Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff

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15 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff performs his solo piano works in a spectacular recording made on a Bosendorfer 290SE piano, using the music rolls made in his time. This remarkable listening experience brings Rachmaninoff's phenomenal pianistic talent to life in today's world. By using unprecedented new techniques of transfer and reproduction, the mechanical aspects of music roll performances have been eliminated. More astonishingly, these advances reveal the subtleties and fine details of Rachmaninoff's playing with startling clarity, showing us why he was regarded as perhaps the greatest pianist of his time.
- Prelude in C Sharp Minor, op.3 no.2 (recorded: 17 March 1919)
- Lilacs, op.21 no.5 (recorded: 6 April 1922)
- The flight of the Bumblebee (recorded: 1 February 1929)
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@Imzeboss 10 ай бұрын

The best are the composers playing their own pieces, us listeners can tap into their original minds and playstyles. Bravo Rachmaninoff!

@justcarcrazy 10 жыл бұрын

What a privilege to listen to this! If I could go back in time, I'd secretly record Bach and Beethoven playing their own compositions too!

@gerardvono63 5 жыл бұрын

Serge RACHMANINOV habite dans mon coeur depuis près de 30 ans ..

@SpicyNuddle 4 жыл бұрын

Would love to hear Chopin playing Chopin. I am very curious how he would play his pieces. 😊

@qrbital9861 4 жыл бұрын

Chopin died 40 years before audio recorders were available to the general public

@giovanni21mas 4 жыл бұрын

mateusz wrona Why do I think he never played a piece the same way twice

@nataliea.s.6173 4 жыл бұрын

And especially how Chopin improvised... My dream is to hear how he improvised on the theme of "Oj, chmielu!"

@LightLucky 4 жыл бұрын

im sure that chopin wouldn't want to be recorded

@happypiano4810 3 жыл бұрын

LightLucky I’m sure someone would’ve convinced him if it was a thing.

@MrNeilsy 9 жыл бұрын

Hearing this just makes me feel so glad to be human. If only the other great composers before Rachmaninoff could have recorded themselves playing their own music. It's very evident that not only was this man a great composer and virtuoso pianist but he was an incredible musician. Thank you for posting this gem.

@chrisczajasager 6 жыл бұрын

the first three notes tell you it is a machine, not SR!

@worstpianist3985 5 жыл бұрын

MrNeilsy What I would give to hear Chopin or Liszt.

@flyingpenandpaper6119 5 жыл бұрын

@@worstpianist3985 I'd give my right nut to hear Chopin

@manuelbes 5 жыл бұрын

@@flyingpenandpaper6119 this must hurt

@kasajizo8963 4 жыл бұрын

@@worstpianist3985 I want to hear Beethoven

@pukulu 11 жыл бұрын

Everyone who plays the piano must listen to Rachmaninoff. It cannot help but enrich their musical experience.

@bcoverss 6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely magnificent! Thank you for posting.

@alexhristov1638 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing sound quality. Thanks so much for the upload.

@amshg21 11 жыл бұрын

i've been listening to this masterpiece for over 4 months now , and i never ever EVER get bored of it !!

@ReticentObsessive 11 жыл бұрын

It is Rachmaninov. It's the first three tracks from the CD "Rachmaninov: Solo Piano Works, A Window in Time"

@olddoc4430 Жыл бұрын

My father always told me that the greatest pianist of all time was Josef Hofmann. then when asked about Sergei Rachmaninoff he would say , well there was no greater than him. My father, of course had all their recordings and he had gone to hear both of them in the concert hall. He heard all the greats who performed after the mid 1930’s and he knew, I believe, what he was talking about. I am not a professional musician as my father was but after listening to the performances and recordings of literally hundreds of pianists I must agree that these two are above and beyond all others in the world of the piano.

@calla4711 12 жыл бұрын

I always wanted to hear Rachmaninov playing Rachmaninov....thanks so much for posting it...I´m really surprised how clear it is...fantastic!

