This is one of the best examples of "looks harder than it actually is." I remember learning this at university in 2012 and once I had dissected the music and looked at how each of the chromatic runs were structured it was memorized in about 2 weeks. It's so comfortable in the hands and I recommend every pianist take a crack at it. You'll be amazed at how nice it is to play.
i know. every one is scared. i remember my teacher saying me that i have crazy courage in learning new pieces. i start them whit no pullback even they are incredibly hard. i was never scared of a hard piece. i just was figuring out what a long time i have to practice. in this way i mastered crazy pieces like op 25 no 11 chopin, fantaise impromtu, hungarian rhapsody no 6 and much more.
Haven't learnt it ofc, cause I just started it this morning, but I've spent 1.5 hours on it disecting it and taking it into chunks, and I've memorized the first 21 bars (moving onto the bit where it goes to downward thirds) and as you said, it fits perfectly into the hands thus far, and further on it looks like it will as well! and in regards to the guy further down saying he jumps into pieces without fear, I jumped into Ballade no.1 and multiple Rach preludes without hesitation (mind you the Rach part came after learning the Ballade) and my hardest piece before this was Clair de lune. I learnt so much through 1 incredibly hard piece and now can use all that skill and knowledge to learn, somewhat equally yet less hard pieces. Rachmaninoff and Chopin are just gods in my opinion, followed directly by Liszt and Scriabin!
Excellent performance, nearly as good as Lugansky's (which is the best in my opinion) It's a really difficult piece and not many people can achieve this level of clarity, even among famous concert pianists
Это бесподобно! Примите мое искреннее восхищение! У Вас не только виртуозная техника, у Вас редкое понимание музыки- содержания произведения , сложного мира автора, у Вас невероятная музыкальная культура! Вы дарите такую радость! Дай Вам Бог сохранить это восторженное вдохновение на всю жизнь. Браво! Браво!
Hi, kylendry!:) I've watched your video for a long time. Your rendition is amazing and beautiful. Someday, if you allow me to play your arrangement, I'd like to play it. Thanks much.:)
I literally watched all the pianists who played this phenomenal art piece. No one played it as you can. Some would say that there is some exaggeration, but for me, it is exactly how Rachmaninoff played and expressed it. I guess you can still do better))) Keep it up. You really inspired me to take piano lessons again which I gave up 10 years ago. I will update you soon with my progress.
@@Eryx.Muadib wow, I wrote that two years ago, already forgot I wrote this comment. I'm still practicing, constantly. I started by myself then have been going to piano course for a year and half. I guess I improved a lot, I hope I will be in a level to be able to play this piece in the upcoming fall.
@@gotosgotos7879 Lugansky's better, I had bias opinion about this video, the reason for it is that I listened to this piece for the first time from Kassia, therefore her version seemed best even though I listened to other too.
Imo Rachmaninoff IS the human definition of exaggeration lol. If you get the feeling a pianist is being extra when playing his pieces then it's probably being played correctly XD
Your interpretation of this piece is incredible, remembers me a bit of Luganky's interpretation and like his interpretation of this piece is legendary and yours is too.
For real, your skills are incredible! Also, playing like that on an electrical piano is really hard. I guess you‘re studying in a music conservatory, right?
After 2 months of practice, I am finally able to play the first three notes... Edit: (I may have started a war in the replies, but it's really entertaining.)
Вы молодец! Это было божественно. Не возможно оторвать глаза от Ваших рук. Это очень сложное произведение. Я знаю, что многие музыканты не любят Рахманинова, т.к. чтобы играть его партии нужны длинные пальцы рук.
Oh kassia my favorite piano piece of all time. Especially 2:12 onwards this sfffz banging accord oh i love it so much. Rachmaninow did a great work imo
Когда то играла в свои 16 ,в этой скорости не менее пафосно,всегда....кака то тоска от этого произведения,какая то буря чувст и плакать хочется.Просто шквал всегда
I'm very picky professional classical musician/teacher (pianist) and I'd like to say that you are an extremely rare case when NOTHING irritates me in your performance but inspires! Great idea with lights.
