Why Listen to Rachmaninoff?

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A dive into the life and music of one of the great late-Romantic pianist composers, Sergei Rachmaninoff.
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Music included (Listening List):
Piano Concerto no. 2 - First Movement
Lilacs Op. 21 no. 5
Six moments musicaux - no. 5
Grieg's Piano Concerto - First Movement
Piano Concerto no. 1 - First Movement
Tchaikovsky's String Quartet no. 1 - Scherzo
Six moments musicaux - no. 1
Prelude in C-sharp minor
Isle of the Dead Op. 29
Piano Concerto no. 2 - Second Movement
Symphony no. 1 - First Movement
Piano Concerto no. 2 - Third Movement
Nocturne no. 2 in F Major
All-Night Vigil Op. 37 - 2. Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Gospoda
Symphony no. 2 - Adagio
Symphonic Dances - Finale
Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - 18th Variation
0:00 - Introduction
2:00 - Early Life
4:11 - Prelude in C# Minor
5:23 - Death as a Motif
6:23 - Piano Concertos
7:50 - The 2nd Piano Concerto
10:13 - Best Known Works
10:45 - WW1 and the All-Night Vigil
12:12 - Late Work: The Symphonic Dances
12:55 - Finale

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@InsidetheScore Год назад

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@austinsavage4390 Год назад

You used Rousseau’s cover of Prelude in C sharp minor 😛

@themorosov7 Год назад

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@utubejoe11 Год назад

Oh christ i hope this doesnt mean that apple will try to tie up classical music as well.

@TMOC1977 Год назад

I really dislike the advertisement woven into the video... Automatic thumbs down.

@RogerBarraud Год назад

Thanks!

@nelsonchua9659 Год назад

“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music” - Sergei Rachmaninoff

@GabrielKonayuma Год назад

Powerful

@minekragle1950 11 месяцев назад

“Thou who doesn’t know music theory gets no bitches” - Frédéric Chopin

@milesgilbertpiano 11 месяцев назад

This is gonna be my senior quote

@Kowjja 11 месяцев назад

So true

@MutantsInDisguise Год назад

Not only is Rachmaninoff one of the last sons of Romanticism, but he was also among the best pianists ever. He was skilled as a symphonist also. His 3rd Piano Concerto and Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini are personal, ultimate, favourites of mine.

@johkkarkalis8860 Год назад

Let's not forget some of the wonderfully scored, moody tone poems, i.e "The Isle of the Dead", "The Rock", "Prince Rostislov".

@AudunWangen Год назад

His 3rd Piano Concerto is my favorite. It's superior to his 2nd, in my opinion. I catch myself humming to that main theme melody all the time.

@johkkarkalis8860 Год назад

@@AudunWangen I know. It's like an ear worm. You can't get it out of your head. Rachmaninov is like that.

@classicallpvault8251 Год назад

Classical music in the late Romantic tradition is being composed to this day. It's probably the most common style among composers and you can find a large volume of often really good homebrew compositions in the style on RU-vid, including symphonies scored for large orchestra and recorded with Noteperformer. The problem isn't that Romanticism died, but the music press and also the tastes among the academics don't longer consider it fashionnable, so it's ignored, but the listeners crave for this stuff and don't give a damn about serialism and atonality. The influence of postmodernism and avantgardism in academia has done a great disservice to musical culture, promoting degenerate art like the 'music' of Karlheinz Stockhausen, or experiments like letting a dog press notes on a keyboard as part of a musical performance - something which the national news in the Netherlands picked up on a few years ago, and which was treated by the press as a genuinely interesting experiment. These people are creating a mockery of musical aesthetics and they're the ones we pay tax money to in order to educate young composers. Due to this terrible development in academia many people are just doing it the old-fashioned way and paying for private tuition and learning to compose outside of the conservatoire.

@gamertechkid1490 Год назад

Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini is also my favourite piece from Rachmaninoff

@hendricksam Год назад

The first time I heard the No. 2 Piano Concerto, I cried. To this day I cannot hear it and not get emotional.

