It's astounding, isn't it-- that this very young man had not only the amazing talent and musicality, but the poise and ease to go there and play this masterpiece in the land of its birth for the people who knew it so well? His Moscow triumph was a sensation heard round the world, catapulting him and his career into the stratosphere of classical performance and our hearts. I was born that year, '58, and grew up listening to his recordings; my Mom was one of his biggest fans. And this stunning concerto, a gargantuan work of monster chords and mammoth demands, he manages to make sing as well as storm. The maturity and finesse of young Van Cliburn won lifeling fans everywhere, and he took it all in with grace and joy. Rest in peace, Van Cliburn 💐🏆🎹

Returning to this great performance,I was particularly struck by Van Cliburn's love for the music! The conductor and orchestra are incomparable. No-one else seems able to get to the heart of this concerto like these great artists! Such revelatory love and sensitivity. A privilege to experience this!

Браво пиано Ван Клиберн концерт-3 композитор Рахманинов! Браво оркестр и дирижор! Браво, замечательно ,вдохновенно! Спасибо!

And lets not forget the genius that was Kirill Kondrashin

Absolutely brilliant Kondrashin, who knows every note in the concerto conducts by heart! He is concentrated and deeply emotional. There are magnificent colors in the orchestra and sea of dynamic shades. And what an ensemble: a whole symphony, not an accompaniment... all this is Kondrashin!

As an historic document, this has to be one of the top finds on KZfaq. One always "knew" there were videos of this performance, but I figured one may never find its way to the surface. I am so very grateful to finally hear and see the performance that won Mr. Cliburn the competition.. He perhaps takes more chances here than later in New York, when he had to come home and show proof for what he had accomplished. It is fun hearing the brass play with vibrato and seeing a surprising number of women in the orchestra! Thank you for finding this document and for posting! Oh, and I love Kondrashin! He's a great conductor.

Браво Ван Клайберн пиано концерт 3 композитор Рахманинов! Браво оркестр и дирижор! Спасибо! Браво! Прекрасно !

....the unusual purity of the lyric parts sets this performance in the unique category.....the beauty of his forte and above sonority.abd the natural healthy conception with a transcendental pianism......😮😊😅

He was my love at age 12 until he died. We were very close. I knew his parents and cousins. I adored his genius. He always supported my playing.

I have heard about Van through the years of listening to classical radio. But seeing him perform puts a new perpective about him for me. Truly an amazing talent and personality. The conductor of this orchestra is amazing as well.

Какое лицо! Сколько достоинства и сдержанности в осанке, ничего внешнего! Сам Господь передал послание через игру Mr. Cliburn! ❤❤❤

Браво концерт 3 Сергей Рахманинов! Браво дирижер и оркестр! Браво пиано Ван Клаберн! Спасибо!

A thrillingly virtuosic and equally heart-rending performance such as has rarely if ever been heard since.

정말정말 사랑스러운 미국청년이네요!!! 아름다운 인품에서 아름다운 음악이 나오는 게 맞네요!!!!!

Браво знаменитый Ван Клиберн! Удивительно играет! Такое Ощущение, что рояль сам играет, а он смотрит куда то вдаль и в небо с закрытыми глазами, музыку знает наизусть.Гений! Браво Ван Клиберн !!!

Браво Ван Клиберн! Браво дирижор и оркестр ! Браво композитор Сергей Рахманинов концерт-3! Спасибо!

Thank so much for sharing this video and educating me on this important event.

Thank you so much for the beautiful, elegant, and perfect performance

Van Cliburn. Its shame to have found this Centennial Pianist so late during the excitement of Yun Chan Lim being the Gold Medalist by the Van Cliburn Concur so finally I had chance to appreciate this Centennial Pianist Van Cliburn's recitals inclg Raffmaninov No 3 & others.. I must say I got deeply moved to see his finger tips touching keys all of which sounding beautiful cristal sounds as if dangling crystals at the edge of Wings of butterfly there touching the surface of water that no one has ever never playing like Van Cliburn so to have realized why he has become the Pride & the Legacy of all Americans & many othe classic lovers in the World..

So beautiful listening to Rach 3 not performed too fast like nowadays. It's about the music wich has to become clear articulated and expressed!

안타깝네요. 임윤찬 연주를 보고 나서 봐버렸네요 ᆢ. 고맙습니다. 이렇게 귀한 연주를 남겨 주셔서. 반은 사랑스런 연주자 맞아요. 관중과 지휘자에게 청년의 순수한 감정을 숨김 없이 전달했군요.

Какой великий труд так замечательно играть🙏❤️😍🌹🎆

I love how at 12:55 he completely halts the sound for a moment before he starts the 3 stave section. No pedal. Very effective

정말 귀한 영상이네요 잘 맞춰준 지휘자에게 감사를 표하는 장면도 너무 귀엽고 유쾌하네요

Outstanding! What a precious jewel, thank you for posting!

my favorite version.

