Rachmaninov - Symphony No. 2 Op. 27 III. Adagio: Adagio (in A Major) London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennadi Rozhdestvensky mp3: www.amazon.com/... or www.amazon.com/...
You`re really fortunate person to understand this masterpiece at such young age. Please don`t laugh at me, but in my case, it took 56 years to find and appreciate this heavenly music!
I’ve been listening to classical music since I was 12- willingly- but I didn’t appreciate it for its art and beauty until recently at age 29. This is truly a masterpiece.
@@liaades9452 I admire you! You have a great head start advantage on me! Value of people should not be judged by his or her wealth or social status but by his or her human heart which could understand beauty and righteousness.
Ah you have the rest of your lifetime to enjoy and pass on the sheer enjoyment of this master piece to others or treasure its beauty with yourself only.....
subscribe..its great; i dropped my sirius and picked this one up..never hear adds..puts play lists together..i reallly like it..ive discovered much new music unbeknownst to me.\
This piece reminds me of my five year old brother who was killed by a drunk driver. I listened to this and just started bawling out crying imagining Vincent in heaven and free from this earth. I miss my sibling, I hope he's in a happier dimension than here..
Bless you. It must be so heartwrenching for you. This music speaks to the soul. I believe our loved ones connect to us through this music when we listen to it, as our souls awaken. Your brother will be with you.
I cannot even explain what Rachmaninoff’s music does to my mind . I have been listening to his music for years and every single time, every single musical phrase is like a neurotransmitter surge, a burst of life, a first breath. God bless those few people that were born to offer us transcendence.
Sounds a bit boring. First time ive heard. His piano compositions are out of this world but I haven't got time for this kitsch over sentimental syrupy slop 😂
What a super analogy. I fell in love with this work the first time I heard it. It made my heart yearn so much for the thing that was missing in my life, and sadly, still is.
Yep, actually when I met my ex ,In our first date I feel a tremendous energy that just this movement can represent ,I never had felt a beauty of such level of morale and spiritual Beuty :(
This Adagio is probably the most beautiful movement piece ever composed, I'm not even russian but this is something like a miracle. I make a call to stop this russia-phobia in the world please, don't punish art and people that have nothing to do with war.
Hagase La Paz en Ucrania! La aventura del ser humano, en mi opinión ha de ser la búsqueda de la verdad de este universo, en el que viajamos todos juntos en el planeta tierra, la solidaridad entre todos los seres humanos y el respeto al otro. El otro, soy yo mismo nacido en otras tierras. La formula es entre todos!
Я русская, но я не имею отношения ни к Рахманинову, ни к Чайковскому, ни к Достоевскому, но и ни к Путину. Все эти люди уже давно международные, они великие или злые гении своего времени. А я просто одной с ними национальности.
Rachmaninoff can bring the light even in the dark. I am so in love with the clarinet solos here and especially in his music.🌞 May the light be with all of you! Joy, peace, pure love, prosperity and passion!
This is the peak of humanity , leaving aside all the evils that we create all the disasters that we bring upon ourselves , this is where the beautiful part of the human being is demonstrated and made as clearly visible as possible by Rachmaninoff. the feeling of love is indescribable, it is what keeps as humane even in this tragic downfall that we are partaking in . whether it is love towards a partner , a family member or simply anything in nature , i wish for every person to feel this sheer extraordinary emotion consisting of different energies.. pain and joy. may there be peace in our world. Thank you , the genius of Rachmaninoff.
As Billy Grahm wrote: There will be peace in the world to the degree that the world receives the ministry of the Savior and Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ. ✝️
I bought a Rachmaninoff cassette when I was in the Navy and listened to it and other classical pieces while reading to drowned out the sound of all the others in our living quarters....What I did not expect is to fall in love with a piece of music...the violins in this make me tear up almost every time and I don't know why...maybe its just the shear beauty of the piece and my and my mind and body have no other way of expressing what it means to me.
I believe God gifted great composers because God loves music! I think your inner spirit is seeking our eternal God! He is knocking at your door to let Him in! Be safe, be happy and be blessed!
I was just 17 years old when I found this masterpiece. Growing up as a classical and jazz enthusiast since childhood this piece brought me so much closure and help after I lost my partner who took his own life. This piece has always stuck with me since then.
