Rachmaninoff was just 17 when he wrote the early version 134 years ago. It is the work of a true genius. I first had the composer's recording of this concerto when I was 17. I'm now 83 and it's still among by favourites.
Check Out The ORIGINAL VERSION .....OF THIS CONCERTO....It’s on RUclips........it’s even BETTER THAN THIS REVISED ONE ! Rachmaninoff wrote The Original when he was 18 yrs Old....The Score is on the screen too in the Video !………Much Grander Scale than the revised version !
It seems like this superb concerto suffered because the next 2 concerti turned out to be two of the very greatest piano concerti ever written. Sometimes, greatness is a curse.
Now I like this piano concerto more, mostly the first and second movements. The cadenza is great and he plays it so well; he makes it sound easy to play (it's pretty challenging...). The third movement is interesting but not as easy to digest as the first and the second ones. The second movement is so delicate and romantic, even kind of sensual, tender and delirious, perhaps?, I love it. I have always preferred this piano concerto more than the second one (except for the third movement, the third movement of his 2nd piano concerto is great, I really like it... His third piano concerto is the best-ensembled one (it has too many notes and banging for my taste, though), and his fourth piano concerto I honestly don't like too much: it is probaly too contemporary? modern? and kind of insipid... Thanks for sharing, and Bravo Maestro Rach, you rock!!! (wherever you are)...
I don’t know, I think all of them are fantastic. My favorite is the fourth because it has a ton of interesting and unique harmonies/chord progressions and the climax of the first movement is amazing. I wouldn’t say it’s insipid
Spannende Interpretation dieses spätromantischen Konzerts mit perfekt artikulierten Töne des Soloklaviers und gut kontrollierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der geniale Maestro dirigiert das hoch funktionelle Orchester im relativ schnellen Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Die Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als eine Aufnahme von achtzig Jahre vor. Echt unvergleichlicher Komponist/Solist!
Сколько же перечувствовал молодой Композитор, чтобы ТАКУЮ музыку.... Ведь она льётся из сердца, она не ratio придумана... Он меня всегда утешает в скорбях... А не "Утешение #3" Листа, тоже хорошего композитора, но куда ему до нашего, РУССКОГО Сереженьки Васильевича.....
Вы можете сколько угодно хвалить Рахманинова (и я с вами согласен, в принципе), но не надо пожалуйста при этом других композиторов оскорблять. Лист внёс не меньший вклад в развитие мировой музыки, чем Рахманинов.
9:31 the glorious cadenza ... curiously corseted ..... the composer (himself) not really in shape to defend his own case ... seems ashamed of what he wrote ....
@@fritzpoppenberg3921 anyone suggesting composers are not indulgent in playing their own music have never composed one little bit of music …. but have grand opinions
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Radu Lupu ( Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video RUclips! Lupu a class his own playing Brahms) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Prokoviev piano concerto no 1)
Richter was not in the Class Of Rachmaninoff or Horowitz . Richter spent half of his Concert Career Sight Reading The Music during his Concerts ! Just check his Videos . He almost always needed the Score in front of him .
More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg! More powerful louder than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi!!
@@andrewpetersen5272 yes but realistically speaking, regarding both clarity and musicality, Zimerman tops it. I want to write an essay about performance anesthetics and solidify this opinion hopefully soon.
Agreed. I own the vinyl recording of Byron Janis performing Opus 1 (flanked by Strauss Burlesque) and Krystian Zimerman's performance of Opus 1 is perfect. Incidentally, I've never heard Krystian Zimerman hit a wrong note on anything he's ever played. Ever...
I’m a 17 year old pianist and I love this concerto with my whole heart
Rachmaninoff was just 17 when he wrote the early version 134 years ago. It is the work of a true genius. I first had the composer's recording of this concerto when I was 17. I'm now 83 and it's still among by favourites.
Such a shame that this gorgeous concerto is not played more often,
thank you so much for posting!
Check Out The ORIGINAL VERSION .....OF THIS CONCERTO....It’s on RUclips........it’s even BETTER THAN THIS REVISED ONE ! Rachmaninoff wrote The Original when he was 18 yrs Old....The Score is on the screen too in the Video !………Much Grander Scale than the revised version !
@@alanbash2921I disagree totally. Another piece BECAME great when the composer made a second version: Brahms Piano Trio op. 8 .
I. Vivace 0:00
II. Andante 12:05
III. Allegro vivace 17:26
It seems like this superb concerto suffered because the next 2 concerti turned out to be two of the very greatest piano concerti ever written. Sometimes, greatness is a curse.
Yes. Notably, he re wrote this one... a complete tear-down... between his 3rd and 4th concerti
I. Vivace - 0:00
II. Andante - 12:00
III. Allegro Vivace - 17:26
No one plays it like the man himself
No one plays it like no one, and no one plays it like any other. I totally agree with you though
Except for me of course
No one
Now I like this piano concerto more, mostly the first and second movements. The cadenza is great and he plays it so well; he makes it sound easy to play (it's pretty challenging...). The third movement is interesting but not as easy to digest as the first and the second ones. The second movement is so delicate and romantic, even kind of sensual, tender and delirious, perhaps?, I love it. I have always preferred this piano concerto more than the second one (except for the third movement, the third movement of his 2nd piano concerto is great, I really like it... His third piano concerto is the best-ensembled one (it has too many notes and banging for my taste, though), and his fourth piano concerto I honestly don't like too much: it is probaly too contemporary? modern? and kind of insipid... Thanks for sharing, and Bravo Maestro Rach, you rock!!! (wherever you are)...
