I'd say a very stupid thing. Someone has serious lack of knowledge in marketing&advertising if they think an ad in the mid of a classical music piece can improve retention.
Kissin might be my favorite pianist when it comes to play rachmaninoff pieces, his interpretation of the prelude No. 2 in C# minor was beautiful and a huge insipiration to play the same piece.
While you're at it, hear Mahler 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and part of 10. Also Das Lied von der Erde. And Kindertotenlieder. And everything else Mahler wrote!
The audience knew that this was a special performance. The musicians knew this was a special performance. Kissin knew this was a special performance. Every once in a while, perfection is nearly achieved and this performance, from Kissin, from Chung, from the orchestra is just incredible. It rarely, if ever, gets better than this. A performance to savor. What a gift to people who love music.
I’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 and no one can say which is the best performance because this IS personal feeling, For me, this presentation is the best. Why? Some reasons : Kissin’s performance, the conductor low profile (he is also a pianist) performance and his subtle interaction with Kissin , the orchestra performance (we see real emotion in many musicians during the presentation). This presentation was so unique that I doubt if any other past or future concerto no. 2 presentation will surpass this one….Last but no the least: the public reaction: at the end, Kissin had to return 7 (SEVEN) times do the stage, as the public applause did not stop (you can check on the youtube , 1 h 46 min 39 sec duration - after concert no 2, the orchestra plays other works - “Evgeny Kissin plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concert No 2”)
When everybody starts clapping and celebrating you see their human side again. I find it extraordinary that after all the music its people behind its creation. Somethings sound so god like and it's crazy people can compose it or even perform with such purity is what I'm really trying to say
I'm lucky to have the most loner job in the world so i can listen to this crying of joy in the middle of a field while i check trees and shrubs with nobody watching
@@nadiauribe6202 it is! I studied and worked a lot to do this but still i feel extremely lucky because i love my job a lot. And i can listen to these great musicians and artists
I heard Rachmaninov play No 2 in early February of 1943. The concert was in Milwaukee, WI. Actually, my mother heard him in concert while pregnant with me. He died in March. It's my favorite piano piece and Kissin plays it to perfection.
At age 12 it was the first composition by Rachmaninoff I heard among dozens of other classical composers. During those years I would listen to it most weeks until I discovered his other piano concertos & symphonies. The 1st movemenr, composed last, is my favorite, a magnificent lament and a triumphal elegy. Kissin's performance here is among the very best while the orchestra is adequate. This movement reminds me of snow and brisk cold winter winds.
I’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 but nothing has come close to Kissin’s clean, authentic and passionate interpretation without being too overbearing. This will always remain my favorite musical piece. The emotions, drama, hurt and gentle love portrayed in this piece are out of this world and soul-touching beyond words. Rachmaninov would be proud.
Agree. There are others...Ashkenazy, Zimmerman, Andre Watts...who do some brilliant things with the piece. But all in all, tempo, musical flow, and understanding of the piece, Kissin has it. Pure perfection IMO. Same with Rach 3.
This recording makes me understand why Kissin is so famous. There are so many passages that frankly sound forgettable when other pianists play them, but Kissin gives them life. What I love about the Rachmaninoff concertos is they're so *psychedelic* -- worlds within worlds -- and his interpretation brings them out.
listening with my 94 year old father in his final moments. wanting these hauntingly beautiful sounds to take him up to heaven to be reunited with my dear mom💔
7:04 the most haunting, tragic and beautiful chord progressions ever. I cry every time listening to it. Welcome fellow twosetters... prepare to melt time and time again through this beautiful piece
0:50 1st mvt : solo entry 1:20 orchestra entry 7:00 good part 12:30 coda of the first mvt 13:08 start of mvt 2 adagio sostenuto 17:30 other great part 21:16 small cadenza 24:20 2nd mvt ending 25:55 start of 3rd mvt 27:47 3rd mvt theme (orchestra) 28:25 3rd mvt theme (piano) 36:11 little cadenza before the coda 36:26 coda
24:16 this part makes me feel like I've just woken up from what feels like a nap only to discover I'm in heaven. At last I'm feeling peaceful.The sun is setting before me and a cold breeze pushes my hair back. I'm at the edge of a hill and looking down I see a field full of grass and flowers waiting patiently for me to wander through it. I take a step forward with my eyes closed and suddenly I'm in the air. Serenity. Like a feather blown away im floating over this field , so magical. Feels so close yet so far away. It feels like an eternity since I last touched the ground when suddenly I open my eyes and realize I'm laying in this beautiful field. It feels like the softest bed. I close my eyes once again. Im afraid to open them again, I dont want to wake up from this dream.
Really? I feel like this part is about being in hell. That's why it's in the 2nd movement. Very depressing. I feel that it's about losing everything that matters to you. (That's why so many people cry during this part in live performances). Funny how we have opposite interpretation of the same part
I concur. It's the sweetest music ever written, practically. So peaceful and divine. Lovely picture you have painted there, btw. And I assure you, by the grace of The Divine, your sincerest desire will one day be fulfilled. You WILL experience that divine peace and bliss.
@@eternalfearless4532 Fine, but that divine bliss is in the 3rd movement, not the second. The final movement is about trumphing and coming through the darkness of @24:26 "Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto is a record of an artist’s survival. Deep in the stasis of depression, Rachmaninoff could see no way out. This concerto, dedicated to his therapist, was his companion as he took his first steps into the light."
The most bipolar piece ever! This is why it touches everyone: joy, excitement, sadness, hopelessness, darkness and light allover again. Can't live without listening to it on a regular basis ; gives me goosebumps and drive me to tears. This is the music I want to hear at the very moment of my death. If possible... Kissing is brilliant as usual, the orchestra served him well, special mention to the clarinet in the 2nd movement
Its like a rollercoaster, i cry so much when i listen to it but im happy, sad, nostalgic all feelings united under the thought "this is so ellegant and beautiful"
@@mniufejidos3464 They are the starting time of each movements (so that you can quickly jump forward/backward if you want to.) Just click on those number and see the action you yourself.
The greatest of all. Does anyone know that some time back, Kissin was slated by the media and critics for being "too perfect" and "technically immaculate playing" also "monochrome sound with no big picture". You will find many many articles by critics. I never gave a damn about critics. I love him
I have to say, the sound and record technician were outstanding here, literally you can distinguish every single note from the piano as well every instrument in the orchestra.