Rachmaninov is a legend period. He is like an alien he has UNBELIEVABLE compositions that are so amazing so Powerful that you can melt in place. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven none of them can ever perform or compose such a piece
Remember not to throw around names like that, they were all legendary composers, and they also set the foundations that led Rachmaninov to create such masterpieces through their structural ideas. They all come together in Rachmaninovs compositions, along with his own unique style added which we all love.
This video helped me SO much while learning this piece!! Thank you for the creative fingerings!! For anyone being scared of this piece: at least try to learn it. It's easier than it looks (not really lol xD) and I've never been this proud of a video I made in my life!
Давно учу это произведение. Раньше оно мне казалось очень сложным. А теперь расстраиваюсь, что не идеально играю. Хотя год назад был бы счастлив так играть. Такая вот психология.
I knew that Rachmaninoff composed really hard songs... but this one is out of what I would call insane... honestly one of the best performances Ive ever heard of this piece
holy shit you are going tf AT IT MY GOD YOU ARE DESTROYING THAT PIANO, girl who hurt you? because the passion and expression in that performance literally put you on fire that was literally amazing
I really wanna see your channel blow up! You clearly have a very high level of talent with such a clarity in your playing. I won't be surprised if you reach a million or even ten million by the end of the year!
Rachmaninoff foi o que me fez desistir de tocar. Meus professores me disseram que eu nunca seria um pianista profissional se eu não tivesse a abertura da mão que ele tem. Hoje eu sei que eles jogaram a própria frustração em mim. Nelson Freire era o maior intérprete de Beethoven... Não é necessário Rachmaninoff para tudo. Ademais, que interpretação, Kássia. É de marejar os olhos!
I first heard this piece at a concert I attended. The pianist was Boris Berezovsky and it was incredible! I think you also did an amazing job. Well done!
This is actually a really, really good rendition. Wow. Well done! Awesome playing. Comparable to Lugansky! The only small critique I have is that the synthesia line between piano / synthesia is a bit too much FX for my taste :P
Here after a piece of shit "friend" bullied me into a panic attack that turned into a seizure which I passed out from. This is literally what my feelings sound like rn. I'm trying to calm myself down, thank you for this.
Very well played! You played it better than some concert pianists I've seen, as most of them make quite a few mistakes. You played it very accurately, with precision, and excellent interpretation 😃
This is one of the best examples of "looks harder than it actually is." I remember learning this at university in 2012 and once I had dissected the music and looked at how each of the chromatic runs were structured it was memorized in about 2 weeks. It's so comfortable in the hands and I recommend every pianist take a crack at it. You'll be amazed at how nice it is to play.
i know. every one is scared. i remember my teacher saying me that i have crazy courage in learning new pieces. i start them whit no pullback even they are incredibly hard. i was never scared of a hard piece. i just was figuring out what a long time i have to practice. in this way i mastered crazy pieces like op 25 no 11 chopin, fantaise impromtu, hungarian rhapsody no 6 and much more.
How hard would this be in comparison to a liszt piece like un sospiro?
@@nackle_k this would be harder than un sospiro, generally speaking of course because theyre 2 very different pieces
My piano teacher says it is around LTCL level
Haven't learnt it ofc, cause I just started it this morning, but I've spent 1.5 hours on it disecting it and taking it into chunks, and I've memorized the first 21 bars (moving onto the bit where it goes to downward thirds) and as you said, it fits perfectly into the hands thus far, and further on it looks like it will as well! and in regards to the guy further down saying he jumps into pieces without fear, I jumped into Ballade no.1 and multiple Rach preludes without hesitation (mind you the Rach part came after learning the Ballade) and my hardest piece before this was Clair de lune. I learnt so much through 1 incredibly hard piece and now can use all that skill and knowledge to learn, somewhat equally yet less hard pieces. Rachmaninoff and Chopin are just gods in my opinion, followed directly by Liszt and Scriabin!
The way you hit all the notes correctly and so quickly is really really satisfying.
This is unbelievably clean for such a difficult piece, really well done. Would love to see more Russian music in the future.
