Rachmaninoff Plays Rachmaninoff - Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3 

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I've got some CD's of Rachmaninov. He died before CD's were invented, so I'm assuming these were recorded from tapes.

@@baruchben-david4196 Could be piano-roll

Ah there is literally a piano roll in the video! Sorry. So this would explain why the sound is so good.

Rachmaninov did make acoustic recordings, and these aren’t them

...whereas the performance by Harpo Marx breaks the spine of the piano......

Ella O. Yes!

Giving insightful informations about a piece or its recording is not being pedantic!

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The Mélodie is the original, and in my opinion superior version. The Serenade is a sort of hybrid between the original and the 1940 version.

The Melody is in the original/unrevised version.

+Kris Keyes It's call artistic interpretation. Myself I don't like to listen to robots.

+Kris Keyes Explain please. I, personally, don't usually like the composers performances of their own work.

I tend to prefer a more strict rhythm, but with just enough variation to give the piece some life. I was surprised that the composer played the piece (i.e. Polichinelle) in such a way that belied his own notation. I know this because I have seen the score, and have attempted in the past to play it.

+Kris Keyes that makes sense

Also, do you have any uploaded videos of your performances? if so, I'd like to give it a listen.

Rachmaninoff was Ayn Rand'sfavorite composer.

People like Rachmaninov made America Great. You know. the type........ Foreigners. Immigrants. Those who believed the world was their oyster. Those who shared their culture with others on a global scale. Them.

@@underzog And Hitler liked Bruckner and Beethoven. What's your point?

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence White settlers? The pioneers who built the greatest country on earth! I quite agree!

@@ArtyFactual_Intelligence Everyone you disagree with is Hitler, very educated argument! How many arts degrees do you have?

It's really not fair to dismiss Rachmaninoff on the basis of the Prelude in C-sharp Minor, a piece of attractive juvenilia that the composer himself downplayed over and over in his interviews. I think it's important to acknowledge the inherent subjectivity in statements such as yours, since "truth" is every bit as contentious a notion in art as it is in life. Virtuosity is an element not only of Rachmaninoff's music but also of Bach's and Beethoven's, and if performers of his music tend to emphasize this element over others that might more easily be associated with artistic truth, then that's not his fault. In any event, though virtuosity has bothered musical connoisseurs for millennia , it functions as a metaphor of transcendence that continues to be tremendously inspiring to many people and was, of course, a prominent feature of musical romanticism, with its philosophical underpinnings in German idealism.

Melvyn Elphee The C# minor prelude is an early work yet brought the composer early fame. He became to loath it because, even though he had composed many much more profound piano pieces, his audiences would not leave him alone until he played it as an encore! However, when he performed it and recorded it, he was honest in its performance. Rather simple music, yes, but not bad for a teenager!

@Shane Brandes I agree with you. The Prelude is an excellent piece of music. These guys are just trying to show off how "clever" they are. Really annoys me when that happens. Pretentious idiots.

@@keenanonie Way to go, Keenan :) 👏

Your first mistake was in calling it “classical” music. That might be the popular broad category, but Rachmaninoff lived long after the Classical period. The reference you made to Bach and other Classical period composers as being superior in the ways you described is ironic as well. Bach was a career composer, and even though he had his own flair, he did follow the conventions of his time in terms of form, and was paid for doing well in that respect. Mozart was a mix of creative genius and more of that same conventional pattern. If Romantic period composers like Liszt and (later) Rachmaninoff incorporated some virtuoso vibe into their works, it was because they enjoyed playing that way at that point in their lives, and it is an invaluable part of their musical journey. If you listen to other pianists’ interpretations of that same piece, you might find a flow that you like. If not, just leave it on the table and move on to the pieces that you prefer. I personally enjoy the overall flow of the “show-off” parts that take on a special flavor with all the extra notes when played smoothly. Even the “lesser” compositions have their own value, which can be felt with continued listening and a bit of contemplation. It’s better to just keep listening, rather than saying a piece is inferior to others or that some other composers got it right and this one is somehow out of place. Art just isn’t that rigid.