At 22:00 is where my heart and soul just soars and floats. I can feel my dad (who is departed) holding on to me. He is the one who sat with me and introduced me to this beauty at age 19. I am now 55 and still need my daddy and this is how I am with him .
Both my parents have gone on to be with Jesus so I miss them too. We really don't ever "get over" their absence but we learn by God's grace, to live without them
I was the happiest pianist in the world when I performed this piece. The best piano concertos with Prokofiev no.2. In many cases no.2 is more successful than no.1...If you are going to listen to my Rach 2 please don't listen to Kissin's right before.
Please tell me I’m not the only one tears dropped when listening this perfect performance😭❤️ It’s so beautiful that nothing can compared with it. Just touch my heart so deeply.
’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 and no one can say which is the best performance because this is personal feeling, For me, this presentation is the best. Why? Some reasons : Kissin’s performance, the conductor low profile (he is also a pianist) performance and his subtle interaction with Kissin , the orchestra performance (we see real emotion in many musicians during the presentation). This presentation was so unique that I doubt if any other past or future concerto no. 2 presentation will surpass this one….Last but no the least: the public reaction: at the end, Kissin had to return 7 (SEVEN) times do the stage, as the public applause did not stop (you can check on the youtube , 1 h 46 min 39 sec duration - after concert no 2, the orchestra plays other works - “Evgeny Kissin plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concert No 2”)
One of the most epic moments in music ever! The way the orchestra plays a big but smooth melody and the piano is playing in a completely different way with huge fast chords and the way everything fits together. Unreal stuff
One of the greatest works ever, and Kissin's performance is sublime. On a personal note, I was driving up the 280 freeway here in the CA Bay Area a few years ago, listening to KDFC, as I do, and they announced a re-constructed performance of this, recorded in 1915 in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony, played by my very late grandmother. I pulled over into a parking lot, and listened, in tears. Highway patrol eventually asked what was wrong. No words to explain.
@@quabledistocficklepo3597 I think you might have a problem if you think that's a reasonable response to his story.. That's literally his grandmother playing a super moving piece, who tf wouldn't get emotional?
I was just trying to do homework, and the first ten minutes had me in tears. Rachmaninoff concertos are untouchable, the amount of virtuosity and emotion makes for an amazing performance. Not to mention kissin’s interpretation is hard to match if possible. What a wonderful experience :)
@Carter Bowlin, I know that feeling when I do homework and listen to this piece, and I know exactly how you feel. Kissing is absolutely exquisite, and he is marvelous. This piece is beautiful, and it got me in tears! Absolutely amazing.
Not surprised by Kissin. But between the orchestra, the room, and the skilled recording engineers - what a beautiful sound, especially the strings. And the musicians seem very passionate; they were moving with the dynamics, like a churning, swelling sea!
Have you ever heard someone capable of making single notes sounding so clean, so profound, so timely and with such emotion and yet so delicate. It's mindboggling how seamless the whole of the orchestra performs this piece with Kissin dancing in and out like a nimble spider weaving the most delicate, deliberate and perfectly placed threads throughout the whole of the Concerto. Gorgeous.
@@CharlesWT17... wow, fantastic, great suggestion! I've always been a jazz lover yet I'm not well versed in the genre overall, nonetheless this only inspires me to dig deeper! In my youth I played string bass yet only orchestral music and not jazz sadly, regardless I'm glad I played and that it helped further my appreciation for music in general yet it was specifically my grandmother who sewed the seed of my love for jazz as she was a huge fan. When she was in college in Minnesota, UM Twin Cities , she would tell her parents she was staying at a girlfriend's house and then take the train to Chicago to go to the jazz clubs, Ella, Parker, Gillespie, Monk, etc... pretty cool!
God: you have 30 minutes left in this world, a last wish? me: listen to Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2 God: done me: but it is almost 40 minutes God: it'sOk, you have 50, so you can replay your favorite parts..
My favorite piano concerto, played by one of all time best pianists. This wonderful concerto fills my empty, weakness moment, eases may pain, takes away my stress, brings joy and happiness to my heart...every time.
36:46 that look. It´s the concert in a nutshell: full pleasure in a rollercoaster of emotions. Her expression seems to express the infinite and overwhelming feeling of realization that the concert achieves in everyones mind. Just sublime.
What I love about this comment section is that it is clear this piece and this performance is loved dearly, however the piece speaks to people in all different ways and in different places. This is why this is the masterful piece that it is.
1:28 This sequence of the music has always reminded me of a churning ocean with menacing waves..........and the filming right at this moment is so unique in that the conductor looks as though he is in the middle of a sea (a sea made of rhythmic violin bows). The music + imagery here is gorgeous!
I always cry. It is too beautiful. Thank you to Evgeny Kissin for his phenomenal playing. And bravo to the orchestra! Thank you for the best interpretation of this master piece. Thank you for the amazing sound and visuals as well. Thank you Rachmaninoff!
When I was a boy I was introduced to two scratchy old 78 recordings, the Grieg concerto and this Rachmaninov, both with Arthur Rubenstein and the Philadelphia Orchestra. I was immediately hooked on classical music because of this and have heard this piece 100s of tiimes and a few in live concert. Anyone who hears this glorious gut wrenching music and is not moved, is lost. To me the 2nd movement is the most beautiful 12 minutes of music ever written.
Гениальный Рахманинов. Всегда плачу , когда слышу этот концерт. Гениальный Кисин. Вот где кончаются слова и зачем существует мкзыка. Ничто так не проникает в глубину души и не возносит в небеса. Спасибо господу богу, что дал человеку это чудо.
A breathtaking performance, the opening is simply sublime and overwhelming in both its simplicity and utmost depth of feeling, without the slightest artifice. Mr. Kissin has this music literally inscribed in his DNA.
I have heard this favorite piece played by many fine pianists, but have never heard such a note-perfect and expressive performance in all my long life. And kudos to the sound engineer as well! What a wonderful, clean, crisp, clear and perfectly defined recording. Wow. Just WOW!
Evgeny Kissin is an absolutely incredible pianist. Whenever I listen to this piece, I am always in a good mood. Thank you, Rachmaninov! This piece is pleasure to my life. It has always reminded me of a friend that I've lost. And one day, I was just fixing my bike when I heard this beautiful piece. It has always bought me in tears.