I was about 15-16 when I discovered this piece and I'll be 18 soon, I listen to this almost everyday, there's just so much beautiful melody in this piece that I can listen to it over and over again without ever getting bored of it.
For some years after his death Rachmaninov was derided as being out of touch with the modern music world. Well time goes on and now we look upon that opinion with derision. One of the greatest melodists of all time, as long as we have civilization will we enjoy his unique genius.
This, if not already discussed before in this forum, may help explain and be of some interest to some. American pop rock artist Eric Carmen co-wrote "Never gonna fall in love again" in the mid 70s which became a number one hit on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. If you listen carefully to the opening of the movement and again at 3:30, and at 8:20 to 8:30 ( solo horn followed by solo violin ) and 8:55 to 9:10 ( solo clarinet ) , you'll hear the melody Carmen "lifted" from Rachmaninov's composition. The lyrics to the song are as follows: No use pretending things can still be right There's really nothing more to say I'll get along without your kiss tonight Just close the door and walk away Never gonna fall in love again I don't want to start with someone new ‘Cause I couldn't bear to see it end Just like me and you No, I never want to feel the pain Of remembering how it used to be Never gonna fall in love again Just like you and me At first we thought that love was here to stay The summer made it seem so right But like the sun we watched it fade away From morning into lonely night Songwriters: Eric Carmen / Sergei Rachmaninoff
I will never forget the first time I heard this live in Chicago in 1975 while attending a Navy school at Great Lakes Naval base. It was the Chicago S O performing. This movement especially swept over me with such intensity...the deep longing quality when the piece rises in such poignant intensity. Nothing beats a live performance with the right acoustics. I was in tears with the emotion overwhelming me. An experience that I can still recall almost 5 decades later. So grateful to the composers like Rachmaninoff who create such ethereal beauty.
How could anyone not feel SOMETHING incredibly deep and profound when listening to this masterpiece ... he must have been soulfully sad when he wrote this because IF you could HEAR heartbreak THIS is what it would sound like ... listen at 6:55 and hear his emotion ... pure genius ..
No, you must understand that vile and crooked people shall have music that reflects how profoundly meaningless they are. The masses can only corrupt such beauty. We all have the capacity to appreciate it, classical music belongs to everyone but first we bring ourselves closer to the essence of music and the essence of the human soul. It is all so beautiful, so charming, at least much more so than vulgar jokes and ‘roasts’. Cheers
Deepika Menon I also believe the masses would corrupt these beauties. I wish everyone could enjoy these masterpieces the way I do but maybe it’s best left for only few.
I always cry during the clarinet solo. I don't know what it is about it. There is something so Russian about it, and it is full of pain but beauty at the same time.
BTW, thankyou for you Russians (I assume you are one) for someone like Rach to compose such heavenly music. What is it with you people - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Rimsky-Korsakov etc the music is so tragic, moving.....cant describe it.....
it is the recapitulation of this solo by the string 9:15 that gets me every time. it feels like a lonely soul finally finds a companion that truly understands it and cares about it.
@@lawrencedecosta6473 I agreed until you got to Rimsky K! Hate his music, hate the ballet The Firebird. Hate Stravinsky, except the Adagio of his Piano Concerto which is sublime. Same with Mahler - hate his music except his Adagio of No. 5 (I think used in the Dirk Bogarde film Death in Venice). Hate Schoenberg….. All the same these composers I’ve listed - dissonance, not music.
Does anyone else get an intense sense of goodbye from this piece? I always end up crying, feeling like I'm never going to see someone whom I love very much ever again, and I don't even know who, it is as if my soul melts with sadness and reminiscence....
@Amarina E. i totally picture this as a goodbye piece as well! i would love to conduct it for my senior recital or like my final concert when im older!
The Germans have the perfect word for this sensation: "Weltschmerz," literally world-weariness, but probably hard to translate exactly. Just to speak it sounds melancholy!
I played this tonight and I have never cried during a performance, but before I could turn the page to the next movement I had to wipe my tears. Beautiful.
About 10 years ago, I played Shostakovich 5th symphony and I was told that I made half the orchestra cry when I played the oboe solo in the third mvmt. Out of beauty-not agony!
