10 ай бұрын

Yayy, a Rach!!

@ondinehd6889 5 күн бұрын

"Song??"

@angelinablack4683 11 жыл бұрын

No possible way, with such deep feeling in his heart and soul. He was just greatly misunderstood and unappcriated by the "haters" on the planet at that time, like many great artists. You can just feel his great pain and loneliness in his incredible music. He is probable loved more today than ever before.

@zamyrabyrd 11 жыл бұрын

Why is Rachmaninoff's playing so special? Some say he wore his heart on his sleeve, but more so, love just flows through his fingers through the piano.

@MJLeger-yj1ww 6 жыл бұрын

To hear Rachmaninoff play this just brings tears to my eyes! Too beautiful for words! I played this piece, long ago with an orchestra or two, and to hear him play it is sheer joy! He was such a passionate, troubled, artistic and gifted man. When he was age 24, he had a rejection of one of his compositions that sent him into a depression and quieted him for 4 years. It was after that time, that he composed this number that the world has never forgotten. He will live on forever with this very special concerto that he gave us!

@bwv1064 11 жыл бұрын

Regarding tempo: This was recorded at a time when only around 4.5 minutes could be recorded onto each side of a 12-inch 78rpm record. Therefore, a generally 35-minute concerto had to be squeezed to just over 31 minutes to fit onto 8 sides of a four-record set-- thus the brisk tempo.

@richardshaw9599 3 жыл бұрын

What beautiful technique and depth of emotion feels like a great hug 🫂

@thepianoman6958 3 жыл бұрын

This record set is actually 5 records.

@mativit5301 2 жыл бұрын

that's true.

@freeqwerqwer 7 жыл бұрын

This is the piece that, in my youth, I listened every evening by a window thinking about a special high school girl. To this day, nearing my retirement, with that girl long gone, this piece still endures in me like an old burning fire still lighting, recalling my time with her, and of my many lost friends of yesteryears.

@jonmay3479 7 жыл бұрын

"...music, when soft voices die vibrates in the memory..."

@ameliaandreoli2022 7 жыл бұрын

Fred MyOpinion di

@ameliaandreoli2022 7 жыл бұрын

Fred MyOpinion : so true and so moving I can unterstand it very Well. I was 19 and I bougth this record and Spoon River Antology and a book with cinese old poetry. I still have a sense of surprise in front of beauty it kèéps me young inside

@recksthesmol1525 6 жыл бұрын

Fred MyOpinion nice, but... Yesteryears?

@karenfinkelstein3594 6 жыл бұрын

Poignant memory and beautifully written.

@EmdrGreg 10 жыл бұрын

My piano teacher heard Rachmaninoff play live. He mentioned to me what a commanding and steely presence he had at the piano... he did not do all the emoting that you see in some pianists. He concentrated completely on the music. Amazing range of tone. I only wish I could have heard him.

@Iamlegend91 10 жыл бұрын

Sadly, all of us can't be that fortunate. I'm 22 I wish I was there as well!

@vikaskyatannawar8417 6 жыл бұрын

I HAVE A TIME MACHINE

@clachanachoin3127 6 жыл бұрын

You are hearing him....unless you didn't listen to this youtube clip!!! :D

@SylviaXTan 6 жыл бұрын

Those "some pianists" are more of showmen than a true musician like SR.

@lupahole 6 жыл бұрын

Why do I feel lang lang is in everyone's scope here?

@bodryn 9 жыл бұрын

I first heard Rachmaninoff as a farm boy, on an old AM radio. Since that time some 60 years ago, I have listened to many kinds of classical music from all the periods, yet Rachmaninoff remains the very best of the best. He truly reaches for the stars. The older I get, the more my eyes become full of tears as each time I get insights as to his mental and spiritual processes. Truly such music is the closest thing to pure communication of one soul to another.

