Listen to that terrific harmonic progression starting at 12:18: It's A-flat to D-flat to F major to A maj to b-flat minor (w/6) finally to the home key of d minor. This is just absolute genius and for an 18 year old it's just stunning.
I'm pretty sure it's Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, from a set of Rachmaninov complete symphonies and orchestral works (the CDs I think are deleted but it's still available on mp3). You'd have to download the whole lot to get it, but it's not very expensive.
If this doesn't prove Rachmaninoff was a genius of the caliber of Liszt and Mendelssohn I don't know what will. Musicians are quick to dismiss Rach as a great pianist who dabbled in composing and nothing could be further from the truth. talk about atmospheric. You can see vampires gliding down gloomy hallways in deserted ruins of long-abandoned castles in the opening and closing of this masterpiece. And Rach never got a chance to hear it. He composed it and put in away. What a guy.
Listen to that terrific harmonic progression starting at 12:18: It's A-flat to D-flat to F major to A maj to b-flat minor (w/6) finally to the home key of d minor. This is just absolute genius and for an 18 year old it's just stunning.
The biggest achievement of mankind and the most profound and impactful composition ever created.
If vers la flmme is the end of all things, this is rebirth
I would love to know which orchestra under which conductor plays this
I'm pretty sure it's Vladimir Ashkenazy conducting the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, from a set of Rachmaninov complete symphonies and orchestral works (the CDs I think are deleted but it's still available on mp3). You'd have to download the whole lot to get it, but it's not very expensive.
@@mikecole1633 Thanks :)
If this doesn't prove Rachmaninoff was a genius of the caliber of Liszt and Mendelssohn I don't know what will. Musicians are quick to dismiss Rach as a great pianist who dabbled in composing and nothing could be further from the truth. talk about atmospheric. You can see vampires gliding down gloomy hallways in deserted ruins of long-abandoned castles in the opening and closing of this masterpiece. And Rach never got a chance to hear it. He composed it and put in away. What a guy.
_Very_ Wagner, and after that Tchaikovsky and Rimsky as well
@Benton Sergio I only had to kill 3 babies to watch Flixzone for free!
Which is the orchestra? Anh who is the conductor?
Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, like another commenter said :)