@peterdawes9711 11 месяцев назад

And I cry every single time I listen to it

@janneyovertheocean9558 2 месяца назад

Me too!

@baysideharpy8350 Год назад

Rach 2 lifted me from a very dark place many years ago and continues to lift me to this day.

@DavidMillsom Год назад

It was the second piano concerto that brought me into classical music. My father had brought random classical records into the house so there was some Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Grieg and the Rachmanninov 2nd. I still remember the moment when I was out walking when a phrase from the concerto just played itself into my mind and straight away I had to come home to hear this work. The rest is history. It opened the world of classical music to me.

@olivealbers2478 Год назад

Wish chooses too.

@RogerBarraud Год назад

Snap! 😃😍🤩PC2!

@gogpoydi Год назад

There's something about Rachmaninoffs music that touches the deepest parts of my heart and soul.

@ishtarhernandez8406 Год назад

The 2nd piano concerto is what I believe to be the most absolutely perfect piece of music ever written. The pacing is amazing, and climaxes i each movement rousing with the climax of the piece in the last movement playing a trick with keys and numbers (you hear the second theme exactly 3 times, twice in the "wrong" key and only the last time in the "correct" key, which a humongous set-up that absolutely pays off) in order to make it the entire piece's climax, especially considering it was a chunk of this melody that inspired the romantic melody of the 1st movement (the 2nd and 3rd movements were written first). Every note sounds like it should be there; no note excessive, no note out of place. The 2nd movement was so good it was turned into a pop piece whose popularity still endures (Celine Dion's "All By Myself"). The orchestration of that movement plays a funny trick too: listen to it and you'll hear a flute morph into a clarinet using only a symphony orchestra; no electronic music existed yet. My "desert island disc" would absolutely include the 2nd piano concerto, which I have listened to endlessly and still continue to be enthralled by.

@Chima4289 Год назад

“All by myself “ is authored by Eric Carmen.., although it was popularized by great Celine Dion. Carmen utilized phenomenal “modal mixture, common tone, enharmonic, double chromatic, mediant modulation”, that made this composition one of the most stunning and impactful pieces of pop music ever. Please search youtube for: Adam Neely: The most elegant key change in all of pop music”

@jimbuxton2187 11 месяцев назад

What a beautiful, insightful, and thoughtful tribute to one of the greatest composers of all time. Thank you for your wonderful comment! Rachmaninov's 2nd piano concerto Moves me to tears and sends me to a place beyond this realm every time I listen to it.

@79Tomasso 10 месяцев назад

Very well-said. It will always be my favorite

@ishtarhernandez8406 5 месяцев назад

@@claude-achilledebussy8994 Eh, it's fun but I consider it neither more beautiful nor better paced or structured. It IS, however, more difficult.

@sergeirachmaninoff4467 Год назад

This is such an indescribably well-made video. I'm going to be performing the 2nd concerto in the not-so-distant future, and this video made me so ecstatic! Thank you so much for this!!

@rawyalamei9226 Год назад

That is... Amazing. Magnificent. You’re so lucky! Good luck!

@stephenpowstinger733 Год назад

Thank you Sergei. I didn’t know you were still alive.

@elise8276 Год назад

@@rawyalamei9226 Lucky? More along talented… any who can accomplish that feat must certainly be able to call themselves talented

@balladin9200 Год назад

@@elise8276 if you're talented you're lucky, more like hard and smart working.

@angelal1607 Год назад

@@elise8276 But also lucky to have access to an orchestra and opportunity to play with them. Many of us who play piano don’t have that option.

@Bella91828 8 месяцев назад

Last summer I played the symphonic dances and it was magical. After a week of nonstop playing this concluded the tour and everyone started crying straight after because of how emotional it was

@peaceandlove544 6 месяцев назад

Where was this? As no ignorant people in the west were banding the great Russian artists

@katerrinah5442 Год назад

"why listen to Rachmaninov?" because Rachmaninov is phenomenal. His piano concertos are beautiful, I cried the whole way though #3 when I saw it live. Rhapsody on the Theme of Paganini is the most incredible 24 minutes of music you'll ever hear 💖.