Thank you! I will play lots of Russian music.:)💕
@@Kassiapiano Thanks from Russians)
Kassia I can't wait for more Russian pieces 💖
🇷🇺❤🇷🇺
Sorry, idk why i love that country more than myself
666th like lmao
This is honestly my favourite Rachmaninoff piece
it's either this or piano concerto no. 2
@@themoonfleesthroughclouds piano concerto no 2 is always number 1 for me
@@trebleclef9844 same tbh
@@themoonfleesthroughclouds nice
@@trebleclef9844 wow 2 bucks
Excellent performance, nearly as good as Lugansky's (which is the best in my opinion) It's a really difficult piece and not many people can achieve this level of clarity, even among famous concert pianists
Valou Dems Thank you🙏💖
Yeah Lugansky is the gold standard IMO for 4th Moment Musicaux and s/he even had almost the same pedalling and clarity. Excellent job.
@@arlandeetagaytayan4154 I totally agree, I think Lugansky is the gold standard for Rachmaninov in general
Theres no way kassia isnt a concert pianist him/herself lol
@@valoulenstein9020 He's good, but have you heard Sofronitsky and Horowitz? They seem to capture more of a spirit of the original works.
Это бесподобно! Примите мое искреннее восхищение! У Вас не только виртуозная техника, у Вас редкое понимание музыки- содержания произведения , сложного мира автора, у Вас невероятная музыкальная культура! Вы дарите такую радость! Дай Вам Бог сохранить это восторженное вдохновение на всю жизнь. Браво! Браво!
Как автомат калашникова строчит по клавишам.
Но автомат издает звуки смерти, а здесь - восторг Жизни.
@@ЛюдмилаГорячкина-о8кя выучил 6 страниц произведения, но сыграть в таком же темпе без ошибок очень сложно
SO GOOOOOD !!!!!!!!!!!
Hi, kylendry!:) I've watched your video for a long time. Your rendition is amazing and beautiful. Someday, if you allow me to play your arrangement, I'd like to play it. Thanks much.:)
찐이다 ㄷㄷ
와 카일랜드리..... 찐이 오셧다 ㄷㄷ..
Yes right
👌🎹
2:28 I absolutely love this part! Thank you for posting this!
Nostalgic. Rachmaniof is one of the best classic player all time and also one of the hardest player ever. Thanks! Greting from germany!
Jano Piano and he never hesitates to make use of his awful big hands
I think Rachmaninoff was very pissed at the world and wrote this as revenge.
"Let's see if you can play this, bastards HAHAHAHA"
Can relate.
Well he did get rob before composing this...
He actually was pissed lol
Probably Because he try étude no 4 by Liszt vers. 1818
then him, chopin, and liszt were probably very grumpy..
Apparently Rousseau has competition. Jejejeje
lol. It's funny. Thanks for watching my performance. :)💕
Hehe
maybe kissin will have some soon,she's very impressive
Rosseau is no match
DoomRider Alpha he’s better
I think this is Rachmaninoff's best piano music. So marvelous!!
Currently binge watching all your videos after I discovered your channel lol. Stunning permformance as always, keep it up!
Deadpool Thank you💕
Excellent work. Wow !
The red hands fit the tempo ! ❤
学生時代、この曲大好きでずっと練習してました！
この動画見つけて思わずコメントしてしまいました。
まさに赤く燃え上がるイメージです！
素敵な演奏、演出ありがとうございます！！！！！
This is the Revolutionary Etude on steroids
other way around
@@ludmilabordei5884 how is revolutionary harder?
@@ludmilabordei5884yup
no, revolutionary etude is _this_ on steroids
@@ExvixcityRevolutionary’s left hand is easier
You got a lot of good stuff here. I learned this before too, just gotta refine it then I can cover it! Amazing job again!
Thank you again, Flaming Piano.:)💕
The Flaming Piano My 2 favorite piano youtubers are in one place😍😍😍
Its been 2 years
Очень рада, что начала это познавательное путешествие в Японию. И открыла талантливых Музыкантов современности.
