the greatest finale ever written...
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Avery Fisher Hall, New York, 1978
Vladimir Horowitz - Piano
Zubin Mehta - Conductor
Horowitz was 75 years old in this recording and this was the last time he recorded Rachmaninoff's third piano concerto and maybe even the last time he performed it.
It's just...big. It's just so big. Hits everything, every voice. Thankful to both Rachy and Vlad, what a combination!
Hits everything as in all notes of the keyboard whether or not they are written? I seriously do not understand how hearing this many mistakes is easy on the ears.
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It’s like a metaphysical spiritual thing for me. I don’t need perfection. Perfection is mechanical. I hear perfection in so many great young pianist. Its good to go with the flow . Those wrong notes go by rather quickly and don’t bother my ear . The excitement of the music and performer make up for these small sins.
That's what she said.
@@jellis333j7 but honestly, this recording has too many mistakes…
Horowitz is one of the all-time greats, and although I'm a pianist, there's no way I could ever play this concerto. Having said that, Vladimir makes a bunch of clams in this finale. I'm spoiled by hearing this piece played flawlessly by pianists like Yefim Bronfman, Emanuel Ax, Yuja Wang, etc. The bar is pretty high these days...
I remember being totally under the spell of this performance when I was a teenager, and I rediscovered it about a year or two ago, and was also surprised how many mistakes (or, more often, just lack of precision) I never seemed to notice all those years ago. Now, I also have never attempted to learn this piece, nor do I anticipate doing so in time to perform it at the age of 75; I don't know how much room for comment I warrant in that context.
I don‘t really think, that this is what this performance is about. He plays it absolutely flawless in his younger recordings. The man is rocking this concerto at 75 here. I think its more about what it says about musik in general: „The last romantic“ plays one of the last large romantic piano concertos, where even the composer was impressed by Horowitz playing. I think thats more the emotional value of his playing. Listen to his younger recordings and you‘ll finde (IMO) the best Rach 3 performances, with alle the technical brilliance we‘re used to.
Horowitz contemporáneo a Rachmaninov....A demás ,amigos....Interpretaba sus obras con la misma pasión de su autor...!
listen to the recordings of when horowitz was younger, theyre way better and he doesnt make many mistakes at all
@@maximilianb.8789 He should have stopped before he got to this point. He does not do his legacy or the music a serivce.
Truly one of the best finales of all time, Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano concerto!
Indeed
Honestly Kanye West's "Flashing Lights" just outclasses this tremendously
@@mrsherlockvr6451 pls tell me you re kidding
@@ddf72778 why would I be joking
@@mrsherlockvr6451 never mind
I saw Olga Kern perform Rach 3 in Nashville years ago, and that ending utterly overwhelmed me to the point of almost hyperventilating. I sat for the longest time with my hands over my face, trying to regain my composure, as others got up and calmly left the theater. I don't understand how anyone can hear something like this live and feel nothing special. Rachmaninoff was not of this earth. I don't know where he came from, but I want to live there, forever! I recently traveled through Knoxville and stopped to visit a statue of Rachmaninoff on the campus of the University of Tennessee, commemorating his last recital, just weeks before he died. The date was April 1st, 2023 - the 150th anniversary of his birth.
lmao and to think the rach 2 finale is better
@@woodenrocks2445 That's purely subjective. As a pianist, I can tell you that Rach 3 is far more complex and intricate than Rach 2, both as a whole, and in the ending. And, as a listener, the ending of Rach 3 evokes more emotion, but overall, I find Rach 2 more accessible. It's just easier to comprehend and listen to.
@@woodenrocks2445 No, this is the topper.
When I finally "got it" with this piece, it was Rach's own recording. Exuberance beyond words. Wearing headphones, I was out walking and just stood there in a sort of stunned shock.
Michael-I share your awe-of genius. Where the hell does it come from? It seems unimaginable that a human being can create something so beautiful. And to think he had periods of self doubt. I think you are blessed to be able to connect emotionally with music. All the self indulgent critics nit pick and criticize and over analyze. The only question that should be asked after listening to music should, in my mind, be: did it move you?
Mahler : Am I a joke to you ?
🤣 🤣 🤣 Get out its my national dance 😂5 th symphony mahler
Which one?