You have chose very well 😃 (a lot of people like you choose like fur elise or chopin nocturne op.9 n.2, without exploring all the music there is). It is such a dramatic, virtuosistic, passionate concerto that every classical pianist like, and lots of them want to play it (but not everyone is able to play it perfectly like this recording).
if you especially like the soulfulness in this piece, i would also suggest the 2nd movement of shostakovich's 2nd piano concerto. Im 14 and im very sure thats going to be in my top 5 pieces of all time (along with the entirety of this) till i perish. Enjoy!
@@dariuschan7329 i was 14 and I already knew which pieces I would be returning to for my entire life, as I'm doing right now! Its a powerful, beautiful, haunting awareness. It gives so much life to these pieces. Im 24 now and I have grown to appreciate so much more music, and I listen so differently now, but these stay special in our hearts.
Гениальный пианист! Гениальная музыка! КОСМОС ! ВСЕЛЕННАЯ ! Только сейчас, в 58 лет, я поняла истинный смысл этого великого произведения .... хотя слушаю этот концерт на протяжении всей жизни.
Mon concerto paino préféré de Rachmaninov et bien sûr d'innombrables autres personnes. Quand je l'ai entendu vivre la première fois, j'ai pleuré de crainte et de joie.
The build up until the climax in 20:38 is just pure art. I have grown to love this interpretation and it has expanded my appreciation for music in ways I would not have imagined. Im thrilled to be alive during Kissin's time, and look forward to his future work.
This video is perfect. The piano player is perfect, the orchestra is perfect, the conductor is perfect the camera work is perfect, the quality of the picture and sound is perfect.
One can only dream to play like this. How wonderful we get to hear such beauty for the rest of our lives: thank goodness for Kissin's marvellous talent. Forever saved and forever shared.
I uploaded the exact same version on my channel but without ads. Check it out! I listen to my own version because I can't stand being jump scared during the second movement. It makes my blood boil.
Слушать спокойно невозможно... волосы дыбом... А в нескольких местах разрыдалась... ГЕНИАЛЬНО!!! Спасибо за прекрасные эмоции... БРАВО, КИСИН!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
ThIs is the top performance ever. Even the author's would look a bit blurry compared to this interpretation and deepness of understanding. Am i the only person who keeps visiting this peace over and over. Thanks Evgeny Kissin !
Micah - spot on. I think a lot of credit goes to the recording engineers here. There's superb clarity and immediacy here; and the balance you mention is unusual, but works brilliantly.
I feel like the orchestra dynamics were really extreme in this performance, which made it much more dramatic for me. Perhaps that’s part of it? Like at one point the conductor makes the ‘shush’ signal and they were already playing very quiet. I love this performance.
This piece means a lot to me. I began my classical training on the piano at the age of 5 and at the much later age of 17, years after finishing my grades, I fell in love with the music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Chopin (my personal top 3, my tastes are most definitely not limited to them). Last summer, I fell very ill and had life saving surgery to remove a cyst that had formed on my lung. After returning home from hospital in October of 2022, I become very depressed after losing my health and fitness that I worked years for to gain. My mum suggested I get hypnotherapy from a friend of my nans, and he helped me to get back on my feet again. Now after being fully recovered, I am eternally grateful to my beautiful mum for the support, and I like to think that I have at least a fraction of the respect for my hypnotherapist that Rachmaninoff had for N. Dahl. Eternal Rachmaninoff!
I have no training or understanding of music, but this piece, Beethoven's 9th, and Mozart divertimento k136 are the best classical music ever in my opinion. I think Beethoven's 9th is maybe the best music ever made. And I don't normally listen to classical
This probably is the one piece I could not Live without, heartbreaking and sensual as another reviewer said....forget Ravel's Bolero!! Cannot compete with this....thank you 😚
Well yes -- and Ravel would agree with that. He didn't intend Bolero to be on the same creative level as something like this piece. It was written for a different purpose, a dance accompaniment that he called "orchestral tissue without music."
@@dalemcgowan2779 I was not making a comment on the quality or technical attributes of Bolero and comparisons with this piece this was not my intention....but the film it was featured in, increased its popularity probably....my attempt at a poor joke? Lol!..
Ravel would indeed agree, but funny thing is, Bolero is really genius piece of music, try some of the recordings by Celibidache. It's completely different thing than this Rachmaninov's beauty :) and that's fantastic, there are many beautiful things, so different, yet so beautiful
@@geuros I really do agree with you.....my comment was actually tongue in cheek when I posted it!.....all music of this ilk is beautiful....and subjective, I did not mean to cause offence 😊
I don't even know how to describe how special this music for me. I feel the the eternity and it brings tears into my eyes not because it's sad but because it's divine raw beauty, something so pure. Only music can do it. Rachmaninoff's Music❤🙏🏻 Thank you, Evgeny for chanelling magic to our ears!
Fabulous! This is my favorite piece of music and Mr. Kissin plays it magnificently. All three movements of this concerto are great but most people love the Allegro the best and I suppose I'm one of the many. They better play this concerto at my wake because I'll be there to hear it.
@ClandestineOstrich Can I go the vampire route and scare the hell out of all those people who made my life hell right before I enter the rest of the Lord Jesus? That would work for me.!
to have an ad inserted into the 2nd movement is the cruelest thing on earth
ad blocker dude!
@@dorrienschuyler4775 Do you know any for free for mobile users?
very true
I'd say a very stupid thing.
Someone has serious lack of knowledge in marketing&advertising if they think an ad in the mid of a classical music piece can improve retention.
*ANSWER:* Just skip to the end of the video and hit replay. No ads. Don't waste your time or even bother asking if you're a beginner of the internet.
Sophie is such an angel for introducing us to this piece, now I just have to listen the whole thing!
Yes!
It's such an amazing piece an performance, isn't it?
Kissin might be my favorite pianist when it comes to play rachmaninoff pieces, his interpretation of the prelude No. 2 in C# minor was beautiful and a huge insipiration to play the same piece.
I would also recommend yuja wangs performance to anyone interested.
yes indeed!
The transition from the piano at 1:20 to the violins playing the main melody is just out of this world heavenly stuff.
It is beyond moving. It literally takes you to another place.
It gave me goosebumps 😳
@@xximpacts2cks, just realised you share a surname with another great classical composer. You must hear Mahler 5, if you have not already.
While you're at it, hear Mahler 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and part of 10. Also Das Lied von der Erde. And Kindertotenlieder. And everything else Mahler wrote!
Literally feels like I’m entering something I’m not supposed to and it feels like an uncertainy adrenaline rush
Having ads on this masterpiece is an absolute disgrace to classical music.
with you tube you can get anyting without adv,at an affordable price.Nowadays nothing comes free....
