Tiffany Poon - Rachmaninoff Sonata No.2, Op.36

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  • Опубликовано: 20 ноя 2017
  • Recorded on November 17, 2017
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  • @sohamprasad6696
    @sohamprasad6696 3 года назад +311

    For those who have forgotten what a world-class pianist and virtuoso tiffany is because of all her behind-the-scenes, unedited practice videos, this performance is a good reminder.

    • @jimtownsend8010
      @jimtownsend8010 2 года назад +17

      I feel like in doing that she has humanized and de-deified the whole thing, which I love. Man, she really tears this one up. This sonata grows on me each year I live

    • @ninisky2706
      @ninisky2706 Год назад +1

      @@michael.david.davison no, they’re referring to the practice vlogs she frequently posts where she shows the process of her practice unedited

  • @TiffanyPoonpianist
    @TiffanyPoonpianist  6 лет назад +404

    Hi :) Just in case someone asks and brings it up, I'm sorry I made the piano out of tune from warming up to record this 🙊

    • @Hotdogbanana559
      @Hotdogbanana559 6 лет назад +24

      Tiffany Poon It's fine u can almost not hear it and outstanding performance!

    • @halevy36
      @halevy36 6 лет назад +18

      God i love you woman!

    • @inraid
      @inraid 6 лет назад +42

      You are in very good company!
      When Alexis Weissenberg performed the two Rachmaninov Sonatas
      at the Jerusalem Theatre in 1979 he broke several strings during the
      first sonata! During the intermission another instrument was swapped
      in. He broke several string again during the second sonata! ;-)

    • @anthonyquate
      @anthonyquate 6 лет назад +9

      hi tiffany ur quit an amazing lady and ur puiano playing is amazing

    • @Hotdogbanana559
      @Hotdogbanana559 6 лет назад +3

      Johannes Ostenfeld-Rosenthal Lol its all good man everyone's allowed to have their own opinion on things and I might not agree with u but I respect your opinion

  • @FighterFred
    @FighterFred 4 года назад +102

    It's fortunate that Steinway produces pianos that can survive anything.

  • @dihydrogenmonoxide5994
    @dihydrogenmonoxide5994 6 лет назад +164

    Very mature interpretation, Tiffany! Rachmaninoff would be proud!

  • @conman0414
    @conman0414 4 года назад +143

    11:18 this passage is one of my favorite things ever

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 6 лет назад +49

    13:13-13:19 the way you played everything there and then just went to silence. Breathtaking

  • @m.a.3322
    @m.a.3322 4 года назад +195

    10:55 - 11:58 one of the most beautiful sections of music ever written

    • @pornstudsim
      @pornstudsim 3 года назад +4

      Beautiful performance, it made me subscribe to your channel.

    • @TheAskald
      @TheAskald 3 года назад +17

      Rachmaninoff just had something with longing and tender melodies that is instantly recognizable. This is the exact same feeling I get from all four of his piano concertos. There is a lot of fireworks and virtuosic parts, but then a lyrical soaring melody hits you from nowhere.

    • @jayspenceranderson
      @jayspenceranderson Год назад +2

      Had me in tears.

    • @paulgabriner3392
      @paulgabriner3392 Год назад

      ​@@TheAskald

    • @lt6jam
      @lt6jam Год назад +1

      Chills

  • @DavidMannMD
    @DavidMannMD 5 лет назад +70

    A couple people asked what version this is. This is the revised 1931 version.

    • @Quotenwagnerianer
      @Quotenwagnerianer 3 года назад +2

      Which should be apparent by the length of the video.
      It is too short to be the 1913 version. ;)

  • @edjpao
    @edjpao 2 года назад +11

    The thing is that the higher level a pianist reaches the more daunting challenges he faces in all fronts. This Rach, the tone, phrasing, and holistic effect, etc. deserves a more thoughtful treatment. He's very strong but not clanky, pure but also reflective, sad but not sorrowful. I embrace Tiffany's bravery in tackling this difficult piece and hope she continues to be enriched with life experience as she practices...

