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people who don't even try classical music are missing out so bad. I don't know how anyone could dislike this.

The adagio is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. To me nothing even comes close. I can listen to it endlessly.

This may sound crazy, but this piece of music is so emotional that I have to ration myself. When I listen to it, it is spinning around my head for months. Does anyone else feel the same way?

If Rachmaninoff had composed a Violin Concerto we'd have flying cars by now

00:39 Largo. Allegro moderato 21:19 Scherzo (allegro molto) 31:57 Adagio 47:11 Allegro vivace

The third movement is one of the most beautiful things in life

The third movement is absolutely one of the most beautiful things in the world, no doubt about that‼🎶🎵👍😉

The third movement just makes me want to cry it’s so beautiful!

The adagio melts my soul. Everyone should listen to this masterpiece at least once per day. Simply brilliant.

A friend of mine in tenth grade, back around 1967, suggested that I listen to this. I knew next to nothing about classical music since I was a total devotee of rock and roll. This symphony helped transform my life. It expressly sounded forth what I had been feeling in my heart from my youth, though I didn't know it at first. The Adagio remains my all-time favorite piece of classical works. It still takes me to places that are majestic and mysterious, pulling me back to God. He does, indeed, invite us to feel.

Could you imagine sitting in an orchestral hall and listening to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and listening to Rachmaninoff conducting his 2nd Symphony? I wish I could say I did this, but at 85, I am too young to say I did. This symphony knocks me out and if I want an emotional moment with lots of tears, I will turn this on. Yearning is the word for many moments of this symphony. Rach yearns magnificently! How could heaven contain this yearning human being who is no longer with us except in his music: an eternal yearning!!

No life is complete until you listen (and understand) this remarcable musical work. No words can describe the beauty within and the deep feelings that bring to your soul.

This music is literally the most beautifully written suite in existence. I have actually played this music with my orchestra, the City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, and there was nothing more satisfying than coming in to orchestra every week and getting to play this absolutely monstrous but beautiful piece. It is so difficult to put this suite together, especially when working with people all below the age of twenty or so. We took this on tour with us to Italy and the great sense of pride and accomplishment I took away from our performances of this will stay with me forever. Such a fabulously composed suite, I could not have asked for more of a challenge and more of a beauty to play.

That is Russian soul. True face of God. An incredible journey into world of longings and galaxy. Rachmaninov was late romantic genius. His music is ethernal chat with angels and souls of past. The third movement is just... incredible. It restores faith in humanity. A true treasure of art, poetry and music.

One of my favorite pieces of all time! Gorgeous! When I was a child growing up in San Francisco, the classical music station, KKHI, used to play the beginning of the third movement as one of their themes. I fell in love with it, and then when I heard the whole thing, I thought I must have died and gone to heaven.

The Adagio is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Absolutely stunning performance!

Never found a more beautiful melody than the 3rd movement in my life.

Classical music needs to be listened over and over again, ideally in a quiet, restful environment. Listening once only is not enough.

Love this symphony since my teens. Fell in love with eternal Rachmaninov since then. I’ m 78 now. Music that justifies to be alive and listen to it.

Oh my God, look at this: almost 4 million hits for this devastatingly beautiful work! There really is hope for the world.

Rachmaninoff never bores. It's always a flow of melodies and ideas. The possibilities are infinite. Gabe Meruelo.

In 1992, I was hired to go to Jamaica and bring a 53' Gulfstar motorsailor back to Fort Lauderdale. The trip was the most adventurous and tumultuous I have ever done, and for reasons I will not write about here. Many moments stand out from that voyage but the most remarkable concerns this music. I had the morning watch from 0600-0800 as we approached the passage between the southeast point of Cuba to the west and Haiti to the east. We had gone through a tough night and had a tropical depression pass over that torn away the mainsail. Fortunately, the old "iron jenny" kept turning. The crew was passed out below and I was alone at the helm listening to Rachmaninoff #2 on an old Sony Walkman cassette player. We were right in the middle of the Windward Passage. As the sun rose it illuminated the steep, dry, rocky coast of southern Cuba east of Guantanamo about 25 miles to the north. To my right I could barely make out the dim outline of the mountains of the northern Haitian peninsula at Cap a Foux. It was an awe inspiring sight. With the blue Caribbean Sea all around me, having survived the toughest storm I have ever been through, and this music in my ears damned if I did not feel like Francis Drake. It is a moment that will live with me until they feed me to the fish.