F***ing Burger King 🤦🏻♂️
Definitely sacrilege😮
It's especially disgusting as the uploader of this video did not sponsor or create this video
He has no choice RUclips just puts ads on videos
The audience knew that this was a special performance. The musicians knew this was a special performance. Kissin knew this was a special performance. Every once in a while, perfection is nearly achieved and this performance, from Kissin, from Chung, from the orchestra is just incredible. It rarely, if ever, gets better than this. A performance to savor. What a gift to people who love music.
Yours is a spot-on, wonderful description of what we witnessed..
H a r m o n y!❣️
I’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 and no one can say which is the best performance because this IS personal feeling, For me, this presentation is the best. Why? Some reasons : Kissin’s performance, the conductor low profile (he is also a pianist) performance and his subtle interaction with Kissin , the orchestra performance (we see real emotion in many musicians during the presentation). This presentation was so unique that I doubt if any other past or future concerto no. 2 presentation will surpass this one….Last but no the least: the public reaction: at the end, Kissin had to return 7 (SEVEN) times do the stage, as the public applause did not stop (you can check on the youtube , 1 h 46 min 39 sec duration - after concert no 2, the orchestra plays other works - “Evgeny Kissin plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concert No 2”)
When everybody starts clapping and celebrating you see their human side again. I find it extraordinary that after all the music its people behind its creation. Somethings sound so god like and it's crazy people can compose it or even perform with such purity is what I'm really trying to say
Couldn't have said this better!
I'm lucky to have the most loner job in the world so i can listen to this crying of joy in the middle of a field while i check trees and shrubs with nobody watching
Bless you x
It sounds preety cool
@@nadiauribe6202 it is! I studied and worked a lot to do this but still i feel extremely lucky because i love my job a lot.
And i can listen to these great musicians and artists
♥️
that sounds blessed.
I heard Rachmaninov play No 2 in early February of 1943. The concert was in Milwaukee, WI. Actually, my mother heard him in concert while pregnant with me. He died in March. It's my favorite piano piece and Kissin plays it to perfection.
How old are you?
@@GTXTi-db5xu If you do the math, they are around 78.
Wow!
At age 12 it was the first composition by Rachmaninoff I heard among dozens of other classical composers. During those years I would listen to it most weeks until I discovered his other piano concertos & symphonies. The 1st movemenr, composed last, is my favorite, a magnificent lament and a triumphal elegy. Kissin's performance here is among the very best while the orchestra is adequate. This movement reminds me of snow and brisk cold winter winds.
You must've liked it from the womb🙃😅😂
I’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 but nothing has come close to Kissin’s clean, authentic and passionate interpretation without being too overbearing. This will always remain my favorite musical piece. The emotions, drama, hurt and gentle love portrayed in this piece are out of this world and soul-touching beyond words.
Rachmaninov would be proud.
what about boris berezovsky rachmaninov piano concerto 2
Proud
Agree. There are others...Ashkenazy, Zimmerman, Andre Watts...who do some brilliant things with the piece. But all in all, tempo, musical flow, and understanding of the piece, Kissin has it. Pure perfection IMO. Same with Rach 3.
@@treelogicllc9167 Too bad Zimmerman's performance was deleted from yt
well I always prefer Rachmaninov's own interpretation, nothing compares to that.
This recording makes me understand why Kissin is so famous.
There are so many passages that frankly sound forgettable when other pianists play them, but Kissin gives them life.
What I love about the Rachmaninoff concertos is they're so *psychedelic* -- worlds within worlds -- and his interpretation brings them out.
This concerto was dedicated to Rachmaninoff's Hypnotherapist after curing him from deep depression, so in some ways, it is psychedelic
Iutaliamo
למה פסיכדלית? באיזה מובן? המוסיקה שלו אפית. נצחית. אלוהית ממש. חד פעמית. אין שני לו. אפילו לא שופן האהוב.
It was one of the most memorable day in my life when i've heard Kissin playing this masterpiece in a live performance.
Same here, dream come true❣️
Does anyone know where you can get this performance on DVD or Blu-ray or on a cd ? Absolutely beautiful !
You were indeed blessed. I would love to hear him live x
I’m so jealous
@@normkirk65 Hi Norm, one way would be to download the music and burn it onto a cd
listening with my 94 year old father in his final moments. wanting these hauntingly beautiful sounds to take him up to heaven to be reunited with my dear mom💔
I'm so sorry for your loss... at least he listened to one of the most beautiful pieces of music created by man during his final moments.
❤️
💔💐
Heaven isn’t real
@@luciferscatmilkmate shut the hell up and please let people be happy
I love how the piano just blends in with the orchestra, and doesn't create a 'banging' noise. This is definitely my favourite interpretation. ☺
I haven't ever found another piece where the piano and violin blend in and out so smoothly it seems as if it is one quiet instrument
Agreed. I don't care for the interpretations where the piano eclipses the other instruments. It should stand out but not beat them into submission.
@@BeKindToBirds Richter's interpretation is the gold standard. Perfect balance and steadier than Evgeny Kissin.
You should listen to krystian zimerman playing this piece, the start of the 3rd movement is just extraordinary how he plays it
I’m very fond of Graffman’s performance with Bernstein conducting
7:04 the most haunting, tragic and beautiful chord progressions ever. I cry every time listening to it. Welcome fellow twosetters... prepare to melt time and time again through this beautiful piece
Rachmaninov was insane! (the good way)
@Diego Rivera yep seems like it
Twoset gang
Ling Ling be with us
I searched for this lol, what video was this featured btw?
0:50 1st mvt : solo entry 1:20 orchestra entry 7:00 good part 12:30 coda of the first mvt 13:08 start of mvt 2 adagio sostenuto 17:30 other great part 21:16 small cadenza 24:20 2nd mvt ending 25:55 start of 3rd mvt 27:47 3rd mvt theme (orchestra) 28:25 3rd mvt theme (piano) 36:11 little cadenza before the coda 36:26 coda
@Alexandra Shirvani you're welcome
Brilliant. That’s a lot easier than working it out myself! Thanks
37:24 the best end
the theme is so epic
reminds me of something eastern
something about the modes i suppose
You forgot the commercial breaks...