  • @Mia-ck3nn
    @Mia-ck3nn 11 месяцев назад +4

    every year i come back to this song. rarely music makes me cry; this piece does. my favorite piece of music of all
    time. thank you

  • @harryandruschak2843
    @harryandruschak2843 6 лет назад +85

    Now *THIS* sort of performance is the reason I have already subscribed to this channel.

  • @classicallover8153
    @classicallover8153 2 года назад +44

    I have listened to this recording so many times it is still one of my favorite things to listen to ever. Truely the best interpretation ever.

  • @adastraperespera1
    @adastraperespera1 3 года назад +7

    Hello, Tiffany. I have viewed this performance many times. Suppose there is an after-life. Then there must be many spirits in the room when you perform. They couldn't help stopping by. I can easily imagine Rachmaninoff standing beside you with his hand on your shoulder and with a dopey smile on his face. Face it, Tiffany: you Rock!

  • @mcmire
    @mcmire 5 лет назад +36

    I just ran across this - this is absolutely beautiful! I didn't realize how much I like Rachmaninoff. There are of course romantic aspects of this music (the fast runs and the bursts of dynamics) as well as impressionistic washes of sound, but I'm also noticing a pleasant preview of some twentieth century sonorities - nothing too shocking, it always resolves, but the flirting with dissonance is there. The part at 13:23 is especially wonderful and the resolution at the end of that section is very satisfying. Fantastic!

  • @Mukundanghri
    @Mukundanghri 6 лет назад +281

    You are fantastic. You break my heart every time I hear you play because I know my own limitations. You are truly blessed.

    • @angelab.5245
      @angelab.5245 6 лет назад +3

      Michael Buschmann same lol

    • @therainforest4314
      @therainforest4314 4 года назад +20

      That blessing came via huge amounts of energy, time, and dedication.

    • @jazzstandardman
      @jazzstandardman 4 года назад +8

      @@therainforest4314 Still blessed with the mind to handle all of that.

    • @alexanderpiano1506
      @alexanderpiano1506 4 года назад +12

      @@therainforest4314 Indeed, but not all input results in the same output. I'm willing to bet that if I worked the same amount of hours with the same teacher as Tiffany she'd still outclass me hand over fist. That's life... You work with what you get and bless the world around you. It's the only way forward :)

    • @theharry801
      @theharry801 3 года назад +6

      no one has limits, just some progress faster than others

  • @catherinechung6482
    @catherinechung6482 6 лет назад +27

    Best thing about your playing for me is how you tell stories (epics, really) with just your hands and facial expressions💙

  • @ministryofdressing
    @ministryofdressing Год назад +4

    oh my God i can't believe this performance is real ! it's so heavenly i am shaking ! This Sergei man is truly an exceptionnal talent, and our Tiffany is fantastic ! I hope you perfom this piece during a concert !

  • @viola308
    @viola308 2 года назад +12

    This recording is timeless, truly it transcends it. I like classical music a lot but I have never found better renditions of these pieces.

  • @palexisdempster73
    @palexisdempster73 4 года назад +1

    the way that strand of hair flew up on the last chord.... perfecttttt. loved your performance

  • @alanjohnson5994
    @alanjohnson5994 5 лет назад +11

    The freshness of spirit, youthful exuberance and vitality which you bring to this Rachmaninoff sonata is very impressive indeed. Hold your head high Tiffany. That was a truly brilliant and outstanding performance.

  • @Rhajastan
    @Rhajastan 4 года назад +9

    such a beautiful rendition. thank you from my heart.

  • @TheLabecki
    @TheLabecki 5 лет назад +1

    Thank you so much for this performance!

  • @derinzehraerdem
    @derinzehraerdem Год назад +3

    1:50 I think it's the most beautiful music in the world.