Or Tchaikovsky, Dvorak, Beethoven, etc…
Rachmaninoff was intonation and ritm Russiaan music, example - folk dances
@@ALEXANDER6888 All (but especially 2 and 8).
It's worth a mention that the final four notes, "dah di di dah," are Rachmaninoff's signature. He also used it to end other pieces.
"Don't you just love those big, fat chords?!!"
I forget, which movie is that quote from?
@@ruanpingshan Shine (1996), spoken by the great John Gielgud.
Rachmaninoff is the greatest composer of all time for me . His music always makes me forget the world.
Great finale. But personally, I think the Rach 2 finale is more thrilling, more satisfying, and just more sublimely arranged. (And I thought the thumbnail music for this video was actually the Rach 2, which is why I clicked haha.) The callback to the opening glissando passage, and then glittering cascades that hang in the silence, right before the huge melody reprises with timpani and the entire orchestra swelling in unison, while the piano plays those majestic chords over it all... and then that final dazzling series of runs at the end? It's the best Rachmaninoff finale he ever wrote.
I prefer this concertos ending but his second concerto also has a great ending!
I agree. There is a lot to love in Rach 3, but as far as the actual openings and finales of Rach 2 and Rach 3, for me Rach 2 is more satisfying. The majestic opening chords of Rach 2 must be one of the most dramatically satisfying of all piano concertos!
For me, the third concerto and the second symphony got the best endings by Rachmaninoff. The second concerto come right after them.
Agree. But then again I prefer the finale from Grieg's piano concerto over Rach 2.
@@NNnn-zc2bm That I understand - because they're nearly identical finales: big thorny complicated piano buildup resolving to... the grand reprise of the "big" melody", and then some impressive cascading flourishes on the piano at the end. It's not hard to see how Rachmaninoff was influenced by Grieg throughout that whole third movement. Of the two though, Rachmaninoff's is just more complex and next-level in terms of pianistic technical demand.
I saw Rach 4 with my local symphony a year ago (literally fifteen feet from the soloist, Conrad Tao) - Rach 2 is being played this June in the season finale by Kenneth Broberg. This concert includes Tchaikovsky's 4th Symphony! I am very excited.
Excellent! Kenneth Broberg is a great pianist - I particularly love his Cliburn recording of the 4th Scriabin sonata.
Rach 4 is the Cinderella of the five SVR works for piano and orchestra, it's difficult to pull off, of course Rach himself and also Michelangeli I've heard.
I love his fist pumps right before he starts playing without the orchestra, Horowitz is absolutely one of my favorite pianists not only for his playing but for his personality
Rachmanninoffs 3rd piano concerto is glorious!
This is why Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano Concerto is one of my favs.
I'm not really worried what the greatest finale is...the experience is the whole concerto. What is so special about this finale is how is draws to a close all the emotions covered by the finale (and, indeed, the concerto): dance, nostalgic recalls, romance and many more.
1:07 chills down my whole body !
Every live videos you can watch of this masterpiece : the public is just mental at the end. Such a powerful end : give the chills every time
It's performances like these that I see why Rach was so blown away by Horowitz's interpretations! ❤💯
Well, at the time Rocky was blown away Horowitz was still sticking with the notes on the page. At this point he was giving a generalized performance of the original concerto and his own generous additions slathered on like bacon, sour cream, butter and everything else on the table and the table next to it and the one next to that.
I heard this concerto performed in Calgary and this part gave me the most violent chills I’ve ever had in my life. Also the entrance of the piano in the beginning of the second movement. Idk why but I love that part as well.
Up there with Chopin sonata 3, Beethoven symphony 7 and appassionata, Brahms symphony 1
We all have favorites
I am always a bit suspicious when anyone says "The Greatest of All Time." because I am not sure how you measure it.
As the host on a classical music station, I always had to turn down the volume when playing this finale because otherwise its power essentially left me unable to announce the performance.
Horowitz roughly approximated the finale, giving the audience a sense of the general idea while including hundreds of his own notes loosely tossed in with Rachmaninoff's. Many people don't realize that Horowitz was originally trained for and was expecting to have a career as a composer, he's spoken of that often, and at this point in his life he was composing and improvising as he went along, changing things to suit his mood and his temperament that day.