@nicolasolmosolmos1657 8 жыл бұрын

+bodryn +bodryn: yes you are so right, i'll translate your commentary into Spanish: esta clase de música es lo más cercano para comunicarse una alma con otra. Yes, it is MUSIC FOR HUMAN BEINGS

@dannyku8407 8 жыл бұрын

+bodryn Dad?! Is that you?!!1

@pitmanbrowne5798 6 жыл бұрын

bodryn I love Rachmaninoff pitman Browne

@davidtracey9094 6 жыл бұрын

what makes them great? they just tell it straight...

@niknaynuna 6 жыл бұрын

Mi ingles es muy pobre, puedo entenderlo pero no expresarme. Por eso me dirijo a ti.Tengo 84 años y desde mi adolescencia este concierto es mi salvación en momentos duros. Lo escucho,, me dejo llevar y quedo en paz. Gracias Nicolas

@photo161 8 жыл бұрын

Fantastic job with your restoration. You managed to get rid of almost all the "noise" but have retained a very full frequency reproduction. By far, the best sounding version of this immortal performance. You've performed an invaluable service for all music lovers.

@bwv1064 8 жыл бұрын

+eoselan7 Thank you very much! I would love to process the rest of the concerto, if only I could find it in good condition!

@4c00h 8 жыл бұрын

+bwv1064 I have a copy I recorded at 384k when I went for my last visit - if you like I can send you a copy

@bwv1064 8 жыл бұрын

I would love that! Could you share it through Google Drive or something similar? Thank you!

@robinbowes 8 жыл бұрын

Did you ever get the rest of this? I'd love to hear the whole piece without the noise.

@stefanokrstov3194 7 жыл бұрын

+Trenalon can you send it to me also? I'd appreciated that.

@liampianokaplan 12 жыл бұрын

We are so lucky that we can actually hear the composer play this piece. What if we could hear Mozart's or Beethoven's interpretations of their own works? This is an invaluable treasure.

@roninreturns 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work on the restoration @ bwv1064, this is a fine version, retaining all the natural essence, with the original nuance and pacing, as the master intended under his firm and guiding hands on the piano. This is how this piece was intended to be played. For 1901, the sound quality is excellent, you've managed to remove much of the crackle and hiss, and balanced out the instruments and levels to the finest degree possible. The power this Concerto has is timeless, and your production and archiving of it is a gift to future generations. What power and subtlety are to be found in this first movement!

@gongcheng5601 9 жыл бұрын

Whatever how terrible our life is, there always some music to comfort our heart.

@user-ti9re4zo2e 6 жыл бұрын

Музыка это единственный язык, который понимают народы всех стран !!! Браво Щедрый рыцарь - великий, наш русский, композитор Рахманинов Сергей Васильевич!!!

@amadeus5403 7 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoffs talent for beautiful passages is unmatched. Darks tones, emotions , colors mixed in with elating joyful celebrating sounds. Definitely my favorite composer. Absolutely beautiful.

@johne6081 7 жыл бұрын

The Rach 2 and 3 piano concerti are definitely two of the finest compositions in the repertoire. Thank you very much for posting.

@thejacevekexperience 6 жыл бұрын

How cool is it that we hear the man who actually penned what is arguably one of the single greatest contributions to piano/symphonic literature. How many artists he inspired. Myself included. And than to know his story and the almost crippling self doubt he struggled with. Sitting through sessions with a Psychiatrist making Sergei repeat self affirmations to combat his self criticism. He was quoted as saying "I missed the point entirely" upon exiting one of his own performances backstage. Greatness is a lonely place.

@brunk. 10 жыл бұрын

My piano teacher's piano teacher's piano teacher's piano teacher was this guy and I'm very proud of that...

@eyelll4982 4 жыл бұрын

haha really?

@mariaeugeniaarias6610 3 жыл бұрын

Magnifique!!!!!!!

@bryanlentz7160 3 жыл бұрын

That's AWESOME!

@GiveMeChocolate2308 Жыл бұрын

Now you need to be a piano teacher to continue the chain🤣

@JuliaAustralian 10 жыл бұрын

I am crying every time I'm listening to this masterpiece and I can't help it. This music touches the soul and evokes feelings that are very difficult to describe. You could think of all sorts of things, be it your beloved one, your parents, your personal drama, problem of life and death, or victims of war. This music covers all aspects of human nature and listening to this you always find your particular part, when tears are in your eyes and only you can understand why...