@@excalibur1812 This made me cry spontaneously... I play the Oboe myself (but never played Shostakovitch's 5th symphony). That is such an extraodinary feeling, to really touch people with your own playing. Such a special moment, i bet you will never forget it
This symphony gave me hope when I had none. It pointed to another place. I didn't know what it was, but I knew that it was a place that would give me what I hungered for. I wonder if we all hear the same thing and dream of the same world.
I knew that the symphony pointed to a place of love, something I had yearned for. But I had thought that it was a love of a mother, which I had never experienced. I am now convinced that the symphony had tapped into a greater and eternal love, the love of my Creator who cares for me daily and who has given me hope.
Великий Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов. Каким сердцем и мудростью, талантом надо обладать, чтобы подарить всем нам Это Великое Ликование Любви, Нежности, Красоты через Музыку своей Души..
@@ЛюдмилаГорячкина-о8кВы, видимо, не поняли сарказм. Рахманинов уехал из России и оставшуюся часть жизни провел за границей. Боюсь, при советах ему пришлось бы не очень хорошо. Впрочем, сейчас, увы, история, кажется, повторяется.
@@bileg_sado Вы внимательно изучите биографию композитора. Его истоки, кто воспитывал, у кого учился и где. С кем общался в консерватории и т.д. Потом внимательно прочтите мой комментарий, не уходя от темы.
As monumentally gorgeous as this is, that sudden modulation from 12:40 to 12:44 never fails to get me. It's so subtle and only happens once in these 15 minutes, but it tugs at my heartstrings every single time 🥲🥰
Exactly, there's something so threatening yet romantic about that part, it feels as if the world is ending and the only things left are just you and your lover
I played this piece when I was 14. It's been nearly a decade now and I can only say that it ages well. Emotions only hit harder and harder each time. This music resonates more as there are more life experience and circumstances to reflect on.
Woah! I searched for this one cause a kpop group used this as a sample on their song. This is beautiful! If you want to listen, you can search Bye my Monster sung by ONF.
Rachmaninoff's works challenge the admiration of all ages . Living in the noise , hustle and bustle of Tokyo in Japan , I sometimes feel like listening to Rachmaninoff's masterpieces that is far from every day life . This is the culmination of Rachmaninoff's aesthetics From Tokyo of the Land of the Rising Sun 🇯🇵 .
I was about 40 years old when I first heard this song. From a 5.1 surround sound stereo..Then all of a sudden tears came from my eyes and I was immediately caught up in the Spirit world remembering the first time falling in ❤ love ❤❤❤. The first time is extremely beautiful. Everyone should experience the healing power of love.
Whilst worrying about Coronavirus, Rachmaninov’s calming music brings a sense of calm and order back to my life. A sense of peace and tranquility reigns, just for a while, and I’m reassured that, eventually, all will be well in the world once more. Again, eternal thanks must surely go to the man to whom we shall always be grateful.
Well said/written. I concur with you. Your encouraging words represent the majority of us, of this am certain. Thank you for your optimism and kindness🌺💓🙏🎀💐
You have put into words exactly what I feel about this absolutely sublime music. I very recently attended a live performance of it with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra masterfully conducted by Riccardo Muti, and I warned the people sitting on both sides of me that if it proved to be as magnificent a performance of it that I so fervently hoped it would be, I would very likely breakdown and weep during the second movement, and to please forgive me as I couldn't prevent myself from doing so as I am simply overwhelmed by such incomparable beauty. I am very glad that I did so because it turned out to be an overwhelmingly gorgeous performance of this ravishingly beautiful masterpiece, and it was quite clear that the packed audience was in full agreement with my assessment , as it almost brought the house down in its extended full-throated response at its conclusion. Of the many recorded versions of this masterpiece, I would place this particular one at or very near the top of the list. -- R. A, Verville
Este adagio es una de las obras más bellas del romanticismo musical. El alma Rachmaninov convertida en música, como flotando en los más nostálgicos recuerdos, o como soñando con partir hacia la Eternidad. La podría escuchar mil veces, y mil veces me emociona hasta el estremecimiento.
This piece always moves to near tears each and every time I listen to it.. I've been listening to the classics since I was an infant thanks to my mom, who I'm sure is in Heaven smiling down from up above! ......God Bless! Jesus Saves! Repent!
I'm just completely unable to get through this one without tears. At several moments, its just THAT powerful. Absolutely unbelievable music. That it is even possible to create something this profound..