  • @e.hutchence-composer8203
    @e.hutchence-composer8203 5 лет назад +17

    I went to a recital to listen Chopin’s Etudes op.25, a selection of Debussy’s preludes (I’m not that big on Debussy so I cant remember which ones) and this Rachmaninoff sonata. I had never heard it before and I was listening away, enjoying it, we were in the second movement, then all of a sudden the third movement started and actually made me jump because it was so quick, sudden and loud. I was so lost in the music, it was great.

  • @tandinh23
    @tandinh23 5 лет назад +1

    Your play of this work is so rich and intense, thank you for posting this.

  • @FerventlyUnderstanding
    @FerventlyUnderstanding 3 года назад +1

    it felt like I held my breath for the 20 minutes
    amazing performance! and such passion

  • @davidbutterworth5258
    @davidbutterworth5258 5 лет назад +2

    Every note means something to her; her playing brings tears to the eyes it's so beautiful.

  • @luisgonzalez6196
    @luisgonzalez6196 4 года назад +4

    This young lady is incredible indeed. She has played a lot of master works and all of them in an amazing high level performance.

  • @Stop_All_Vehicles
    @Stop_All_Vehicles 3 года назад +4

    I can say that I have listened to this version like, more than 20 times since 2019

  • @somaking77
    @somaking77 2 года назад +3

    Wow! Bravo! This performance is mind blowing - with the perfect balance of extreme tenderness and melodic melancholy on one hand, and virtuosic panache on the other! I really cannot understate how much I enjoy hearing this performance and interpretation. In my view, some of the most beautiful writing for piano is contained in this sonata, and Tiffany brought it out so well - emotionally moving and immensely satisfying. I also love how close up and intimate this recording is! I must say that this is my favourite version to listen to on RUclips, and I enjoy listening to this as much as I do my treasured Ashkenazy recording on CD.

  • @joyous_requiem7178
    @joyous_requiem7178 3 года назад +4

    I'm so glad that this is my introduction to this piece

  • @bombadeer8231
    @bombadeer8231 4 года назад

    Wow. Just wow. And thank you. I am transported and transfixed when you play like that. I am swept away. When you stop I am suddenly back home sitting in front of my fireplace enjoying a lovely oak fire and holding my iPhone. Thank you again, Tiffany 💕

  • @georgiospartou5082
    @georgiospartou5082 4 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for such a wonderfully evocative and intense performance of this sublime late Belle Epoque masterwork!! I'm now more than sufficiently inspired by you, to learn the piece for myself, in order to immerse myself completely in the soundworld that you have so ably demonstrated. My very best wishes for you and your future performances, Georgios.

  • @donstor1
    @donstor1 4 года назад +7

    I thought the piece was played beautifully. thank you for recording this for us

  • @davidbutterworth5258
    @davidbutterworth5258 5 лет назад +4

    Her rendering of this work is reminiscent of the great Maura Lympany's 1975 BBC recording; such passion!

  • @jean-raoulschopfer1538
    @jean-raoulschopfer1538 4 года назад

    Oooioiooh you made my cry all along this interpretation !!!

  • @tokmind
    @tokmind 6 лет назад +4

    Excellent performance!!!

  • @NINOABSNABSN
    @NINOABSNABSN 4 года назад

    My congratulations for the originality of the reading and fundamentally for the approach.

  • @1sevillana
    @1sevillana 6 лет назад +3

    I am from Instagram and this is above and beyond piano music!!👍

  • @josephbeninati3991
    @josephbeninati3991 5 лет назад +18

    The music you make transcends words. This entire Sonata is magnificent. The second movement transports me to a place of such melancholy and joy. Your interpretation is inspired. Love your Vlogs. Thank You!

  • @SS-ci8jk
    @SS-ci8jk 4 года назад +59

    1st 0:01
    2nd 8:31
    3rd 14:59

  • @joaopedrolessa2242
    @joaopedrolessa2242 4 года назад +6

    This got to be one of the best interpretations. Congratulations!!! You play with a lot of emotions and can pass exactly what Rachmaninov wanted when he composed this masterpiece!

