Rachmaninoff's assignment for Nikolai Zverev's harmony class at the Moscow Conservatory. Fun fact, Scriabin attended that same class and did not pass if I'm not mistaken
Interesting! I know that the subject itself was composed by Arensky so I assumed it's for his class instead. Didn't know that Scriabin failed a class at school!
Wow! Very well played👏🏼👏🏼This piece really is a surprise. I thought I'd heard most of Rachmaninoff's works but this is new to me. I see that Rachmaninoff plagarized himself when he later composed his Musical moment no. 4😂😂. Sneaky😂
I know right! It was a surprise to me as well when I discovered this piece. It's an interesting outlook on how the composer develops his ideas, what's even rarer is that usually we can only study this as fragments that are not really presentable on stage. This piece is a rare treat indeed!
Very nice! Rarely played and not a very well known piece for sure. I think Ashkenazy played it as well. I don't have the biggest of hands and extremely difficult piece to learn. It is evident that he had his distinctive style of harmonics from early on. I have a feeling that piece will gain more attention from this point on.
Thank you for listening! It's indeed quite tricky to get under the fingers as the writing is a bit awkward for anyone who doesn't have Rachmaninoff's hands! Matsuev also recorded this piece in his album "Unknown Rachmaninoff". Feel free to like and subscribe for more videos!
I do think Ashkenazy plays it pretty dryly, though, and very dispassionately, and with a couple wrong notes. Matsuev plays it pretty passionately, but much too fast - not enough clarity. There's one by Luhl, too, which is much slower. This recording, I think, is somewhere in the middle. I like it!
I was shocked when I first heard it myself. He wrote this Fugue a few years before the Moments Musicaux. It's interesting to see how composers reuse materials in different compositions.
Rachmaninoff's assignment for Nikolai Zverev's harmony class at the Moscow Conservatory. Fun fact, Scriabin attended that same class and did not pass if I'm not mistaken
Interesting! I know that the subject itself was composed by Arensky so I assumed it's for his class instead. Didn't know that Scriabin failed a class at school!
HOW DID SCRIABIN NOT PASS💀
@@andyxyz01 skill issue I guess. Though that probably means I would never pass it. Respect to Scriabin for trying
@@SahirShams-m5o U DID NOT JUST SAY SKILL ISSUE TO SCRIABIN😂😂😂😂😂
Bravo!!! Thank you very very much for performing this. I have never heard such a clear sounding performance of this piece as yours. Thank you
👏🏻 Bravo. Thank you. Lovely piece by such a great composer.
Wow! Very well played👏🏼👏🏼This piece really is a surprise. I thought I'd heard most of Rachmaninoff's works but this is new to me. I see that Rachmaninoff plagarized himself when he later composed his Musical moment no. 4😂😂. Sneaky😂
I know right! It was a surprise to me as well when I discovered this piece. It's an interesting outlook on how the composer develops his ideas, what's even rarer is that usually we can only study this as fragments that are not really presentable on stage. This piece is a rare treat indeed!
Very nice! Rarely played and not a very well known piece for sure. I think Ashkenazy played it as well. I don't have the biggest of hands and extremely difficult piece to learn. It is evident that he had his distinctive style of harmonics from early on. I have a feeling that piece will gain more attention from this point on.
Thank you for listening! It's indeed quite tricky to get under the fingers as the writing is a bit awkward for anyone who doesn't have Rachmaninoff's hands! Matsuev also recorded this piece in his album "Unknown Rachmaninoff". Feel free to like and subscribe for more videos!
I do think Ashkenazy plays it pretty dryly, though, and very dispassionately, and with a couple wrong notes. Matsuev plays it pretty passionately, but much too fast - not enough clarity. There's one by Luhl, too, which is much slower.
This recording, I think, is somewhere in the middle. I like it!
I like the Moment Musical part.
I was shocked when I first heard it myself. He wrote this Fugue a few years before the Moments Musicaux. It's interesting to see how composers reuse materials in different compositions.
@Charles Leclerc It's actually the other way around! Moment Musicaux No. 4 was written 5 years after this Fugue.
@@MatthewMingLi Same shock happened to me with Liszt's second transcendental etude, and its earlier version Etude en douze exercices #2.
Bravo.....!!!!
Hey, your recording is the best I've heard so far! I'm glad I found your channel :)
Maybe you will be willing to share the score for this composition?
Thank you! Send me a PM.