Ya I saw/heard her perform hte Rach. "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini", swooned [but didn't have an orgasm :)] at her peformance. But she really "wowd" me with her performance of the Rach. concerto 3.
Born too soon to explore the cosmos, born too late to experience the Roman Empire, but born just in time to be able to listen to this masterpiece in the click of a button.
This concerto is dedicated to his psychiatrist, Dr.Nikolai Dahl, who had helped him through a major depression after the failure of his first symphony.
I am 95 and have listened to this beautiful Rachmaninoff concerto all my life by many virtuosos. This interpretation by Anna Fedorova ranks among the finest . Beautiful technique full of pathos.Brings joy during these sad days of lockdown under covid.
Yikes!@ you listen to this stuff too!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so covid confined I've started listening to classical!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I've been playing piano, classically trained, for almost 50 years. I believe I have earned the right to have an opinion as to the "greatness" of a pianist. Anna is an incredibly gifted and passionate pianist whose interpretation of Rach 2 is refreshing. People who criticize either do not truly know or understand music from the perspective of the pianist or they are just cruel and jealous of the talent others possess. Many people may think people are merely born with a gift. Yes it's true there MUST be a certain amount of raw, natural talent involved - this is obvious - but what people don't see are the thousands and thousands of hours one practices to achieve greatness. It's a discipline most are never willing or capable of achieving. So a word to "critics"....once you are honestly able to say you spent your childhood, teen years, and many adult years hovering over a keyboard of other musical instrument, playing until your hands hurt, wanting to stop yet can't stop because the passion that compels you to play exceeds any physical pain or social price you pay for missing out on many things..hen you can have a platform and a right to criticize a true musician. Until then, you need to be very careful. When one lays their hands on a musical instrument to play in front of others- they are actually laying their soul bare to show the world. It's a vulnerability few can ever understand and certainly something small minded people can not respect.
My daughter is 15 Years and she studies piano in Bellas Artes in Mexico, I believe in her, in her talent but much More in her passion and love for the music, she even missed parties, even in extreme cold weather, she is perseverant and has a lot of respect for the music. Is a beautiful career
@@lupitalopez5892 Your daughter is on the right path. Music is good mental therapy and transcends you to another sphere. Keep up the good work by giving her the opportunity.
give it to Rachmaninoff for writing this masterpiece, and the inventor of pianos, and the people who constructed this piano, and the entire human history of music, and the innovators of sheet music, and the hundreds of inspirations for everyone in the lineage of this piece and this performance, and this entire goddamn orchestra, and Anna Fedorova. It's never a single human being. That's what makes it even more appreciable.
It's not though. Not only does it take dozens of people to perform this there are the thousands of people who made the instruments and taught the musicians. In the same manner Rach didn't composer this alone. Not only were there his teachers but all the composers and compositions that molded this work.
At 15 years old I attended my first concert Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano was played, I did not know that such beautiful and emotional music could make you cry. Of course, I do now, That was in 1958 and I was a very young man. It still brings a tear to the corner of my eye,
@@Allissoonn 1958-15 is 1943. The original commenter was 15 in 1958, meaning he was born in 1943. Rachmaninoff died in 1943. I'm wondering what happened first.
It's been one year since I found this piece and I still feel like I'm not out of the honeymoon phase. I even booked tickets for a live performance of Each 2. Maybe it isn't a phase after all. What about you?
It's the first thing I put on when I wake up and the last thing I listen to before I sleep, with plenty of replays in between haha. Seems like every time I listen I find something new to like about it@@cloroxbleach9222
The orchestra deserves a lot of credit, as well as this amazing pianist. People spend their whole lives to perform this well. We sometimes tend to take that all for granted. They have sacrificed so much and given so much heart. I thank them all for being who they are.
Comme vous, je suis toujours très émue quand je pense au travail incroyable qu'ont fourni de tels interprètes pour parvenir à nous toucher jusqu'au fond de l'âme et nous apporter le bonheur !Et comme vous je les en remercie infiniment !
Anna gives a lovely rendition of this amazing concerto. Request your own free bound 2-piano score of my own romantic "Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor" Op 2
That's why its such a dying art.. we celebrate the individual too much and lose sight of how good we are together.. Its only through individual and collective sacrifice such beauty can be forged..
This is unreal. Out of this world, no words needed. Everything I write is pointless comparing to this outstanding beauty and magic Rachmaninoff created. Heaven
This was the favourite performance of my partner, who died 3 months ago. We played the slow movement at his cremation. This is the first time I dare to listen to it since he went, predictably not entirely dry eyed, but so worth it.
In that same vein, I chose the Adagio from St. Saens' Organ Symphony, as the music background to my tribute words duriing my mom's graveside burial service.
And.....I was thinking before even seeing Louise's comment, that this would have been a good choice for a graveside service, too. Similar of mind, herein.
I am putting together a list for my funeral......which will be in a very short time. Thanks for the reminder to add this piece. I will see you all in God's concert hall.
I. Moderato - 0:07 II. Adagio sostenuto - 11:38 III. Allegro Scherzando - 23:50 I think the original time stamps comment got buried somewhere in this comment section so maybe this one will make it to the top
I’m 16 years old; Listening to this piece for the first time, and I have completely fallen in love with it. I love classical music, and especially rachmaninoff’s pieces, but wow.. I’m blown away!
I've always held my breath between movements at concerts. I try to chalk up to people exposing themselves to something new and not being aware of the associated etiquette. I've also seen an orchestra, conductor, and guest artist being introduced followed by a request to please hold your applause until the end of the performance.
the beautiful thing about Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 is the fact that he composed it after struggling with depression and the fear that he would never be able to overcome that. there were a lot of emotions that resonates in Piano Concerto No.2 and it sounds like he became free from what was weighing him down. a victory from his struggles.
That is what I have always felt about the piece. Rachmaninoff was always very sensitive and this one is like him opening his heart and pouring out every emotion. You can feel the journey through each movement. It will always be my favorite composition.
Los acordes y arpegios de Rachmani noff nos retrotraen en mucho a Tchaiskovsky. Elementos esenciales de sus respectivas composiciones. Por cierto el parecido no es plagio, sino la influencia involuntaria de un gran maestro, en las personas de algunos de sus más distinguidos discípulos. Ambos, autores de obras maestras. Composiciones que muy pocos solistas en el mundo han sido capaces de interpretar, dada la exagerada demanda de excelencia en la motricidad fina exigida en las partituras . Con una excepción: El gran pianista ruso, intérprete magistral del Concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff… en mi modesta opinión, superior al número cinco de Beethoven: el recientemente desaparecido… les ruego excusar mi olvido del nombre de ese gran pianista. Los años juegan malas pasadas. Vayan al concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff.
When bogged down in severe depression -- as I was in my earlier life -- one feels death is imminent. Ironically, it was also the peak of my creativity. I don't pretend to understand why that is the case... God's joke perhaps. Or maybe it's his way of preventing genius such as that possessed by Serge Rachmaninov from becoming too self-satisfied and arrogant. Whatever the reason, Concerto #2 was one of his crowning achievements... this man with the enormous hands that could cleanly strike a 13th, e.g. middle C to high G.
My mother is a director of classical music. A piano teacher . I remember being so little and tears of my eyes falling for the absolute beauty. Now I'm struggling mental full of dark and down . And listening to this is like so deep truth of value and beauty. I remember who I am ❤ So divine.
God richly bless you, im up and down too, also from classical background symphanies memorized from crib. Earthlings in trying times morphing into higher consciousness. itll get easier and great music will be there and from a higher understanding. b
I believe in the healing power of music. It helped my deceased wife in the last months of her life, it helped me to cope with that and helps me now. Music is my lifeblood. It sounds as though you are making a similar journey, in good hands. Bless you and yours.
If humanity reached its demise, I'd love this performance to remain as proof that mankind was once great, majestic and full of both love and passion. Thank you, Anna.❤
@@anngrogan6343 ? bro it's just a figure of speech mankind refers to all of humanity. (unless that was satire in which case I'm very sorry for misinterpreting)
@@mnemozimnemozi9271Да, русские написали много замечательных произведений классической музыки, и многие великие композиторы были русскими. (мой личный фаворит - Шостакович.) Также извините за любые ошибки, я не говорю по-русски и в настоящее время использую переводчик Google.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 was written during one of the low points of Rachmaninoff’s career. His music was unpopular, the Russian Revolution was on the horizon, civil unrest was brewing and his beloved country would be devastated by civil war in only a few years time causing him to leave Russia for the United States as a political exile. In certain parts of the music you can hear that frustration, anger and sadness through the heavy natural minor chord progressions that feature throughout, reminiscent of a tempestuous storm, intertwined with periods of lighter, more delicate harmonies that shine through like rays of sunlight bringing warmth, hope and joy. This piece evokes nostalgia, nationalism, longing and hope in a way only Russian music can.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901 long before the Russian revolution of 1917.
As a Russian Jew by extraction (family came over when the pogroms were starting in the 1910s), I was brought up to understand the hardships... My father explained to me how the first bit with Fievel and his family is what my ancestors had to go through, so, I too, hear the frustration he put into his music as the only outlet to explain what me was feeling. I do much the same, but through my writing.
I cry twice....first because this is so beautiful and next because Anna looks exactly like my granddaughter Gail who can handle horses and dogs like Anna does Rachmaninov.
In 1979, I was in Basic Training in the military. There was no music and one day, I called my parents and asked to talk to dad. At the time I was into hard rock. When dad got on the phone I told him I had one of his ‘classical’ songs in my head and wanted to know what it was. I was this piece. Now gone for 6 years, he would love Anna’s version of it. Very classy and very moving! To dad!
láska, která Vás spojuje nekončí... je to dotyk jiných dimenzí..... spojovala Vás ale krása, vnímám to, že ušlechtilost a krása je součást lásky... a to je nejvyšší energie... ta prostě zaniknout nemůže...
What a marvellous age we live in. A couple of weeks ago I was in the Royal Festival Hall listening to the immaculate Daniil Trifanov perform this wonderful concerto. And now another dazzling performance here, in the comfort of my own home. I don't want to compare them, I want to savour them both. I love Richter's recording, also on YT, above all others but what a choice we have! All here at the click of a mouse. As I said, we are spoilt for choice. And how wonderful that we can have them all...!
+Fritz Kirchhoff That wasn't said about this pianist - I know the article. If you're offended by plunging necklines then look away and hear the mastery. I don't relate or want to engage with cynical people. And you're certainly one of them...