  • @NINOABSNABSN
    @NINOABSNABSN 4 года назад +8

    Rachmaninoff's spirit is fantastic, but what always impressed me was the massive arpeggios and the absurd phrasing of the left hand!

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss 4 года назад +2

    This was amazing to watch & listen to! Thank you enormously!
    This is one piece I'll never even begin to attempt!
    Fred

  • @adastraperespera1
    @adastraperespera1 4 года назад +1

    Watching you play is like watching magic, Tiffany.

  • @tonomora6837
    @tonomora6837 4 года назад

    Rachmaninoff is my favorite!!! Thank you Tiffany!!!

  • @thepianocornertpc
    @thepianocornertpc 4 года назад +4

    You're the living proof that one does not need the morphology of a Denis Matuec to invoke and generate tremendous energy. truly a magnificent performance. You've got a new fan here.

  • @jenskluge7188
    @jenskluge7188 2 года назад

    O wow! That's a pretty hard piece of work. And you are even bringing out some relaxed jazz-like sounds. Definitely, I like this recording best among all I've heard so far.

  • @Davideberti
    @Davideberti 3 года назад

    wow! my favorite piece!

  • @wallie963
    @wallie963 2 года назад

    Recently found this piece out and oh my gosh, I think I'm gonna cry

  • @Nostrum84
    @Nostrum84 4 года назад

    my god i had tears in my eyes at the end, that was unbelievable

  • @astronomo16
    @astronomo16 5 лет назад

    This is incredibly amazing! ☺

  • @kirillerofeev8758
    @kirillerofeev8758 Год назад

    I love it so much

  • @user-uu2th5kp3w
    @user-uu2th5kp3w 6 лет назад

    It is just wonderful...

  • @FlavioCovalski
    @FlavioCovalski 6 лет назад

    Great expressiveness and sensitivity

  • @stankaplan7747
    @stankaplan7747 4 года назад

    Best I've seen!

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 5 лет назад +7

    A tremendous performance. Filled with passion, countless expressive insights, and a dazzling virtuosity that is always at the service of the composer.

  • @lesliefigueras7708
    @lesliefigueras7708 Год назад +2

    this must be one of the most difficult pieces of music to master, well done tiffany, you have got the midas touch

  • @vishnuhalikere2151
    @vishnuhalikere2151 6 лет назад +3

    That ending had me speechless..... bravo!

  • @KrajnikPizmovy
    @KrajnikPizmovy 5 лет назад

    Fantastic !!!!

  • @ardiprakoso2462
    @ardiprakoso2462 4 года назад

    Love you Tiffany .. you are so fantastic ....

  • @Light-br1wl
    @Light-br1wl 3 года назад

    This is amazing!

  • @angelob.1089
    @angelob.1089 4 года назад +1

    Such a solid sound with playing that really reaches some frenetic extremes. That final movement was just bursting at the seams with so much energy. Great performance! Best of luck in your studies although I doubt you’ll need it.

  • @Xbig74
    @Xbig74 2 года назад

    My favorite pianist of all times!

  • @winston2770
    @winston2770 4 года назад

    Fabulous!!! Beautiful!!

  • @maria89
    @maria89 5 лет назад +4

    World class performance right through my tiny screen :)

  • @tomcowell7920
    @tomcowell7920 4 года назад

    INCREDIBLE!!!

  • @ajadrew
    @ajadrew 5 лет назад

    Simply brilliant!!

  • @guillermobadell6
    @guillermobadell6 4 года назад

    God bless you!!!

  • @domodepiano
    @domodepiano 6 лет назад

    im late to this larty but this is the most xtra thing I'll see and hear all day. so xtra. as it should be. well done!

  • @ashleycatch-em530
    @ashleycatch-em530 2 года назад +13

    The first time I heard 4:35-5:30 I really didn’t like it. I thought it sounded noisy. Something made me listen again and now I’m obsessed with it. If I had to choose a soundtrack for my life this would be it.