I think Horowitz's rewriting of this finale is lovely. People today expect pianists to play what's written on the page, but when someone is as great a composer as Horowitz that's a real shame. I'm glad he rewrote it the way he did. We have enough performances of the notes that Rocky wrote, but a pianist who can grab notes out of the air and toss them in as he goes along is a rare find.
Omg it was such a coincidence that I also started listening to this a few weeks ago and it's because there's someone performing it on May 6 this year, and I even knew he was gonna play it before the program came out(I was a very little "friend" with him) and I now listen it every day... I'm excited to know there are many other people that like this too!
I agree about the greatness of this finale, but this performance by Horowitz is atrocious. Yes, I know what Rachmaninov said about Horowitz’ playing of his concerto. But here, he sacrifices melodic line and rhythmic accent on the altar of speed and volume.
I must agree with you.
And he can’t count.
It's a far far far inferior to his 1940 recording, at least performance wise.
Mehta Looks Lost
@@presto7largo How he and the orchestra even slightly kept up with Horowitz during that performance is beyond me.
Wow, your profile pic is mystic chord... I love it...❤
someone recognised it!
Oh my god I went to see the BBC Philharmonic play this last weekend, front row, and fully broke down into tears at this part. But then it was over SO quick I was just sat there applauding with tears rolling down my face, trying not to make eye contact with anyone😭👋 . Life-changing experience though, seriously unlike anything I’ve ever experienced
yes I was there also. It was amazing
@@RhysScores oh cool haha!! Side note - wasn't the principle cellist amazing?? We were sat right in front of him and his tone was something else honestly
@@marnieholdsworthgreen8449 Yes he was great, he felt every part even though he wasn’t the soloist. I especially thought that he was amazing in the Sibelius too
Omg it was such a coincidence that I also started listening to this a few weeks ago and it's because there's someone performing it on May 6 this year, and I even knew he was gonna play it before the program came out(I was a very little "friend" with him) and I now listen it every day... I'm excited to know there are many other people that like this too! Edit: I like it so much that I'm pretty "afraid" and nervous to hear it live, even thinking that I'm gonna be bored when watching it, while every bit of this concerto is the absolute definition of beauty!
I love this video. I think that his second piano concerto is absolutely wonderful, all three movements, and I don’t even like the 3rd piano concerto as a whole. However, I have always said the last 2 minutes of the Rach 3rd are 2 of the most beautiful minutes in all of music full stop! (But I do think this particular version is a little rushed.)
i notice he doesn't need to stop every bar to count the ledger lines and work out what note it is
Of course not. He plays whatever he likes. There are at least a few hundred additional notes he's throwing in and I think they fit very nicely. Horowitz was actually trained as a composer, and it's quite clear listening to this performance that he's composing as he goes along. And I love it. Very fresh and very lively to have all those extra notes. Most pianists are too timid to do that but Horowitz wasn't most pianists.
If you want to see and hear the most emotional version of Rachmaninov 3rd Piano Concerto Olga Kern is the best by far. The expression on her face near the end of the Concerto is Awe Inspiring!
Que ímpetu en ese final!!!...El Maestro Horowitz solamente lo lograba!!!!...Único!!!!...
Another great piano concerto finale is from Medtner's 3rd piano concert (best coda ever)! No wonder Rachmaninoff said about Medtner, that he is the best composer of his time!
Riesce in un concerto così difficile ad essere più chiaro e potente che ogni pianista attuale tra i più virtuosi,cari pianisti credo che non è sufficiente che voi guardate o ascoltate questi pianisti del passato x volerli superare, nemmeno da anziani..................
I don’t care who I offend, 0:43 is unforgivable and makes this completely unlistenable to me
makes him more human!
@@RhysScores I prefer the number of humans that can actually hit the right notes!
@@danielwilkins6302 Fair enough, although I do doubt a single pianist has ever played through this piece exactly as written.
@@RhysScores I've heard some near perfect recordings.
That's the only thing that makes this unlistenable??
Hardly.
Concordo!! Esse final de Rach 3 é sublime!!!
It's a very different piece of music from a different era, but the finale in Mozart's Jupiter Symphony is spectacular, as are many of the final movements in his piano concerti (though they might be termed rondo etc. instead of finale).