@CameronDanielShaw 9 жыл бұрын

Your so correct

@cherylzeuch3971 9 жыл бұрын

I,too, felt this touch the deepest part of my inner self. I was 28, in a bad marriage, and didn't know what to do. I would play this when I was alone to grieve what I was going through and it actually gave me insight in what I needed to do in my life.

@olgabelov 9 жыл бұрын

JuliaAustralian this music opens our soul...

@stephenbennett4330 9 жыл бұрын

JuliaAustralian As a musician, clarinettist , my work with pianists has been very life-consuming and over many years. I love playing clarinet in the 2nd movement solo and his 2nd Symp also. I wish that I had met him as I would have begged him to write me a clarinet concerto! Your words express many reasons why pop culture and music does not reach the parts that great music like this can and does reach. We live in dark times and shallow sound byte times fulfilling and continuing the ancient Greeks creation of the word "Fame" with all it's empty stupidities.

@brickbagel1315 6 жыл бұрын

i think of my deep depression and insecurity

@ReasonsReasons 12 жыл бұрын

I see nothing dark about this Concerto. In fact, it is very romantic to me. It makes me feel very good when I listen to it. I feel as if someone who is very much in love with me is going through several phases of trying to understand what it is he is feeling and why. And yet finally he comes to the firm conclusion that no matter why he is in love and that is that.

@marianmartinez1494 Ай бұрын

I imagine a Russian blizzard, maybe Siberia ala Dr Zivago.🌨

@elliperi 6 жыл бұрын

Разве может быть настолько необъятной душа? Разве это возможно? Низкий поклон, Маэстро!!!

@mativit5301 2 жыл бұрын

Он самый лучший, настолько же в нем всего. И человек замечательный был. Одни только письма чего стоят, по ним можно целый класс дипломатии в МГИМО обучать. Удивительный он был, Сергей Васильевич. Голова. Большой, красивый человек с удивительным чувством музыки, кульминации самые лучшие у него. А руки какие!; этюды, прелюдии, романсы шедевры...можно бесконечно о нем.

@shantihealer 12 жыл бұрын

The piano playing is astonishingly relaxed, tender and affectionate. Above all, it is natural-sounding, with nothing to prove and therefore no excessive force or brashness, just a soft, poetic temperament allied to a dazzling technique.

@morayrobertson1187 9 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninov......total and absolute genius, the 2nd piano concerto.....perfection, the best man can do, immortal.

@BenjaminGessel 9 жыл бұрын

How can anyone not be emotionally, deeply, profoundly moved by this music???

@jakeryan8350 8 жыл бұрын

because they have more important thing to do like watch tv

@BenjaminGessel 8 жыл бұрын

Jake Ryan Depends on one's mood, but seriously, at some point, I have to wonder about some people (older teens and adults, lets say), if they are NEVER emotionally moved by this kind of music...

@liah574 8 жыл бұрын

+BenjaminGessel I'm 14 and I cried. it's so beautiful...

@BenjaminGessel 8 жыл бұрын

Lia H I haven't heard too many pieces of music more emotional than this one... :)

@BenjaminGessel 8 жыл бұрын

+Tretch Steyzer Also, Sibelius sounds too "chilly" in that distinctly Finnish manner, Mahler, Bruckner, and R. Strauss go on for too long with their ideas, and the French composers were after something completely different/less strongly emotional than most of the rest of Europe. The Italians had some good composers like Puccini and Mascagni in this emotional aspect, but, I dunno, I'm not very into opera, and opera reigns supreme in Italy...

@c.e.schlink9933 8 жыл бұрын

my hair stood up. Something alive lives through this man's spirit. That is what genius is. A light that keeps the fire burning. Lets hope it never dies. One of the contagious things that are wonderful.

@wachmaster 12 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff was an amazing legend, every time I listen to his music it moves me to another world, a great amazing world.