And God reached down and touched Sergei and said, "You will create the most beautiful orchestral movement in your Second Symphony." Indeed, Sergei did not disappoint! Absolute Heaven!
@Forever Forward Yes, I can. That comment reminds me of those people who thank God when the operation was sucessful instead of thanking the doctor. Did God also reach out to Mozart and made him compose Leck mich im Arsch?
6:38 - 7:35 . This part hits me everytime. No matter how many times I listen to this Symphony, the absolutely best music of all time, I always cry, it's inevitable. What kind of magic was used to take us away the breath in this way?
Rachmaninoff was a master storyteller who regaled his audience not with words, but with notes. He was a master painter who enchanted those around him not with brush strokes, but with melodies that he ever so tenderly and harmoniously combined to enthrall the soul. His music tells-more often than thought-of his own emotions, his heartbreaks, his years of depression following negative reactions to his symphony no. 1; his departure from his homeland, Russia, and more. In his music we find solace and travel through our own emotions and feelings that we wish we could express as eloquently as he did, but are unable or unwilling to do
Que belleza oceánica de acordes. Mi alma realmente se extasía con ese enorme Adagio. Adagio de mi vida de mi amor. Adagio de la tristeza de la lealtad y el valor. Música que nunca volverá hacerse. Sublime me lleva a los valles más profundos de mi existencia. Gran Sergiev Rachmaninov.
It was this Adagio of his 2nd Symphony which played in my head while I stood in front his grave in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, N.Y. I thought to myself, Valhalla, place of the gods; how fitting.
La música de Rachmaninov es poesía hecha vida, proviene de los adentros y sentimientos mas profundos del alma. Rachmaninov mezcló el amor, la profundidad y el rigor. No era sencillamente un compositor serio y dedicado a su arte, fué una persona que amó mucho la vida.
Me tomó 47 años encontrarme con esta belleza... Qué melodía más hermosa taa-ra-ra-ra-ra-raaaaa taa-ra-ra-ra-ra-raaaaa... gracias a internet y a esa cosa maravillosa llamada Radiogarden logré escucharla por primera vez en la Rbb Kultur Radio de Berlín, una noche de viernes, lluviosa y algo triste .
대자연의 숨소리를 느낍니다. 이곡을 들을때마다 매번 똑같은 설레임과 아스라이 떠오르는 희망가득한 속삭임. .그리고 다시 시작할 수 있다는 벅차오르는 감동 . .라흐마니노프가 신경쇠약에서 가까스로 빠져나와 이곡을 쓰면서 느꼈을 감격을 상상해 봅니다. 사람의 감성은 하나님이 주신 최고의 선물입니다.
The clarinette solo is so sweet and tender that one doesn't want it to find and end. I was begging to repeat it without using my finger...so I had to do it. Imposible not to hear it again and again. And finally all the adagio. Outstanding, really outstanding. That's Rachmaninov!!
É a mais linda peça q ouvi em minha vida ! Sublime “ masterpiece” !!!Minha alma chora e e sobe às alturas do espaço infinito Rachmaninoff é gênio e eterno em nossos corações com gratidão por nós dar o privilégio .
Meu nome. Maria Altair de Macedo. Pereira 😮Amo de paixão Rachmaninoff ❤ o Concerto no 2 para piano e orquestra sinfônica de Londres e o regente Gergiev❤️🙏
One of my all-time favorite movements from one of my all-time favorite (and one of the all-time great) composers. At age 2 my mother taught me how to use our old phonograph to play her 78-rpm classical records, so I would stop bugging her to play them. My favorite piece soon became the Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto (still one of my favorites); I played it so often I wore out the spindle holes on the discs and had then to play them one at a time. Sigh. It mirrored (or echoed) my heart, maybe kept it alive, when I was that very young child.
Interesting . . . my mother did that too, starting with children's 78's (Danny Kaye's are still wonderful 60 years later!), then popular classics like the Nutcracker Suite. Started piano at age 4 and I developed absolute pitch., setting my on the course of a professional life in music of which I value composing most. And she, in her nineties, still loves concerts of classical music . . . she says "If classical music disappeared what would replace it?" I don't even know the answer.
I played this tonight with a very good symphony in a nice theater. It's amazing how different it sounds when you are sitting in the horn section. You hear so much of your own line and the lines right around you that you can't tell how lush it sounds in the audience. Amazing writing and one of the most beautiful things created by man.
