@dailydoseofstupitity He had perfect pitch and could literally hear the music in his head as he wrote it down. Watching him compose would be just seeing him sitting at his desk with a pen or pencil in his hand. It would be wonderful to see film of him playing the piano, but no film of him playing is known to exist.
I agree with Rubinstein's words : Rachmaninoff transforms everything he touches into Rachmaninoff. Any recording from him looks like he composed it himself. However, the personality he puts in music is so charming that I can't not fall in love with it.
Maestro Rachmaninoff was certainly a very talented pianist and composer. He had huge hands, so it makes sense why he composed such complex pieces! Great job to him for playing this, it's really awesome to get to hear it! :)
Rachmaninov is an outstanding virtuoso pianist of his era. Someone would judge too dry his touch in comparison of other pianists among german or french schools of XIX century piano playing, however his style is to be considered modern and no more romantic.
I was not so impressed at first, but that leggioro recapitulation after the minor B part is just out of this world. But I wonder why he makes quite a significant cut in the coda and leaving out the entire recapitulation of the B Theme.
@@conalfisher765 eah i was going to say that because i listened to it again and now i hear it, it's weird how in the later measures fast repeated parts could be heard very clearly
Try Busoni as well. It may blow your mind. Rachmaninoff here is stunning, but Busoni is somehow a level beyond - not rushed, just cold and in total control. And Busoni's coda is even more exciting than Liszt.
This Rachmaninoff guy is pretty good at piano, I wish he also was a composer 😞
He was one
@@GamezXHru it's a joke
Just because a person can play well, doesn't mean they can be a composer. They're two different things.
@dailydoseofstupitity He had perfect pitch and could literally hear the music in his head as he wrote it down. Watching him compose would be just seeing him sitting at his desk with a pen or pencil in his hand. It would be wonderful to see film of him playing the piano, but no film of him playing is known to exist.
Cmon, he was a great composer for the piano. 😊
isn't it just GLORIOUSLY WONDERFUL hearing the master Rachmaninoff playing other great composers works...
I agree with Rubinstein's words : Rachmaninoff transforms everything he touches into Rachmaninoff. Any recording from him looks like he composed it himself. However, the personality he puts in music is so charming that I can't not fall in love with it.
His precision and musicality in pianissimos are out of this world
Maestro Rachmaninoff was certainly a very talented pianist and composer. He had huge hands, so it makes sense why he composed such complex pieces! Great job to him for playing this, it's really awesome to get to hear it! :)
I grew up on Busoni's recording, could be interesting to compare these historical recordings
Same. OMG, the Busoni recording!
Rachmaninov is an outstanding virtuoso pianist of his era. Someone would judge too dry his touch in comparison of other pianists among german or french schools of XIX century piano playing, however his style is to be considered modern and no more romantic.
I was not so impressed at first, but that leggioro recapitulation after the minor B part is just out of this world. But I wonder why he makes quite a significant cut in the coda and leaving out the entire recapitulation of the B Theme.
perhaps time restrictions on the recording media
Cut is due to time limitations when recording on 78rpm
Thanks for posting, despite some of the idotic comments.
It is nearly not to belive that recordet long ago. And Rachmaninoff,t❤to days pianist must be glad he is not playing to day in 2023.
Why rach doesnt play the triplets at the start?
good question you should ask rachmaninoff
@@shadmium3471 does he have instagram?
yea maybe this "Rach" - Guy isn't as good as he pretends to be
If you listen closely he does, it's just not picked up too well in the recording. It's clearer by measures 3-4 than in 1-2 but they're there.
@@conalfisher765 eah i was going to say that because i listened to it again and now i hear it, it's weird how in the later measures fast repeated parts could be heard very clearly
Wonderful, also try the Busoni version which is different (less emotion, more pure technique) but stunning; the Rachmaninoff version is great however.
Questo è l'esempio come nel caso di chopin dell'ottimo pianista e compositore nello stesso tempo 🎉🎉..
Cadenza and Section later of cadenza just perfect
@ladivinafanatici mean rachmaninoff playing. Everything is perfect
Try Busoni as well. It may blow your mind. Rachmaninoff here is stunning, but Busoni is somehow a level beyond - not rushed, just cold and in total control. And Busoni's coda is even more exciting than Liszt.
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Rachmaninoff's playing is not as good as it is said.
no u
lmao
LOL
I personally wouldn't care to play liszt well. A bad composer deserves bad performance.
@@lolbruh1170You have a woefully poor understanding of music; I'm sorry for you.
I don't hear anything remarkable in this recording; certainly not enough to exceed the terrible acoustics, (it's like he's not using any pedal).
He is. it is just shallow and quick pedaling to maintain clarity.
@@zavilov K. I just don’t hear the appeal, and the audio fedelity is still pretty bad.
you likely don't play piano or you might think differently about this recording.@@Manx123
@@zavilov I do play the piano; I just don’t see the appeal of Rachmaninoff’s recordings.
I find that astonishing. His playing is really off the charts in terms of pure control. @@Manx123