+Mario DiSarli Did I mention that she was sexy? I made a general point about the luxury we all have of enjoying our own chosen performances from those on show here. Again, like Fritz, you're a cynic and I'd rather be an enthusiast and revel in all the fine players we all have today and the choice we are given. Of course we can all have our favourites. But to make such irritating comments does you no credit at all... I hope you cheer up one day.
+ComposerInUK Bla, bla, bla, bla, ...! THE TELEGRAPH As Nicola Benedetti, the violinist, bemoans the idea that sex sells classical music, professor of marketing Gloria Moss explains why both genders cash in on their looks to make their millions By Professor Gloria Moss 1:27PM BST 01 Apr 2014 Like it or not, looks affect our responses. So Nicola Benedetti’s comments that “classical music isn’t supposed to be sexy” and that her success bears no relation to her looks flies in the face of volumes of marketing research. It also flies in the face of history, since you have only to think of the effect of composer and pianist Franz Liszt in the 19th century (a 'looker' in his day) on women to realise this. Women would tear bits of his clothing, fight over broken piano strings and locks of his shoulder-length hair. They would even take his cigar butts and place them in their cleavages. ..... When it comes to classical music, you could argue that people don't buy or listen to it based on what the composer or musician looks like: they listen to their CD or record rather than watch it online through a music video, where female pop stars generally flirt with the camera to generate attention. .... However, people's responses to classical musicians do have a visual element, whether it is through the CD cover, concert hall or visual recording, and this will inevitably influence purchasing reactions. Related Articles Sex isn't what sells classical music, Nicola Benedetti says 01 Apr 2014 'Women who do well out of their looks play the game' 01 Apr 2014 'I can wear long skirts when I am 40' 05 Feb 2014 Besides, how do the successful classical musicians get their big break in the first place? Of course, talent is a huge part of it. So is hard work. But combine that with a beautiful body, flowing locks and an attractive smile, and you're onto a winner. Take extraordinary pianist Yuja Wang, who has made it her signature to perform in short dresses. Take Anne Sophie-Mutter, plucked for stardom by Karajan at the age of 13, and her strapless Galliano dresses. .... Also think of violinist Nigel Kennedy, protégé of Yehudi Menuhin, and the way his punk hairstyle may have helped him reach a large audience. The winning recipe is a superabundance of talent plus looks. Those who know how to use their looks well have an advantage: sex will always sell. .... At the end of the day, Benedetti may well baulk at the impact of looks but there is no denying their impact in her own success. That's just the world we live in; how does that old saying go: if you've got it, flaunt it. Dr Gloria A Moss is professor of marketing and management at Buckinghamshire New University and a visiting professor at ESG, Paris. She is the author of gender, design and marketing and has a new book, 'Why men like straight lines and women like polka dots', appearing in the spring.
So Anna is twenty years younger than me, as I was 43 at the time of this performance. I recall playing the middle movement (Brief Encounter) at an orchestral concert in my thirties two decades ago. One of the flautists was the soloist and I the viola (the orchestra are not professionals). I have perfect pitch and a very good memory for tunes. This is in C minor. Incredible major sixth chords too!
No sheet music. That means she has thousands of notes just straight up memorized, with their timing and weights, and everything else. I can't even dial a phone number with out checking the next few digits 3 times.
i doesn't work that way. But it's deffinitly very hard. I had a hard time to memorize the first movement, not even trying to play the second and third.
Almost every concert pianist who plays this plays without sheet music, because of their muscle memory that they developed while practicing and polishing the concerto. This is very common in concertos.
It's partly due to the beautiful logic governing the structure of the melody; it's not a random collection of notes, after all; it's more like a long and wonderful narrative poem, where each stanza and theme leads us on to greater realizations, and so forth. Nevertheless, the memory power they use must also be extraordinary. After getting all the notes right, the great artist adds expression on top of it all.
She's been practising it for weeks, 8 hours straight per day. Believe me, after enough practice to play a piece at concert level, the soloist knows every note.
After spending the whole night awake and now being completely broken, I had to play this magnificent masterpiece at my piano in order to restore my faith in humanity.
I have listened to this piece so many times and I still love it so much. To hear an Ukranian artist play a Russian piece accompanied by a dutch orchestra in Amsterdam is a testament that art and music are our path to salvation and reconciliation. May peace come and let us rejoice in this moment of pure beauty.
@@DrdaantjeGaming Very well, you win. I believe I read somewhere he was Jewish. His family name sounds Jewish. Him moving to the US and later on, to Hollywood supports the claim. But the current biography says otherwise ....
Robert Jensen when you know a piece very well, and you’ve played it a lot, you can play that whole piece automatically. I think she knows the piece so well she just has to think of her rendition. That’s my idea, because I have the same thing with some pieces lol.
@@maua2848 That's what makes a virtuoso, the ability to think the music. I kinda get it because my ability to recall music is far, far better than my normal memory - but it's nowhere near this level.
This is my grandfather's favorite piece, and even though he has dementia he still is able to recognize this piece and whistles along with it. He lights up everytime we listen to it together. He always asks for the 'Anna' recording, and I am so grateful to this recording. Beautiful piece of music, and impeccably played.
My Grandfather's favorite piece as well! He doesn't have dementia, but he is getting there sadly :-(. He loves it, especially as used in the film "I've Always Loved You." His favorite movie. :-)
Iris Sagar he whistles? When I hear somebody whistle, I insult them regardless of innocence or guilt. Whistling has become a tool of affiliation akin to flashing gang signs, as well as humorous reasons. If you scoff, then you have reacted without thinking which is a requisite to being human. My first sentence.
I SO agree - He was given an amazing gift. His compositions bring joy to my heart every time I listen to them. We are so lucky he was part of this universe for a time! (Bernstein, Gershwin, Mahler are also favorites).
@@DnosKC literally seeing a performance of this tomorrow in Paris for 10 bucks. Concert halls can go very cheap nowadays, especially towards the young audiences. They actively want young people to go there and they'll do anything for it to happen.
This was the last piece of music my father listened to days before passing away. I still miss him dearly and every time I listen to it, I have nothing but tears in my eyes...
What is beautiful about this piece that not many know about, is that Rachmaninoff composed this piece during a time of depression, caused by failure of his first concerto being heavily criticized. Through therapy he was able to overcome his depression, thus coming out with the themes of the great Piano Concerto no. 2.
To be sure, there are still many who don't know those circumstances. Regardless, it's a lesson in how even great artists have suffered terribly under criticism. I keep this in mind as I'm working on my first novel, and I'm aware that I can look up reviews of the best books I've ever read, all-time favorites, and I can still find a few people who think they are garbage. What Rachmaninoff suffered can be even worse in this social media age.
listening and listening.. and always melting away. I guess Rachmaninoff himself would have fallen in love with this interpretation ... my deepest admiration.
I never knew her, but at a restaurant, I over heard an old guy having a conversation with his wife talking about a women named ‘Anna Fedorova ’ performing this performance, and how beautiful and brilliant it sounds. And I was curious on checking it out. And I gotta say, that guy wasn’t lying, it is beautiful and I mean it.
I was coming home from date in 1952,when wfln station in Philly was playing Rach2 and I sat in my car until it finished to find out the name of this concerto. I was hooked on classics even at 95 im still a listener.
That was SO much fun playing this together on stage. I remember every single note. Wouldn’t EVER think we’d have a public of 28 million (!!) right at that moment!😄
@@sellingenglandbythepound5255 Oh thanks. That concert in Amsterdam was lots of fun. Unfortunately times have changed with COVID... The only thing we artists can do to bring music to the public these days is publishing performances here on RUclips or other platforms, like virtual concerts halls.
@@sabrinasviolinchannel Yes, it's a great shame in these times and watching concerts such as this makes one realise how much one appreciates live music now. It's great we can look at these videos too though! Do you have a channel or more concerts anywhere to watch whilst we are all locked up?!
For many years I have been searching for the most perfect (to my ears) performance of this magical piece of music. For so long it was Vladimir Ashkenazy - a beautiful rendition. However Anna’s interpretation is to my mind superior to this in its passion and pathos. And all this given at a live performance! Thank you Anna for lifting my life up just that little bit with your incredible skill.
I had the Vladimir Ashkenazy album, too, and listened to it for years. I never heard a recording that could touch his Then I heard this one. However, there is something so sensual and moving when a woman like Anna plays this piece that takes it to another level.
@@joshuagregoire9504 not for me. I love saxophone but hate those screechy alto saxes. Also, the name/theme of the album conjures ugly images of race and infidelity. I don't know how it could be compared to this piece. If any one could compare, it could only possibly Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1, or vicente amigo morente. But everyone has their own tastes. Even so, one thing is universally clear: music has lost its beauty today. Along with Man's moral decline has come his music's decline. Being an expression is Man's heart, it too has become carnal, graceless, godless, worthless. Today's "music" is nothing more than a tool of Satan to drag the masses further astray on the broad path of destruction. May any who hear consider this and repent, trusting in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
@@jarthurpaxton9223 absolutely agreed! And if you loved this one, as sublime as it is, I really recommend this piece. You won’t regret it, and the part around 2:20 is soul-crushingly beautiful. It’s Liebestraum No. 3 (Love Dream) by Liszt, but orchestrated. ruclips.net/video/ehyLcvPrNAg/видео.html
I think I've listened to this something like 6 times today. It blows my mind -- shivers in my spine, and I literally cried. I love that sound, without any story, background, or reasoning can just bring up inherent emotion. There's nothing else like it.
+sigalig yep !!! It's so touching, spinning... you're taken back to some other places, like deep places in your mind, and it's like movies are playing in your thoughts, crazy stories !! Some people can't get this ... I try to let them listen, observe some pieces ... mostly they're like ' yeah, yeah that's nice classical music.. but ... a bit boring huh after a while ?? ' with an understanding seeking smile .... NOPE, waste of trying !
+sigalig She's part of my bag of treasures as other great performers of the same piece: Georgii Cherkin, Arcadi Volodos and of course Nobuyuki Tsujii. It's worth comparing them. And of course, Rachmaninoff's own interpretation which you can also find on RUclips
+sigalig I totally understand what you're saying. Music has that amazingly overwhelming power, but what I find as interesting is that I have had the very same feeling in a very different field: science. I know this may sound strange, but when I first learned that the origin of the law of conservation of energy was the result of a symmetry of spacetime (the fact that nature does not distinguish between past and future) I felt the same shivers in my spine, I could't stop smiling and, inevitably, some tears started streaming down my face; it was just too beautiful to be true. I truly believe that science and arts are more connected than we think and are possibly the most beautiful creations of mankind.