@ingibinka 9 жыл бұрын

Да, наверное, лучше самого Рахманинова этот концерт вряд ли кому-то уже удастся исполнить. Как все-таки хорошо, что благодаря технике сегодня можно услышать таких замечательных людей!

@hdiego2309 4 жыл бұрын

I would like to know what you are saying. Is it russian?

@ingibinka 4 жыл бұрын

@@hdiego2309 Si :)

@cantabileh4592 9 жыл бұрын

When Rachmaninoff plays his own piano concerto，we should not just enjoy the beautiful melody，but see him as a great musician.

@valentinahernando4768 6 жыл бұрын

Cantabile H

@MJLeger-yj1ww 6 жыл бұрын

Who could NOT see that! (No one in their right mind.)

@whitefam2000 11 жыл бұрын

This makes me miss my grandmother, a lot. She was Concert trained on at least 7 instruments. Her favorite was the piano and violin. One of the first, all by themselves and on their own, presents I received from my sons was a tape of Several Rachmaninoff pieces. I don't listen as often as I used to, but when I do I usually start with Rachmaninoff.

@David-qv9yy 10 жыл бұрын

My schools 2012-2013 Academic Decathlon team opened me up to this music. I'm glad because I learned so much about the wonders of classical music and Russian culture.

@flylooper 7 жыл бұрын

As a 9 year-old, my piano teacher took me to see the great Gina Bachauer play this work with the San Francisco Symphony. That was the moment I fell totally in love with classical music.

@johne6081 7 жыл бұрын

This is precisely the sort of hook that can have that effect. I was fortunate to grow up with this, the Tchaikovsky first PC, the Beethoven symphonies, etc.

@davidtracey9094 6 жыл бұрын

your teacher had taste...

@johnallover2046 10 жыл бұрын

You can hear the struggle, yet the grandeur that was his homeland throughout this most awesome of Piano Concertos...

@wulfgang1234 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you dear God for this man's music. His brillance will always reflect on great music. Chris - Atlanta

@meandmymouth 9 жыл бұрын

What a treat to hear it as the composer intended ! So many performances of this masterpiece have seemed too slow for my liking and it was good to hear it at the speed in the fast passages as I have always imagined it should be set. This is one of my favourite if not most favourite piano concertos and I'm sure Rachmaninoff must have felt a bit touched by God when he completed it. He certainly deserves his seat in heaven for producing it !

@Drkrilla 10 жыл бұрын

The most genius piece through time played by one of the biggest geniuses of all time.........I just can´t find the words to describe this beauty.......

@shire1936 10 жыл бұрын

Sergei Rachminoff out to be canonized for the beauty he gave the world!!!!!

@Fayaryn 12 жыл бұрын

How wonderful to hear exactly how Rachmaninoff meant for his incomparable concerto to be played. It is my favorite concerto of all concertos. I just finished listening to several other interpretations when I discovered this recording. Although I've heard it many times played by others, I now feel I've heard it as never before. Thank you so very much for presenting this for us!

@JudithMatta 11 жыл бұрын

The complexity of the melodies interacting - just leave me without words! His hands are like a flowing stream playing over the rocks and creating lovely reflective pools of waters, and then gushing into whitewater rapids. The rapidity of the notes overwhelms..and yet, we rest in the quiet coves of simple songs. My Lord Jesus Christ, the "lifter" up of my head into the heavenlies with this loveliness.

@donlindquist1570 7 жыл бұрын

LISTENING TO THE OLD MASTERS IS LIKE CURLING UP WITH A GOOD BOOK IN FRONT OF A FIRE...... A SWEET, SOOTHING EXPERIENCE THAT IS NOT HEARD NOWADAYS................MARVELOUS!

@annauwuu 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Rachmaninoff , I love your music soo much and I am so lucky to hear your playing 💗💗

@diegotroetsch6303 9 жыл бұрын

This haves more value than gold and Diamond together, I can't believe I can easily hear this on youtube Thanks God

@user-vo1gx6xm8r 5 жыл бұрын

Спасибо ! Рахманинов великий композитор....как Бах, Моцарт, Шопен...Он наша гордость!