@halfwaycrook1962 Год назад

There is tchaikovsky, there is chopin and then there is rachmaninov. Truly he wrote the most fascinating romantic compositions.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

To me Rachmaninoff is more refined than Tchaikovsky.

@TonyMontana-os7kg Год назад

both well behind Chopin. if talk of pure piano pieces

@musicclassic5938 11 месяцев назад

@@TonyMontana-os7kg I love Chopin and yet his style is too recognizable, whereas Rach was more versatile stylistically, even in his piano pieces and concertos.

@brandonmartin5650 Год назад

That sweet, honey-coated melody played by the clarinet in the 3rd movement from his 2nd symphony always warms my heart 😍

@GjaP_242 Год назад

Rachmaninov is regarded as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. He had legendary technical facilities and rhythmic drive, and his large hands were able to cover the interval of a thirteenth on the keyboard (a hand span of approximately twelve inches). 12:00 [wmich edu]

@Widow-Cicada Год назад

This man created Arguably the most emotional compositions ever written

@user-lq1gx3mt3o Год назад

how about first ballade by chopin?

@andrewchin6277 Год назад

@@user-lq1gx3mt3o Chopin too but Rachmaninoff piano concertos are whole on another level

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

How about another great Russian composer Jan Sibelius? I call him Russian because he was born in the Russian Empire.

@mete1099 11 часов назад

@@musicclassic5938sibelius is also pretty good

@leo29467 Год назад

I am lucky enough to say that this summer I'll get to see his Piano Concertos 2 & 3 as well as Symphonies 1 & 2 all in the span of a month. These are my favorite Rachmaninoff works and were some of the first pieces that showed me how much I could love music, specifically the Adagio of Symphony 2 and the 1st Movement of PC 2. Thank you Rachmaninoff for your gifts to the world

@johkkarkalis8860 Год назад

Lucky you! Leo Dominguez. As Mae West noted decades ago, "Too much of a good thing can be ..... wonderful!" Enjoy

@craigkowald3055 Год назад

My orchestra just performed the 2d concerto recently with a very talented pianist, who is a junior at Eastman. Was a wonderful experience.

@johkkarkalis8860 Год назад

@@craigkowald3055 Just curious, Craig, are the performances at Eastman recorded and kept as a document of the performance? I was thumbing through my William Kapell recordings and put on the Rachmaninov "2 concerto. Lucky you who were part of performing this wonderful work. I believe Howard Hanson had a close relationship with the Eastman Scool? He was the subject of a recent chat by Dave Hurwitz.

@veronikav3126 Год назад

Me too, me too! 🥰 But in April 😊 I am very happy for you and I wish you the best time 😊

@dasportsfan2122 Год назад

Which orchestra?

@KaledTK Год назад

Rachmaninov has been one of the biggest influences in my life, I am very grateful to him for creating such profound music, he along with Chopin and Liszt changed my life for the better, great video :-)

@Sphereal Год назад

What I value the most about the second concerto is how it is pretty much a musical description of Rachmaninov struggling to get out of a depressive state of mind. That's what makes the last movement so triumphant and epic.

@samuellinares1141 Год назад

His 2nd Concert really changed the way I had in viewing music. It is a masterpiece, and will have forever a piece of my heart. Great video.

@teelurizzo8542 Год назад

His 3 piano concerts are brilliant and contain some truly amazing harmony and voicing, being a major Jazz fan i cannot help to to hear how harmonical sophistication in Jazz comes largely from 20th century Classical.

@jurejurakic182 Год назад

he wrote 4 piano concertos

@teelurizzo8542 Год назад

@@jurejurakic182 Correct, I meant to write that Concertos 1, 2, and 3 are my particular favorites.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

His non-sept chords were definitely borrowed by jazz musicians.