First time I heard this piece was on a night bus long time ago. I was at the university and was heading home for a winter break. I had some old cell phone which had FM. So I stumbled upon a radio show where they played a couple of Rachmaninoff's peaces. I was haunted by the music instantly. Although the bus was old and uncomfortable, it somehow displaced me from the time and space and made me feel comfortable and happy, occasionaly tears filled my eyes, and it was because of the emensse beaty that was filling my ears. This is the best performance of piano concerto no 2 I have heard so far. ❤️
I love stories/moments like that! Thanks for sharing. Those unexpectedly sublime moments amongst the ordinary and mundane. Especially watching the world pass by as a passenger.
Thx for sharing.. maybe you could try listening to Alexander Malofeev.. IMHO, only Russians (or Slavic) could play Rach with sublime intensity of feelings
I looked up “piano concerto no. 2” to find a song for a joke and then I discovered this,, needless to say my writing juices have been pumping for the past 30 minutes. This is incredible.
Same, been looking for "Tragic Music Pieces" and I was overflowing with emotions and keep on thinking about story plots for my novel/short story... Music really does help with everything...
As a London kid, untouched by classical music, i first heard this when about 18 and was blown away. I bought the LP and played it over and over again. It was stored with my Stones and Clapton LPs. Brilliant...
a thousand years from now, Russia will be a genetic memory the vast majority long to forget (in their post-global warming post-fossil fuel hellworld, lol)
Billy Glamou Don't be so sure of that. I used to think that America would be around far, far into the future, but now, thanks to the "new" Democrats, I can see its end will be within my lifetime, and I am 82. Eighty-two is a great age to be an American, much better than eighteen. I don't envy the future of those much younger than myself. They will witness the final decay and destruction of a once great nation. I MIGHT escape seeing the end, might. I can only hope.
@@quabledistocficklepo3597 You are old enough to know that we will not allow that to happen. People are slow to respond but eventually the destructive policies of Democrats will be obvious even to their less intelligent voters and their extremism will be tempered from within or Democrats will be voted into oblivion.
If I were allowed only one piece of music to listen to, it would be this. If I were allowed only one composer's music to listen to, it would be Rachmaninov. Thank you, Rachmaninov, for enriching my life and thank you Anna Fedorova for your glorious interpretation. ❤
Real. Rachmaninoff is just on a whole other level. I am a gen Z African in my early 20s and wish there was a rachmaninoff concert here in Kenya. In a week we'll have a 200th year anniversary concert for Beethoven's 9th symphony, but there's never been so much as a Rach recital here, let alone a concert.
@@adamsmateo2149 I completely agree. He took the same notes all other composers use, but created music that's timeless and sounds unlike anyone else's. I'm a baby boomer who learnt to love his music listening to my Dad's LPs over 50 years ago. It's sad you haven't had a Rach concert in Kenya but I hope one happens for you either there or somewhere else you can get to. RUclips can be a comfort in the meantime. I love it because I can see more of what the soloist and orchestra do through the close ups, but there's a special feeling you get when you're right there in the concert hall with them. Keep nurturing your love of his music - there's so much more to see on RUclips and listen to, for example, the Symphonic Dances, 2nd symphony and the other piano concertos. I don't know any other 20 year olds who love Rachmaninov so you're exceptional in my book. ❤️
I love at around the 22 minute mark when they pan across the crowd, some people are blinking profusely, some have their hands clasped against their chest and some are just sitting back with their eyes closed savouring the moment.
Well you ageist moron, whats wrong with old people, they have as much right to be there as youngsters and can probably appreciate far more the beauty of great music played by devoted stars
In my country, China, the audience of an orchestra concert is mainly composed by middle aged people and young students. "Classical" music is being reintroduced to China, and although only a small fraction of people get interested, that makes a large number of enthusiasts, given the huge population.
One of the if not the most beautiful of all the piano works ever written I am 82 and have been listening to this since I was about 7 When television was first in service Author Rubinstein would play this every night on the Firestone hour . Firestone was a automobile tire company It is still as beautiful as I remember it .
If you're looking for Brett and Eddy's majestic sacrilegious duet part, i think it's at 13:27 -cont Edit: Apparently it's this part exactly starting from 21:50 (thanks to the replies!!)
Fabulous performance both by soloist and the orchestra. She is the perfect balance of power, passion, and sensitivity. She has excellent taste--that ineffable quality of knowing how to wring as as much as possible out of each phrase and section. Also, it's most impressive that a regional orchestra could do so well. It's testimony to the oversupply of fine musicians and conductors relative to the demand. Listen to the tone of of not just the orchestral soloists but ensemble and brilliant conducting. And remember that this is a live concert: much more difficult to mic well than in the studio.
I am not a classical music expert but I know this piece pretty well. Since watching Brief Encounter first introduced me to it 30 years or so ago I have loved it and listened to it countless times on vinyl and CD ... seeing it performed so beautifully, as you say by both the soloist and the orchestra just moved me to tears .. wonderful performance of an incomparable piece of music.
I'm just waiting for the day when I read these comments and see Taylor Swift's entry, "GOD, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER KNEW SUCH MUSIC EXISTED!" That will make my day. (JJ Townley, also a composer of a neo-Romantic Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor here on RUclips)
At the 2013 BBC Proms, Nobuyuki Tsujii did a great performance as well. In some places even better than this one. I find the way that he plays it to be better articulated and balanced compared to this one.
We've been playing piano, classically trained, for almost 50 years. We believe we have earned the right to have an opinion as to the "greatness" of a pianist. Anna is an incredibly gifted and passionate pianist whose interpretation of Rach 2 is refreshing. People who criticise either do not truly know or understand music from the perspective of the pianist or they are just cruel and jealous of the talent others possess. 💚💖🌐✨🏙🏢💒 #KohyaSuechika; #Kohya Suechika; #Moscow; #Russia; #PianoCompetition; #PianoConcert; #Orchestra #Kanto; #Tokyo; #Kansai; #Osaka; #Kobe; #Hyogo #London; #England
I've been playing piano almost 50 years, fully classically trained since a very young age...and I can honestly say Anna Federova's interpretation is the best I've heard. Her tenderness occurs at just the right moment. She plays vigorously at the right moments as well. Her timing is perfection but she allows her passion to overtake her in every moment. She uses the piano to emote - something very difficult to do, especially with another persons composition, and especially with one so well-known. She takes the listener on an emotional journey just the way I imagine Mr. Rachmaninov intended. The orchestra deserves many accolades as well. The conductor is superb and his sensitivity to allow the music to lead him as he leads the orchestra is bar none.
what about Khatia Buniatishvili? do you like the way she plays this concerto? I dont have any gift for music and dont know how to compare these two different pianists.
Listening to this wonderful piece of music of this great Russian composer it feels like my soul enters a secret room beyond space and time where we all can live together in peace, Russians, Ukrainians, Americans, Europeans. Where all this fussing and fighting comes to an end. 😢
In 10 years of playing piano I learned that no matter what, I could never reach the level of people like her. But that also really makes me appreciate concerts like these. Absolutely immaculate performance!
@@unknownportalmusic I don't get this take that some people have in regards to talent. Some people are just better than others at certain things. No amount of practice can make "anyone" as good as the best musicians. Some people really are just better at certain things. Yes, she has probably spent more time practicing than anyone here would ever even dream of considering, but she is also really good on top of that.
It makes me so happy that people of all different ages, race, religion, and shoe size can all come together and agree on what beauty is. Isn't it amazing how easy it is to agree and get along. Next step is just extending this beautiful outlook over everything. :)
Lucas Rodmo That's such a cliche.. Guys a ticket to one of this concerts doesn't cost a thousand euros. It is really affordable, it costs most of the times like 20-100 euros. Depending on which seat you want to sit.
La conexión que esta obra tiene con mi espíritu, es algo tan íntimo, tan profundo, que no me siento capaz ni de opinar sobre ella...tan sólo me gustaría (si ello fuera posible) solidarizarme con aquel Rachmaninov capaz de darla vida.
Heard this concerto for the first time when I was 13 years of age, instantly fell in love with it and Sergei Rachmaninoff. 12 years have passed since then, I'm 25 now and it's still my favourite to this day. 💚
Le même pour moi, j'avais treize ans quand je l'ai écouté pour la première fois. J'ai cinquante ans et chaque fois que j'écoute j'éprouve la même émotion, toujours. Il n'y a pas d'autre musique qui touche si profondément.
I've heard Rachmaninoff playing the concerto as well as conducting his third Symphony on dec 19 1941 in New York when i was just 18 years old. I've just started my music studies at the Julliard School in NY. His appearance and playing was just magical. No Lang Lang or Wang, or anyone else is a comparable. He was very calm all the way through while playing even the fastest, most difficult part crystal clear in his tone. It was no comparison to modern days music concerts like Rihanna or Ed Sheeran. Etc. Greetings from the netherlands.
Actually (remember from my piano lessons) there is some liberty to transform some bigger extension chords in fast arpeggios. Big hand composers knew this and gave "creative" freedom to the pianist. Still some of greatest Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky performances are coming from Oriental pianists (Women or man) who have not the biggest hands... :) Still one of the hardest strains of this kind of concerts is over pulse and interpretation.
Ana Fedorova is a melodic phenomenon. It extracts an intense and at the same time delicate sound from the piano. She's my favorite Rachmaninoff interpretation.
Ahhhhh I've also been OBSESSED with this part ever since the first time I heard it!!!! It's just so deeply relaxing, yet so grand and charged with energy! The resolution at the end gives me goosebumps every time...
Hmmm, I know I am very late, but you should try listening to Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony - 3rd movement (Adagio) as well as the second movement of his Piano Concerto No.1! You might like it because they have a similar approach in motif.
This particular piece was what lured me in to appreciate classical music. I first heard it from a phonograph album when I was 10. I am now 70. Thanks to my parents, to God, and to Sergei Rachmaninoff for this absolute masterpiece - that a 10-year-old could understand and love.
The song "All By Myself" has the same melody as in some parts of this concert, that's why 😅 specially the version by Eric Carmen, a bit before the end there's a one-minute piano solo playing exactly the same as Anna.
I just watched Anna's rehearsal in Portugal, and I have to say, that I haven't felt so moved by a pianist as her, for such a long time. Her technique, but more importantly, her sensibility and her passion are trully amazing. She sings with her hands with such density and such mellow. It's a real magical journey. Thank you Anna. Thank you...
The Indifference I said this (in essence) 18 months ago when I first heard it & my opinion hasn't changed & I've seen most of the "greats" play this & heard the rest! It is great to hear from some like minded person.
John Hopkins During the rehearsal, at first I didn't recognize her, but then I remembered it. I remembered watching this recording. It's even more incredible to watch it live. Many years from now, I'm pretty sure she will be alongside the greatest.