@UkrainianProjects 11 жыл бұрын

That last 5 chords before the C#m ending give me goosebumps, this man was a genius, if i had a wish i would go back in time to meet him.

@harisaro 7 жыл бұрын

This is Rachmaninof! I'm thrilled to the core. Almost as if listening to Chopin playing the piano!

@Febulights 7 жыл бұрын

You might be interested in hearing Rachmaninoff playing Chopin. (You may know about this already, but sharing just in case). And I agree, hearing him perform his own pieces is really exciting. www.amazon.com/Rachmaninoff-Plays-Chopin-Sergei/dp/B0013G42Q8/

@yvonneross6522 7 жыл бұрын

Really great interpretation !! I had listened thousands of times:)))

@RottenMandarinOrange 12 жыл бұрын

Absolutely stunning in every regard. Incredibly beautiful pieces of music, and a each were performed flawlessly.

@kraig7777 11 жыл бұрын

I need more!!!!! This is incredible, I want to listen to it 24 hours a day.

@JoaoFurtadoCoelho777 8 жыл бұрын

Most extraordinary!... I own the CDs with the piano-rolls recordings, but I'd never heard the pieces here, in your channel, which I have known for quite a while. Almost inexplicable ... Anyway, thanks for the upload -:)) Shared on Google+

@underzog 7 жыл бұрын

I have the cd of this.

@fredericodemali9815 11 жыл бұрын

An excellent quality in every way!

@VetericusNoire 11 жыл бұрын

perfect tempo! Excellent video

@Vincetheviolin 11 жыл бұрын

unbelievable, how he makes different sorts of shadows in the prelude, i play that at the moment, and i've never heard such an interpretation. Simply stunning!

@haKittehh 13 жыл бұрын

Rachmininoff is truly, an Astounding composer; I've never heard him perform before this.

@jessicakespohl8340 5 жыл бұрын

I'm amused that some folks don't believe this is Rachmaninoff playing, they're so sure of it even though they weren't alive when he played!

@blattmacher 13 жыл бұрын

always loved this Prelude. Just heard this interpretation for the first time and I couldn't believe the perfection. 1:48...... WOW! Thank you!

@joannebeck7585 11 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous!

@jennieli5104 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@frogger857 13 жыл бұрын

This is by far the best middle section of this song i've ever heard.

@DarkblueRadiance 11 жыл бұрын

Of course it's marvelous. I mean, the composer himself is playing. :D

@adrianruiz7137 4 жыл бұрын

Unparalleled performance!

@gablunari 4 жыл бұрын

Spectacular!

@zaremamuzic 11 жыл бұрын

Прекрасное исполнение !!

@oscarchen6586 11 жыл бұрын

his hands were massive

@profhennig 9 жыл бұрын

danke, wunderbar!

@AVIDEOGAL 11 жыл бұрын

I HEARD A STORY THAT THE RACHMAN WANTED TO DO A BUNCH MORE STUFF IN THE STUDIO (LIKE MORE CHOPIN ETC.) BUT WAS TOLD THEY HAD ENOUGH - THEY GOT WHAT THEY WANTED AND WERE DONE. IF THAT STORY IS TRUE, IT IS THE SINGLE GREATEST LOSS AND LACK OF VISION IN A SINGLE EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND - EVEN ON A GREATER SCALE THAN THE COUNTLESS EARLY PERFORMANCES OF THE GREATS FROM THE EARLY TONIGHT SHOW AND MANY OTHER TALK SHOWS THAT WERE THROWN AWAY FROM A STORAGE AREA TO MAKE ROOM FOR A NEW STUDIO...

@yes-fq6jd 4 жыл бұрын

You needn't shout

@AVIDEOGAL 4 жыл бұрын

@@yes-fq6jd THANKS FOR LETTING ME KNOW WHAT I NEED, I DIDN'T REALIZE THAT BEFORE !!!

