Rachmaninov/Grainger - Piano Concerto No. 2, 3rd movement (audio + sheet music)
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- Опубликовано: 21 авг 2024
- Percy Grainger was known during his lifetime as a virtuoso pianist and arranger of popular English folk song. His primary contribution to music, however, lies in his prolific output as a composer of expert and highly original works. Grainger's early years were spent in Melbourne where he studied first with his mother, and later with Louis Pabst. From 1895-1899 he attended the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, Germany, and then settled in London in 1901. The next 10 years or so were devoted to a combination of concert touring and folk song collection. Grainger's early reputation was as a brilliant and eccentric pianist, and it was this talent that not only provided his income for the rest of his life, but also brought him into contact with other composers. Grieg and Delius, in particular, had great influence on Grainger's development of a sympathy and sensitivity toward unique national and folk styles. In 1914, Grainger moved to New York, beginning a long career as a composer, arranger, collector of folk music, and educator; he became an American citizen in 1918. In 1925 and 1927 he collected and published over 200 Danish folk songs, and returned to Australia in 1924, 1926, and from 1934-1935 in order to establish a Grainger Museum at the University of Melbourne devoted to ethnomusicological research. His final years were spent completing and arranging his earlier works and trying to develop a workable form of his "free music" using primarily theremins, one of the earliest electronic instruments. The project remained incomplete, and Grainger died embittered and in relative obscurity, known only for a handful of light works that he referred to derogatorily as his "fripperies."
Early in his life, Grainger rejected the central European tradition of Western classical music, seeking instead a "democratic" music that was more closely related to natural sounds, speech, and world music. In his quest to assimilate as much unique musical culture as possible, Grainger became one of the first ethnomusicologists to use the wax cylinder phonograph in the collection and transcription of indigenous music. His arrangements of many of these are among the best ever done, capturing not only the melodies and harmonies, but also the timbres, inflections, and performance styles of each individual piece. In his own compositions, Grainger experimented with nontraditional rhythms, forms, and instrumental combinations in an attempt to create what he called "free music." He also created a large body of more traditional works and arrangements intended for more popular consumption, motivated, no doubt, by his experience with the Edwardian music hall and later with the U.S. Army Band.
(AllMusic)
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Performer: Martin Jones (Wyastone Estate Ltd., 1997)
( • Piano Concerto No. 2, ... )
Original sheet music: imslp.org/wiki/Piano_Concerto_No.2%2C_Op.18_(Rachmaninoff%2C_Sergei) (Schirmer, 1946)
Grainger and Rachmaninov were good friends and admired each other’s music greatly. They also hung out with George Gershwin and, believe it or not, Fats Waller. Can you imagine those guys together around a piano?
He was sacked from teaching at a US conservatory for saying that Duke Ellington;s music reminded him of Delius
Interesting, I never knew that! Would not have guessed Grainger and Rachamninoff knew eachother.
Interesting idea!
Love the sentiment but total Lies. You should be ashamed....Asshole
Fats Waller and Rachmaninoff sounds like a killer duo!
Gotta love the melodies Rachmaninoff composes. They get stuck in your head... but that's a good thing. Gotta say I am stunned with this arrangement, it feels so complete and whole despite the fact that the original version is played with an orchestra.
Medtner agrees with you.
The phrasing captures rachmaninov pianistically to perfection.. totally agree, its a stunning arrangement to a tear jerkingly beautiful melody.🤘🏻🙏🏻
Also big thanks to the performer for superb voicing and the recording setup for capturing a grand sound!
I can't help but listening to Rachmaninoff's concertos again and again
When you haven't won any international piano competition or you don't have any conductor friends who can pull you any favors.
LOL SO TRUE
I haven't seen any comments praising the brilliant Martin Jones. He has brought a lot of magnificent arrangements and little known composers to our attention. A wonderful service and achievement indeed.
Great pianist!
Imagine playing this as an encore after the actual Rach 2 just to “troll” the audience lol
Hahaha!
Or after one of the other concertos lol
Surely you'd do it to troll the orchestra 😁
F. Libetta kinda did it: ruclips.net/video/6L8MILr5z4k/видео.html
There’s some guy who played the whole RPC2 as an encore after I think some Liszt works or something lol
When I saw the notification, I immediately thought that I should play this piece .