The Indifference I also watched her playing at the CCB, Portugal, but unfortunately it was through television (RTP2). Although she really did well, I still prefer the performances by Rubinstein or Richter. When I compare them, I think she lacks on some aspects while playing this wonderful piece...
One of the best ever composers of the classical music Rakhmaninoff, particularly for Piano, and Anna is certainly the first class performer. the only best ever I heard was my father. My father had this performance with this concert as his Diploma work in the Conservatory. And listened this concert many times in my life. Thank you Anna Fedorova, you are the Star performer and thank you for bringing me such a beautiful memories of my dad!
Fritz Kirchhoff .... Your comments strongly suggest that rather than using Fritz Kirchhoff as your user name, you should instead call yourself Fritz JERK-OFF.
Honestly everyone is talking about the 2nd movement, but the 3rd movement is so powerful that it resonates with my soul and I can feel my body vibrate from that resonation. I mean look how she plays it. It’s insane how much spirit she put into that ending.
i agree. the 1st and 2nd movements are beautiful, but the 3rd movement is just something else. those last 3-4 minutes either make me feel invincible or turn me into a sobbing mess
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Watch Anna Fedorova perform Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme by Paginini here: ruclips.net/video/ppJ5uITLECE/видео.html
Ya I saw/heard her perform hte Rach. "Rhapsody on a Theme by Paginini", swooned [but didn't have an orgasm :)] at her peformance. But she really "wowd" me with her performance of the Rach. concerto 3.
@@steveburrus9347 p ppobre
i don't understand your Espanol.Please translate.
Tremendous
AVROTROS Klassiek
Born too soon to explore the cosmos, born too late to experience the Roman Empire, but born just in time to be able to listen to this masterpiece in the click of a button.
Facts. Imagine how difficult it would have been to get the chance to listen to Rach play live back in the day.
Loved it
Heavy Hands! Me too! Perfect for Rachmaninov. Beautiful and thank you!
I dont think anyones missing out on not experiencing Rome lol
nice play of words on the original
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.”
― Sergei Rachmaninov ❤
Beautiful!♥️
"im here to kick ass and chew bubble gum, and I'm all out of bubble gum" Rachmaninov
Its so nice to be submerged into music like this one all the lifetime.....!!!!
Perfect! One more to add -- humor.
Wise words ♥️
this is what 40 hours of practice everyday looks like
*sounds like too www
40hrs everyday! Clever!
ling ling workout
But theres only 24 hours in a day....
My stupid head Actually thought this was serious.
Yep, 40 hours every day, 10 days a week, for 15 months a year. She never stops.
Rachmaninoff was 28 years old when he wrote this, unbelievable.
28 seems like the perfect age to produce a magnum opus, especially considering the earlier deaths those times had
This concerto is dedicated to his psychiatrist, Dr.Nikolai Dahl, who had helped him through a major depression after the failure of his first symphony.
@@lkrupp215*piano concerto
Being 28 years old in 1901 was not the same thing of being 28 during the 21 century.
Believe it or not It Walking on Air
I am 95 and have listened to this beautiful Rachmaninoff concerto all my life by many virtuosos. This interpretation by Anna Fedorova ranks among the finest . Beautiful technique full of pathos.Brings joy during these sad days of lockdown under covid.
yes
Yes, I would heartily agree, and her interpretation - moving.
Si
Fun fact! Anna federova has played this piano concerto over 30 times!
Yikes!@ you listen to this stuff too!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm so covid confined I've started listening to classical!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!
I've been playing piano, classically trained, for almost 50 years. I believe I have earned the right to have an opinion as to the "greatness" of a pianist. Anna is an incredibly gifted and passionate pianist whose interpretation of Rach 2 is refreshing. People who criticize either do not truly know or understand music from the perspective of the pianist or they are just cruel and jealous of the talent others possess.
Many people may think people are merely born with a gift. Yes it's true there MUST be a certain amount of raw, natural talent involved - this is obvious - but what people don't see are the thousands and thousands of hours one practices to achieve greatness. It's a discipline most are never willing or capable of achieving. So a word to "critics"....once you are honestly able to say you spent your childhood, teen years, and many adult years hovering over a keyboard of other musical instrument, playing until your hands hurt, wanting to stop yet can't stop because the passion that compels you to play exceeds any physical pain or social price you pay for missing out on many things..hen you can have a platform and a right to criticize a true musician.
Until then, you need to be very careful. When one lays their hands on a musical instrument to play in front of others- they are actually laying their soul bare to show the world. It's a vulnerability few can ever understand and certainly something small minded people can not respect.
My daughter is 15 Years and she studies piano in Bellas Artes in Mexico, I believe in her, in her talent but much More in her passion and love for the music, she even missed parties, even in extreme cold weather, she is perseverant and has a lot of respect for the music. Is a beautiful career
I play flute. Let's make a program!
@@lupitalopez5892 Your daughter is on the right path. Music is good mental therapy and transcends you to another sphere. Keep up the good work by giving her the opportunity.
@@Pollanese16 Where do you live! I hope California :-)
@@MrPrince1164 I live in South Florida. We can work it out tho. My line of work is pretty flexible
I cannot comprehend how it is possible for a single human being to produce music this beautiful.
give it to Rachmaninoff for writing this masterpiece, and the inventor of pianos, and the people who constructed this piano, and the entire human history of music, and the innovators of sheet music, and the hundreds of inspirations for everyone in the lineage of this piece and this performance, and this entire goddamn orchestra, and Anna Fedorova.
It's never a single human being. That's what makes it even more appreciable.
Thanks for that answer. I was going to say exactly the same thing to that person. Great collaborative effort is given every performance.
Because that human being was inspired by something superior to all humans.
@@lirich0don’t forget Rachmaninov’s parents
It's not though. Not only does it take dozens of people to perform this there are the thousands of people who made the instruments and taught the musicians.
In the same manner Rach didn't composer this alone. Not only were there his teachers but all the composers and compositions that molded this work.
At 15 years old I attended my first concert Rachmaninoff's 2nd Piano was played, I did not know that such beautiful and emotional music could make you cry. Of course, I do now, That was in 1958 and I was a very young man. It still brings a tear to the corner of my eye,
Was your birth before or after Rachmaninoff's death?
Before
@@YippeeYippster-ge8bi well he was born in the same year rachmaninoff died, so how can you be sure?
@@Horizontal_Sonic Rachmaninoff died in 1943.
@@Allissoonn 1958-15 is 1943. The original commenter was 15 in 1958, meaning he was born in 1943. Rachmaninoff died in 1943. I'm wondering what happened first.
Not to flex on y’all, but I am listening to this for the first time. The honeymoon phase of finding this piece will no doubt be just as sublime
I have listened to this from different performances many times. This is by far one of the finest.
The first time? You don't know what you've missed. Welcome to the party.
I listened to this for the first time a few months ago. Still in my honeymoon phase. It's impossibly sublime
It's been one year since I found this piece and I still feel like I'm not out of the honeymoon phase. I even booked tickets for a live performance of Each 2. Maybe it isn't a phase after all. What about you?
It's the first thing I put on when I wake up and the last thing I listen to before I sleep, with plenty of replays in between haha. Seems like every time I listen I find something new to like about it@@cloroxbleach9222
The orchestra deserves a lot of credit, as well as this amazing pianist. People spend their whole lives to perform this well. We sometimes tend to take that all for granted. They have sacrificed so much and given so much heart. I thank them all for being who they are.
......and don't forget the INSTRUMENT MAKERS! Without them none of this artistry is possible!
the world needs more people like you
Comme vous, je suis toujours très émue quand je pense au travail incroyable qu'ont fourni de tels interprètes pour parvenir à nous toucher jusqu'au fond de l'âme et nous apporter le bonheur !Et comme vous je les en remercie infiniment !
Anna gives a lovely rendition of this amazing concerto. Request your own free bound 2-piano score of my own romantic "Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor" Op 2
That's why its such a dying art.. we celebrate the individual too much and lose sight of how good we are together.. Its only through individual and collective sacrifice such beauty can be forged..
This is my soundtrack in these difficult days of quarantene for corona virus in Italy
Good luck Sir, I hope you and your countrymen will leave this crisis behind you in great health. All the best.
Don Specter thank you Don
SAME! Was just thinking "imagine what the end of a depression can do". We'll get through this! Hugs from Milan
Take care of yourself. Sending healing thoughts and love to you and your countrymen here from Mississippi, USA.
Richard K thanks Richard
This is unreal. Out of this world, no words needed. Everything I write is pointless comparing to this outstanding beauty and magic Rachmaninoff created. Heaven
22:20 to 23:20, undoubtedly one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written.
fr
Yes
The whole concert is lofty.
@@aquarius8672 I don’t respect your opinion. Please delete your comment.
@@dino5119 agreed
This was the favourite performance of my partner, who died 3 months ago. We played the slow movement at his cremation. This is the first time I dare to listen to it since he went, predictably not entirely dry eyed, but so worth it.
In that same vein, I chose the Adagio from St. Saens' Organ Symphony, as the music background to my tribute words duriing my mom's graveside burial service.
And.....I was thinking before even seeing Louise's comment, that this would have been a good choice for a graveside service, too. Similar of mind, herein.
I am putting together a list for my funeral......which will be in a very short time. Thanks for the reminder to add this piece. I will see you all in God's concert hall.
I'm so sorry for your loss. Warmest wishes from UK ❤
@@helenchelmicka3028 Thanks for your kind reply, but the list is for MY funeral.
I. Moderato - 0:07
II. Adagio sostenuto - 11:38
III. Allegro Scherzando - 23:50
I think the original time stamps comment got buried somewhere in this comment section so maybe this one will make it to the top
Every time I hear Anna playing the Rachmaninov concerto I love her more she is amazing and her piano playing just sends me to heaven
Alan
thx
thanks
needed this lmao
Gracias ♥️
I’m 16 years old; Listening to this piece for the first time, and I have completely fallen in love with it. I love classical music, and especially rachmaninoff’s pieces, but wow.. I’m blown away!
I'm 18 and same!!
@@katttttt awesome! i’m glad we both enjoy it :)
@rwankramershorts4732 15 and same
Rachmaninov IS immortal...french 75 years old.
- I'd give my right arm to again hear this piano concert for the first time.
11:17 her reaction to the crowd applauding after the first movement is very sweet
"oh, you're not supposed to... okay thanks"
I audibly said "wow that's awkward" x:
@@deemascolo453 on god. she is still sweet with her expression haha
She would've been like:"you just insulted and belittled my entire community and my art.