@tajdaloncar527 Год назад

This video sums up the feel of Rachmaninov music so well. As a depressed and anxious child and adult later on, I really found myself in his music. Prelude in cis minor represent existantial dread and hopelessness perfectly and my all time favourite Rach 3 feels like life, beautiful and fluid at one time and moving too fast and being too chaotic to collect your emotions at other. I really wish Rachmaninov was more appreciated for all masterpieces he composed and emotions he managed to communicate through his music so masterfully.

@MANGOES1ARE1AWESOME1 Год назад

One of my favorite composers of all time!! Excited to see this 😄😄

@PrinceValiance Год назад

Rachmaninoff is unequivocally the most underrated composer of all time. His Symphony No 2, and his 2nd and 3rd Piano Concertos are among the greatest pieces of music ever written, in an age when Romanticism was dying and the jarring and grotesque style of Mahler was on the rise, he stood true as the last great Romantic.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

I'd definitely place him above Tchaikovsky. His music is deeper.

@jaroddavid5933 Год назад

Yea his 2nd Symphony is my fav piece of all time

@rhoclouds 11 месяцев назад

i think grieg is the most underrated but yeah rach is beautiful

@theluanvuong5886 11 месяцев назад

What's wrong with Mahler? I'm a fan of both composers so i'm curious to know why you dislike Mahler's works. I notice that Mahler very much abuse the brass section more than others

@musicclassic5938 11 месяцев назад

@@theluanvuong5886 I compared two Russian composers - Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky, did not even mention Mahler whose Symphonies 6-8 and Song of the Earth are great works that were a great inspiration for Alban Berg and Dmitri Shostakovich.

@JoeySchmoey_ Год назад

Put it on your bucket list to see Piano Concerto No. 2 and get the good seats where you can see the piano keys. Absolutely incredible.

@rlajiw966 5 месяцев назад

I’m seeing Rach 2 in June of next year :) I’m so excited

@rawyalamei9226 Год назад

Rachmaninov is phenomenal! He’s always been one of my favorite composers, nothing and no one compares to him. My brother is even learning Russian because it’s the language of some of his favorite composers (Rachmaninov’s obviously on the top of that list)

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

followed by Stravinsky and Prokofiev

@nikkivenable73 Год назад

For me, there is no better composer than Rachmaninov. There is no close second. ❤❤❤❤❤

@bargledargle7941 Год назад

Bach!!

@nikkivenable73 Год назад

@@bargledargle7941 ok, if there’s a close second, he’d be it. No doubt.

@bargledargle7941 Год назад

@@nikkivenable73 I think honestly that Bach is on top :3

@nikkivenable73 Год назад

@@bargledargle7941 what’s your top 3?

@bargledargle7941 Год назад

@@nikkivenable73 I have hard deciding honestly :/ I just feel Bach is the greatest for me because the reasons he is great is not just "It sounds good" it's more convincing for me personally. How about you?

@lohduton Год назад

Just performed All-Night Vigil twice during Easter. That is absolutely the most beautiful music ever written and I love singing it!

@killersaxsolo Год назад

If I’m not mistaken, the conductor for Rachmaninoff’s first symphony was Alexander Glazunov. One of the stories from this premiere is that he was so drunk, that the first note surprised him and the baton went flying into the audience.

@davidluck1678 Месяц назад

according to Prokofiev's diary, Glazunov was almost always drunk; during the infamous first performance of Rach's 1st Symphony Glazunov fell off the podium at least once....some sources say twice.

@monolyth421 Год назад

I grew up listening to Rach 2 and it remains my favorite piece of music

@matthewarant377 Год назад

Imo Rachmaninoff's 2nd and 3rd piano concertos are the magnum opuses of classical music. The command of color and tone he shows are astounding. He brings forth some of the most complex melodies but her they are easily digestible for untrained listeners. And most importantly, they feel like they tell a story. Truly the greatest classical composer whoever lived.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

How about the German-speaking trio: Bach-Mozart-Beethoven?