@user-fg6vp1sc8r 2 жыл бұрын

Вот , где отражена Русская душа в полной мере!!!

@shesoneinamelia 10 жыл бұрын

i can listen to this everyday...it's like taking sound vitamins

@CreativeLea 9 жыл бұрын

my heart and soul feel every string in this piece. i fell in love with this aged 9. and 20 years later im still in love. thank you for posting

@morayrobertson1187 9 жыл бұрын

Strange how this fantastic composition by a true genius can portray absolute undying love, and yet total grief at a loss of a dear one.

@fromlatobyu 11 жыл бұрын

So glad that you were able to post this on KZfaq.

@TheMusicalDawn 11 жыл бұрын

man and piano becoming one, taking a journey together...... its pure pleasure to listen to him playing. I think all pianos loved him.

@vlacamacho 8 жыл бұрын

Emoción indescriptible escuchar al propio Rachmaninoff interpretando este sublime regalo para la humanidad, Gracias a quien lo subió a la red.

@cappydow 12 жыл бұрын

i'm 72 yrs old and I have listened to this composition since I was 16 yrs and I never get tired of it. Rachmaninoff is my favorite next to Puccini. I read somewhere that his name is Rachmaninov and that when he came to America it changed to Rachmaninoff. Just trivia.

@andrewfranks7485 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. One of my favorite Concerti played by the Composer himself. A gift for all of us.

@kirsteni.russell5903 5 жыл бұрын

Listening to Rachmaninoff himself playing this concerto I've loved since my childhood is a fantastic experience. Monaural recording, but his piano playing is clear and moving.

@katerinakat8133 12 жыл бұрын

So beautiful! It is nice to hear how he wanted it played.

@clairemorrisdobie9977 10 жыл бұрын

I could listen to this Concerto or anything by Rachmaninoff all day and night.

@georgealderson4424 5 жыл бұрын

It is one of the most well known and most beloved pieces of classical music yet to believe we can actually hear the maestro playing his own work adds a little bit of magic to it. Thank you for allowing us to hear it.

@miakaal 11 жыл бұрын

this is so lovely. It was voted No1 by the Classic FM vote and even without the memory of "Brief Encounter" this brings up romantic country walks, balmy days on the river, and even the occasional Summer storm. Brilliant!

@JT29501 9 жыл бұрын

It's funny, if it wasn't Rachmaninoff himself playing this, I might of commented saying "it's a bit fast for my tastes", but I guess I can't complain :D

@hellomate639 9 жыл бұрын

James Tucker Composers seem to play things faster than performers. Beethoven marked all his tempo much higher than most people will play them at simply because they like it slower. It's all conditioning: you can recondition yourself to appreciate the faster tempi and perhaps gain a deeper understanding of the music.

@JT29501 9 жыл бұрын

Definitely. I was discussing the other day about how most (not all) of the time, you seem to be conditioned to enjoy most the style/tempo of the first recording you hear. After that, everything else can sound "wrong". It's a funny effect.

@ManWIthDagger 9 жыл бұрын

AFAIK, Rachmaninoff played this faster because length of the record in normal tempo was too long for vinyl. So he forced to play faster. P.S. sorry for my english, it's not my native language.

@JT29501 9 жыл бұрын

Wow, that's interesting! Are there records of him playing it at a more "expected" pace in concert then? (I don't mean recordings but evidence somehow).

@hellomate639 9 жыл бұрын

Макс Иванов Is there any evidence of this?

@Spichraiter 7 жыл бұрын

Великая МУЗЫКА ! Талант от Бога... Любимый композитор С.В.Рахманинов. Bravo !!!

@autumnleaves2766 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this. It is wonderful to hear the great Rachmaninoff playing his own music, the opening movement of the famous 2nd Piano concerto. This is fascinating to listen to. Apparently the composer and pianist had enormous hands which could stretch all the way from a C-Eb-G-C-G to form a chord that is an octave and a half long. Incredible ! Earlier I was listening to a CD of young Daniil Trifonov playing Rachmaninoff's variations on a theme of Paganini Op 43, the variations on a theme of Corelli Op 42 and the variations on a Chopin prelude Op 22, plus Trifonov's own piece called Rachmaniana. Trifonov's playing is outstanding and I think Rachmaninoff would have approved. It is not often that we get a chance to hear a recording of a great composer playing his own work. A real treat for all lovers of great music.