But yes"
I've always held my breath between movements at concerts. I try to chalk up to people exposing themselves to something new and not being aware of the associated etiquette. I've also seen an orchestra, conductor, and guest artist being introduced followed by a request to please hold your applause until the end of the performance.
I almost couldn't resist clapping watching the video on my laptop. I guess for the people at the concert it was impossible.
the beautiful thing about Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No.2 is the fact that he composed it after struggling with depression and the fear that he would never be able to overcome that.
there were a lot of emotions that resonates in Piano Concerto No.2 and it sounds like he became free from what was weighing him down. a victory from his struggles.
That is what I have always felt about the piece. Rachmaninoff was always very sensitive and this one is like him opening his heart and pouring out every emotion. You can feel the journey through each movement. It will always be my favorite composition.
Only God knows depression yet from a bad inner struggling , a battle, God appears and be : thy kingdom come…Catholics know,….
Thanks for info. 🙂
Los acordes y arpegios de Rachmani
noff nos retrotraen en mucho a
Tchaiskovsky. Elementos esenciales de sus respectivas composiciones.
Por cierto el parecido no es plagio, sino la influencia involuntaria de un gran maestro, en las personas de algunos de sus más distinguidos discípulos. Ambos, autores de obras maestras.
Composiciones que muy pocos solistas
en el mundo han sido capaces de interpretar, dada la exagerada demanda de excelencia en la motricidad fina exigida en las partituras . Con una excepción:
El gran pianista ruso, intérprete magistral del Concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff… en mi modesta opinión, superior al número cinco de Beethoven: el recientemente desaparecido… les ruego excusar mi olvido del nombre de ese gran pianista.
Los años juegan malas
pasadas. Vayan al concierto número tres de Rachmaninoff.
When bogged down in severe depression -- as I was in my earlier life -- one feels death is imminent. Ironically, it was also the peak of my creativity. I don't pretend to understand why that is the case... God's joke perhaps. Or maybe it's his way of preventing genius such as that possessed by Serge Rachmaninov from becoming too self-satisfied and arrogant. Whatever the reason, Concerto #2 was one of his crowning achievements... this man with the enormous hands that could cleanly strike a 13th, e.g. middle C to high G.
i. Moderato 0:05
ii. Adagio sostenuto 11:37
iii. Allegro scherzando 23:49
sorry, just using this as a guide for myself
26:19 sky high
Stephanie Cheng (ii.) should be: Relaxation for beginners. How to get out of here. : )
Thank you! :)
Stephanie Cheng e
Thank you!!!!!
My mother is a director of classical music. A piano teacher . I remember being so little and tears of my eyes falling for the absolute beauty.
Now I'm struggling mental full of dark and down .
And listening to this is like so deep truth of value and beauty.
I remember who I am ❤
So divine.
so moving❤
God richly bless you, im up and down too, also from classical background symphanies memorized from crib. Earthlings in trying times morphing into higher consciousness. itll get easier and great music will be there and from a higher understanding. b
@janelahmeyer2014 namastê I'm we can get through this! And get to divine harmony again. God bless you dear
@janelahmeyer2014 amén
I believe in the healing power of music. It helped my deceased wife in the last months of her life, it helped me to cope with that and helps me now. Music is my lifeblood.
It sounds as though you are making a similar journey, in good hands. Bless you and yours.
If humanity reached its demise, I'd love this performance to remain as proof that mankind was once great, majestic and full of both love and passion. Thank you, Anna.❤
Это РУССКАЯ МУЗЫКА!
И именно она расскажет все будущим потомкам о нашей страсти,несбывшихся надежд и наших страданиях.
so so beautifully said
What about womankind? Still missing then?
@@anngrogan6343 ? bro it's just a figure of speech mankind refers to all of humanity. (unless that was satire in which case I'm very sorry for misinterpreting)
@@mnemozimnemozi9271Да, русские написали много замечательных произведений классической музыки, и многие великие композиторы были русскими. (мой личный фаворит - Шостакович.) Также извините за любые ошибки, я не говорю по-русски и в настоящее время использую переводчик Google.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 was written during one of the low points of Rachmaninoff’s career. His music was unpopular, the Russian Revolution was on the horizon, civil unrest was brewing and his beloved country would be devastated by civil war in only a few years time causing him to leave Russia for the United States as a political exile. In certain parts of the music you can hear that frustration, anger and sadness through the heavy natural minor chord progressions that feature throughout, reminiscent of a tempestuous storm, intertwined with periods of lighter, more delicate harmonies that shine through like rays of sunlight bringing warmth, hope and joy. This piece evokes nostalgia, nationalism, longing and hope in a way only Russian music can.
Thanks for telling. I didn't know about this.
The Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 for piano and orchestra composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff between the autumn of 1900 and April 1901 long before the Russian revolution of 1917.
well done i love this much more now 😚
Thankyou
As a Russian Jew by extraction (family came over when the pogroms were starting in the 1910s), I was brought up to understand the hardships... My father explained to me how the first bit with Fievel and his family is what my ancestors had to go through, so, I too, hear the frustration he put into his music as the only outlet to explain what me was feeling. I do much the same, but through my writing.
So proud that human beings are capable of producing such beautiful music. One of my favourites.
And yet some prefer to make war instead of getting all together and create.😢
you are proud but i happyness...
i love you too
Why don't we create art instead of wars 😔
Funny comment. I'm used to hearing people being proud of someone else or proud of their achievements.
I cry twice....first because this is so beautiful and next because Anna looks exactly like my granddaughter Gail who can handle horses and dogs like Anna does Rachmaninov.
In 1979, I was in Basic Training in the military. There was no music and one day, I called my parents and asked to talk to dad. At the time I was into hard rock. When dad got on the phone I told him I had one of his ‘classical’ songs in my head and wanted to know what it was. I was this piece. Now gone for 6 years, he would love Anna’s version of it. Very classy and very moving! To dad!
What a lovely post. Sorry for the loss of your Dad.
we are soo very sorry Sir!
láska, která Vás spojuje nekončí... je to dotyk jiných dimenzí..... spojovala Vás ale krása, vnímám to, že ušlechtilost a krása je součást lásky... a to je nejvyšší energie... ta prostě zaniknout nemůže...
Эта музыка не для макияжа..
That 2nd movement is the closest thing to actual magic I've ever come across. So profound and beautiful it takes my breath away.
Yeah sure it is
If you've not heard the 3rd movement to his 2nd symphony, you need too!
Near divine indeed
When was the last time you went to opera& balet theater? Or conservatory? Or philharmonic ?
@@Zurvan101 adagio
What a marvellous age we live in. A couple of weeks ago I was in the Royal Festival Hall listening to the immaculate Daniil Trifanov perform this wonderful concerto. And now another dazzling performance here, in the comfort of my own home. I don't want to compare them, I want to savour them both. I love Richter's recording, also on YT, above all others but what a choice we have! All here at the click of a mouse. As I said, we are spoilt for choice. And how wonderful that we can have them all...!
+ComposerInUK Ah, ah, ah! Bla, bla, bla, bla! Sexy Anna? No! too much vodka and potatoes!
+Fritz Kirchhoff That wasn't said about this pianist - I know the article. If you're offended by plunging necklines then look away and hear the mastery. I don't relate or want to engage with cynical people. And you're certainly one of them...
+Mario DiSarli Did I mention that she was sexy? I made a general point about the luxury we all have of enjoying our own chosen performances from those on show here. Again, like Fritz, you're a cynic and I'd rather be an enthusiast and revel in all the fine players we all have today and the choice we are given. Of course we can all have our favourites. But to make such irritating comments does you no credit at all... I hope you cheer up one day.
+ComposerInUK Bla, bla, bla, bla, ...! THE TELEGRAPH
As Nicola Benedetti, the violinist, bemoans the idea that sex sells
classical music, professor of marketing Gloria Moss explains why both
genders cash in on their looks to make their millions
By Professor Gloria Moss
1:27PM
BST 01 Apr 2014
Like it or not, looks affect our responses. So Nicola Benedetti’s
comments that “classical music isn’t supposed to be sexy” and that her
success bears no relation to her looks flies in the face of volumes of
marketing research. It also flies in the face of history, since you have
only to think of the effect of composer and pianist Franz Liszt in the
19th century (a 'looker' in his day) on women to realise this. Women
would tear bits of his clothing, fight over broken piano strings and
locks of his shoulder-length hair. They would even take his cigar butts
and place them in their cleavages.
.....
When it comes to classical music, you could argue that people don't buy
or listen to it based on what the composer or musician looks like: they
listen to their CD or record rather than watch it online through a music
video, where female pop stars generally flirt with the camera to
generate attention.
....
However, people's responses to classical musicians do have a visual
element, whether it is through the CD cover, concert hall or visual
recording, and this will inevitably influence purchasing reactions.
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2014
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'I can wear long skirts when I am 40' 05 Feb 2014
Besides, how do the successful classical musicians get their big break
in the first place? Of course, talent is a huge part of it. So is hard
work. But combine that with a beautiful body, flowing locks and an
attractive smile, and you're onto a winner.
Take extraordinary pianist Yuja Wang, who has made it her signature to
perform in short dresses.
Take Anne Sophie-Mutter, plucked for stardom by Karajan at the age of
13, and her strapless Galliano dresses.
....
Also think of violinist Nigel Kennedy, protégé of Yehudi Menuhin, and
the way his punk hairstyle may have helped him reach a large audience.
The winning recipe is a superabundance of talent plus looks.
Those who know how to use their looks well have an advantage: sex will
always sell.
....
At the end of the day, Benedetti may well baulk at the impact of looks
but there is no denying their impact in her own success. That's just the
world we live in; how does that old saying go: if you've got it, flaunt
it.
Dr Gloria A Moss is professor of marketing and management at
Buckinghamshire New University and a visiting professor at ESG, Paris.
She is the author of gender, design and marketing and has a new book,
'Why men like straight lines and women like polka dots', appearing in
the spring.
+ComposerInUK Indeed! Wonderful times!
Saw it live today! I think it was the best classical concert I went to up till now
Let's just appreciate the enormous talent of Anna Fedorova at the age of 23 when this concerto was recorded. Amazing.
So Anna is twenty years younger than me, as I was 43 at the time of this performance. I recall playing the middle movement (Brief Encounter) at an orchestral concert in my thirties two decades ago. One of the flautists was the soloist and I the viola (the orchestra are not professionals). I have perfect pitch and a very good memory for tunes. This is in C minor. Incredible major sixth chords too!
What?!!! Wow!!!
To play a wrong note is insignificant , to play without passion is inexcusable .
Anna Fedorova performance is perfect .
Amen!!!