24:16 this part makes me feel like I've just woken up from what feels like a nap only to discover I'm in heaven. At last I'm feeling peaceful.The sun is setting before me and a cold breeze pushes my hair back. I'm at the edge of a hill and looking down I see a field full of grass and flowers waiting patiently for me to wander through it. I take a step forward with my eyes closed and suddenly I'm in the air. Serenity. Like a feather blown away im floating over this field , so magical. Feels so close yet so far away. It feels like an eternity since I last touched the ground when suddenly I open my eyes and realize I'm laying in this beautiful field. It feels like the softest bed. I close my eyes once again. Im afraid to open them again, I dont want to wake up from this dream.
Really? I feel like this part is about being in hell. That's why it's in the 2nd movement. Very depressing. I feel that it's about losing everything that matters to you. (That's why so many people cry during this part in live performances).
Funny how we have opposite interpretation of the same part
I concur. It's the sweetest music ever written, practically. So peaceful and divine. Lovely picture you have painted there, btw. And I assure you, by the grace of The Divine, your sincerest desire will one day be fulfilled. You WILL experience that divine peace and bliss.
@@eternalfearless4532
Fine, but that divine bliss is in the 3rd movement, not the second. The final movement is about trumphing and coming through the darkness of @24:26
"Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Second Piano Concerto is a record of an artist’s survival. Deep in the stasis of depression, Rachmaninoff could see no way out. This concerto, dedicated to his therapist, was his companion as he took his first steps into the light."
too scholar...
An elegant and beautiful perspective that I've read so far. It's intuitive.
The most bipolar piece ever! This is why it touches everyone: joy, excitement, sadness, hopelessness, darkness and light allover again. Can't live without listening to it on a regular basis ; gives me goosebumps and drive me to tears.
This is the music I want to hear at the very moment of my death. If possible...
Kissing is brilliant as usual, the orchestra served him well, special mention to the clarinet in the 2nd movement
Its like a rollercoaster, i cry so much when i listen to it but im happy, sad, nostalgic all feelings united under the thought "this is so ellegant and beautiful"
@@TheMelopeus I like your gimmick of a rollercoaster! Definitely 👍
It is simply a reflection of human life where joy and sadness, darkness and light, and each individual's experiences.
@Calisondaix, that is.... definitely true...
Lanie White
... enhancing each other ....
♥️
24:05 - 25:50 is the most beautiful part i have heard in my life.
Exactly (:
can't listen to this without inexplicably sobbing...
And stolen by Celine Deon for ‘All by my self’. Oh dear.
@lebowski53 Celine Dion wasn't the one who created "all by myself". Eric Carmen did
Like I saw a graceful light after mourning in the darkness.
Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful performance!
00:50 I. Moderato
13:06 II. Adagio sostenuto
25:54 III.Allegro scherzando
O capt, what does those things means?
@@mniufejidos3464 They are the starting time of each movements (so that you can quickly jump forward/backward if you want to.) Just click on those number and see the action you yourself.
@@shanobuo whats a movement? can u pls elaborate in a stupid kinda way, hahaha im new to classical music
@@mniufejidos3464 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_(music)
@@mniufejidos3464 it's a part of the concert which can stand for itself, like a song can stand by itself in a concert too
The greatest of all. Does anyone know that some time back, Kissin was slated by the media and critics for being "too perfect" and "technically immaculate playing" also "monochrome sound with no big picture". You will find many many articles by critics. I never gave a damn about critics. I love him
His an absolute meastro ❤
Imagine being criticized for being “too good” at what you do
Critics have just one preference, one taste and only one person they really like and admire: themselves... besides their own mirrors, for sure.
I have yet to hear a Critic play this piece. Or, author a book, prepare a world class meal, et cetera, et cetera.
@@davidboyd9204Yup, cause they are all just talk.
I have to say, the sound and record technician were outstanding here, literally you can distinguish every single note from the piano as well every instrument in the orchestra.
At 22:00 is where my heart and soul just soars and floats. I can feel my dad (who is departed) holding on to me. He is the one who sat with me and introduced me to this beauty at age 19. I am now 55 and still need my daddy and this is how I am with him .
Me too! I am in tears thanking my deceaed father for sharing this music with me.
Patti Cooke reminds me of my late mom and dad too. Bless you
♥️🌿🎼🎹♥️
You can be with him every time you listen to this. All the best to you and your family.
Both my parents have gone on to be with Jesus so I miss them too. We really don't ever "get over" their absence but we learn by God's grace, to live without them
the look that the two flute players exchange at 36:47 minutes makes the final moment of the concert even more magical as it is in itself
such a beautiful moment
@@potatopotato0715 hey drew
🥺💖
My favourite part! I've listened to it million times
Proof that music brings people together, strangers or not.
The transition back to the main melody at 07:51 is hauntingly, exquisitely beautiful.
My favorite part personally.
Cannot agree more!
Fantastic part
The first time I heard that I was blown away, it’s so beautiful, I love this part so much!
Crazy good part
What i like about this performance most is the balance between the piano and the orchestra, perfect dynamic.
One of the few versions of this masterpiece where the orchestra stays out of the way. Beautifully done. Bravo to conductor.
and at the same time there when it counts!
Yes, but it can't be done so beautifully without the orchestra.
The music is beautiful but kind of want to appreciate the cameras as well, the team captured the whole performance in a nice, smooth way.
说得好
Amazing production. 🎉
Some of the pans and zooms literally took me there. As if I wasn't already crying hard enough!
I was the happiest pianist in the world when I performed this piece. The best piano concertos with Prokofiev no.2. In many cases no.2 is more successful than no.1...If you are going to listen to my Rach 2 please don't listen to Kissin's right before.
You did great!
This was my grandpa's favorite. Can't go through the first chords without shedding a lot of tears. God bless him.
God bless you and your family ❤
Please tell me I’m not the only one tears dropped when listening this perfect performance😭❤️
It’s so beautiful that nothing can compared with it.
Just touch my heart so deeply.
’ve listened to many interpretations of concerto no. 2 and no one can say which is the best performance because this is personal feeling, For me, this presentation is the best. Why? Some reasons : Kissin’s performance, the conductor low profile (he is also a pianist) performance and his subtle interaction with Kissin , the orchestra performance (we see real emotion in many musicians during the presentation). This presentation was so unique that I doubt if any other past or future concerto no. 2 presentation will surpass this one….Last but no the least: the public reaction: at the end, Kissin had to return 7 (SEVEN) times do the stage, as the public applause did not stop (you can check on the youtube , 1 h 46 min 39 sec duration - after concert no 2, the orchestra plays other works - “Evgeny Kissin plays Rachmaninoff's Piano Concert No 2”)
Your not the only one darling. My tears fall in a regular basis to this heavenly piece ❤
I cried at the end too
I cry every time. It is too beautiful...