Mozart’s endings of his pieces are not even close to Rachmaninoff’s endings (and some of other composers of romantic and post-romantic era).
@Dylonely Orchestras in the Classical Era were much smaller, so no, Mozart's movements didn't end with a big bang. I love Mozart's movements as a whole, not for the last couple of minutes or so.
Horowitz's wrong notes sound better than the right ones by many of his colleagues.
Sorry, I don't think you can't claim any piece has that title- There too many fantastic finales out there, especially if you hear the entire piece first. Mahler 2, Dvorak Cello Concerto and Brahms 2nd symphony come to mind, but everyone has their own favourites!
check part 2 for the mahler
Mine is the finale of Mozart's Symphony #39--breathtaking!
The best is Mahler
@@stephenmoore8697 mine is Tchaikovsky's first piano concert finale)
Also Alexander Scriabin 1st piano concert is genius.
It's like the declaration of the lover's eternal love for his/her beloved.
But getting her name wrong. Still, the declaration is what counts, and all the additional notes Horowitz throws in only add to the experience.
My vote be the Act 2 finale of either The Marriage of Figaro or Don Giovanni as the "greatest" finales ever composed. Anything else comes in behind those two.
I was one of those people who saw a PC3 in a theater, and my skin crawled and I became very sentimental.
I believe Horowitz missed his entrance at 1:29 and sped up a bit to catch up. He's one of the greats for many reasons, but I never listen to his recordings of concertos.
@@mostafa12890 Yes he did unfortunately. If I was to recommend any Rach 3 from Horowitz, his recording at Avery Fisher Hall is incredible. He has some really great other concerto recordings too like Tchaikovsky with George Szell and Beethoven Concerto No.5 with Fritz Reiner. I would suggest giving him a chance regardless of his later, ailing performances.
Agree , it is the greatest finale ever written!
The same thing happened to Menuhin. I remember he played a totally dreadful Bruch violin concerto. And people were lauding him in the comments. Here too, it's pretty much a wreck and people are showering it with praise (in the comments of the original video). Yes he's old (however, Martha ...). Yes it's hard. But call a duck a duck. It's not good. Shows that if you're famous and beloved, some people will call your s**t genius.
personally, i care more about the sound rather than the clipped mistakes and the thing that draws me to Horowitz is his large sound. Maybe it could just be the recording, but I still think it's the best interpretation of the dozens I've heard. Yes, Martha Argerich is old which is probably one of the reasons why she doesn't play this concerto anymore. So I do still believe it's impressive for him to play this work at his age, not to mention the same year his daughter died and his performances and mental health took a toll. Either way, thank you for your comment.
@@RhysScores About Martha, I'm saying she's older than Horowitz and playing better than he was (imo of course). Of course it's impressive he's playing this at that age. I didn't know about his daughter. Makes it even more impressive. But, to me, impressive or not in regard to his age, remove everything except the music, as cruel as that might be, this is not the most capable interpretation to me, nor the most emotionnal or impressive. I wish I could hear his interpretation at his prime. But thanks.
@@solaufein3029 Fair enough! There are relatively remastered recordings of him playing this concerto in his early years, but I myself have never listened to them to the end. Argerich does also have a great interpretation of this in her younger years and her cadenza is one of the greatest I’ve heard. I think the main thing that draws me to Horowitz is just his sound and how he makes the melody and sometimes the other voices so clear over the madness. Thanks for your comment!
This is very good. But Finale of Alkan's concerto for solo piano is my most favourite finale ever.
By which performer? I only know the M A Hamelin recording on hyperion, and it is really good in my opinion.
Everyone has their own tastes.
Chilling
Truly great ending and my favo concerto of all. But I would have pickes a different pianist for this example ;)
Best concerto 🎉
you really could’ve picked a better recording, in my opinion, Volodos’ is the recording which has the best version of this finale
Nahh.. i think Horowitz and Eugene Ormandy's finale is the best version of this concerto in music history
@@HerrCatastrophe naah it’s volodos and levine
@@fredericchopin7332 Naahhhh lol😂 but i can agree that you have a very high level of musical taste!!
I love that version too😉
@@HerrCatastrophe seriously? The ending is way too fast, I don't feel anything when I hear that
Yeah, Chopin…
It is a great finale and Horowitz was of course an icon, but this recording doesn’t really do this bit justice, lots of wrong notes, bad ensemble and it’s taken too fast mostly. Just my two cents.