She is Just hammering every note... Check Evgeny Kissin on same piece... FGS people... A skirt and blond hair deaf your ears?
without passion do something else
@@artwitstick Dear Art Allen, thank you very much for your response.
I certainly 👍agree with you.
@@Pizarro1808 you are oblivious
No sheet music. That means she has thousands of notes just straight up memorized, with their timing and weights, and everything else. I can't even dial a phone number with out checking the next few digits 3 times.
i doesn't work that way. But it's deffinitly very hard. I had a hard time to memorize the first movement, not even trying to play the second and third.
Almost every concert pianist who plays this plays without sheet music, because of their muscle memory that they developed while practicing and polishing the concerto.
This is very common in concertos.
It's partly due to the beautiful logic governing the structure of the melody; it's not a random collection of notes, after all; it's more like a long and wonderful narrative poem, where each stanza and theme leads us on to greater realizations, and so forth. Nevertheless, the memory power they use must also be extraordinary. After getting all the notes right, the great artist adds expression on top of it all.
She's been practising it for weeks, 8 hours straight per day. Believe me, after enough practice to play a piece at concert level, the soloist knows every note.
I thought i could play in my younger days but alas it was a no go without sheet music no matter how complicated the music
After spending the whole night awake and now being completely broken, I had to play this magnificent masterpiece at my piano in order to restore my faith in humanity.
I have listened to this piece so many times and I still love it so much. To hear an Ukranian artist play a Russian piece accompanied by a dutch orchestra in Amsterdam is a testament that art and music are our path to salvation and reconciliation. May peace come and let us rejoice in this moment of pure beauty.
Rachmaninoff was not Russian. He was Jewish. I am two-minded about that fact, but his music is divine
@@gdiwolverinemale4thhe was Russian?
@@DrdaantjeGaming Why ask me? Look up his biography on the web
@@gdiwolverinemale4th if u google it , u can see he was russian
@@DrdaantjeGaming Very well, you win. I believe I read somewhere he was Jewish. His family name sounds Jewish. Him moving to the US and later on, to Hollywood supports the claim. But the current biography says otherwise ....
Rachmaninoff Piano concerto no.2 in c minor op.18 [Timeline]
00:07 - 1st Movement (Moderato)
06:18 -> 06:55 - 1st Climax
11:38 - 2nd Movement (Adagio sostenuto)
22:08 -> 22:20 - 2nd Climax
23:50 - 3rd Movement (Allegro scherzando)
33:52 -> 34:28 - 3rd Climax
Enjoy :)
감사합니다
Thank you!! :D
Thanks
Thanks you so much
Tytyty
Amazing. Imagine playing the piano for 37 min straight. Now, imagine playing one of the most difficult pieces ever written, for 37 min straight.
Imagine Playing it flawlessly and without sheets
Definitely not the most difficult pieces
36 mins xx
Robert Jensen when you know a piece very well, and you’ve played it a lot, you can play that whole piece automatically. I think she knows the piece so well she just has to think of her rendition. That’s my idea, because I have the same thing with some pieces lol.
@@maua2848 That's what makes a virtuoso, the ability to think the music. I kinda get it because my ability to recall music is far, far better than my normal memory - but it's nowhere near this level.
Absolutely beautiful. It takes you on a journey far from the world's problems.
Yes, and the unsolventabel fucking problems of a criminal russian!
This is my grandfather's favorite piece, and even though he has dementia he still is able to recognize this piece and whistles along with it. He lights up everytime we listen to it together. He always asks for the 'Anna' recording, and I am so grateful to this recording. Beautiful piece of music, and impeccably played.
My Grandfather's favorite piece as well! He doesn't have dementia, but he is getting there sadly :-(. He loves it, especially as used in the film "I've Always Loved You." His favorite movie. :-)
Iris Sagar , good for him, god i cant imagine not being able to remebering this magical piece.
it provides healing for his mind, very touching
Iris Sagar he whistles? When I hear somebody whistle, I insult them regardless of innocence or guilt. Whistling has become a tool of affiliation akin to flashing gang signs, as well as humorous reasons. If you scoff, then you have reacted without thinking which is a requisite to being human.
My first sentence.
great thankyou
One of the most beautiful pieces ever written. Rachmaninoff was a genius.
yes you are so true to say...+
Very true. I nodded off listening to him once as well and had an amazing dream.
I SO agree - He was given an amazing gift. His compositions bring joy to my heart every time I listen to them. We are so lucky he was part of this universe for a time! (Bernstein, Gershwin, Mahler are also favorites).
Serg Kruglovsky
Don't correct me, correct the uploader if you have a problem. I have vinyl records from the 1960s and it's written both ways.
I highly agree
The most beautiful piano concerto in my opinion.
at least the most beautiful that I have heard of
Yn bendant
My first ever classical concert... I became addicted
Ha, Motzart beats it just in a concerto I cannot find now.
SPELLBOUNDING!
I love how many of the audience had their eyes closed, truly listening to the music
this is scary beautiful and the the fact that the whole crowd doesn't have any young people breaks my heart
Lol us young people are waaaaay to poor to afford something like this. We will just have to watch on RUclips.
@@DnosKC yeah I get it but still the overall fans for this kind of concerts are older, most young people have terrible music taste
@@DnosKC agreeing with you, and also on the other side of globe like me! 🥲
@@DnosKC literally seeing a performance of this tomorrow in Paris for 10 bucks. Concert halls can go very cheap nowadays, especially towards the young audiences. They actively want young people to go there and they'll do anything for it to happen.
@@anti64 Im in America and at least in my experience there are no cheap tickets for this kind of stuff near me
This was the last piece of music my father listened to days before passing away. I still miss him dearly and every time I listen to it, I have nothing but tears in my eyes...
I feel the same, Marta. It was the last piece of music my father listened before he passed away.
I still miss my father, who left us when I was only 18, many years ago.
That is a nice memory, I don't know my father. : (
He went out listening to one of the greatest pieces of music ever. May he rest in power!
@@LuciaDiFranco Ciao Lucia! I genitori di mio padre erano italiani. Saluti di una argentina chi ama l'Italia e la musica classica.
What is beautiful about this piece that not many know about, is that Rachmaninoff composed this piece during a time of depression, caused by failure of his first concerto being heavily criticized. Through therapy he was able to overcome his depression, thus coming out with the themes of the great Piano Concerto no. 2.
It was his First Symphony, but yes, that’s an incredible story!
Hekla
With all due respect, that is the most well known circumstance of this piece.
To be sure, there are still many who don't know those circumstances. Regardless, it's a lesson in how even great artists have suffered terribly under criticism. I keep this in mind as I'm working on my first novel, and I'm aware that I can look up reviews of the best books I've ever read, all-time favorites, and I can still find a few people who think they are garbage. What Rachmaninoff suffered can be even worse in this social media age.
and was dedicated to his therapist Dr Nikolai Dahl who helped him overcome his mental block.
listening and listening.. and always melting away. I guess Rachmaninoff himself would have fallen in love with this interpretation ... my deepest admiration.
I never knew her, but at a restaurant, I over heard an old guy having a conversation with his wife talking about a women named ‘Anna Fedorova ’ performing this performance, and how beautiful and brilliant it sounds. And I was curious on checking it out. And I gotta say, that guy wasn’t lying, it is beautiful and I mean it.
I was coming home from date in 1952,when wfln station in Philly was playing Rach2 and I sat in my car until it finished to find out the name of this concerto. I was hooked on classics even at 95 im still a listener.
Nice!!!
Kłaniam się nisko !
Music is special indeed. I also like fell in love with his music
Its so sad that WFLN stopped playing classical, but I'm really happy that WRTI picked it up
I can see that moment in your life as a movie in my head. Very beautiful.
That was SO much fun playing this together on stage. I remember every single note. Wouldn’t EVER think we’d have a public of 28 million (!!) right at that moment!😄
Wow! You actually played in this performance?!
@@sellingenglandbythepound5255 Yes! I was the concertmaster. 😉
Oh incredible, the orchestra was amazing here, well done all of you! It’s so unfortunate that these circumstances are preventing concerts now.
@@sellingenglandbythepound5255 Oh thanks. That concert in Amsterdam was lots of fun. Unfortunately times have changed with COVID... The only thing we artists can do to bring music to the public these days is publishing performances here on RUclips or other platforms, like virtual concerts halls.
@@sabrinasviolinchannel Yes, it's a great shame in these times and watching concerts such as this makes one realise how much one appreciates live music now. It's great we can look at these videos too though! Do you have a channel or more concerts anywhere to watch whilst we are all locked up?!
For many years I have been searching for the most perfect (to my ears) performance of this magical piece of music.
For so long it was Vladimir Ashkenazy - a beautiful rendition.
However Anna’s interpretation is to my mind superior to this in its passion and pathos.
And all this given at a live performance!
Thank you Anna for lifting my life up just that little bit with your incredible skill.
I had the Vladimir Ashkenazy album, too, and listened to it for years. I never heard a recording that could touch his Then I heard this one. However, there is something so sensual and moving when a woman like Anna plays this piece that takes it to another level.
This is the single most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard.
The Third Piano concerto is even more profound, Staggering to consider...
Have you listened to the black saint and the sinner lady?
@@joshuagregoire9504 not for me. I love saxophone but hate those screechy alto saxes. Also, the name/theme of the album conjures ugly images of race and infidelity. I don't know how it could be compared to this piece. If any one could compare, it could only possibly Tchaikovsky piano concerto 1, or vicente amigo morente. But everyone has their own tastes. Even so, one thing is universally clear: music has lost its beauty today. Along with Man's moral decline has come his music's decline. Being an expression is Man's heart, it too has become carnal, graceless, godless, worthless. Today's "music" is nothing more than a tool of Satan to drag the masses further astray on the broad path of destruction. May any who hear consider this and repent, trusting in Jesus as their Lord and Savior.
@@jarthurpaxton9223 absolutely agreed! And if you loved this one, as sublime as it is, I really recommend this piece. You won’t regret it, and the part around 2:20 is soul-crushingly beautiful. It’s Liebestraum No. 3 (Love Dream) by Liszt, but orchestrated. ruclips.net/video/ehyLcvPrNAg/видео.html
The Connoisseur
Here is THE REAL TOCCATA, the ONE and ONLY by J.S, Bach: ruclips.net/video/W7pD4-LQb8A/видео.html
I think I've listened to this something like 6 times today. It blows my mind -- shivers in my spine, and I literally cried. I love that sound, without any story, background, or reasoning can just bring up inherent emotion. There's nothing else like it.
+sigalig yes, it soothes the soul for sure.