Same here! I have no words to describe my feelings.❤
Russian music, Russian musicians. There is an understanding and passion that links them ineffably.
36:20 That final statement of the theme brings tears to my eyes each time! It takes me to a place so beautiful.
Wholly agree with you.
Goosebumps EVERY time.
@Andrew Morton, I agree with you.
One of the most epic moments in music ever! The way the orchestra plays a big but smooth melody and the piano is playing in a completely different way with huge fast chords and the way everything fits together. Unreal stuff
Just perfect!
One of the greatest works ever, and Kissin's performance is sublime. On a personal note, I was driving up the 280 freeway here in the CA Bay Area a few years ago, listening to KDFC, as I do, and they announced a re-constructed performance of this, recorded in 1915 in Australia with the Melbourne Symphony, played by my very late grandmother. I pulled over into a parking lot, and listened, in tears. Highway patrol eventually asked what was wrong. No words to explain.
@Cow Cow WHat a beautiful and lovely story!
It sounds like you have a serious problem. You should be looking for help, not applause.
@@quabledistocficklepo3597 I think you might have a problem if you think that's a reasonable response to his story.. That's literally his grandmother playing a super moving piece, who tf wouldn't get emotional?
Awesome Concerto!!! You can listen it again and again and it never becomes boring.
The opposite! Most classical works become better each time you listen to them. Its too much to perceive at once.
i agree
Especially the beginning haha I love that part
Can we all appreciate how articulate and vocal the conductor is with his movement
Brilliance.
Rachmaninoff best. Director Kissin’s and Orchestra at their best. This is the Russia we love and pray for in Musica4Peace / Culture4Peace 🕊🕊🕊
I've listened to this piece for over 40 years and never heard a more stunning performance
Me too 50 years it is a stunning performance
I was just trying to do homework, and the first ten minutes had me in tears. Rachmaninoff concertos are untouchable, the amount of virtuosity and emotion makes for an amazing performance. Not to mention kissin’s interpretation is hard to match if possible. What a wonderful experience :)
Carter Bowlin the first ten minutes of homework had you in tears? I know the feeling bro..
@Carter Bowlin, I know that feeling when I do homework and listen to this piece, and I know exactly how you feel. Kissing is absolutely exquisite, and he is marvelous. This piece is beautiful, and it got me in tears!
Absolutely amazing.
It’s harder when you’re taking AP calculus bc in gr 9
@@rayzhang9453 I don't think anyone asked though.
@@flyingpenandpaper6119 I don't think your parents asked for you either
Hands down, the best version of Rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto.
Sorry but I’m going to have to give that to Zimerman. The melody is cleaner and the dynamics more emotional in my opinion.
Asi es
Not surprised by Kissin. But between the orchestra, the room, and the skilled recording engineers - what a beautiful sound, especially the strings. And the musicians seem very passionate; they were moving with the dynamics, like a churning, swelling sea!
i searched for the best performance of this concerto and the google algorithm gave me Kissin and Chung's version. I was moved to tears. I love it.
0:51-37:49. Absolutely exquisite.
Yes indeed
Except the ads but yes. Everything in the vid was absolutely exquisite
Indeed!
Truer words have never been spoken
Why do you see ads? Just pay the $10 it’s worth it
Have you ever heard someone capable of making single notes sounding so clean, so profound, so timely and with such emotion and yet so delicate. It's mindboggling how seamless the whole of the orchestra performs this piece with Kissin dancing in and out like a nimble spider weaving the most delicate, deliberate and perfectly placed threads throughout the whole of the Concerto. Gorgeous.
Robert Dizon you should also hear Clifford Brown’s Joy Spring.
@@CharlesWT17 , many thanks for the suggestion, will do!
@@CharlesWT17... wow, fantastic, great suggestion! I've always been a jazz lover yet I'm not well versed in the genre overall, nonetheless this only inspires me to dig deeper! In my youth I played string bass yet only orchestral music and not jazz sadly, regardless I'm glad I played and that it helped further my appreciation for music in general yet it was specifically my grandmother who sewed the seed of my love for jazz as she was a huge fan. When she was in college in Minnesota, UM Twin Cities , she would tell her parents she was staying at a girlfriend's house and then take the train to Chicago to go to the jazz clubs, Ella, Parker, Gillespie, Monk, etc... pretty cool!
God: you have 30 minutes left in this world, a last wish?
me: listen to Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2
God: done
me: but it is almost 40 minutes
God: it'sOk, you have 50, so you can replay your favorite parts..
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@Kurt Sattler lol not according to good omens
Beautiful
What shit do you smoke mate? can I have some? :D
Alive? Or gone?
This concerto defines love in better terms than words ever can.
Lol
Kissin's interpretation was the most clear/clean performance I have listened where I can here like every notes of the piano right
Anna fedorova performs it greatly too
My favorite piano concerto, played by one of all time best pianists. This wonderful concerto fills my empty, weakness moment, eases may pain, takes away my stress, brings joy and happiness to my heart...every time.
♥️🙏🌿🎹🎼🌿♥️
Maybe I'm a little too emotional but I teared up listening to this
Your not the only one 😂😂
Oh God, same here ! For the past 45 years !
same😬
A bit too much
Thats normal, this concerto is gold
36:46 that look. It´s the concert in a nutshell: full pleasure in a rollercoaster of emotions. Her expression seems to express the infinite and overwhelming feeling of realization that the concert achieves in everyones mind. Just sublime.
I got really high tonight and wait to watch this. I thought of the happiest and saddest parts of life and couldn’t stop crying
Man that’s beautiful
What I love about this comment section is that it is clear this piece and this performance is loved dearly, however the piece speaks to people in all different ways and in different places. This is why this is the masterful piece that it is.
Rachmaninov's music is so beautiful. He must have had a soul favored by God.
@Lanie White, that is so true.
You've discovered the secret. Rachmaninov didn't write any of this. He was just taking dictation from God
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ok........
The performance of this piece is sublime, the best I have ever heard, from a place other than Earth, but able to be enjoyed by humans. This is genius.
Shivers right from the intro....the whole spectrum of human feelings are included in this masterpiece...
Лучшее исполнение, что я слышал. Прошу простить кто не согласен, сугубо личное мнение.