@primeartonline-pianocovers1535 4 жыл бұрын

@@AVIDEOGAL LOL

@SpaghettiToaster 4 жыл бұрын

His studio declined a performance with him and Horowitz playing his symphonic dances for two pianos.

@atlaslex 4 жыл бұрын

Man, people get pretty hyperbolic about classical music on KZfaq. And now they’re yelling to boot. Yes we all like this stuff very much. Deep breath and indoor voice everyone. 🤣

@Healthwannabe7556 4 жыл бұрын

I really wish the Prelude in C#minor were longer.

@jaygregg4455 16 күн бұрын

Probably the greatest pianist who ever lived. And a naturalized American!

@1940limited 5 жыл бұрын

He was the greatest pianist to ever walk the face of the earth bar none.

@beakf1 11 жыл бұрын

Has a different feel than the other i normally listen too.After the build its faster.This must be how he wanted it to be heard.love it.

@Scarbogn 15 жыл бұрын

Marvelous interpretation!, I don't know why it has so little views :\

@graxanov 11 жыл бұрын

Oh, but it is. It's from recordings he made on an "automatic reproducing piano" that were restored. These pianos played back exactly what the performer played, exactly as they played it, including pedaling. Like the uploader said, if unconvinced, search for "A Window in Time". If still unconvinced, you can compare this album to audio recordings made of Rachmaninov playing in the 20s/30s/40s and hear that it is most certainly his playing.

@bratcheda1 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is phenomenal, but we should keep in mind that the pianos of today (like this Boesendorfer) sound a bit different from the pianos of the 1910s, so, interestingly, we hear a different sound from the one he himself heard when he recorded it.

@tasxou5470 6 ай бұрын

💜💜💜

@marthaaccettullo724 4 жыл бұрын

What can I say?? IT SURPASSES ANYTHING I have heard Bless your heart SVR

@OlleHessle 10 жыл бұрын

this is good shizzle

@TLN56 11 жыл бұрын

my favorite

@ispinintights 13 жыл бұрын

PLEASE put the right tags in this video! I was searching forever for his own version!

@enikkan 11 жыл бұрын

he was a genius pure and simple, a gift from god

@fenncpas 2 жыл бұрын

By the time this prelude in C Sharp Minor was recorded, Rachmaninov was 45 and tired of playing it - and it shows near the end when he seems to rush through it. Too bad we have no recording when he was 19 after he composed it. Historians say he played it with more passion at that earlier age.

@taioholloway4881 11 жыл бұрын

My dear friend This is Rachmaninoff. Nobody else is this insane except David Helfgott :P

@YCAT7 13 жыл бұрын

i Love this

@ludmilarommens4092 3 жыл бұрын

Гениально!!!

@haotianyu6368 10 жыл бұрын

Stahnke did an amazing job with these two CDs, but I feel that someone must do the same thing with rolls by Busoni, the Liszt students, etc.

@IanGoncalves 7 жыл бұрын

This sounds great! When it was rerecorder?

@gfdtrbg 12 жыл бұрын

I've heard this piece played many times, but this is the first time I've HEARD the piece........

@thatpianokidlawson6693 4 жыл бұрын

Wow so amazing doesn't even move a muscle and he plays so beutifuly

@themishmish101 11 жыл бұрын

so many geniouses are cut down in their prime

@themashenkah 12 жыл бұрын

das ist wunderschön!!!!!

@xper2xper 13 жыл бұрын

@King21973 The title is perfectly fine. Just pay attention to the description, that will explain. Hopefully... If not convinced, then search for "A window in Time" on the web..

@anjas1903 11 жыл бұрын

He knows best! He wrote it. Right? :)

@deathmetalmarten 13 жыл бұрын

6:42

@autoslep 11 жыл бұрын

Absolutely wonderful. Sublime. He looks like a bank manager though doesn't he?

@smokiebird06 7 жыл бұрын

Catherine Hawkes or a doorman at an upscale hotel.