This is an excellent interpretation, and I especially love the part from 2:46 - I've never heard anyone play the final descent like that!
sounds like bees lmfao
I literally watched all the pianists who played this phenomenal art piece. No one played it as you can. Some would say that there is some exaggeration, but for me, it is exactly how Rachmaninoff played and expressed it. I guess you can still do better))) Keep it up. You really inspired me to take piano lessons again which I gave up 10 years ago. I will update you soon with my progress.
@@Eryx.Muadib wow, I wrote that two years ago, already forgot I wrote this comment. I'm still practicing, constantly. I started by myself then have been going to piano course for a year and half. I guess I improved a lot, I hope I will be in a level to be able to play this piece in the upcoming fall.
even Lugansky?
@@gotosgotos7879 Lugansky's better, I had bias opinion about this video, the reason for it is that I listened to this piece for the first time from Kassia, therefore her version seemed best even though I listened to other too.
@@islombekrakhmatov6055 Pls update us, it is inspiring
Imo Rachmaninoff IS the human definition of exaggeration lol. If you get the feeling a pianist is being extra when playing his pieces then it's probably being played correctly XD
Великолепно!
Это лучшее исполнение данного произведения, что есть на Ютубе.
Желаю вам творческих успехов и продвижения канала, вы этого заслуживаете)
Большое спасибо. пожалуйста, посетите мой канал снова.💕
@@Kassiapiano so you are *Russian* ain't you?
А как же Луганский?
@@davidgarrett4327 aren't
JokerGuy wait kassias russian?
Your way of playing this piece is my absolute favourite. You hands strike like thunder
기가 막히고 소름이 돋습니다.따봉~!최고~!
It's amazing and gives me goosebumps.Thumbs up! You're the best~!
Pianist: How many fingers do I need?
Rachmaninoff: Yes
@Cheuk Hin Lo get out
@@kennytran2860 Ling ling insurance !!!!
Just a person On the internet you doctor yet ?
Rachmaninoff ness to say 1000
Дело не в пальцах, а в голове.
Your interpretation of this piece is incredible, remembers me a bit of Luganky's interpretation and like his interpretation of this piece is legendary and yours is too.
와 진짜 이런 피아노 효과?? 내는 분들중에 진짜 제일 잘치시는거같아요ㅠ...!!진짜 거의 모든곡이 제 최애예요ㅠㅠ
This channel is going to blow up for sure! Remember me being your 26th sub once you hit the million 😅
For real, your skills are incredible! Also, playing like that on an electrical piano is really hard. I guess you‘re studying in a music conservatory, right?
Thanks much :) 😍 You have already made a good channel. I'm honored! :)
Yes, I am a professional pianist. You also look professional pianist. I like your music. 🎹👍👍
@Kassia Thank you! Are you still a student or do you already have a degree?
I have a BA degree. 🤩 Now I am taking a year off form my graduate program in a music conservatory. Thanks much for your interest :)
After 2 months of practice, I am finally able to play the first three notes...
Edit: (I may have started a war in the replies, but it's really entertaining.)
not true
@@wouldyouliketodancewithme r/whoosh
@@Prod.Protonic 🙄
@@Prod.Protonic
1. It's 4 o's
2. Posting this outside of reddit will get you on r/ihavereddit
@@Prod.Protonic they are saying its not true because 2 months of practice gets you 1 note
I’m a pianist myself and i gotta say I can’t wait for your channel to blow up
The most beautiful piece I've ever heard in my life
Rachmaninoff was the craziest composer ever. His pieces are real "tours de force"! Extraordinarily complex.
Одно из самых лучших исполнений, если даже не самое лучшее! Браво!!!
C'est joué à la perfection. Vraiment bravo!!
I'm convinced Rachmaninoff was on some hardcore amphetamines.
Plot twist: he was a stoner and this is him "chill".
And Angerrrr, he was robbed before writing this pieve
F*CK NO 👺
@@swine13Hell I can only play instruments and sing while stoned. Wish I could sober. Haven't played in months
748th subscriber here, flying fingers, amazing speed, amazing accuracy, amazing amazing amazing
Thank you, Eljo! :)
Jesus, the call and response at the ending harmony is just pulled of sooo well. ur a god
I love Rachmaninoff. This is so satisfying to listen and watch. Thank you.