+sigalig yep !!! It's so touching, spinning... you're taken back to some other places, like deep places in your mind, and it's like movies are playing in your thoughts, crazy stories !! Some people can't get this ... I try to let them listen, observe some pieces ... mostly they're like ' yeah, yeah that's nice classical music.. but ... a bit boring huh after a while ?? ' with an understanding seeking smile .... NOPE, waste of trying !
+sigalig She's part of my bag of treasures as other great performers of the same piece: Georgii Cherkin, Arcadi Volodos and of course Nobuyuki Tsujii. It's worth comparing them. And of course, Rachmaninoff's own interpretation which you can also find on RUclips
+sigalig I listened to this Concerto on tape for a whole year every time I stepped into my car after the death of a parent.
+sigalig I totally understand what you're saying. Music has that amazingly overwhelming power, but what I find as interesting is that I have had the very same feeling in a very different field: science. I know this may sound strange, but when I first learned that the origin of the law of conservation of energy was the result of a symmetry of spacetime (the fact that nature does not distinguish between past and future) I felt the same shivers in my spine, I could't stop smiling and, inevitably, some tears started streaming down my face; it was just too beautiful to be true. I truly believe that science and arts are more connected than we think and are possibly the most beautiful creations of mankind.
22:19 gives me goosebumps literally every time I hear it.
So fucking true. Literally every time, u are right
amazinggg
Try listening to 'Orgasmatron' by Motorhead then!
@@koontzman123 bro the hell
It's my favorite moment in all of recorded music.
Literally, crying every time. God and humanity, Heaven and Earth.
First time I heard this piece was on a night bus long time ago. I was at the university and was heading home for a winter break. I had some old cell phone which had FM. So I stumbled upon a radio show where they played a couple of Rachmaninoff's peaces. I was haunted by the music instantly. Although the bus was old and uncomfortable, it somehow displaced me from the time and space and made me feel comfortable and happy, occasionaly tears filled my eyes, and it was because of the emensse beaty that was filling my ears. This is the best performance of piano concerto no 2 I have heard so far. ❤️
I love stories/moments like that! Thanks for sharing. Those unexpectedly sublime moments amongst the ordinary and mundane. Especially watching the world pass by as a passenger.
A simple & beautiful story. Sincere gratitude.
Yup !
Awesome story, agree on the power of this Concerto
Thx for sharing.. maybe you could try listening to Alexander Malofeev.. IMHO, only Russians (or Slavic) could play Rach with sublime intensity of feelings
If I had the urge to cough there, I would rather suffocate.
a good idea
hahah
Jajaja OMG u would be like purple only for not messing it all
Let's suffocate in public.. 😂
I was thinking the same thing! Damn the people who cough at such sacred manifestations of culture
I looked up “piano concerto no. 2” to find a song for a joke and then I discovered this,, needless to say my writing juices have been pumping for the past 30 minutes. This is incredible.
What song did you attempt to find? Also if you like this I really recommend Rachmaninov piano concerto no. 3.
Same, been looking for "Tragic Music Pieces" and I was overflowing with emotions and keep on thinking about story plots for my novel/short story... Music really does help with everything...
if someone ever had told me that one day, i’ll find a comment left by a Jojo fan editor, on a Rachmaninov recording, I would have laugh haha
@@dinoobuzzati life is simply full of surprises! Lmao
Listen to gary graffman version.
Ce concerto est éblouissant. Anna Fedorova l'interprète magistrallement.
Concerto stupendo ❤
As a London kid, untouched by classical music, i first heard this when about 18 and was blown away. I bought the LP and played it over and over again. It was stored with my Stones and Clapton LPs. Brilliant...
beautiful
It's a musical masterpiece.
Clapp is a crumbbum!
יפה מאד
I had Rach 3 sitting next to my Pink Floyd and Genesis albums!
A thousand years from now, this music will still be played.
a thousand years from now, Russia will be a genetic memory the vast majority long to forget (in their post-global warming post-fossil fuel hellworld, lol)
No Jesus will be back yet
Billy Glamou
Don't be so sure of that. I used to think that America would be around far, far into the future, but now, thanks to the "new" Democrats, I can see its end will be within my lifetime, and I am 82. Eighty-two is a great age to be an American, much better than eighteen. I don't envy the future of those much younger than myself. They will witness the final decay and destruction of a once great nation. I MIGHT escape seeing the end, might. I can only hope.
@@quabledistocficklepo3597 You are old enough to know that we will not allow that to happen. People are slow to respond but eventually the destructive policies of Democrats will be obvious even to their less intelligent voters and their extremism will be tempered from within or Democrats will be voted into oblivion.
@@gerry1202
Don't count on it. There is no reason to believe that will happen. America seems to be lost. It is now "circling the drain."
If I were allowed only one piece of music to listen to, it would be this. If I were allowed only one composer's music to listen to, it would be Rachmaninov. Thank you, Rachmaninov, for enriching my life and thank you Anna Fedorova for your glorious interpretation. ❤
Real. Rachmaninoff is just on a whole other level. I am a gen Z African in my early 20s and wish there was a rachmaninoff concert here in Kenya. In a week we'll have a 200th year anniversary concert for Beethoven's 9th symphony, but there's never been so much as a Rach recital here, let alone a concert.
@@adamsmateo2149 I completely agree. He took the same notes all other composers use, but created music that's timeless and sounds unlike anyone else's. I'm a baby boomer who learnt to love his music listening to my Dad's LPs over 50 years ago. It's sad you haven't had a Rach concert in Kenya but I hope one happens for you either there or somewhere else you can get to. RUclips can be a comfort in the meantime. I love it because I can see more of what the soloist and orchestra do through the close ups, but there's a special feeling you get when you're right there in the concert hall with them. Keep nurturing your love of his music - there's so much more to see on RUclips and listen to, for example, the Symphonic Dances, 2nd symphony and the other piano concertos. I don't know any other 20 year olds who love Rachmaninov so you're exceptional in my book. ❤️
Mahler better
One of the most accoustically perfect places to watch a concert - the Het Concertgebouw, Grote Zaal Amsterdam.
That "breaking free feeling" monent that starts at 22:19 gives me serious goosebumps.
Blackout muse
This is exactly the excerpt that kept me coming back to this performance, it's literally just magical.
The same to me
crying each time
i don't know much about Rachmaninoff's work but this is definitely one of the best pieces of classical music i've ever heard.
Imo this is the best Piano Concerto ever
Completly agreed! THE BEST! IT TAKE YOU TO THE REALM OF CLASSIC MUSIC!
Fun fact: Rachmaninoff's hands are 12 inches long.
100th like :D
@@devonchristopher5837 just third part of n 3 for me is the most,specially played by Olga Kern
The second movement of this nearly always brings me to tears. So amazing.
I love at around the 22 minute mark when they pan across the crowd, some people are blinking profusely, some have their hands clasped against their chest and some are just sitting back with their eyes closed savouring the moment.
yeah that was pretty amazing
Well you ageist moron, whats wrong with old people, they have as much right to be there as youngsters and can probably appreciate far more the beauty of great music played by devoted stars
In my country, China, the audience of an orchestra concert is mainly composed by middle aged people and young students. "Classical" music is being reintroduced to China, and although only a small fraction of people get interested, that makes a large number of enthusiasts, given the huge population.
I absolutely agree, it aslo happens to me....it's PERFECT and TIMELESS.
One of the if not the most beautiful of all the piano works ever written I am 82 and have been listening to this since I was about 7 When television was first in service Author Rubinstein would play this every night on the Firestone hour . Firestone was a automobile tire company It is still as beautiful as I remember it .
And she knows how to play it !
If you're looking for Brett and Eddy's majestic sacrilegious duet part, i think it's at 13:27 -cont
Edit:
Apparently it's this part exactly starting from 21:50 (thanks to the replies!!)
No it's 22:10
22:19
Thanks, i actually just watched twoset and curious
@@makahadamasa2732 ooh ur right, thanks!! 🥰
Never thought id find u
Fabulous performance both by soloist and the orchestra. She is the perfect balance of power, passion, and sensitivity. She has excellent taste--that ineffable quality of knowing how to wring as as much as possible out of each phrase and section. Also, it's most impressive that a regional orchestra could do so well. It's testimony to the oversupply of fine musicians and conductors relative to the demand. Listen to the tone of of not just the orchestral soloists but ensemble and brilliant conducting. And remember that this is a live concert: much more difficult to mic well than in the studio.
I am not a classical music expert but I know this piece pretty well. Since watching Brief Encounter first introduced me to it 30 years or so ago I have loved it and listened to it countless times on vinyl and CD ... seeing it performed so beautifully, as you say by both the soloist and the orchestra just moved me to tears .. wonderful performance of an incomparable piece of music.
I'm just waiting for the day when I read these comments and see Taylor Swift's entry, "GOD, THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL. I NEVER KNEW SUCH MUSIC EXISTED!" That will make my day. (JJ Townley, also a composer of a neo-Romantic Piano Concerto No 2 in C Minor here on RUclips)
You are not alone in that respect, Mr. Pickard.
At the 2013 BBC Proms, Nobuyuki Tsujii did a great performance as well. In some places even better than this one.
I find the way that he plays it to be better articulated and balanced compared to this one.
Imagine what he could offer if he wasn't blind!
Il mio Concerto preferito....tutti giorni lo ascolto per ore...e non mi stanco mai.....🎹🎹🎹❤️❤️❤️
Ídem!!
i agree with you From Japan JST、17:25分
We've been playing piano, classically trained, for almost 50 years. We believe we have earned the right to have an opinion as to the "greatness" of a pianist. Anna is an incredibly gifted and passionate pianist whose interpretation of Rach 2 is refreshing. People who criticise either do not truly know or understand music from the perspective of the pianist or they are just cruel and jealous of the talent others possess. 💚💖🌐✨🏙🏢💒 #KohyaSuechika; #Kohya Suechika; #Moscow; #Russia; #PianoCompetition; #PianoConcert; #Orchestra #Kanto; #Tokyo; #Kansai; #Osaka; #Kobe; #Hyogo #London; #England
I've been playing piano almost 50 years, fully classically trained since a very young age...and I can honestly say Anna Federova's interpretation is the best I've heard. Her tenderness occurs at just the right moment. She plays vigorously at the right moments as well. Her timing is perfection but she allows her passion to overtake her in every moment. She uses the piano to emote - something very difficult to do, especially with another persons composition, and especially with one so well-known.
She takes the listener on an emotional journey just the way I imagine Mr. Rachmaninov intended.
The orchestra deserves many accolades as well. The conductor is superb and his sensitivity to allow the music to lead him as he leads the orchestra is bar none.
Mar Glas Beautifully stated. My sentiments exactly.