MAGNIFICENT a million times! Absolutely fantastic performance! Van Cliburn plays and performs from the heart.

Rachmaninov's piano concerto no.3, along with the quintessential no.2, was composed in 1909, about 10 years after the debacle of the performance of the First Symphony. It was, and still is, the pinnacle of the genre, and one of the composer's supreme achievements. This performance by Van Cliburn and Kondrashin is my ultimate favourite. Many thanks for sharing.

Love the slight ritard in the cadenza. Inimitable VC, lovely performance. Heart and Soul Rachmaninov

just my opinion but I think he is the greatest pianist/interpreter of Rachmaninoff ever. it was in his soul, fingers, and heart. The Romantic era was his.

This Concerto has been described as "44 minutes of finger twisting madness" but Can Cliburn's fingers gracefully sail and flow over the keys making it look effortless. It's anything but effortless, but that is the magic of his performance.

His iconic and angelic playing are locked in my heart. Such a sensitive and loving man which radiated thru his music. Bravo great one!!

The fact that we get to watch this Historic moment is so mindblowing and it's free too? Thank you so much. VAN IS THE MAN. I love the conductor too. Im addicted to this video.

A historic video of a keyboard giant at his peak.

So nice to watch in this troubled period...

THANK YOU!! THANKS VERY MUCH FOR THIS TRULY GREAT, BEAUTIFUL, REALLY BEAUTIFUL, SO EXCITING And THRILLING VIDEO OF VAN CLIBURN, KIRILL KONDRASHIN And The MOSCOW STATE ORCHESTRA"!!! This Is Really "CLASSICAL MUSIC AT IT'S GREATEST"!!! VAN CLIBURN'S SUPERB PERFORMANCE With THE ORCHESTRA IS "ABSOLUTELY PHENOMENAL"!!!! VAN CLIBURN IS "" TRULY THE LAST GREAT ROMANTIC CLASSICAL PIANIST""!!!! VAN CLIBURN IS 'A MASTER'!! A REAL GENIUS!!! A ' TRULY GREAT VIRTUOSO'!!! VAN CLIBURN PLAYS ' THE RACHMANINOFF #3' "GREATER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER PIANISTS"!!! The Other Pianists - Approach The Concerto With The "Same Type Of PLaying'' -"The Same Style '! VAN CLIBURN "GIVES SO MUCH MORE IN HIS REALLY GREAT INTERPRETATION"!!! VAN CLIBURN -" PLAYS IT GREATER, AND DEFINES IT GREATER"!!! VAN CLIBURN'S PERFORMANCE WITH KONDRASHIN IS ABSOLUTELY ""THE TRULY GREATEST INTERPRETATION OF RACHMANINOFF'S CONCERTO #3""!!!!! This Concerto Has 'Such HEART, Such SOUL, Such GREAT, POWERFUL BEAUTY- So MANY DIFFERENT FEELINGS , SUCH "SWEEP And FLOW Of PHRASES (RUBATO!!)"!!! VERY STRONG And TENDER EXPRESSIONS, ETC.! WHAT "POWERFUL DRAMA And RIVERTING PASSION"!!!! VAN CLIBURN IS THE GREATEST!! "TRULY GREATEST INTERPRETER OF THE RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO #3"!!!! Everytime - I LISTEN - I "FEEL SOMETHING NEW"!! IT IS SO-O-O, SO-O-O FANTASTIC!!! AWESOME!!! The 'PURE JOY' That HIS PLAYING GIVES ME!!! I WISH WITH ALL MY HEART The GREAT SERJEI RACHMANINOFF COULD HAVE "HEARD VAN CLIBURN PLAY HIS GREAT CONCERTO"!!! HE WOULD HAVE BEEN 'THRILLED OUT OF HIS BEING'!!!!! I MISS "VAN CLIBURN SO MUCH" AND "I REALLY MISS, SEEING HIM PERFORM" IN "HIS GREAT CONCERTS "!! VAN CLIBURN IS ""TRULY THE VERY GREATEST CLASSICAL PIANIST""!!!!! HIS GREAT PERFORMANCES ARE '"HISTORICAL FOR ALL FUTURE GENERATIONS""!!!!! MAY VAN CLIBURN REST IN PEACE IN JESUS CHRIST OUR LORD WHO LOVED HIM DEARLY!!!!!

amazing talent ! He deserved the gold medal .. RIP Van , we love your playing ,u are the greatest !

32:47 Cliburn's performance of this entire middle section is simply amazing. I grew up listening to Cliburn recordings and so I have a bit of a soft spot in my heart for them.

БРАВО Рахманинов и Ван Клиберн!