Вы молодец! Это было божественно. Не возможно оторвать глаза от Ваших рук. Это очень сложное произведение. Я знаю, что многие музыканты не любят Рахманинова, т.к. чтобы играть его партии нужны длинные пальцы рук.
Oh kassia my favorite piano piece of all time. Especially 2:12 onwards this sfffz banging accord oh i love it so much. Rachmaninow did a great work imo
I think Rachmaninoff is like, the world's greatest pianist!!!!!!!!
와우..한국분이시네요...연주 소름돋아요...ㅎㄷㄷ 왜 내가 자랑스럽지?ㅋㅋ 체널 대박나세요~
Когда то играла в свои 16 ,в этой скорости не менее пафосно,всегда....кака то тоска от этого произведения,какая то буря чувст и плакать хочется.Просто шквал всегда
I'm very picky professional classical musician/teacher (pianist) and I'd like to say that you are an extremely rare case when NOTHING irritates me in your performance but inspires! Great idea with lights.
This piece evokes incredible emotions , a masterpiece, thank you. Rachmaninoff'genius
The only thing this channel is lacking are...
1M+ subs!
I'll come back once kassia hits 1M
@@cheerry7 we're half way there YOOOOO
@@rash3732 300k subssss
I think you mean 1B+ subs.
Stone: I am hard
Diamond: I am harder
Rachmaninoff: am I a joke to you?!
Liszt: are you sure?
Are You Sure?
ArE yOU SuRe?
ARE YOU SURE?!
HMMMMMMMM???!
Alkan.
@Konichiiwa Bedrock: Does he know?
God:🌪️
동영상중에 제일 강약조절이 잘된 연주예요 감사합니다!
This is, without a doubt, one of the best things I've ever heard. Thank you!
Rachmaninov is a legend period. He is like an alien he has UNBELIEVABLE compositions that are so amazing so Powerful that you can melt in place. Mozart, Bach, Beethoven none of them can ever perform or compose such a piece
Remember not to throw around names like that, they were all legendary composers, and they also set the foundations that led Rachmaninov to create such masterpieces through their structural ideas. They all come together in Rachmaninovs compositions, along with his own unique style added which we all love.
Yes but chopin can
Thank you so much for sharing all those musics with us ❤️
My favourite piano piece of all time! Love this performance❤
Очень креативный подход - спасибо большое за прекрасную музыку! :-)
This video helped me SO much while learning this piece!! Thank you for the creative fingerings!! For anyone being scared of this piece: at least try to learn it. It's easier than it looks (not really lol xD) and I've never been this proud of a video I made in my life!
This is one of my favorite piano pieces by Rachmaninoff. Your performance is beautiful and inspiring. Perfection.
Давно учу это произведение. Раньше оно мне казалось очень сложным. А теперь расстраиваюсь, что не идеально играю.
Хотя год назад был бы счастлив так играть.
Такая вот психология.
Божественная музыка, обожаю Рахманинова. Исполнение очень понравилось. Всё в меру, как надо. Драматично, темпераментно и музыкально. Молодец❣️
The fact that the piece scares me means you've done an amazing job
Cant stop watching this...unbelievable!
That was so cool! ❤ I've been back on the piano for a month now and this inspires me to practice more. Thank you for sharing!
I will never not enjoy the taste of some warm and tantalising musicaux rushing down my system. Majestic. Always majestic.
Great interpretation! Im sure this channel will blow up if u play some more pieces like this like, for example, chopins etudes! Keep up the gr8 work!