My favorite symphony. Listened to it perhaps 1000 times since 1964. This is a great performance.

Brings me to tears with its beauty, thinking how humans are so preoccupied with insane things. I meditate daily with Rachmaninoff's works, so many are beyond this world.

0:40 begins | 2:59 beautiful | 3:47 | 16:29 gentleness | 17:08 gentle string build up | 22:38 | 23:09 beauty/romantic 28:24 magical/awe/tender | 28:57 beauty/romantic | 32:00 romantic piece begins | 36:54 flying playing | 37:32 38:16 string struck | 38:32 pause | 38:34 climax | 43:41 mountain 46:00 realization end | 54:29 Awaken to last section 57:03 circus | 58:16 circus | 1:00:05 moment | 1:00:37 building up | 1:01:06 explosion | 1:01:26 Final happy piece begins 1:01:39 | 1:01:43 trumpet note

I wish I could thank each and every one of these magnificent musicians for bringing this masterpiece to life.

I’m so glad Rachmaninov lived and composed this beautiful heavenly music! His music sums up the majesty of human life, its passion, its beauty and sadness. If only we humans could live up to its extraordinary ideals.

There are parts of this symphony that are so achingly beautiful I find my self choking tears back. And this is a fabulous performance. No wonder this work is performed around the world. And what a tribute to the psychoanalyst who helped Rachmaninoff to recover from a terrible depression. Kudos to everyone, including the videographers.

06:00-09:00. Possibly the most beautiful three minutes of music ever written. Everyone always talks about the adagio with this piece, but for me the hidden gem is the largo.

The third movement is really unforgettable ... He touches our souls....

Rachmaninoff has the superpower of layering. There is so much going on at once, yet it all makes sense

Very moving... I used to play Rachmaninoff at school, as there was a Steinway grand in the music suite that had belonged to. the composer. Nowadays - after a career in banking which left little time for music-making - I play only the organ in public, but it is always a special treat to hear Rachmaninoff's music.

It just makes your hair stand!!! The best romantic symphony ever composed!

This is probably the most sublime symphony by Rachmaninoff, who was not just one of the greatest Russian composers of the late romantic era, but also one of the greatest pianists of all time. Moreover, the orchestra performs with extreme clarity, and, of course, with ultimate expressive power. I believe that there were many audiences in the concert hall who were overwhelmed by this glorious performance. Thank you very very much for sharing.

32:33 This amazing performance from the clarinetist is too much for me, perfect work!

the adagio movement is what I imagine falling in love feels like

The impression Rachmaninoff gives to me is that he is trying to read my mind, every note seems made on purpose. I really cannot describe this feeling, but he is the only one that reaches the same wave length of my vital energy. I am fully, deeply in love with his music. It gives me shivers everytime I listen to it.

This is the best performance of the epic Rach 2nd symphony I have heard. It's like a long, perfect ballad rendered flawlessly. Eivind Gullberg is an underappreciated genius.

It is a wonder that Rachmaninov composed another symphony after the disatrous premier of his first symphony. A bad conductor, an un -rehearsed orchestra, and terrible reviews led to his mental breakdown. He found a physician that could get him back on track. He took his family to Dresden, Germany where he got to making music. He was scheduled to tour the United States. He was better known as a conductor at this time. He conducted the premiere of this work and got back his confidence. It was noted at the time that his performance took a little over an hour. The fact that this work was very long began the shortening of the composition by many conductors. On KZfaq we see the symphony played at many different speeds. To shorten the work repeats are not played, speeds are whatever a conductor wishes, or whatever. This video gives us about the right speed for the composer. At under 50 minutes we can conclude that we are not hearing the whole of the work. Since Rachmaninov is considered our most Romantic composer the slower speed will be the way we want to hear it. Everything about this video seems just fine. A great hall, fine orchestra, and a competent conductor. About the way we expect the composer to conduct the work.