I knew him since I was 12 and he changed my life. He will always be my forever love

Love the kiss between conductor and pianist!!! Memorable indeed

Sublime genius❤

I wish I was here in that crowd with my eyes closed and just listening.

A beautiful performance from a beautiful Floof!

오케스트라 와 너무나도 환상적인 호흡이고 아름다운 연주이군요 지휘자와 피아니스트 오케스트라 에게 감사합니다 최고의 연주입니다

우와 ~ 피아노에 영혼이 함께하는듯 연주한다 👍

Loved and loveable!

What else can you say about this! Such brilliance but so deeply felt. Van was born to play Rachmaninov and this is just splendid. His playing is spine tingling.

Having grown up in the 50's playing classical piano, he was my shining light. Years later I was graced to play the same Steinway grand VC played in his Amarillo, TX performance around the late 60's. The piano was purchased by Stanley Marsh (TOM) & proudly displayed in his beautiful grand room; VC had etched his signature in gold leaf on the top. I was lucky enough to play classical music for Stanley's dinner parties while his Irish wolfhound hung his head over my shoulder & drooled on the piano keys, the quests ate/drank & all had a wonderful time. I miss Stanley, VC & all that it meant back then. Thank god for KZfaq to bring my memories back.

The most under-rated pianist and artist in the classical community.

And he makes it all look so easy... ❤

Felicitaciones! Por difundir este magnífico y excelso vídeo de un insigne pianista de todos los tiempos. Van Cliburn se encuentra en la lista de grandes y talentosos pianistas tales como Emil Gilels, Sviatoslav Richter, Lazar Berman, Artur Rubinstein, Vladimir Horowitz, Alfred Brendel, Cláudio Arrau y otros que ejecutaron este grandioso concierto único en la historia por su enorme complejidad y belleza musical. Excelente!!!

Van Cliburn was the greatest pianist of this century

So talented. I'm envious ... BRAVO. BRAVO

Wow. This is every bit as good as they say. Unbelievable beauty

Many thanks for your great work uploading this version 😀 👍

Extraordinary combination of musical sophistication and soulfulness. Kondrashin inspiring and imaginative as well. Cliburn had been playing this work regularly in America since 1954, to great critical acclaim.

Que memoria. !!!!!! Solo.un genio Bravo !!!!!!!!!🤩.

VC's technique is singing, even in the harshest chords, everything is sung, and this is a russian principle in piano playing; he got it from his russian teachers in JS NYC

3:12 to 3:52 forever my favorite part

Not only do we get to hear this magnificent performance, but we see the legend in action. What a treat! Thanks very much for posting.

Море музыки! Какое удовольствие. Браво!

Este registro es un tesoro! Enormes gracias por compartirlo!!

An effective, wonderful, and rememberable bridge. Thanks for sharing.

驚きました。今のピアニストが…特に男性。、、こぞって弾きたがる３番のコンチェルトを１９５８年にクライバーンによってこんなに素直なラフマニノフが演奏されていたとは、知りませんでした！夜中なので少し文章が可笑しいかも知れないけれど、嬉しくなり思わず書いてしまいました。おやすみなさい。まる

Es un tesoro este concierto. 🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Amazing, wonderful, thank you so much for sharing

From when he won the Russian competition until about 10+ years later, Van Cliburn could keep up with any of them.

와 🤩 내가 괜히 눈물이 난다

Tres tres beau!

Музыка превыше Всякого Эго Музыка - это Любовь планеты Земля

One of the truly greatest moments in the history of recorded music. As a child growing up in the midwest, I was able to watch his televised performance shortly after he won. Rachmaninoff Three has the status it had today due to Vladimir Horowitz, and after his mid-career retirement, Van Cliburn. Cliburn threw down the gauntlet of the ossia cadenza in the first movement, until now, it is almost a required choice. Yes, I am aware Gieseking played the ossia, but he doesn't play the role that Cliburn does. In this particular instance, Mr. Cliburn appears utterly spent at the conclusion.

Van cliburn was so elegant, beautifully poised veery natural,:with great warmth ,and 'beautiful smile!!! One knew he was "very special and was the greatest the way the audience greeted him with such thunderous applause and excitement'!!! The beautiful smile and the way he acknowledged thelldienece an

БРАВО,, БРАВО!)

I love this soul of harmony ❤

Magnificent playing! I never like this "first cadenza" when I hear it played by other pianists, but the way he does it! Fantastic! Like this, it sounds better than the usual one!

Perfect ! Many thanks for sharing

thank you so much

Wonderful!!!,

Bravissimo!

Maravilloso!!!

Beautiful..

I wish they could clean & color this as best as today's technology allows us to, this was history in the making & too important not to be REMASTERED. (no pun intended!) 🎹 🌹 💐

Van Cliburn o maior pianista do século

I adored him

bravo.....