I was 1st horn in high school 59 years ago and have regretted not continuing when the opportunity presented. Back then when we had a bad day being out of tune, time was off or generally just an off day I put on this adagio movement or the second movement of Rachmaninov’s Piano Conc #2 when I went to bed. As the music flowed the tears began to stream down my cheeks and the stress evaporated. These are my two favorite pieces in the world and I still cry every time I listen! They stir my soul and I know I have been touched by the Hand of God! Phenomenal!!
Definitely one of the most beautiful Western Classical music pieces that I've ever listened to. Feels like an eternity but at the same feels like it finished so early!
What kink of magic did Rachmaninov put in this melody. How can he compose such a beautiful melody.i wish i ask him in person all these questions and how he left millions of fan around the world in 2019 moved and shading tears each time they listen to this composition. Im one of them. This melody speaks a million words to me when i dont need to hear words. Thank you again sir Rachmaninov.
I wish Rach could hear these kind words when he was alive. Back in his time, he was considered, well, not very good as a composer, because his music was too beautiful.
This movement has so many amazing moments of musical bliss but 14:12 to about 14:30 is the most beautiful, heartfelt moment of music that encapsulates a goodbye or farewell I've ever heard. Absolute chills
This is too painful to listen to. I can't, not just yet. Not right after saying goodbye to someone I love. It hurts beyond anything I've felt. Isn't it incredible? What is it in the music that so clearly describes a goodbye, that says goodbye without saying a single word?
Like you finally know for sure Love will finally win, even though you didn't find it yet....cannot believe I wrote that...I really don't like the l-word.
This piece, next to all the feelings of heartbreak and yearning, holds a deep sense of gratefulness. A gratefulness that is so inherently human, it strikes us to the core of our being.
The greatest movement, from the greatest piece of music, from the greatest Russian composer of all time, and arguably one of the very best composers of all time, performed by one of the top 3 orchestras of the world...
+BenjaminGessel One of the Greatest pieces ....One of the Greatest Composers of all time ..I add a tribute to ALL the greatest composers from the dawn of time who gave us mere Mortals the glorious sounds of the classics that will forever remain eternal in the midst of all that is Humanity
Це прекрасно і неперевершено,достає до сліз,до висоти:дивуюсь,як він спроміг таке створити,наскільки це була творча людина,просто не вистачає мені емоцій,звідки він брав таке сильне натхнення...Спасибі,,Вам,Пане Рахманінов,за те,що Ви населяли планету Земля і залишили Нам свої прекрасні твори......кохаю Вас ...бізмірно....!Живіть вічно в серцях людей!!!!!!!!!!
Ce mouvement est une conversion de l'existentialisme de l'âme humaine en notes de musique. Il y a une intemporelle,une sublimation de la création qui voyage de la souffrance à l'exaltation de la joie . Sublime création.
What a shame that there are 17 people out there that haven't got the slightest clue of what beautiful music sounds like. I feel bad for them. They don't know what they are missing! Thank you Rachmaninoff for all of your beautiful music. If you get a chance you should listen to this entire Symphony. It really is beautiful.
Vous avez raison! Je m'accorde avec vous. Rachmaninoff a été magnifique musician. Ce Symphony est incroyable et biensûr le solo de la clarinette est magnifique!
This beautiful piece of music is helping me calm my mind, giving me strength. As I lay awake, unable to sleep tonight. Thinking about taking my mother to her doctor this week. Who will be told of her alzheimer's diagnosis.
I am transfixed yet again. By now, after having listened to this timeless piece of perfection-on-earth, I should be capable of keeping a clear head and a sense of normality....but, the music takes away my disciplined brain and I am a slave once more to the absolute magic and beauty of this composer's uniqueness where composing music is concerned. But we are all aware of the fact that to listen once, will never be enough. We are addicted and drawn to Rachmaninoff, that's it in a nutshell.
The part of beautiful movement that always 'gets' me is from 13:01 that wonderful gossamer- like veiled descending sound. How the hell did he compose it. The whole work, although touched with the maestro's melancholic trademark is truly a work of symphonic art.
I don't know, but I agree completely with her sentiments. Oh, Rachmaninov, how could you have composed such beautiful, heart-stopping music? But, we all, as one, humbly thank you.