RACHMANINOFF-FALZONE CONCERTO N. 2 (Christopher's Transcription-Performance)
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- Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
- RACHMANINOFF CONCERTO N. 2
(transcribed by Christopher Falzone for solo piano):
Christopher Falzone / Piano
1. Moderato
2. Adagio sostenuto 10:57
3. Allegro scherzando 21:24
Live recording © Christopher Falzone / PIANO
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Christopher Falzone from the program on March 7, 2012:
The 1954 edition of the Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians notoriously dismissed Rachmaninov's music as "monotonous in texture ... consist[ing] mainly of artificial and gushing tunes" and predicted that his popular success was "not likely to last". To this, Harold C. Schonberg, in his Lives of the Great Composers, responded, "It is one of the most outrageously snobbish and even stupid statements ever to be found in a work that is sup-posed to be an objective reference.”
While still a student at the Conservatory, 18 year old Rachmaninov met the composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, who became an important mentor and commissioned the teenage Rachmaninoff to arrange a piano transcription of the suite from his ballet The Sleeping Beauty, which became the first of many brilliant and effective transcriptions Rachmaninov would write over the course of his career. He graduated from the Conservatory in 1892 in an extraordinary class in which he shared the Gold Medal for Piano with Josef Lhevinne and fellow composer-pianist Alexander Scriabin.
In November 1918 Rachmaninov sailed for New York and began a career as a touring virtuoso. Each season was divided between the United States, England, and the Continent. Whenever he could, he would go to his house in Lucerne, Switzerland, where he enjoyed boating, driving his car, and composing. His Fourth Piano Concerto (1927), Third Symphony (1936), and Symphonic Dances for Orchestra (1941), Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini for piano and orchestra (1934) became a favorite of pianists and audiences alike and soon rivaled the Second Concerto in popularity. With the outbreak of World War II he moved to Beverly Hills, Calif.
During the 1930s and 1940s, Rachmaninov remained one of the highest paid concert stars. At his home on Elm Drive in Beverly Hills Rachmaninov had two Steinway pianos which he played together with Vladimir Horowitz and many more elite musicians.
His love of fast cars was second to music, and led him to occasional fines for exceeding the speed limit. Since he bought his first car in 1914, Rachmaninov acquired a taste for fast cars, buying himself a new car every year. His generosity was legendary. He gave away a large sum of money to Igor Sikorsky to start an American helicopter industry. He paid for Vladimir Nabokov and his family relocation from Paris to New York. He sponsored Michael Chekhov and introduced him to Hollywood.
Rachmaninov gave numerous charitable performances, and made big donation to the Allies fighting the Nazis during WWII.
Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov (1873-1943) was a highly successful composer, an unrivaled pianist, and a distinguished con-ductor. "I have followed three hares, " he once said. "Can I be certain that I have captured one?"
2013 ©Christopher Falzone
2014 ©CFLMCR
Christopher's notes of remembrance about Martha Argerich:
"At that moment I find out more about Martha's character. She was so welcoming and hospitable, she was interested in my work in music, in what I learned with Leon Fleisher. She praised my accomplishments, and she especially liked my transcription of Rachmaninoff N.2
With peace of mind let passion out! and sort of enter a very different world to convey my feelings and make it new. The life of artist is very exiting and requires a lot of confidence, courage, flexibility, and creativity. I strove to accomplish the performances with believe in myself." - Christopher Falzone
2015 ©CFLMCR
There's something truly gorgeous about how he accelerates after the opening bell-like chords.
Rest in Peace, Mr Falzone. Thank you.
For his legacy it would have been great to publish his transcription because now we can all listen to it but no one can actually play it
You can buy the full orchestra score an make your own Piano Reduction x)
Christopher never wrote down the transcriptions.
drafted by memory at last
Stupid question: this is different from the normal piano part of the concerto right? In other words it is all tge other orchestral parts arranged for piano? My favorite piece I've always wanted to play. Unfortunately I know I'll never be able to play it at the same level of technical excellence and emotive expression as this (like trying to play Art Tatum), but something I aspire to try before I die. So sad his great creative force is no longer with us
@@reemalin Yes, he arranged the orchestra so that you can play both most of the piano part along with the orchestra, Absolutely genius arrangement that's perfectly composed. I guess just like with Art Tatum, this is the kind of stuff that you just can't fake. It's just so perfectly arranged and played, it truly makes you wonder what he would've done had he lived a few decades longer
this version is precious. No one has done this kind of arrangement so successfully just yet.
yeah... im just 15 and i dont think something like this would be replicated again in my lifetime. Btw, as if this wasnt enough yet, he did one for rach 3 too! and he recorded it in the same day as this one i believe.
Stupid question: this is different from the normal piano part of the concerto right? In other words it is all tge other orchestral parts arranged for piano? My favorite piece I've always wanted to play. Unfortunately I know I'll never be able to play it at the same level of technical excellence and emotive expression as this (like trying to play Art Tatum), but something I aspire to try before I die. So sad his great creative force is no longer with us
@@reemalin There's at least one other version out there. The trick of course is blending the the two components into one cohesive composition. This version is particularly nice and worthy of being published.
@@reemalin Yes, it's different. It has to integrate orchestra as well. I wish you all the best in your music studies, and to achieve this goal, too!