    • @shadowfighter7820
      @shadowfighter7820 2 года назад +2

      Wonder how would audience feel listening to this piece for the first time

    • @nickk8416
      @nickk8416 Год назад +1

      Isn't it great when that happens?

    • @mmilrl5768
      @mmilrl5768 Год назад +1

      I’ve had that same experience with so many pieces so I completely understand

  • @indusankugathasan
    @indusankugathasan 5 лет назад

    So nice and virtuostic! Thank you Tiffany. I'm so fan of you. :)

  • @DavidBigandt
    @DavidBigandt 6 лет назад +9

    So nice to hear "different" classical music. Stuff that's not always on the FM stations

  • @L.M1792
    @L.M1792 4 года назад +2

    Great passion is indeed wonderful to experience.
    Thank you 🙏
    p.s. thanks for introduction to piece. It is elaborate and a-maze-ing-zing. Fabulous.

  • @mirkodemirkis3051
    @mirkodemirkis3051 6 лет назад

    You are amazing.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @sugarpacketchad
    @sugarpacketchad 6 лет назад

    Very Excellent! Your strength and passion are amazing!

  • @emmakrall7144
    @emmakrall7144 3 года назад

    SO beautiful

  • @EvaTrianaMachadoUrquizaSPAPM
    @EvaTrianaMachadoUrquizaSPAPM 2 года назад

    I hope I can become like you done day, you’re amazing and inspiring ❤️

  • @manuschuster6841
    @manuschuster6841 3 года назад

    Wow this is so wonderfully played😍😍

  • @mdoroudi986
    @mdoroudi986 6 лет назад

    Awesome .....thank you.

  • @carolineandtigger
    @carolineandtigger 6 лет назад +5

    Bravo!!!

  • @InvaderMixo
    @InvaderMixo 5 лет назад +3

    You have an indisputably gorgeous musical quality. You deserve to hang onto that last note a bit longer with that stellar rendition.

  • @MassimoMalavasi
    @MassimoMalavasi 4 года назад +1

    Wonderful!!!

  • @paulmoon3347
    @paulmoon3347 2 месяца назад

    She is fantastic ❤

  • @L.M1792
    @L.M1792 2 года назад

    If she celebrates Christmas I hope she has a wonderful festive celebration.
    God bless

  • @MagnusBaumgartl
    @MagnusBaumgartl 6 лет назад +1

    Wow, what an incredible performance! :O

  • @r.i.p.volodya
    @r.i.p.volodya Год назад +1

    BRAVA! Hell of a piece to play! It was wonderful and very impressive to hear you really let-rip 😁

  • @jean-raoulschopfer1538
    @jean-raoulschopfer1538 4 года назад

    Fabulous !!!!! GORGEOUS

  • @johnely5050
    @johnely5050 3 года назад

    What a hoot. Great performance dear.

  • @davidwoods4366
    @davidwoods4366 6 лет назад +2

    awesome

  • @mariannekaspersen1070
    @mariannekaspersen1070 5 лет назад +2

    This performance is so good!. Thank you Tiffany Poon.

  • @busingyefavour9477
    @busingyefavour9477 2 года назад

    I wish she would win chopin competition but even if she doesnt her career will be great. I cant wait to hear more from her

  • @rickthescapegoat74
    @rickthescapegoat74 6 лет назад

    Well Tiffany am glad I am able to watch and hear your ability to play a piano... :) awesome

  • @rustyoldjoint
    @rustyoldjoint 6 лет назад +6

    Wow!!! Wonderful ... thank you so much for this.

  • @ilikechopin8112
    @ilikechopin8112 6 лет назад +69

    I am thankful that I learned basic piano because this helps me appreciate miracle performances like yours! Divine!...