I agree with you wholeheartedly. I think Sergei would be most happy.
what about Khatia Buniatishvili? do you like the way she plays this concerto? I dont have any gift for music and dont know how to compare these two different pianists.
Yeah I love this performance. But for me cziffra's is the only one.
Just one more - Eunice Podis' rendition was hypnotizing...can't find a recording, however.
I tried playing this when I was younger, but I wasn't Rach-man enough yet
Lol
Few men ever reach full Rach-man hood
@@richarddavis2219 Congratulations! I hope you do well
The second movement is music from heaven... I have no doubts ;-)
Leonardo, coincido contigo plenamente, aunque tenga que hacerlo en Español. Un abrazo fraternal.
OMG I LOOKED LECK MICH IM ARSCH UP
I WASN'T DISAPPOINTED IN MOZART
Leonardo Teixeira [[[[[.
Listening to this wonderful piece of music of this great Russian composer it feels like my soul enters a secret room beyond space and time where we all can live together in peace, Russians, Ukrainians, Americans, Europeans. Where all this fussing and fighting comes to an end. 😢
I can not even imagine how a piano player can learn by heart 38 minutes of such extremely difficult piece of music
hyperborean72 I thought the same, is amazing
In 10 years of playing piano I learned that no matter what, I could never reach the level of people like her. But that also really makes me appreciate concerts like these. Absolutely immaculate performance!
Yes you can. It just takes mastery. She worked at it a lot more than you did.
@@unknownportalmusic I don't get this take that some people have in regards to talent. Some people are just better than others at certain things. No amount of practice can make "anyone" as good as the best musicians. Some people really are just better at certain things. Yes, she has probably spent more time practicing than anyone here would ever even dream of considering, but she is also really good on top of that.
It makes me so happy that people of all different ages, race, religion, and shoe size can all come together and agree on what beauty is. Isn't it amazing how easy it is to agree and get along. Next step is just extending this beautiful outlook over everything. :)
Mason Belue Just in the internet right? At the concertos, just very old white European rich people.
Lucas Rodmo That's such a cliche.. Guys a ticket to one of this concerts doesn't cost a thousand euros. It is really affordable, it costs most of the times like 20-100 euros. Depending on which seat you want to sit.
La conexión que esta obra tiene con mi espíritu, es algo tan íntimo, tan profundo, que no me siento capaz ni de opinar sobre ella...tan sólo me gustaría (si ello fuera posible) solidarizarme con aquel Rachmaninov capaz de darla vida.
You have an attitude that is as beautiful as this music. Thank you so much.
Well said
I've listened to it a thousand times and still can't get rid of it. Thanks, Anna, for playing such a magnificent piece of music.
3:58
One of the most romantic melodies and harmonies ever.
Heard this concerto for the first time when I was 13 years of age, instantly fell in love with it and Sergei Rachmaninoff. 12 years have passed since then, I'm 25 now and it's still my favourite to this day. 💚
I was 16 when I first heard it. Its been my favourite ever since🎶. So that's 6 years. It never gets boring🎹
Le même pour moi, j'avais treize ans quand je l'ai écouté pour la première fois. J'ai cinquante ans et chaque fois que j'écoute j'éprouve la même émotion, toujours. Il n'y a pas d'autre musique qui touche si profondément.
Same with me, I was thirteen, now I'm 67. The magic never faded.
Rach has been my my classical goat from the first time I ever heard this
Like you I heard it first at 13. I’m 83 now and still I’m entranced ! Glad we found it early
Her face at the clapping kills me every time... still such a stellar performance!
6:55 this is the most russian thing i have ever heard. Its also the best thing my ears have heard
Yes, it is the most Russian. And I like the sound of it. Astute of you to notice.
So true, Eliza.
Greetings from Russia.
YES YES YES.
I've heard Rachmaninoff playing the concerto as well as conducting his third Symphony on dec 19 1941 in New York when i was just 18 years old. I've just started my music studies at the Julliard School in NY.
His appearance and playing was just magical.
No Lang Lang or Wang, or anyone else is a comparable.
He was very calm all the way through while playing even the fastest, most difficult part crystal clear in his tone.
It was no comparison to modern days music concerts like Rihanna or Ed Sheeran. Etc.
Greetings from the netherlands.
So you're 96?
For some reason i doubt that.
@@em8714 I would be glad to take the doubt from you.
@@kristiankroff3102 what a constructive arguement. I honestly have no clue how i could possibly respond
@@ninjacuttingonions5861 You're quite right. But does the age influence your dicision to ask this question?
Well done Anna. Most women can't play this physically due the the enormous size of Rach's hands. She did brilliantly.
Actually (remember from my piano lessons) there is some liberty to transform some bigger extension chords in fast arpeggios. Big hand composers knew this and gave "creative" freedom to the pianist. Still some of greatest Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky performances are coming from Oriental pianists (Women or man) who have not the biggest hands... :)
Still one of the hardest strains of this kind of concerts is over pulse and interpretation.
jjaus some of us women out here have man hands ;)
the best piece of music ever composed! Ecstasy for the mind :)
CaptainMaster12 LOL you cracked me up!
Austen Clarke As opposed to what? Ecstasy for my car?
Yes!!
Daniel Prendergast I am not sure about you but I find ecstasy to be a full body experience where this is more cerebral ecstasy! Hope this helped ;)
Austen Clarke I like nº3 better :)
This is too good for us humans. We don't deserve it.
She has it all memorized. Hundreds of pages! Thank you. It's beautiful.
Looking at the sheet music, she missed an entire bar at 35:15, but it was just for a second.
@@ilovemycatrussell9298 yes but slip ups happen if you have to memorize hunderds of pages lol, it is still incredible and most of us wont notice it
The most beautiful concerts I wiil heard until my life ends, the Rachmaninov symphonies & piano concerts.
Ana Fedorova is a melodic phenomenon. It extracts an intense and at the same time delicate sound from the piano. She's my favorite Rachmaninoff interpretation.
22:19 i can listen to this forever.
Ahhhhh I've also been OBSESSED with this part ever since the first time I heard it!!!! It's just so deeply relaxing, yet so grand and charged with energy! The resolution at the end gives me goosebumps every time...
Hmmm, I know I am very late, but you should try listening to Rachmaninoff’s 2nd Symphony - 3rd movement (Adagio) as well as the second movement of his Piano Concerto No.1! You might like it because they have a similar approach in motif.
Me too...
@@mako30 thank you!
@@mako30 Hi! Sorry, just saw this now... Will check it out straight away :D
Thanks so much already though!!
My favourite part is from 0:00 to 37:49
This particular piece was what lured me in to appreciate classical music. I first heard it from a phonograph album when I was 10. I am now 70. Thanks to my parents, to God, and to Sergei Rachmaninoff for this absolute masterpiece - that a 10-year-old could understand and love.
First heard it when I was 14 I am now 81, what would life be like without this beautiful sound
My 18 month old daughter responds to this when I put it on.
Anna, I asked you to marry me last year, but you haven't replied yet. Please hurry up. I've just turned 74.
I don’t know why, but listening to this piece always makes me feel like I’m all by myself!
The song "All By Myself" has the same melody as in some parts of this concert, that's why 😅 specially the version by Eric Carmen, a bit before the end there's a one-minute piano solo playing exactly the same as Anna.
I just watched Anna's rehearsal in Portugal, and I have to say, that I haven't felt so moved by a pianist as her, for such a long time. Her technique, but more importantly, her sensibility and her passion are trully amazing. She sings with her hands with such density and such mellow. It's a real magical journey. Thank you Anna. Thank you...
The Indifference I said this (in essence) 18 months ago when I first heard it & my opinion hasn't changed & I've seen most of the "greats" play this & heard the rest! It is great to hear from some like minded person.
John Hopkins During the rehearsal, at first I didn't recognize her, but then I remembered it. I remembered watching this recording. It's even more incredible to watch it live. Many years from now, I'm pretty sure she will be alongside the greatest.
The Indifference I also watched her playing at the CCB, Portugal, but unfortunately it was through television (RTP2). Although she really did well, I still prefer the performances by Rubinstein or Richter. When I compare them, I think she lacks on some aspects while playing this wonderful piece...
***** extremely skillful, too fast.. too insensitive to melody.. IMHO
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If you can´t close your eyes, listen to this music, think of your life, its pains and joys and decide to live a better life...
And watch Brief Encounter!
Let the children have fun... that´s all right also
Jorgegavamagli also eat healthy and smoke less. and do your homework
I think this lady is something of a genius. Made me cry.
paperchain 123 Thank Rachmaninov
Same. Especially to me The 2nd move is the most beautiful part ever heard 🙂
Glad this went viral, I love her
Me too... And it doesn't happen often
Listening to this I believe in reincarnation. This woman is a marvel.
I cannot find a better version than this. This is angelical.
?? Bueno. 😂 29:32
One of the best ever composers of the classical music Rakhmaninoff, particularly for Piano, and Anna is certainly the first class performer. the only best ever I heard was my father. My father had this performance with this concert as his Diploma work in the Conservatory. And listened this concert many times in my life. Thank you Anna Fedorova, you are the Star performer and thank you for bringing me such a beautiful memories of my dad!
❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Anar for this beatiful memory of your father.
This piece stirs up so much emotion in me, it's deep within my soul. Anyone else shed a tear on hearing this?
Yes.
YES
Yes! ❤️
I did.
All the time..
I simply stare at this woman, in utter awe. There is no possible way a human being can do such things.
+Walter T Not only visually spectacular, but what an interpretation! Phenomenal!
+Colin Wichmann She has been injected with the raw purity of instrumental rhythm.
Fritz Kirchhoff .... Your comments strongly suggest that rather than using Fritz Kirchhoff as your user name, you should instead call yourself Fritz JERK-OFF.
+Fritz Kirchhoff You do go on a lot. No wonder Dia Bolique said you should call yourself Fritz JERK-OF(F). Best to keep such thoughts private.
+Mike Chalmers Can people like Fritz jerk of(f) please be banned. I think this guy has a(several) problem(s)!
Oh My Gosh ! There are no words to express the sensations this performance has created ...
Thank you Anna Fedorova
Honestly everyone is talking about the 2nd movement, but the 3rd movement is so powerful that it resonates with my soul and I can feel my body vibrate from that resonation. I mean look how she plays it. It’s insane how much spirit she put into that ending.
Yes - the last movement almost stands on its own, without reference to the previous 2. Almost but...
I always get chills down my spine especially during the last part of the 3rd movement.
honestly I enjoy the first movement the most
i agree. the 1st and 2nd movements are beautiful, but the 3rd movement is just something else. those last 3-4 minutes either make me feel invincible or turn me into a sobbing mess