@alexeljosh5849 6 жыл бұрын

More like a russian hitman

@sobefobik 11 жыл бұрын

I wonder if he was angry with someone when he wrote this song.

@Aiden-xb6qc 5 жыл бұрын

Apparently he heard this in a dream about his own funeral or something related to that

@peterg6889 4 жыл бұрын

As I've read, during the beginning of the composition he sees a grave and begins walking towards it faster and faster, hence why it speeds up. Then, he opens the grave, and finds himself inside.

@johnb6723 4 жыл бұрын

Not so. The prelude has a name - The Bells of Moscow.

@Merlocampini 4 жыл бұрын

The flight of the Bumblebee is, actually, Nikolai Andreyevich. :)

@Scarbogn 12 жыл бұрын

It has way more views now than when I posted the comment :P And yeah, it's a shame a lot of great musicians don't get noticed :/. Maybe because their passion is making music and don't do much to be known or get noticed, but still a shame.

@resonantdave 6 жыл бұрын

Was unequal temperament still used in his time? Which one did he use?

@nelsongagne3063 5 жыл бұрын

Magnifique sonorité

@ethansaltmere 13 жыл бұрын

@pyjrazor what about Richter? Type him in to the search box. And Barenboim, Perahia, Radu Lupu of the modern greats. And Lipatti, Cortot, Paderewski of the old greats. And those I listed above - horowitz, rubinstein. And my favourite of all, Claudio Arrau? Type them in, especially Gilels doing Rachamninoff, amazing.

@ibclappin 13 жыл бұрын

i have this cd, it's rachmaninoff's own piano rolls "digitally remastered with new technology." yes it is the man himself

@PianoDaemon 11 жыл бұрын

I have the two 'A Window in Time' CDs and they're wonderful. My only complaint is that Rachmaninoff never played a Bösendorfer - he was a Steinway artist. They should have used a Steinway concert grand with the added reproducing technology for the recordings instead of the 290SE.

@Harborx 12 жыл бұрын

Killa from tha villa

@volvagia131089 12 жыл бұрын

heeey this is woonderful, where can i find his Piano concertos with this techniques of transfer and reproduction?

@fortetwomusic 3 жыл бұрын

The dislikes are from those jealous of the achievement of this level of playing ability, and those too lazy to practice.

@oilkills 12 жыл бұрын

That's a lot of viewings, compared to some. Shawn Lane is by far the best guitarist I've heard and no one has heard of him or his songs... it's sad. And he's a god on piano as well... rip

@ImmortalSpecies 13 жыл бұрын

@bvolsky He didn't speed up anything - you're just used to hearing the slow ones.

@pyjrazor 13 жыл бұрын

@wagneristhebest true that. but none of them are better than Rachmaninoff as a pianist, STILL keeping in mind that there are definitely different interpretations out there that I'm glad to listen to but through many listening sessions, Rachmaninoff does things in his playing that is culturally and pianistically different from that of everyone. Hofmann, Lhevinne and Horowitz come close and approach this tradition. Listen more :)

@ximenavelosa7908 5 жыл бұрын

I think, correct me if I'm wrong, from minute 6:34 it is not Rachmaninov, it is the flight of the bumblebee of Nicolai Rimski Korsakov.

@rafadawabe 5 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff made the arrangement for piano

@ximenavelosa7908 5 жыл бұрын

@@rafadawabe Oh, of course, I'm sorry. Thank you!

@srothbardt 8 жыл бұрын

Is this on "A Window in Time"? Very good sound. Thanks.

@underzog 7 жыл бұрын

I have that cd.

@dundoderdumme3044 10 жыл бұрын

What? haha I don't understand... The original tempo would be the one the composer himself meant this to be played. Because the composer is the pieces origin. So does your sentence even make sense? :D

@TheDoucheChanel 13 жыл бұрын

@lithiumissick42 it is him i have heard the original edinson recording

@EoinSpectre 13 жыл бұрын

@Scarbogn It's not an interpretation, it says so in the description.