Percy Grainger was a hugely talented musician and, while that talent is now acknowledged more than it used to be, that talent also reveals itself in the visual quality of his music. It is meticulously notated with such clarity of intention, with especial attention to pedalling. Not just beautiful to hear, but beautiful to look at.
Yeah, Grainger’s instructions and attention to detail are fantastic. The scores of Marc Andre Hamelin’s compositions are similarly notated and enjoyable to follow
THIS PIECE IS SO MOVING I'M LITERALLY STANDING UP IN MY ROOM LISTENING TO IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN
1:20 gives me goosebumps
Herobrine gives me more goosebumps
@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk facts
@@Whaijorhujishkomunyk for real, imagine seeing one in your world but he start ranting about *Rachmaninoff*
2:45 idk but I love this one
Highly underrated composer and arranger , thanks for this !
@3:26 can just so clearly hear the strings then the horns enter - vivid aural illusion!
This is a wonderful arrangement by Percy Grainger who has managed to get the full essence of Rachmaninoff's piano writing. Thanks for posting.
This just gives me mad goosebumps!
It's just wonderful to listen to-- Beautiful music, superb arrangement.
I AM STILL BLOWN AWAY BY THIS
At first I didn’t notice grainger in the title but as soon as I saw how the music was laid out it could be nobody else.
Damn, this is really something
HI LUCAS
@@bennyksmusicalworld omg ily Ben 🥺🥺🥺
It sounds almost exactly like the concerto itself
Belissimo!!!!
Magnífico!!!!
Parabéns!!!!!
ETERNA gratidão.....
Quite brilliant arrangement of both piano & orchestra parts. It really captures the essence of the finale. A show-piece. Bravi.🎆🍾
An absolutely beautiful iteration. I love this. :)
Sostenuto pedal gets more love!
I'm so going to use this for my conservatory audition. Thank you Gscarci!
That should be less one "c" on the name there. And you're welcome. 😁
@@thenameisgsarci Forgive me... i'd actually looked at your name twice to check if i'd spelt it correctly. At least i don't seem to have the same problem when it comes to mathematics or music ;)
All is forgiven. :D
did you get in??
@@saber252 I've left music behind. I'm studying mostly mathematics at Uni now. Though music is enjoyable i'm not convinced that it's something I want to dedicate my life to. I'd rather pursue something that is unequivocally true.
So well transcribed I listened without missing the orchestra.
The story was told and did not suffer from lack of orchrstra.
Fantastic!
Sostenuto pedal is underated!
Very beautiful and also a Very Difficult music piece.
INCROYABLE
Fantastic! I didn't know Grainger wrote this arrangement for piano solo...
Excelente arreglo de los movimientos 2 y 3 del Concierto No.2 de Rachmaninof. Percy Grainger también tiene otros arreglos de los Conciertos de Tchaikowsky y Grieg. Magnífico!!! Thank you!
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Soooooo much fun!!
Most stunning! an excellent work!
this is amazing
Fe de erratas: arreglo solo del tercer movimiento del segundo concierto de Rachmaninof.
So grand-so gorgeous!!
Magnífico!!!!!
ETERNA gratidão.....
THIS IS AMAZING
Please upload the other movements. This is amazing
Only if there were. This movement is the only one he did.
@@thenameisgsarci such a god damn shame.
@@prs_81 uhuh.
@@prs_81 There are plenty of solo arrangements for moderato you can just search it up on youtube, the best in my opinion is H J Lim's performance. Unfortunately I can't find the score for it anywhere.
Here's the link for context btw: ruclips.net/video/suTSOMBg1gI/видео.html
I could be interested in Percy Grainger.
He looks like Apolon.
I like his molly on the shore and danny boy.
thank you for app.
Great!!
The person who disliked this video should be banned from the internet. It’s a crime!
Because this is awesome!!
Great, it's now 2!
@@thenameisgsarci Never mind them, they were unfortunately born with 'tiny brains', just let them be.
Maybe they just have a different taste 🙆🏻♂️
@@pradyumna3813
There are many ways to give constructive feedback. To leave a thumbs down isn’t one of them.
And different opinions don’t change that. Because it’s both needless, and so very inappropriate. It simply adds nothing good. It ads nothing but negativity. The whole dislike button should be removed. It destroy so much beauty in the world.