‘Un poco meno mosso’ I don’t hear in this frantic rush to the end.
Lmao, it turns out you are a genius for choosing this recording and getting a bunch of people (including myself) to light up the comments
I heartily agree! Is there a 'Grande Romantic Gesture' anywhere to equal this one??? I don't think so.
So grand!!! Love it!!! Bravissimo Rachmaninoff!!!!!!!!!
Prokofiev Piano Concerto 3:
Huh??
Utterly wondrous. This should have been in the movie SHINE.
Yes
The greatness is in the music not this performance, the rushing and failure to follow the tempo indications put this down on the list.I don't know how Mehta followed him, he did well.The way Rachmaninoff leads to higher and higher notes is just amazing to me. It rivals the huge climax in Turnadot where the whole choir sings a high Bb, just incredible. Rach also has a great climax at the end of the 2nd symphony, he was really a master of climax one could say.
Not to mention too many wrong notes, definitely one of the worse performances I've heard
I completely agree. Of the ones I have listened to, this finale is my goat.
Good old Rachmaninoff!
00:43 - dreadful wrong notes...
Horowitz classic, such an overrated pianist
@@pablofeynman3619 ???
Horowitz is always overrated... Also accords in the beginning of this video in solo part... No even one clear accord...
I saw this on TV, and H and M live in LA.
Are you kidding? Mahler 2,3,8? Wagner’s Tristan, Parsifal, Gotterdammerung?
hyperbole
Rach solos
@@MildSatire squadwipe
Tannhäuser too
Yeah those are easily infinitely better than this finale. Especially Mahler 2, Parsifal and Götterdämmerung-which are my favorite endings by far.
I’m getting tired of all these Rachmaninoff/Chopin people…
When I first heard this, I jumped out of my chair and screamed like an idiot for 3 full minutes.
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Hard to believe Hollywood was a swamp when this “cast of thousands” soundtrack was written. But yeah it gets my rocket man going for sure! Очень хорошо!
Tchaikovsky: I wrote the greatest piano concerto's finale ever!
Rachmaninoff: Hold my beer please...
Horowitz the most powerful...
Lim the cleanest...
All the rest sound similar but just as electrifying.
Not True! More colorful beautiful piano sound than Horowitz and hype student Yunchan Lim=Wilhelm Kempff Emil Gilels Radu Lupu Artur Rubinstein Vladimir Ashkenazy Grigory Sokolov! More genius than Horowitz and hype student Yunchan Lim=Sviatoslav Richter Solomon Cutner Grigory Sokolov Maurizio Pollini Stanislav Bunin Maria Grinberg! More powerful louder than Horowitz and hype student Yunchan Lim=Mikhail Pletnev(Prokofiev piano concerto no 1 by Pletnev!) The Second Loudest ever was Lazar Berman! The 3rd Loudest was Erwin Nyiregyhazi! Dimitri Bashkirov her teacher Anastasia Virsaladze teach saying to Bashkirov the most important lesson is the love of beautiful colorful piano sound! This was already in 1930s! Really Shocking! Hype student Yunchan Lim played colorless dry cold piano sound Rach concerto no 3 and Mozart 22 in the Cliburn Finals!!
Yes, a great finale but NOT played like that by someone way past their sell-by date.
You're right.
I LOVE your notation... sooo darn easy to read... I have BOTH the G Schirmer and the International... BOTH... the notation is so damn small ... and very hard to read... I need a BIG note version of this...
Thank you! You can find it on imslp!
Wow
Extraordinary artists playing one of the greatest moments in music history, absolutely ruined by a piss poor audio reproduction.
The greatest piano concerto coda is 100% without question Prokofiev 3, Ginestera 1 is a close 2nd. Rach 3 is still one of the greatest piano concertos though.
Heard Gerrick Ohlsen performed this and Stephen Hough performed no 2 recently. Have to say I prefer no 3's finale more.
coincidentally I was also present at last weeks Rach 3 by Ohlsson if that’s what you’re referring to. At the Bridgewater Hall? He was amazing.
@@RhysScores yes, I was there too.