I don’t know, I think all of them are fantastic. My favorite is the fourth because it has a ton of interesting and unique harmonies/chord progressions and the climax of the first movement is amazing. I wouldn’t say it’s insipid
Wonderful performance of a great concerto.
The King .
11:12 Wow..
❤️
@@YeojunKim04 Hi Mr. Kim
Beyond beyondness music, it was sad to see it taken down on its previous upload.
Rachmaninoff is 67 in this recording. Playing the very first opus he created 3 years before his death in 1943.
Absolument génial...
We must thank our lucky stars that good recording techniques had been developed by the 1940s. Otherwise, we'd never have heard this.
Spannende Interpretation dieses spätromantischen Konzerts mit perfekt artikulierten Töne des Soloklaviers und gut kontrollierten Töne anderer Instrumente. Der geniale Maestro dirigiert das hoch funktionelle Orchester im relativ schnellen Tempo mit völlig effektiver Dynamik. Die Tonqualität ist auch erstaunlich hoch als eine Aufnahme von achtzig Jahre vor. Echt unvergleichlicher Komponist/Solist!
Сколько же перечувствовал молодой Композитор, чтобы ТАКУЮ музыку.... Ведь она льётся из сердца, она не ratio придумана...
Он меня всегда утешает в скорбях... А не "Утешение #3" Листа, тоже хорошего композитора, но куда ему до нашего, РУССКОГО Сереженьки Васильевича.....
ахаха Сереженька. Вы с ним на брудершафт пили что-ли?
Вы можете сколько угодно хвалить Рахманинова (и я с вами согласен, в принципе), но не надо пожалуйста при этом других композиторов оскорблять. Лист внёс не меньший вклад в развитие мировой музыки, чем Рахманинов.
Una obra de juventud, pero ya con el sello característico del compositor. Una melodía inolvidable envuelta en tristeza o melancolía.
This is really a very special performance!!
2nd mvt- 12:04
I don't believe Rachmaninov could have played this any better himself...wait...
Quelle merveille !
15:02
Just for fun,
check out young Alexander Malofeev playing this concerto recently.
first movement is my favourite :)
Capolavoro
16:49 = straight out of Tchaikovsky's 1st PC 3rd movement..
Гений.
If any of you think you'll ever be as good as Sergei , " Your Dreaming."
I could not stand this piece until I hware him play it himself, completely unlike all the "interpretations" ive heard
9:31 the glorious cadenza ... curiously corseted ..... the composer (himself) not really in shape to defend his own case ... seems ashamed of what he wrote ....
What?
Composers are often not too indulgent in playing their own music, since they have it all in their mind already.
@@fritzpoppenberg3921
Absolutely. This is the right answer.
Why doing the same effort twice, composing it AND playing it ?
Haha what?
@@fritzpoppenberg3921 anyone suggesting composers are not indulgent in playing their own music have never composed one little bit of music …. but have grand opinions
Pierre Boulez was probably so jealous of this he decided to write crap his entire career.
Richter had huge hands. If he had practiced more, he could have played as well as Rachmaninoff.
Both were piano virtuosos so what’s your point ?
@@jatindertakhar2591 Rachmaninoff played better than Richter.
The greatest pianists of All Time Are really Artur Rubinstein ( The God) Grigory Sokolov ( The Titan The Giant of The piano) Emil Gilels ( The King) Wilhelm Kempff Maurizio Pollini Vladimir Ashkenazy Alexei Lubimov Stanislav Igolinsky ( better than Lipatti) Radu Lupu ( Brahms piano concerto no 1 with The Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra video RUclips! Lupu a class his own playing Brahms) Solomon Cutner Maria Grinberg Natalia Trull Mikhail Pletnev ( The most Powerful Prokoviev piano concerto no 1)
Richter was not in the Class Of Rachmaninoff or Horowitz . Richter spent half of his Concert Career Sight Reading The Music during his Concerts ! Just check his Videos . He almost always needed the Score in front of him .
@@alanbash2921 He had memory problems later in life. Plus, I wouldn't mind being able to sight-read like him. Richter was an immense pianist.
The Greatest Pianist In Recorded History is Vladimir Horowitz . Nobody, except Rachmaninoff himself, was even close .
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In recorded history
More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Emil Gilels Wilhelm Kempff Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg! More powerful louder than Horowitz and Rachmaninov=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi!!
Unique performance ♥️ however, the only two pianists who interprets BEST on this concerto are: 1. Byron Janis. 2. Krystian Zimerman
Richter?
@@andrewpetersen5272 yes but realistically speaking, regarding both clarity and musicality, Zimerman tops it. I want to write an essay about performance anesthetics and solidify this opinion hopefully soon.
@@KaisarAnvar Wild/Horenstein?
Also Ashkenazy/Previn.
Agreed. I own the vinyl recording of Byron Janis performing Opus 1 (flanked by Strauss Burlesque) and Krystian Zimerman's performance of Opus 1 is perfect. Incidentally, I've never heard Krystian Zimerman hit a wrong note on anything he's ever played. Ever...