@sevidg 13 жыл бұрын

Than...

@MAYDAYES 10 жыл бұрын

The first song sounds spooky.

@RollaArtis 10 жыл бұрын

I didn't know it's a song - do you know the words? I would guess they are in Russian.

@basharammari9306 9 жыл бұрын

RollaArtis Oh damn...the sass is real hahahahahahaha

@musicsdarkangel 9 жыл бұрын

RollaArtis This and Beethoven's 5th symphony are my 2 favorite songs! I love classical music it's all so good, especially Mozart which is what classical really sounds like all the time. It's so relaxing always, I love how it's all about chilling and going to sleep. But Rachmaninoff is the best classical composer because his songs make me sleep the easiest. …… how many times did I make you cringe? I'm kidding - I'm a pianist.

@basharammari9316 9 жыл бұрын

bledredwine About 6 times

@Steppenziege 6 жыл бұрын

I was about to punch my screen because of that comment.

@socraticgadfly 9 жыл бұрын

To the person asking how you can find Rachmaninoff playing his concertos on piano roll, erm ... you can't! They didn't put a full orchestra on a piano roll. That said, you CAN find recordings of him with orchestra, from the late 1930s. I've got the full cycle of concertos plus the Paganini.

@IanGoncalves 7 жыл бұрын

they can put an orchestra and play the concerto with the piano roll, why not?

@shermansmart4369 7 жыл бұрын

Actually, Gershwin recorded the piano part for Rhapsody in Blue on a piano roll and it later was used to make a recording with full orchestra. Of course the roll dictated the tempi of the orchestra and not the conductor.

@shermansmart4369 6 жыл бұрын

socraticgadfly Actually George Gershwin made piano rolls of the complete piano part of Rhapsody in Blue. All that was needed was an orchestra to play along with the piano rolls which actually happened. I am going to have to see if the recording is available.

@eternalclassicsbrothers9636 4 жыл бұрын

Well done! I just uploaded this too :)!

@bonhzeppelin9882 7 жыл бұрын

PLEASE HELP! Is there a paper roll or recording in existence of Rachmaninoff playing Etude Tableau Op. 39 No. 5 in E flat?! I've been looking in earnest for it and come up with ZERO!

@shermansmart4369 7 жыл бұрын

I don't think that Rachmaninoff ever recorded that etude either as a standard recording or on a piano roll. There is a two disc set of the piano rolls being played on a special Bosendorfer reproducing piano. The recordings are called "A Window in Time" on the TELARC label.

@arnar9478 5 жыл бұрын

Does anyone know of any actual rach recordings? The sound qauality is too good for this to be actually rachmaninoff, obviously.

@Cesariono 11 жыл бұрын

1:41 Can someone explain that picture? I always wondered what he was wearing. It looks like the clothes of a Chef, ha!

@elonamasson7569 3 жыл бұрын

He was of the lower aristocracy, and on vacation, these people like to dress like peasants now and then. There are pictures of the Tsar doing the same thing.

@hoshhoshschlongolosh8119 10 жыл бұрын

Get high and listen to the Rach!

@daveybernard1056 4 жыл бұрын

@elonamasson7569 3 жыл бұрын

No need to get high. This is the real deal.

@AlexandreJdB 13 жыл бұрын

It's strange because Rachmaninov hated this piece, but it's still marvellous!!!!!

@ProfDrislane Жыл бұрын

This clangorous, modernist presentation of Rachmaninoff is a disservice to his art. Yes, the piano roll conveys the timing of his playing. But utterly gone is the "tone-world" world of this great artist. This is "raw data Rachmaninoff." Note that Rachmaninoff used to favour a German Steinway.. We can hear what he actually sounded like in his recordings. Yes, these old recording have surface noise, etc. I hope we can restore these old recordings with AI, etc., in the future so we don't have to deal with the "make believe" of piano roll performances..