@JoeyDoesEverything 11 жыл бұрын

The amount of depth this music has, despite his brisk tempo, despite the nearly century old recording equipment, how he perfectly controls every aspect of his composition is absolutely mindblowing.

@julianec14 10 жыл бұрын

Este es un concierto maravilloso, recordemos que el maestro viene saliendo de una profunda depresión. Nótese que el 2 movimiento nos vuelve a la melancolía, así el 1 movimiento es una lucha con la vida misma, pareciera que toda la óbra nos habla de los dolores de nuestro querido Rachmaninoff. Atte Julián Espinoza C

@13itsnotbadluck 8 жыл бұрын

i was listenin the song a lot when i was in zonguldak that is a very gloomy city in Turkey for my undergraduate education, and I remember these days now.

@MusicBeautyLove 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for uploading this video! It's so special to hear the man himself playing! This piece is beyond words. So exquisite.

@gerardbedecarter 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for uploading this definitive recording.

@user-dr3ru4pe4q 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome beyond words. Thanks for posting.

@antiilankedileli 7 жыл бұрын

legandary composition

@AinurPoulsen 8 жыл бұрын

Many THANKS for sharing this recording! Bless you :-)

@williamspencer8932 8 жыл бұрын

First time ever hearing anything by this master and I must say I've been missing out. New to this genre but in love with it. What talent! Can't wait to hear more.

@bradpeppard8616 9 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for digitizing this and uploading it.

@umarkelov 10 жыл бұрын

Все наши пианисты играют, как бы, по своему этот концерт,но после Сергея Васильевича,уже ничего и ни кто, не хиляет.

@sigmundprog7509 11 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this upload. I'm not a wise person in relation with classical but I always wanted to listen to a legendary musician and composer playing his/her own material. I'm grateful for the first of many tracks I expect to listen. Great quality of sound and content. I cannot judge anything related with technique but the beauty is clear even for the less instructed ears.

@Highinsight7 11 жыл бұрын

Just re-listening to this marvelous performance by the master... and I just reread these conversation... How right you are when you say "can't even conceive an alternative value system..." YET... it still POURS out everywhere you look... truly GREAT films.... commercials... over head music at fine dinning establishments... stores all over the world... AND... I for one am SO happy we have recordings of this GREAT, GREAT Masters playing. How much it has enriched my life!

@lawrencechan4494 10 жыл бұрын

So Rachmaninoff had enormous hands right? It's interesting that he chose to split those opening chords in the way that he did.

@ranwanguva 8 жыл бұрын

Finally someone noticed this~

@winniepisces 11 жыл бұрын

legend!!!

@angelinablack4683 11 жыл бұрын

The very first time I heard Rachmaninoff, it touched my soul so deeply I began to weep. Sooo very beautiful. My all time favorite classical composer, by far.

@robertogianolio7906 10 жыл бұрын

Solo i grandi eseguono questa musica così e ancora il grande Sergei tiene banco con una autorità mai più raggiunta da nessuno. Grazie a chi ha pubblicato questa magistrale esecuzione.

@00000000647 8 жыл бұрын

요즘도 아니고 어떻게 저 시대에 요즘 들어도 이렇게 멋진 음악이 존재했었는지 불가사이하다.음악은 진리인거같다.

@gamjasstory7442 8 жыл бұрын

+00000000647 맞아요

@Michael-jt6iw 9 жыл бұрын

Anna Fedorova's interpretation of this is probably the closest I have heard.

@lonegeminielf2 11 жыл бұрын

Thank you for preserving this. It is amazing quality considering the year of recording. Wonderful! Da svidania Rachmaninoff!

@sfemclassic 11 жыл бұрын

it is always fascinating to listen to the masters playing their own music. It helps you really get the gist and the soul of the piece, the way it was meant to be performed and the thought process behind it.