The 3rd movement is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever.

Hard to listen to Rach even a highly compressed KZfaq version. He's the most romantic of the romantics, always leaves me emotionally drained.

I want to hear this symphony as I ascend into heaven. Yes the Adagio is my favorite movement too, but there are parts of the first movement that are very comforting as if the music is saying "There, there, everything is going to be all right."

37:30 through 39:47. The genius of the Rachmaninoff long build up of tension and crescendo, then climax, and relaxation. Miraculous.

Adagio verse is so beautiful

Absolutely the best performance ever, I've listened to dozens over the years!

I find every kind of beauty and depth in Rachmaninoff's music. His legacy lives forever .

Finally !!! I found the PERFECT PERFORMANCE !! 👍🎶🎻

Ah Sergei Rachamninov! - you ROCK my heart and soul! One of THE most beautiful/awesome pieces of music ever written. The last movement is Pure heavenly Glory.

A GENUINE MASTERPIECE....THE WORK OF A VERY SENSIBLE COMPOSER....SO GREAT...THANK YOU SERGEI RACHMANINOV FOR ALL THE PLEASURE YOU GAVE US THROUGH THIS SYMPHONY.... A BEAUTIFUL SOUL IS REVEALED HERE.....

I listen to this often because this is such a glorious masterpiece and the clarinet player is perfection.

When I listen to the third movement my heart is exploding inside my chest my mind feels as though I'm flying high above the beautiful earth. When I think it can't get any more powerful it does and I feel my inner thoughts feelings and innermost peace are all exploding in bliss that I don't normally feel. I've never said before how it makes me feel it's incredible I get such a high coming from a Man that has Endured Severe Depressive Illness for more than 40 year's , I wish I could tell Rachmaninoff or anyone what a true effect his music has on me ....

I never listen this without feeling “I never need anything provided I can hear such a work.” In fact I don’t want anything, filled with a feeling of fullness. Especially sonorous horn tone on a final phase of Adiago seizes hold of my heart. I really thank you for sharing this unsurpassable performance.

It fills me with *hope* that, even with classical music "laid-out on the slab, waiting for the funeral", that nearly 3 million people have selected this performance of "Rach 2"...

This is the best rendition of this Symphony you'll ever hear. Trust me.

We can bravely say that the Adagio is the peak of Western classical music

Give yourself a treat and listen to this in the dark. It makes a stunning work phenomenal.

This beauty has become my bedtime anthem, it seems.

I'm having a hard time trying to explain what I felt when I heard the first few notes of Adagio (31:57). I'm no stranger to classical music (as influenced by my grandfather), but I've never cried to a piece in my life before. Not until I heard Adagio. There's just this incredible warmth that wraps you when you hear this. It might be the coronavirus pandemic talking, but I really believe that people are forgetting the simple things in life. I'm grateful that we have masterpieces like this to remind us to take things slow. P.S. to anyone who's reading, let this be a reminder for you to check up on your parents, grandparents, siblings, and children. A simple hello would do :)

every bit of this piece is beautiful

Incredible orchestra, and a stunning concert hall. One of the best sounding concert halls in the world!!

The Adagio is just wonderful. The theme just runs through my mind like a gentle mountain stream. The strings and french horns with the woodwinds are just so moving. Truly a slice of heaven.

Such a pity many people don't appreciate classical music at all and might go missing on gems like this completely. This whole piece is a masterpiece and brilliant throughout

Rachmaninoff piano concerto no.3 is, and always will be, my favorite music of all times... This symphony has some reflexes of that concerto. For sure another precious music to be heard for a lifetime.

This conductor is so subtle and expressive in his movements. Joy to watch. The orchestra, the very good orchestra is molded and complemented by him.

This symphony is with me already from my youth, and I find it particularly comforting that this performance on KZfaq has already over 2.4 million views...!

I love how you can hear Rachmaninoff's trepidation at the beginning. It's so obvious that after the flop that was his first symphony, he was afraid of failing again. He gains confidence throughout the piece and that's really evident. Love this piece, great performance.