Согласны. Как можно не согласиться
Я первый раз Кисина слушала. Он действительно гениальный!
И я первый раз . согласен с вами @@natazah
Рекомендую послушать Рихтера с оркестром Ленинградской филармонии, а потом уже определиться
@@dinasimsky6943Согласен.Счи таю ,лучший исполнитель 2 концерта Рахманинова это Святослав Рихтер.Моё сугубо личное мнение.
1:28 This sequence of the music has always reminded me of a churning ocean with menacing waves..........and the filming right at this moment is so unique in that the conductor looks as though he is in the middle of a sea (a sea made of rhythmic violin bows). The music + imagery here is gorgeous!
Me too! It’s like the first movement a person is in a storm. By the second there are seeing a way out and by the third they are happy?
24:20 and 7:22-8:05 have to be the two greatest and most genius parts of classical music ive ever heard, simply magical
precisely. i can't get enough of these two sections
Its hard to not cry When I hear them
36:26 onward is also in the same criteria
@@penalisator7615yea, genius finale
Yes. I don't listen to classical except THIS, beethoven 9th, and mozart divertimento k 136
I always cry. It is too beautiful. Thank you to Evgeny Kissin for his phenomenal playing. And bravo to the orchestra! Thank you for the best interpretation of this master piece. Thank you for the amazing sound and visuals as well. Thank you Rachmaninoff!
When I was a boy I was introduced to two scratchy old 78 recordings, the Grieg concerto and this Rachmaninov, both with Arthur Rubenstein and the Philadelphia Orchestra. I was immediately hooked on classical music because of this and have heard this piece 100s of tiimes and a few in live concert. Anyone who hears this glorious gut wrenching music and is not moved, is lost. To me the 2nd movement is the most beautiful 12 minutes of music ever written.
try the 2nd movement of shostakovich's 2nd piano concerto. Right up there for me too!
@@dariuschan7329 Yes, of course, well known, one of the few pieces by Shostakovich which I can admire.
@@ronaldbeield7946 👍
I got goosebumps from the first note! Incredible touch and tone! Kissin is one of the greatest pianists of the century!
Same!
Same!❤
*first notes
@@tommyabrantes838*chord
Гениальный Рахманинов. Всегда плачу , когда слышу этот концерт. Гениальный Кисин. Вот где кончаются слова и зачем существует мкзыка. Ничто так не проникает в глубину души и не возносит в небеса. Спасибо господу богу, что дал человеку это чудо.
Timeline
First mov. 0:50
Sec mov. 13:08
*yOuTuBe pRemIuM **16:15*
Third mov. 25:54
You can really grasp the emotional power that comes with Kissin's piano if you look at 13:48 where the strings behind are completely in the mood.
Kissin's performance here is my favorite. How touching.
Тот самый случай, когда самое гениальное творение самого великого композитора исполняет самый гениальный пианист. Нет слов!
c est vrai
A breathtaking performance, the opening is simply sublime and overwhelming in both its simplicity and utmost depth of feeling, without the slightest artifice. Mr. Kissin has this music literally inscribed in his DNA.
I have heard this favorite piece played by many fine pianists, but have never heard such a note-perfect and expressive performance in all my long life. And kudos to the sound engineer as well! What a wonderful, clean, crisp, clear and perfectly defined recording. Wow. Just WOW!
Evgeny Kissin is an absolutely incredible pianist. Whenever I listen to this piece, I am always in a good mood. Thank you, Rachmaninov! This piece is pleasure to my life. It has always reminded me of a friend that I've lost. And one day, I was just fixing my bike when I heard this beautiful piece. It has always bought me in tears.
I'm not the type of person who knows thousands of pieces, but from what I've heard, this is my favorite by far.
It just somehow hits differently
You have chose very well 😃 (a lot of people like you choose like fur elise or chopin nocturne op.9 n.2, without exploring all the music there is). It is such a dramatic, virtuosistic, passionate concerto that every classical pianist like, and lots of them want to play it (but not everyone is able to play it perfectly like this recording).
if you especially like the soulfulness in this piece, i would also suggest the 2nd movement of shostakovich's 2nd piano concerto. Im 14 and im very sure thats going to be in my top 5 pieces of all time (along with the entirety of this) till i perish. Enjoy!
@@dariuschan7329 i was 14 and I already knew which pieces I would be returning to for my entire life, as I'm doing right now! Its a powerful, beautiful, haunting awareness. It gives so much life to these pieces.
Im 24 now and I have grown to appreciate so much more music, and I listen so differently now, but these stay special in our hearts.
@@ianmoore5502
Yes. I don't listen to classical music except for this, beethoven 9th symphony, and mozart divertimento K 136
Гениальный пианист! Гениальная музыка! КОСМОС ! ВСЕЛЕННАЯ ! Только сейчас, в 58 лет, я поняла истинный смысл этого великого произведения .... хотя слушаю этот концерт на протяжении всей жизни.
Literally the best piece of music ever created. Rachmaninoff changed my life!
Mon concerto paino préféré de Rachmaninov et bien sûr d'innombrables autres personnes. Quand je l'ai entendu vivre la première fois, j'ai pleuré de crainte et de joie.
It’s beyond my expectation. Famous pianist, well-known conductor, popular concerto, but surprisingly beautiful performance! Bravo!
The build up until the climax in 20:38 is just pure art. I have grown to love this interpretation and it has expanded my appreciation for music in ways I would not have imagined. Im thrilled to be alive during Kissin's time, and look forward to his future work.
This video is perfect. The piano player is perfect, the orchestra is perfect, the conductor is perfect the camera work is perfect, the quality of the picture and sound is perfect.
I can't stop watching/ listening to this, Kissin and Chung are just brilliant.
One can only dream to play like this. How wonderful we get to hear such beauty for the rest of our lives: thank goodness for Kissin's marvellous talent. Forever saved and forever shared.
The greatest piece of music ever conceived.
Literally no one:
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I’m pretty sure that the cause of any arthritis in this video is attempting to play this piece
@@purplepizza2159 hahahaha!
@@purplepizza2159 ASDKJFHKAJSHDFLK TRUE
I uploaded the exact same version on my channel but without ads. Check it out! I listen to my own version because I can't stand being jump scared during the second movement. It makes my blood boil.
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매번 들을때마다..참 좋은 소리다 감탄 하게됩니다.
I come back to this every now again because it's still my favourite interpretation of my favourite piece. Such mastery shown by Kissin.