@13wonders 9 жыл бұрын

Thanks for ripping/restoring this from the record!

@brianw1645 11 жыл бұрын

This is the work of the greatest musician who has ever lived. Many musicians can be seen as virtuosos. only Mozart could be viewed as a great composer, a virtuoso musician & a virtuoso conductor. Until my hero. He was all these things until he composed a world shattering piano concerto,dedicated it to his greatest rival, who then found he was unable to play it because his hands were too small to span the thundering chords. You rocked!! Oh how I wish I could have shaked your angelic hand.

@Alex-dy7yh 7 жыл бұрын

I'm here thanks to the wonderful and moving book "The Pianist" by Wladyslaw Szpilman. This song is the last played on polish radio before the bombardment of Varsovia (sorry if I don't say the name of the city correctly, I'm french). I am listening to this beautiful and peaceful piece while I am reading the horrors of World War II in Poland. It takes a lot much sense into my eyes. This piece has something tragic in it, but also hopeful, like the help of Wilm Hosenfeld to Mr. Szpilman. I am only 15 but I can feel through classical music the pain and the sorrow that Jews have endured when they lost their personnal stuff and their family. Their dignity was taken away, like their lives. It hurts me when I realized that my ancestors did almost nothing to save Poland from German soldiers. I just want to cry when I realized the hatred and the grief that Jews must have endure...

@zysis 11 жыл бұрын

This piece has such an amazing depth in movement. It's wonderful!

@erikarosner4584 10 жыл бұрын

I feel like standing on my knees listening to this Masterpiece, geniuses!

@erikarosner4584 8 жыл бұрын

LOVE it!!!

@divachka007 11 жыл бұрын

the only composer who moves my soul; an incredible human being. If you do like his music, read his biographies or better his letters, it will make so much sense to you. If there is such a thing as Russian soul, this is it. Rachmaninov is forever!

@jorgeestuardorodriguezwebs6318 7 жыл бұрын

muchas gracias es mi favorita.Nunca pense eschucharlo de la mano del compositor.gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@chatrudy 10 жыл бұрын

本当に美しく素晴らしい！言うまでもなく作曲者自身の演奏、音を追う訳でもなくRachmaninoffの心が伝わって来て胸を打たれ　感動の余韻がいつまでも残ります。素晴らしい作曲家そしてピアニスト、二楽章　三楽章も聞いてみたいものです。Upありがとう！

@the_l_cutlerywala 3 жыл бұрын

It would be interesting to have know whether Rachmaninoff himself would have liked the tempo he was forced to record his concerto in due to the recording technology available at the time.

@barbarahilson2441 6 жыл бұрын

This music is epic, evokes so many different emotions, orgasmic.

@Magnetron33 5 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, one of the best recordings I have heard from 90 years ago. Great Job! Just saw a young Chinese woman perform Piano Concero # 3 Dm a couple of hours ago. The physicality of Rachmaninoff is astonishing. Tremendous strength and stamina required. Glad his therapist helped him.

@daveybernard1056 6 жыл бұрын

It is so charming to hear Rachmaninoff on youtube. Thanks.

@LoganMcCarthy 11 жыл бұрын

I can't get enough of 5:56. Simply marvelous! Truly one of the greatest pianists!

@chopincookies 10 жыл бұрын

Such a deep feeling. Masterpiece.

@jahnawitomboy 10 жыл бұрын

5.15 to 5.50 literally gives me goosebumps.

@christinestill5002 5 жыл бұрын

What a treasure to have online. The composer...amazing.

@SonnyRecio 10 жыл бұрын

thanks to Nodame Cantabile I've found this sweet piece. :D

@fuelizabeth4181 5 жыл бұрын

me too! I think chaki senpai so cool at that time!!!

@Louis_Casher 10 жыл бұрын

Очень красивый отрывок из прекрасного концерта. Я обожаю музыку Сергея Васильевича, и горжусь его вкладом в развитие классической музыки. Большое спасибо за ролик.