@@LeifD958 Well since this isn't Grainger's channel, any kind of criticism might not reach her, unless Gsarci is personally in touch with her. But yes I agree too that the dislike button can sometimes feel too harsh/rude, but it's not to be taken that way)) Maybe they just mean "I don't like it"
So epic... 😍😍
Aight imma learn this… shouldnt be too hard
Fabulous!
Wow!!!!
Grainger the master arranger
Uuuf That beginning i-
came
Very nice arrangment by Percy Grainger. Thanks for posting!
However, at 5:11, (last two beats, third last bar), the performance is incorrect - the harmony should be G7 as shown in the score, and not Cmaj, unlike the earlier sets in preceding bars. This is what provides the satisfaction of the final perfect cadence at the end of the Rach 2.
However I recall that in a biography of Rachmaninoff he is reported as saying he enjoyed listening to 'that fine pianist' Eddy Duchin. Rachmaninoff is known to have been somewhat of a private person but it is likely that he met musicians of his time.
Nice to hear this ingenious solo reduction, thanks for posting. Grainger was just the man for such things. But with all due respect to Martin Jones, who is as virtuosic as he is versatile and prolific, I don't find this a very pleasant rendering. His playing is rather blustery and hard-hitting and he is sadly let down by a clangorous recording ambiance (doesn't Nimbus have a bit of a reputation for bad sound quality ?)
Where can I get this brilliant arrangement to learn.
I AM LEARNING THIS.
how is it going? I decided to start exercising this yesterday lol
@@sound7634 oh yeah I learned the first few measures and gave up because university started taking a lot of my time away, unfortunately... don't make the same mistake and good luck on your learning!!
@@Mehdi-qp1tz thanks! I'll try and learn this in the first year of a music high school! It seems pretty difficult at some parts but I'm sure I'll get this done somehow.
Belissimo
Grainger... did not know about him till now... that was a mistake
Martin Jones has recorded across 5 CDs the whole of Grainger's works. Not a note not worth listening to. Was very lucky indeed to know Martin when I was learning the piano. Great character who was a big fan of Grainger's. Highly recommend these recordings.
4:05
Magnífico
-How much she was beautiful?
-Me: 0:53
Woa
Omfg wow
Staccato chords at 4:16 with no pedal? Bizarre
Right?
The performer changes a lot of the notes in the written text, which I find quite off-putting...
It's an abridged version, not a just a transcription. The actual 3rd movement is about double the length.
I think some of his choices sound better than what’s written
Shame Grainger didn't arrange the first appearance of the first subject.
0:52
2:30 why this part missing:(
grainging
so who's the composer ? rach ? what did grainger do ?
i i understand correctly grainger added the orchestra to be played by the piano
Rach 2nd 3rd mvmt but grainger made this arrangement to be able to use for only the piano whilst capturing elements of the orchestra
Rachmaninoff is the composer of the original. Grainger is the arranger of this version.
I wonder why Grainger did the arrangement in G minor instead of the original C minor?
4:42 (poco sost?) funny
오리지널리스트에게는 이게 뭐냐 싶겠지만, 저 같이 피아노를 잘 못치는 사람에게는 비슷하게나마 라흐마니노프 협주곡을 흉내내볼 수 있는 좋은 악보가 될 순 있겠네요. 물론 감상용으로는 그리 반갑지는 않습니다. ㅎ
Better off playing the version for two pianos? Very weird.
If you have a second piano and a second pianist to play it!
@@newgeorge I mean playing the second piano part when the first isn't playing. Anyone playing that version can pick and choose really.
@@123eldest Except that Grainger has combined orchestral sections into the piano part to make it more coherent.
@@newgeorge He has but by altering the first piano part in a way I don't like. For instance, in the section at 0:55 he removes the lower octave Bb from the left hand, replacing it with one an octave higher or replacing it with a higher register chord, so the left hand in this section is quite different and lacks the rich bass of the original. He also notates the solo orchestral parts differently and adds unnecessary arpeggiation to some of the chords. And that's just the first minute. I'm not saying it's bad, I just find it weird.
What's the point of analyzing? Yes, it is different, it is what it is amd if you don't like it just move along. :)
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