@stephenburnage7687 Год назад

I have him in my top 5 but it is hard to argue he trumps Beethoven, Mozart or Bach. Mahler is my other candidate for top 5.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

@@stephenburnage7687 I agree with you, Stephen, but I rate Rachmaninoff as number one among Russian composers above Tchaikovsky and even Stravinsky.

@eriksatieofficiel Год назад

Great video! I will never get tired of his second piano concerto.

@EdoardoBrotto Год назад

Thank you, being a pianist who dedicated his last 14 years to play his music and a composer who dedicated one and half album to Rakhmaninov, I genuinely appreciate the fact that there's someone who wants to enlight his genius and his masterpieces to a broad audience. My absolute and pure love for his music will never diminish.

@_soulflower Год назад

Very cool music you have on your channel! Do you perform for a living?

@EdoardoBrotto Год назад

@@_soulflower I did it for about a decade, I don’t like performing in public hence I changed career. My musical efforts are directed towards piano recordings and compositions. My daily job is in technical engineering (renewable energy field).

@_soulflower Год назад

@@EdoardoBrotto ohh I see, very cool!

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

As a pianist, Rachmaninoff used the sustain pedal very sparingly to make his sound crisp and dry.

@jemkeystv5717 Год назад

I’m learning the 2nd piano concerto now for solo piano, even as a piano solo it’s amazing

@z421_ Год назад

I had the honor of being able to play his second symphony in my school orchestra last year, easily my favorite piece of his

@nightshockplayz5894 Год назад

One of my biggest inspirations! Every time I am lost in how to orchestrate, I look to his music so I can get an idea of how he creates his musical atmosphere!

@axyspianostudio Год назад

you put subtle elements of rachmaninoff's orchestration into your own music? ayoo, could you send me some of your music?

@nightshockplayz5894 Год назад

@@axyspianostudio I can send the beginning of my Symphony! If you want! It is the piece I am working on right now!

@axyspianostudio Год назад

@@nightshockplayz5894 Sure

@nightshockplayz5894 Год назад

@@axyspianostudio I'm struggling to send it hahaha! However, whenever I can, I will try and send the media fire link with it!

@axyspianostudio Год назад

@@nightshockplayz5894 alright

@christianvennemann9008 Год назад

YES! I've been waiting so long for y'all to make a video on Rachmaninoff! Happy belated 150th birthday to one of my favorite composers! 🥳🥳

@jamesshoemaker3842 Год назад

I recently discovered Rachmaninoff and his 2nd piano concerto really spoke to me, and after watching this video, I believe I know why. Sometimes, it's really interesting how art can connect peoples experiences.

@SuuSinator Год назад

Since about half a year one of my favourite composers. "The Bells" and "Isle of the Dead" are two of my favourite pieces of music of all time.

@johnniediallo7544 Год назад

nobody talks about "the bells" as in the choral symphony when talking about Rachmaninoff. I think its one of my favourite pieces of music ever and is extremely underrated

@djysmallman2183 Год назад

What a masterpiece indeed is the 2nd concerto. The Bells choral symphony is well underrated. Btw…he died in 1943, not 42, and depends on which calendar for his birthday.

@mikeweaver8790 5 месяцев назад

I've been listening to Rachmaninoff since I was a child and our mom bought our family an RCA Victor "HiFi" player. This was before the days of stereo. It came with a large library of 33 1/3 vinyl albums from RCA "Red Seal", Columbia, Mercury and other brands as well and which included his Symphony #2 and the Piano Concerto #2. I couldn't get enough of either of those two works and started playing Rachmaninoff Preludes on our home piano as soon as I could. When I got to college, I had a great, steely Austrian musicology professor who I've always thought (even to this day) knew as much about music as any one person possibly could. He only ever told me one thing that I ever wasn't sure about and that was that he didn't think Rachmaninoff's music would last. That was over 60 years ago and it's still around and played as much as ever. Will it be around 100-200 or so years from now? I have a hard time imagining that it wouldn't be. I think I might have had one of the greatest musicologists ever, one was only ever wrong about one thing. I still have those old vinyls by the way, safely tucked away on a shelf.