Perdí la cuenta hace mucho de las veces que he vuelto a este vídeo para escuchar esta interpretación. Gracias🙏🏻
Great interpretation. Just found this channel and can’t get enough of your magnificent interpretations
I knew that Rachmaninoff composed really hard songs... but this one is out of what I would call insane... honestly one of the best performances Ive ever heard of this piece
Восхитительное исполнение! Подозрительно мало подписчиков - быстро вырастете
1:42 such fast and clear hands no mess at all
Flawless
holy shit you are going tf AT IT MY GOD YOU ARE DESTROYING THAT PIANO, girl who hurt you? because the passion and expression in that performance literally put you on fire that was literally amazing
I really wanna see your channel blow up! You clearly have a very high level of talent with such a clarity in your playing. I won't be surprised if you reach a million or even ten million by the end of the year!
I can't even begin to express the emotions that are induced when I listen to this piece. Thank you so much!
어쩜 이렇게 멋지냐구요ㅠㅠ수많은 '악흥의 한때 '연주를 봐도 심장 떨리게 하는 건 이것뿐!
Это просто нереально 😍😍😍😍😍
Гениальное произведение и замечательное исполнение!
Rachmaninoff foi o que me fez desistir de tocar. Meus professores me disseram que eu nunca seria um pianista profissional se eu não tivesse a abertura da mão que ele tem. Hoje eu sei que eles jogaram a própria frustração em mim. Nelson Freire era o maior intérprete de Beethoven... Não é necessário Rachmaninoff para tudo. Ademais, que interpretação, Kássia. É de marejar os olhos!
Absolutamente maravilloso. Magnífica interpretación, felicitaciones. ♥️🎶
This is the best performance of this piece. Incredible hit in emotions. Thank you.
Wow...this is my main piano note...wonderful!!!
Amazing!! I got goosebumps and a bit teary eyed at the end. Never before....👏👏👏
Piano + Rachmaninoff = Rock
Piano + Rachmaninoff + Liszt = Destruction
I added that Rock-manioff to the play-Liszt.
+Allkan
@@thejokingwizard gosh im goin chopin , i'll be bach in some time
k im bach
강렬한 시작이 너무 멋집니다 단번에 반했네요~ 잘 듣고 구독누르고 갑니다
I first heard this piece at a concert I attended. The pianist was Boris Berezovsky and it was incredible! I think you also did an amazing job. Well done!
I have been listening this non--stop from past 2 days...this is totally golden...
This is actually a really, really good rendition. Wow. Well done! Awesome playing. Comparable to Lugansky! The only small critique I have is that the synthesia line between piano / synthesia is a bit too much FX for my taste :P
Thanks much, microcuts.:) Your words mean a lot to me. 💕
Great performance and also some really intelligent fingering in certain parts of the piece that i'll implement into my play! Very cool, thanks!
Here after a piece of shit "friend" bullied me into a panic attack that turned into a seizure which I passed out from. This is literally what my feelings sound like rn. I'm trying to calm myself down, thank you for this.
Sorry for you man. Referring to the rest of your comment: Little Red Riding Hood is basically Anxiety in Piano form xD
Прекрасно изпълнение,Касия.Благодаря.❤
Bravo! I like this compocition!👍👍👍🎹🎹🎹
congratulations Kassia you already have 1 million subscribers :)
와...라흐마니노프 곡을 이렇게 멋지게 치시다니.. 멋지십니다 건반 터치도 너무 깔끔하시고...(감히 제가 평가하는건 아닙니다!)
어쩜 이렇게 깔끔하게 치시지... 소리 너무 예뻐요 ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
This the most badass thing on piano and you played perfectly 👍
너무 잘하십니다. 환상적 입니다. 잘 들었습니다.감사합니다
This is very, very good. I mean, seriously good. I would dare to say it's on par with Lugansky. Thank you, from Russia with love.
Incredibly 😲😲😲 very good. Thank you. Good luck 😊
Very well played! You played it better than some concert pianists I've seen, as most of them make quite a few mistakes. You played it very accurately, with precision, and excellent interpretation 😃
What an astounding performance of my favorite short piano work ever! Luganski better watch his back lol.
Yep, this channel will grow fast. You are too amazing.
Best performance of this piece by far! Im gonna use this as my example of when i start practicing it
Bravo! This was done to a very high standard!
Best of pianist
Yep. One of the hardest songs with one of the best pianists
your technique is outstanding! Unbelievable!