BRAVO
What a genius! May he rest in peace! We shall come back again and again to these videos in his memory.
first i have heard of him and that is after scrolling through many classical pianists and performances, he truly had a marvellous natural talent and beautiful touch how sad
Legends says this was Rach's first intention but people said it was too much so he transcribed it for orchestra
Excellent BRAVO BRAVO. PERFORMANCE. THE brillant concert pianist played all the original parts of this piano concerto without sacrificing leaving out any of the. Beautiful. Melodies and harmonies expressed and played in all. Three movements. The 1st movement was BRAVO PLAYING all the orchestra part with the original solo part .this pianist did not leave anything out . mastering this piano concerto as a soloists is never a easy task playing both the orchestra and solo part. The dialogeueing between. The solo part and the orchestra part of all the 1st 2nd and 3rd movements blended. Perfect
My God, that this genius has already disappeared behind the curtain...
Rest in peace, Christopher x
Wow, absolutely stunning performance.
Speechless, my friend you have walked into immortality, true genius.
glad, you you think so!
Absolument magnifique
Such a genious and such a sad life ! Thanks for sharing with us your divine gift !!!!!!
It with a great sense of sadness and loss that I come to find Christopher Falzone. His passing has to be one of the if not the greatest musical loss for the world. Brilliant pianist and brilliant mind. His Rachmaninov transcriptions are unbelievable. I'm so happy that they are available on "RUclips". Does anyone know if they were formally recorded? If so please please advise.
there isn't a formal recording, here Christopher just running through the peace and enjoying the spontaneous moments and thinking on his future transcriptions projects. Thank you very much.
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Truly remarquable and unique, the life of Christopher Falzone is tragic, we are lucky to have these historical recordings of these concertos transcriptions. I hope one day someone will be able to write them down.
written
INCREDIBLE!!
Bravo, bravissimo.
An absolute genius
he was a genius, I'm so sad.
Questo ci aiuta a capire le risorse che ha il pianoforte
pazzesco! Un grandissimo Pianista.
Excelente versión
Excelente pianista 👏🏻👏🏻
Dios mío, es muy, muy bueno. ¡¡Fantástico!!
Bravo 😍
Simplement exceptionnel... ;)
only one word "WOW"
Impresionante!
Fantastic
What a magnificent transcription. Liszt would have approved. Such a tragic loss of such a huge talent.
I talked to Stanislav Ioudenitch this weekend...
You were at Wideman? I had like 8 friends who did it this year (two very good friend of mine were prizewinners) and was thinking about trying again myself. I heard that it was a massacre, as it always is, lol. Yeah. It was crazy this year. 40 really really good pianists. 6 pianists that just had really bad days (I was one of them). I thought Christopher Falzone from Curtis should have taken the top prize. He played Rachy 2, which had been performed by probably 7 people in the prelims. When I heard him play it, it was as if it were the first time I'd ever heard the piece. What an artist!!!!!
The guy who played Prokofiev's 2nd in finals did very well, but it wasn't transcendent. The guy who played Tchaikovsky's 2nd did about as well as you can do with that horrible horrible piece. I'd love to hear him play something with a little melody. Bartok's 2nd won. The girl who played it was lovely and I thought she played it well and made it sound manageable. It's just that I felt Falzone took everything to a whole new level. He was simply spectacular. Very little ego, wonderful wonderful shaping, nearly flawless technique, bla bla bla yakkity shmakkity.
bravissimo. complimenti
Чудо!!!
თანამედროვე პიანიზმში მთლიანად მეოცე საუკუნის ჩათვლით ქრისტოფერს ბადალი არ ჰყავს. უდიდესი დანაკლისია კაცობრიობისთვის.
Christopher's notes of remembrance about Martha Argerich:
"At that moment I find out more about Martha's character. She was so welcoming and hospitable, she was interested in my work in music, in what I learned with Leon Fleisher. She praised my accomplishments, and she especially liked my transcription of Rachmaninoff N.2
With peace of mind let passion out! and sort of enter a very different world to convey my feelings and make it new. The life of artist is very exiting and requires a lot of confidence, courage, flexibility, and creativity. I strove to accomplish the performances with believe in myself."
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20:25 no words
Has anyone published Falzopne's transcrption? It flows very nicely.
19:35 , 23:39 , 27:59
This is brilliant! I need the music sheet! Is it available for purchase?
Awesome, I love your performance ..is this sheet music available ?
Is there a music sheet available? I really want to learn this!
Excellent words. What an amazing quote
the player is the arranger himself?? truly brilliant! wondering where i can buy his sheet music...
not for sale
Splendid! I am looking for this for several years now. Can you please let me know how I can buy a copy of the sheet music you are playing? I played the 3rd movement (see andre vlot piano on youtube, Kind regards form the Netherlands.
24:10
28:30
This is beautiful. Did you ever publish or offer the sheet music of this transcription?
Is there anywhere that I could obtain/purchase a copy of the audio from this performance? This is a great quality RUclips video but it would still be fantastic to get hold of or purchase the original recording - Many thanks
***** , Thank you for your interest, Have a good listening here on RUclips and all the best, CR
This is incredible performance! Is the sheet music available somewhere (or for purchase)?
ive listened and written it down, but i commited to memory now and burnt the sheets sorry
dalcassian that’s such a lie 😂😂😂
You can‘t play it by ear?
who said so? it's not true, he did write this one.
can i receive this perform sheet?? please ~(ㅜㅜ)
Does anyone have the sheet music to buy?
hong kong