HEARTHBREATAKING INDEED💓💓💓💓💓💓

Потрясающе!

1:03 I. Allegro Ma Non Tanto 18:32 II. Intermezzo. Adagio 29:13 III. Finale. Alla Breve

T h e most AMAZING fact: such completely perfect ensemble playing, matutiyy and naturalness..while it was at age 24 in a COMPETITION!!! DOUNDD RATHER AS IF THEY, KONDRASHIN, HIS ORCHESTRA AND VLIBURN HAD BEEN PLAYING FOR Y E A R S !!!!!!!😢

I swear the audience erupted with cheers when he finished. Parents got LSC-2355 RCA 1959 LP which I pretty much wore out - that crowd explosion is burned into my brain.

Respect.

Ну что тут скажешь ..........

Van cliburn is the 'very greatest interpreter or the rachmaninoff concerto #5'!!! He plays it with his 'greatest mind, the depth of his beautiful soul and spirit, his strong sensitivity, his great love for the music ' expressed with 'the most phenominal -,powerful -clean - flawless, thrilling and electrifying technique!!!!!! Van Cliburn serves the music and the composers in the 'highest manner'; he lives it, he breathes it , he feels it as -the composer wrote it!!!! Every detail of the composer is played, felt-expressed---perfectly!! Van Cliburn 'understands everything about the music'! Van cliburn' s beautiful American soul captures the beautiful Russian soul of rachmaninoff!! No other pianist is able to achieve this! Van Cliburn played 'the first note so clearly with such beauty and feeling and connects every note, every Melody and clarifies every Dynamics, the rhythm and the musical phrases!! Van Cliburn 'makes the greatest statement through his interpretation in the most extraordinary way!! 'van Cliburn is incomparable'!!!!! He is 'a true genius'!!!! The great beauty of his sound- full-bodied, sonorous,resonant, round, it glows and penetrates -all of the listener's senses. Even when he plays pianos his the great beauty of his sound- resonates all the way to his Forte's!! It is the most awesome thing to -feel and to hear!!! Van cliburn's playing 'is the greatest sheer joy and the greatest absolute heaven here on Earth'!!!! Especially, to hear him perform - in person!! Nothing else existed at those concerts!!!!! Heaven- came - to - earth!!!! What an 'extraordinary gift God gave van cliburn'!!!! God was in van Cliburn and God was in the music he performed!!!! Van cliburn's perform ances are 'imprinted and remains in - the most beautiful memories of my life'!!!! His playing was - so exciting and so thrilling to 'see him and hear him'!! You wanted everybody to -go see him perform!!!! It was that unbelievably great. A real beautiful life experience!!! Unforgettable!!! Van Cliburn:s - the most beautiful, big, resonate sound, his command, control, his phenominal - flawless technique, great prowess, facility, great power combined with his complete command of piano - made van cliburn the 'envy of many other great pianist!! Van Cliburn's great sensitivity, tremendous, natural intuition, vision are among his abilities to grasp the complete core and style and get to the depth of the music and to the composer. Van cliburn -gives ' the definitive interpretation of the rachmaninoff concerto#5'!!!!!! God truly - loved van cliburn!! He gave him - all the natural gifts with the great mind and the greatest abilities for 'hard work, strong motivation,, high ambition and great love of 'classical music an cliburn made ,:the highest achievements in classical music and set the 'highest standards for great classical pianists of the 20th Century and the 21st Century!! Van Cliburn had - the most beautiful hands!!! They were very long, slender, perfectly - straight fingers and a long-curved thumb!! When he stands and talks or signs autographs you see how long and beautiful they really!!! Van cliburn's hands are 'different from other pianists hand!! His perfectly beautiful hands are "made for the keyboard", 'his fingers fit everyone key - perfectly'!!!! Agility, flexibility, great power with enormous strength and

Прекрасное послание от Вэна Клайберна и Кирилла Кондрашина из далекого забытого прошлого

Те, кто не слушал эту запись на виниловом диске, выпущенном в конце 1950-х, не может даже представить себе качество и красоту звука Вана Клиберна и оркестра под управлением великого Кирилла! Тут - оцифровка уже весьма заезженной плёнки, что само по себе свидетельствует о популярности исполнения. Мне кажется, что именно после Вана Клиберна возник "бум" на это произведение, и многие молодые музыканты начали ориентироваться (и до сих пор ориентируются) на темпы и туше именно Клиберна, не говоря уже о выборе каденции варианта "ossia".

중간에 첫번째 쾅 할때 너무 놀람. 놀람교향곡 저리가라 네요. 힘있는 연주...지휘자와 키스도 놀람

Cuánta transparencia. Y matices

❤️🙏

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