@autoghg Год назад

I love Rachmaninov because he's a master in everything... piano music orchestral music, choir...

@eduard6266 Год назад

Yessss. His choral music is simply divine

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

Stravinsky too

@aquamarine9568 Год назад

Rachmaninoff is one of my favourite composers. I wish he had written more pieces and had been more appreciated while alive. Thanks for this video.

@BeaverOfDooom Год назад

Rachmaninoff is the emotional outlet I truly need in my conventional male life :,)

@SonataSecrets Год назад

Great video! I hold both PC2 and 3 as absolute favourites in the genre, and it's impressive how they have touched so many listeners through the years. Also the slow moment of his 2nd symphony is probably the most blissful and forgiving music I can think of. Regarding him looking up to Tchaikovsky: in his first piano trio (Élégiaque the short), he quotes Tchaikovsky's 1st PC by taking the first motif backwards, as well as imitating the famous dotted chords texture!

@jamesonrichards5105 Год назад

i love your channel, nice to see you here

@matthewarant377 Год назад

I nearly cried when you described that moment in the second concerto as forgiving. I have never been able to out that section into words. You nailed it. It's forgiveness.

@LFont Год назад

I think his 2nd symphony is one of the few pieces of musics I like absolutely all of it. His 3rd is also very good

@TristanMA 7 месяцев назад

He quotes Dies Irae more frequntly than any composer and I palce him among the Composer for Halloween.

@TheMarcHicks Год назад

The irony being that, when played well, Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony is absolutely AMAZING!!!!

@PlantiPal Год назад

Wow. One of the greatest RU-vid videos I ever watched. Never has anyone expressed so closely what I feel about Rachmaninoff and his second piano concerto. I had no idea why it was thus. Thank you.

@funnydonut2645 Год назад

I am in utter awe due to how well made this video is. The intro... absolutely a masterpiece in itself. By far the best classical music channel out there! The quality of your videos is just emaculate.

@aliceinwonderland1120 Год назад

Beautiful interpretations of the deep emotion in Rachmaninoff’s music. Despair, foreboding, brushes from the wings of death, hints of hope, and ultimately vindication and celestial triumph.

@MoneyAli75 Год назад

Great video ! I’m a music major, jazz major and I always loved classical music, it’s so dope to have a richer appreciation and understanding of different times and composers..my instructor played some Rach earlier in semester was feelin it ! Def felt it

@Hailey_Paige_1937 Год назад

Fantastic video!! Great job to Ricardo on the script, and both Eddie and Ricardo on editing! I’ll definitely take a dive into more of Rachmaninoff’s music. His 2nd Piano Concerto always brings me to tears and gives me chills. ❤

@AdysondaSilvaDiogenes Год назад

Wonderful exposition. I'm eager to listen his music now!

@stephenpowstinger733 Год назад

I think I love his Symphonic Dances best. So dramatic! I have overplayed his 2nd Concerto and 2nd Symphony unfortunately, but I enjoyed them immensely once.

@KarlRKaiser Год назад

Surprised there was no mention here of his Piano Preludes and Etudes Tableaux. If you like Romantic piano music, check them out. The Etudes Tableaux are unlike any other piano works.

@jashepoon Год назад

Excellent video! Thank you so much

@Hans-tr6dx Год назад

Thanks so much. This was an amazingly well put together story!

@denniskozevnikoff1209 Год назад

this is such a terrific channel, classical music hits on a whole other level when you understand the history behind it.

@cool_kai3298 Год назад

the pc.II's moderato movement is just so moving and powerful and indescribably beautiful that it hurts, you can feel every shade of flowing emotion just beaming out from the movement, its just a magnificent experience oh goodness

@jaygatz4335 Год назад

I'm a big fan of the 4th concerto. A passage in the first movement elevates you to the heavens and leaves you changed. Yunchan Lim's brilliance in the Cliburn Competition has made me better appreciate the 3rd concerto. (And Liszt, for that matter!)