Best symphonic finale ever? Why, the 2nd movement of Gottschalk's "A Night under the Tropics" Symphony, of course!
Allah yrham kaba et bonne continuation hamza
Loud and fast. What the guy wrote would be nice, too.
I just wish that the synchronization between soloist and orchestra had been better.
I have to agree. I love the interpretation but Horowitz was never one for watching the conductor…
Tchaikovsky: What about Me?
Who needs a gym when you can work out by playing Rachmaninoff.
big handz
Anyone have the finale of Prokofiev 3 cause their heart rate to double? Absolutely fantastic.
good idea...
You are lucky he plays good for his age
Imagine if Horowitz could actually hit the right notes...
I’ve always been confused as to why everyone lauds Horowitz as the master of Rach 3 cus the recordings I have listened to are all riddled with errors, especially in the big chord sections. Obvs u can’t fault interpretation but it’s definitely an ear sore.
@@olliemartinelli4034 ruclips.net/video/vRvVk12dvkg/видео.html
Because of this.
Imagine if thinking hitting correct notes > musicality
Casual
@@burr69 Are you joking? I'm not talking about a missed note here and there. He misses so many it detracts from the musicality. Surely you're not that dense...
@@danielwilkins6302 I’m sure the great Daniel Wilkins understands musicality better than Horowitz
Go listen to your midi files if you care about hitting the correct notes every time
It’s a performance not a recording, even Rach missed hella notes live
It’s just too fast. Everything here would be solved if it was just slowed down.
Yeah, many performers feel tempted to turn the Rach 3 into a showpiece. Have you heard Ashkenazy's performance on Decca? It is much slower and free from all tech showoff, but it is really well and passionately played.
@@plpmanden I have not! But I will certainly check it out - thanks for the recommendation :)
Dylonely: with the great SR as soloist of course!
Best piano concerto ending written! However, I think Horowitz decided to make up his own ending here and hoped for the best that the conductor would follow him.
It would have been nice if you had shown the full video of the pianist and orchestra playing instead of the music score.
you can find it on youtube!
If you like schmaltz.... you LOVE this....
I can play parts of this work. Never well enough to perform, but I can actually play the finale. I agree. Rach 3 is his greatest work, and this finale always gives me (and my wife) wonderful heartrate increase at the end. You can read anything you want to in this post.
Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)
Dylonely:...Mahler conducted the premiere of Rach3 in N.Y........it's the only time travel that would interest me!!!😮😂
Wagner Götterdämmerung: May I have a word with you?
Fine selection. Though, I would cast my vote for the triumphant, heroic finish to Beethoven's 9th. That's a FINALE!
~TD, Boston
Saw this video and thought of this wasn’t each three there’s something wrong; and now I see that nothing is wrong and all is great!!
what are you saying ?
@@Bozzigmupp i had a stroke reading their text
That opinion title though
fire 🔥
Could have uploaded Yunchan Lim's live recording
Although I love his, I much prefer this one. Although, seeing the other comments, I'm in the minority.
It's good but that title to me goes to Prokofiev's first violin concerto, it's just fireworks in the form of an orchestra
1:04 - 1:11 thumbnail
I approve.
Are there any recordings of anyone doing the ossia ending? I would love to know what the fast 8th note chords would sound like there. I bet it’d be amazing.
Yes...I have a recording of Andre Watts playing the ossia ending on a Columbia vinyl recording made circa late 1960's to early 70's...truly stunning...I don't recall the orchestra or the conductor (could've been NYPhil)...it was disappointing though because they decided to cut out that very famous, fiendishly difficult middle section...I think you know what I'm talking about here...which I'm very certain Watts knew and could easily pull off...just so they could fit the selected pieces on one disc...on a personal preference note: I like switching it up a bit...I play the the first part of the ending as written with the descending triplet quarter notes, then the second part of the ending beginning at 79 marked piu vivo, I play the descending 8th notes a la what's indicated in the ossia, my own transcription. It gives the piece a certain sense of a majestic rush to the finish line!
@@thejils1669 You're talking about the part in E-flat where there are so many 16th and 32nd (and maybe 64th? I don't recall) notes that the page is more ink than not ink? :D
@JoEbY-X Yep...I love that section...one of the more outstanding, memorable passages that the Rach put on paper...were you able to track down the Watts recording?