    • @jesusislord4135
      @jesusislord4135 6 лет назад +1

      +ILikeChopin
      Be careful what you say. A 'miracle', or a wonder, runs contrary to nature, using powers which do not properly belong to human beings. Even the most excellent achievements of human beings are not 'miracles'. Only God is divine. Do not blaspheme against God and embarrass this woman, or provoke her to pride, by misusing the word. One human being, and only one, has combined the attributes of humanity and divinity in one Person, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior of the world. Repent, believe in Him, and you will be saved.

    • @MrBirzer
      @MrBirzer 5 лет назад +8

      @@jesusislord4135 When God separates the sheep from the goats we may be surprised when we see what group we are in. God's humbleness can be easily seen in this person's compliment while only arrogance can be seen in your words. 😉

    • @jesusislord4135
      @jesusislord4135 5 лет назад

      +Mr. Birzer
      You can say whatever you wish about my bad character, and I have no right to complain, sinner that I am. But upon re-reading what I said, I do not think that I was lying, speaking irreverently, or even speaking inappropriately---------considering the vocabulary used in the targeted
      comment. Also, I object to the notion that human flattery reflects 'God's humbleness.'

    • @MrBirzer
      @MrBirzer 5 лет назад +5

      @@jesusislord4135 You spoke arrogantly with condescending words and tone which is never appropriate.
      As for your objecting to the notion that human flattery reflects God's humbleness, such a notion was never conveyed. God's humbleness can be easily seen in the person's compliment which consisted of the person's acknowledgement of their basic piano skills (humbleness) that allows them to appreciate Tiffany's beautiful perfection.
      Rather than seeing her "miracle performance" as meaning a gift from God you opted to see it as a competition with God which is a quite ludicrous interpretation of this person's words. And yet you continued with an arrogant condescending correction as if you thought this person was under the silly impression that Tiffany is some sort of goddess in competition with the one true God for our worship, which indicates you have not only misinterpreted this person's words but that you also have a very strange notion of God, as if the non-contingent being is in some kind of competition with His contingent creation.
      As of now you are 2 for 2 in misreading words, beginning with your misreading of the original commenter's compliment and ending with you're misreading of my words resulting in your unnecessarily correcting a very well worded compliment given quite nicely to Tiffany from an admiring fan, and additionally making a silly objection to a notion that was never even implied, having something to do with human flattery reflecting God's humbleness.
      In the future you might prevent your misreading words by assuming the best of others rather than the worst. If you still detect that correction is necessary, I suggest you ask for clarification before going into some correction unnecessarily as you appear to have done in this situation. For instance, in this case you could've merely asked the person to clarify what they meant exactly by miracle perfomance and divine. If your correction is not necessary then the commenter's response will magnify his compliment instead of tainting it with some weird unnecessary correction. If correction is necessary then please be more Christ-like by being more charitable in your correction rather than arrogant and condescending.

    • @jesusislord4135
      @jesusislord4135 5 лет назад

      +Mr. Birzer
      Your verbal fluency is indeed impressive. To think that such a worm as I was instrumental in inducing such a torrential display! Also your argument that I spoke out of ill will and misunderstanding sounds quite plausible, not that I had given it much thought. Unfortunately I am capable of both. 'If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.' I still think, in the light of that verse which I apply to myself, that 'assuming the best of others' would be a little rash. But a warning is received.
      Surely you aren't entirely serious, that I should ask for 'clarification' regarding the meaning of 'miracle' and 'divine'. Granted that those words were used poetically and not literally, they convey more than a whiff of art-idolatry and adulation for 'superior individuals'. Must one apologize for being in rebellion against those things, which saturate our corrupt culture?
      '.........and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that
      no man may boast before God.'

  • @pimjanssens8808
    @pimjanssens8808 5 лет назад

    fantastic!!

  • @neraknerak1
    @neraknerak1 4 года назад

    Amazing

  • @789armstrong
    @789armstrong 4 года назад +2

    outstanding!

  • @robertoalejandro765
    @robertoalejandro765 6 лет назад +6

    Beautiful ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

  • @evilgreenchef8804
    @evilgreenchef8804 4 года назад

    Almost speechless!!! WOW >;-) Rock n Roll