@emilianohermosilla3996 Год назад

You always inspire me to listen to more and more music as time goes by. Thank you so much

@ianboard544 Год назад

The Rach 2, Isle of the Dead and his all night vigil are pieces I never tire of - all masterpieces.

@stephthealmighty268 Год назад

Isle of the Dead is just.........perfection

@jameslabs1 Год назад

Wonderful, engaging and respectful. Thanks

@williambarnes8865 Год назад

just played rach piano concerto two for a friends orchestra. genuinely one of my favorite pieces to hear and perform live.

@franciscovanegas3409 Год назад

Amazing video, Rachmaninoff is by far my favorite composer and the way you talk about him and his music in such a captivating way is incredible, you just won a subscriber. And again this is an amazing job.

@floriandiazpesantes573 Год назад

How excited I was to see that you’d provided us with a precious video about this composer. By coincidence (or synchronicity) I came across the piano concertos performed by the young and utterly fascinating pianist Alexander Malofeev. Unfortunately his performances aren’t recorded to be listened to on Apple Classic. Thanks by the way for the alert, dear Oscar! One can get a very good video recording of the 3rd piano concerto though with the hr Sinfonie Orchester here on RU-vid.

@79Tomasso 10 месяцев назад

Fantastic video. Great descriptions of the moods to be found in these great works. The second concerto is without equal.

@cossak5557 Год назад

Hi, I just wanted to say that i love Rachmaninoffs compositions and am very grateful that you made this video. I started listening to classical music after hearing Prelude in C Sharp minor and the three beginning note still give me thrills

@TenMinuteTrips Год назад

It was the motion picture soundtrack to the film “Somewhere in Time” that introduced me to Rachmaninov. “Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini” is sort of weaved into the story. The main film score by John Barry (composer of early James Bond film scores) is just perfect.

@musicclassic5938 Год назад

Rachmaninoff was definitely inspired by Paganini's Bell Canto

@miguelmontes9878 11 месяцев назад

In the book, a Mahler symphony was used instead.

@musicclassic5938 11 месяцев назад

@@miguelmontes9878 Mahler was very creative and an inspired Shostakovich.

@felixrode9261 Год назад

Bro what a sick video once again!!!! 🔥🔥🔥I‘m always inspired to go listen for myself after watching your vids!! So great to have you on RU-vid!

@temich1985 Год назад

Listened to his Piano Concerto No 2 on a day of my college graduation after struggling journey lasted over decade to finish. For those who struggled but overcame its the most epic piece to get a vibe on.

@doudou53d44 Год назад

He has been a revelation to me. I just love his melodies and rythms. Unfortunately, no video/film of him playing exists😢.

@lotsodhliwayo Год назад

Unfortunately, that is the case. Thankfully, there are recordings of his performances available on RU-vid.

@Shemdoupe Год назад

Concerto no. 2 is my favorite classical piece.

@MOtt-hp3yk Год назад

You forgot to mention the Opus 23 and 32 Preludes. They are magnificent and just as brilliant, moody and emotional as his other works.

@dennisschwartzentruber3204 Год назад

Beautifully constructed !

@linklegend7536 3 месяца назад

Easily one of my fav composers ever. Truly incredible what the human mind can do

@andrewstarr9648 Год назад

Isle of the Dead is one of my favorite classical pieces. Powerful and cathartic.

@Jodabomb24 Год назад

I would love to see an episode just on the all night vigil! I think it's truly one of the most beautiful pieces of choral music I've ever heard, which is made all the more incredible by the fact that Rachmaninoff really wasn't a choral composer. The antiphonic structure of several of the moments and the development of ideas within it, the amazingly rich harmonies, it's just spectacular from start to finish.

@cakeboss921 Год назад

Another phenomenal video

@RonaiHenrik Год назад

I'm so glad you made this video. His 2nd concerto is my favourite classical piece and when I heard it live for the first time (finally) I basically had tears flowing all the way. I particularly enjoy Kocsis' performance as I believe he understood the piece better than most and had the technical capablity to perform it while maintaining the musicality and arch throughout.