I 0:50
II 13:08
III 25:55
Fird
Tword
Third
Fird
Twird
Third
Fird
Foird
Sird
Sevird
Eird
Nird
Tird.
@@MattH9396 Foird would come before fird I guess?
Why not secord but tword? Lolol
dean lol wat
24:17 why do you listen to this concerto all the time? Because of this, one of the most precious treasures on earth. God bless you.
Thank you Rachmaninoff for such wonderful music!!!! Thank you every musician that realized how special his music was and is.
Слушать спокойно невозможно... волосы дыбом...
А в нескольких местах разрыдалась...
ГЕНИАЛЬНО!!! Спасибо за прекрасные эмоции... БРАВО, КИСИН!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Я бы ещё Сергею Васильевичу сказал большое огроменное человеческое спасибо за такую волшебную музыку...
Love Evgeny Kissin playing Rachmaninov Concerto no. 2. Gives me chills at the end - every time!
Thank you Sophie, Brett, and Eddy! This is really helping me get through this quarantine.
have you been practicing????
@@leun88 😅🤣
Oh my god I spotted a fellow TwoSet fan
@@khenrichplayzaltaccount6756 practice! 🤣
@GKIE yeah! what they said🤣
ThIs is the top performance ever. Even the author's would look a bit blurry compared to this interpretation and deepness of understanding. Am i the only person who keeps visiting this peace over and over.
Thanks Evgeny Kissin !
Wow! Amazing. I particularly loved the orchestra for letting the piano be heard more in this performance than in some of the others. Bravo!
@no issues Yes, but there are other orchestras that drown out certain parts of the music. Of course, acoustics also play into it.
no issues That much is obvious. I was referring to the other performances I’ve seen where the piano gets drowned out by the rest of the orchestra.
Micah - spot on. I think a lot of credit goes to the recording engineers here. There's superb clarity and immediacy here; and the balance you mention is unusual, but works brilliantly.
@no issues well u are for sure a genius urself
I feel like the orchestra dynamics were really extreme in this performance, which made it much more dramatic for me. Perhaps that’s part of it? Like at one point the conductor makes the ‘shush’ signal and they were already playing very quiet. I love this performance.
Great performance ! Conductor Chung and Pianist Kissin made amazing performance with Impeccable harmony !!
This piece means a lot to me. I began my classical training on the piano at the age of 5 and at the much later age of 17, years after finishing my grades, I fell in love with the music of Rachmaninoff, Liszt and Chopin (my personal top 3, my tastes are most definitely not limited to them). Last summer, I fell very ill and had life saving surgery to remove a cyst that had formed on my lung. After returning home from hospital in October of 2022, I become very depressed after losing my health and fitness that I worked years for to gain. My mum suggested I get hypnotherapy from a friend of my nans, and he helped me to get back on my feet again. Now after being fully recovered, I am eternally grateful to my beautiful mum for the support, and I like to think that I have at least a fraction of the respect for my hypnotherapist that Rachmaninoff had for N. Dahl. Eternal Rachmaninoff!
I have no training or understanding of music, but this piece, Beethoven's 9th, and Mozart divertimento k136 are the best classical music ever in my opinion. I think Beethoven's 9th is maybe the best music ever made. And I don't normally listen to classical
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Oh he is just magnificient - what an unparalled talent. Thank you thank you Evgeny !! Bravo
This probably is the one piece I could not Live without, heartbreaking and sensual as another reviewer said....forget Ravel's Bolero!! Cannot compete with this....thank you 😚
Well yes -- and Ravel would agree with that. He didn't intend Bolero to be on the same creative level as something like this piece. It was written for a different purpose, a dance accompaniment that he called "orchestral tissue without music."
@@dalemcgowan2779 point taken lol! Hollywood has a lot to answer for.....thank you for the reply...
@@dalemcgowan2779 I was not making a comment on the quality or technical attributes of Bolero and comparisons with this piece this was not my intention....but the film it was featured in, increased its popularity probably....my attempt at a poor joke? Lol!..
Ravel would indeed agree, but funny thing is, Bolero is really genius piece of music, try some of the recordings by Celibidache. It's completely different thing than this Rachmaninov's beauty :) and that's fantastic, there are many beautiful things, so different, yet so beautiful
@@geuros I really do agree with you.....my comment was actually tongue in cheek when I posted it!.....all music of this ilk is beautiful....and subjective, I did not mean to cause offence 😊
My absolute favorite piece of classical music. Ever. Someday I will see it performed live. Someday.
I don't even know how to describe how special this music for me. I feel the the eternity and it brings tears into my eyes not because it's sad but because it's divine raw beauty, something so pure. Only music can do it. Rachmaninoff's Music❤🙏🏻
Thank you, Evgeny for chanelling magic to our ears!
36:26, best base drop in all the history of classical music
Winter wind
@@rrickymaa
Can’t compare to an entire orchestra
Moszkowski piano concerto tho
you should check out rach 3, it has come crazy climaxes too
Chopin Torrent Etude
It makes me happy, it makes me cry, it makes me fantasize, and everything else.... a masterpiece.
Fabulous! This is my favorite piece of music and Mr. Kissin plays it magnificently. All three movements of this concerto are great but most people love the Allegro the best and I suppose I'm one of the many. They better play this concerto at my wake because I'll be there to hear it.
@ClandestineOstrich Can I go the vampire route and scare the hell out of all those people who made my life hell right before I enter the rest of the Lord Jesus? That would work for me.!
I actually think the Adagio is the best, it's a rollercoaster of feelings that explodes painfully towards that last surge, magnificent..
I grew up with Rachmaninoff and will die with his music. No one is stronger than Rachmaninoff and especially when evgeny is translating those emotions
Chopin piano concerto no 1?
@@lczq6737Not even close. Orchestrationwise Rachmaninoff is a ton better. Chopin concerto is a showyourtechnique concrto 💀😭
@@aleksPval you're very right. It's been 2 years since that comment. I've learnt a lot since. In fact I prefer Rachmaninoff 3rd concerto to 2nd
@@lczq6737 Agreed, Rach 2 is still up there and will remain forever in my heart but Rach 3 is really something else.
36:27 - 37:24... the best piece of music ever written in history of mankind...
Highest peak of Romanticism to me.
@@2308joan peak means highest
Absolutamente
מרגש. תודה ענקית וגאווה על היותך חלק מהעם היהודי...וגם ישראלי. כבוד. ❤❤