@JacobGordonOfficial 12 жыл бұрын

@oilkills Gray Pianos Flying ;)

@pyjrazor 13 жыл бұрын

@wagneristhebest gotta keep listening then :) Rachmaninoff is definitely the best recorded pianist of all time. If you can name someone better, I'd be glad to listen to him.

@TheAkelei 8 жыл бұрын

the piece at the end was Rimsky-Korsakov's "flight of the bumble bees" - what's this to do with Rachmaninoff????

@fabriziopelli4577 8 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff Made the arrangement for piano

@TheAkelei 8 жыл бұрын

+Fabrizio Pelli I see. thanks for letting me know. But then the title shouldn't be "Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff", though.

@srothbardt 8 жыл бұрын

+TheAkelei He transcribed it as a show piece.

@user-fc3od8hu7s 7 жыл бұрын

I have often seen it cited as Rachmaninoff-Rimsky-Korsakov

@ImmortalSpecies 13 жыл бұрын

@blattmacher Intepretation? It's Rachmaninoff himself playing the piece.

@juhokim5140 7 жыл бұрын

How is the quality of the recording this good if it was recorded back then?

@seanchen7815 7 жыл бұрын

It's a piano roll. It's not recorded using a microphone but it was mechanically recorded. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piano_roll

@jesika7869 Жыл бұрын

This is a remastering of the piano roll recorded by Rach. Wayne Stahnke engineer did the Bosendorfer digital remaster mix, available on "A Window in Time" 2-volume CD.

@Scarbogn 13 жыл бұрын

@EoinSpectre Not because it was recorded on a piano roll it's not an interpretation

@avuncular300 7 жыл бұрын

Great of course, but wasn't 'The Flight of the Bumble Bee' a composition of Rimsky-Korsakov, being a part of his opera 'The Tale of Tsar Saltan' ? So credit where credit is due, please. Otherwise a most wonderful recording of historic performances. Yes I see from earlier comments that the piece in question was an arrangement of Rimsky-Korsakov's work.

@xper2xper 7 жыл бұрын

Robert Price That's his transcription of Korsakov.

@shermansmart4369 7 жыл бұрын

Actually transcribing other composers works for piano is a time honored Romantic tradition. Probably the best known are the many piano transcriptions by Franz Liszt including the nine symphonies of Beethoven. Rachmaninoff also composed a number of transcriptions many of the very faithful to the original orchestral score such as The Flight of the Bumblebee or the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's Mudsummers Night Dream.

@Gruskinator 11 жыл бұрын

probably because of the title

@uhartchristian 12 жыл бұрын

it is right , rachmaninoff was a great pianist. you just have to listen to his interpretation of the five rachmaninov concertos. he had a lot of success. his friend Vladimir Horowitz did also attest this.

@zombieperson3695 3 жыл бұрын

four*

@underzog Жыл бұрын

@@zombieperson3695 "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini is as long as a concerto.

@zombieperson3695 Жыл бұрын

@@underzog Doesn't mean it's a concerto, but I'd agree that it's similar to one

@musicsdarkangel 9 жыл бұрын

After listening to his older recordings, this really sounds nothing like Rachmaninoff to me. Rachmaninoff had a refined almost cold way of playing that wavered more with the chromaticism, showed incredible depth and ability to stretch rhythm. This is just too constantly pretty, robotic + stereotypically modern IMO…. at least after the prelude. The prelude does sound more like him. Maybe it's because they used all of the modern crappy compression/production techniques?

@RollaArtis 9 жыл бұрын

bledredwine Yes you have exactly described my impression. The 'playing' is curiously antiseptic, too perfect, too neat -- robotic even. But this is what people expect and want to hear. Otherwise, its not commercial material but really that's what it's all about. I don't know why they bothered with doing all this because we have his phono recordings (of the same pieces) which are obviously more realistic.

@musicsdarkangel 9 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more.

@lepredator189 7 жыл бұрын

This is NOT Rachmaninov