@michaelk19thcfan10 Год назад

I was waiting for this...😊 I wonder how many fans of Rachmaninoff were first exposed to his music from the melody of a pop song, looking at you Eric Carmen, or a movie soundtrack. The painting at 2:10 is a group portrait of the Vanderbilts. It is displayed at the Biltmore. Rachmaninoff gets a shout out in David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago".

@patrickoneil2973 Год назад

The All-Night Vigil is probably the most beautiful thing I've ever heard.

@bettinapedersen4363 Год назад

Rakhmaninoff has been with me all my life. My father loved and played prelude in c minor a lot, and the concerto no. 2 is my favorite peace of music, never get enough of this.

@The_LousyArtist 9 месяцев назад

Mind blowing video. I am going to listen for sure. Really thankful to you.

@evangel1460 Год назад

This is one of the best videos I've seen on this website (and I've seen a lot). A great explanation on why Rachmaninoff is just amazing

@barretthoven Год назад

Very very very happy to see the All-Night Vigil in this video! The choir I am apart of is performing the 9th movement in a few weeks! As a bass his choral works are my absolute favorite to sing.

@Iliyakasipour-ft3np 6 месяцев назад

Your narration is awesome

@wendyscott8425 11 месяцев назад

This video made me teary. I'm still kind of choked up over it. I used to play double bass in orchestras and got the chance to play Rachmaninoff's Second Piano Concerto years ago. I was just thrilled to have that opportunity. What a fabulous piece, something I've appreciated since childhood. As a teen, I discovered his Second Symphony. Unbelievable. And who can forget the Rapsody, especially as it was featured in the movie _Somewhere in Time?_ The Prelude in C# minor was something I learned and performed in recital as a child. His music always affects me emotionally. Knowing all this background makes it even more touching. Thank you!

@kiki-pianogirl Год назад

Thank you for this 💚

@chessematics Год назад

I started listening to Mahler after watching your video. And I'm grateful to you for that. Now it's time for Rach.

@jeanmelanson448 Год назад

A wonderful commentary on a passionate video!

@thatonepianoguy_ Год назад

Happy to see your channel doing well :) Been here since the Beethoven II symphony analysis!

@bunebone Год назад

one of my favorite composer!

@annedeline4421 11 месяцев назад

When I heard his second piano concerto for the first time I was in …😅ecstasy ! I was 16,and he was my favorite composer from then on! What a genius! What beautiful emotion he led us all to!l😊

@davidwoods1337 Год назад

My favorite bit in Symphonic Dances was the main theme from his First Symphony. His last major piece finally brought closure to his first.

@EliteCoasters 8 месяцев назад

The Second Piano concerto is what drew me in to Rachmaninoff’s works, but the Sonata Op.36 and “The Bells” are currently my favorite works of his

@scottrobb8934 Год назад

I have been enjoying your videos for some time now. I took up your challenge and looked through my collections. I chose a representation of his works thusly: London (Decca) double CD set of the four piano concerti, Vladimir Ashkenazy playing and conducting the London Symphony and another set of him (same label) conducting the three symphonies performed by Concertgebouw Orchestra. Lastly, to fill the 5th slot of my Nakamichi changer, Dmitri Alexeev on piano with Yuri Temirkanov conducting the St. Petersburg Philharmonic on RCA Red Seal CD: Aleko Overture, Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini and lastly his Symphonic Dances. I am thoroughly enjoying this dive into Rachmaninov! Keep up the wonderful work!

@plootyluvsturtle9843 Год назад

honestly i feel like rachmaninoff is the peak of romantic music if not the peak of classical music in general

@Sineseol Год назад

In my opinion, one of the best composer ever lived.

@SoftKitty0930 Год назад

My favorite composer! I first knew his work from Mao Asada skating with his Piano Concerto No.2, and it was just perfect, both the music and the skating.