Ah perseverance his doctor told him that he would recover and that he would be a great composer.Thank God for that Doctor,now and until the days that the earth lasts we can enjoy Rachmaninoffs music.

The 3rd mvt is just way too...........................speechlessly beautiful!!!

I don't know how someone could listen to this before going to bed, it keeps me moving the entire time I listen to it!

Simply the best of Rachmaninov, nobody can beat it.

Played it with our orchestra a few years ago...couldn't play it without tears in my eyes!

This is probably Rach's greatest orchestral work, alongside the Symphonic Dances.

After hearing the fiull performance of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 all I can say is that a nice CD recording of it should be placed into a time capsule and then sent off into deep space. I would have the engraved message saying this is one of mankind's finest contributions to the overall culture of planet Earth!

I love Rachmaninoff in a way that I can't describe with words... His music is a cure to my soul...

Beautiful music sensitively conducted, exquisitely performed. Rachmaninov once said "I have hunted three hares. Can I be sure I have captured one of them?" He meant conducting, performing, and composing.

The conductor is absolutely wonderful, and I cannot comprehend the reasoning behind the nasty remarks said about him.

I fell in love with this symphony many decades ago, it has loved me back ever since. Shortly after my first hearing at a concert in London, at a party, I overheard the party 'bore' say, "Rachmaninoff reeks with self pity", I have been in love with Rachmaninoff ever since.

This whole symphony is so immensely beautiful. Listening to it feels very magical.🥰 Thanks for creating such an masterpiece Rachmaninoff and of course thanks to Radio Filharmonisch Orkest!☺️

Adagio... always feel like returning home after very long adventure.

Rachmaninoff’s orchestrations brilliant brought to the fore. The low brass, so well defined, the woodwinds incomparable.. really the same for all sections. The dynamics nor tempo are never in anything but perfect taste. Bravo! Yes, the slight portamento in the strings… the composer loved.

I'm fall in ...this conductor. He is really wonderful and beautiful.

When it comes to classical music, Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff created the most beautiful and magical works of that genre - end of the story .... Tremendous performance by this orchestra, as well !

Thank you for the closeups of these marvelous musicians.\ it adds so much to the enjoyment of the concert!

I love how it’s the same beautiful tone and mood all throughout yet you don’t know what’s gonna happen next

Truly a beautiful symphony! My orchestra is playing it (I'm a cellist) but it doesn't sound nearly as good as this professional orchestra. I love this music!

Thanks Elvind Gullberg, me and my little sister --a cello player-- enjoyed supremely your performance of Carmina Burana with Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

No, but 22:53 It's so moving... It's the sound of falling in love for the first time

Best version.... Wonderful conductor.

I've been listening to this symphony for decades and this is what I think the most impressive performance I've ever heard. Bravo!!

One of the best orchestra in the world !

I have had 4 different 'records' of this magnificent work. This is the most memorable, due in large part to the tremendous blending of the themes, esp. in the 3rd movement, AND the acoustics of the symphony site. There is something truly 'special' about the settings of the new symphonic halls in Europe, which I have experienced on the concerts from these locations.

As if it was composed yesterday... what a style rach has! it's simply brilliant, sublime! his music truly transcends time.

A miraculous piece of classical music which melts the soul and remolds it.

This performance reveals an excellent orchestra and a very competent conductor. Some twerp on the internet has a vendetta against the poor man. Ignore such belligerent invective, this is a fine conducting performance and a very satisfying concert of this uplifting work.

what a beautiful rendition of this synphony

ｉ plan to listen to Rachmaninov’s Symphony No.2 on Sat. 11st May 2024 at yokoyama minato mirai hall in JPN. so ｉ listen to this youtube for my study, thank U❤

I could die a happy man if I had composed something like this.

Eine der besten Leistungen der letzten Jahre. Eivind Gullberg Jensen kennt den Geist des Komponisten und hebt es mit kontemplativer Kunst durch die Winde und Streichern ... vielen Dank

Love the synchronized body movement from the winds at 48:32 on the triplet. Bass trombonist in the back has seen it so many times he does it with them too 😂