Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Anna Fedorova - Live Classical Music HD

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  • Pianist Anna Fedorova and AVROTROS Klassiek are a golden duo: recordings of her previous concerts are one of the most popular ones on our channel. And now she's back! In Het Concertgebouw she performs Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'. Enjoy!
    Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
    Anna Fedorova [piano]
    Philharmonie Südwestfalen
    Gerard Oskamp [conductor]
    Recorded: Sunday the 11th of March 2018, during The Sunday Morning Concert in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
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  • @zoeforbes4169
    @zoeforbes4169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1040

    0:04 - intro
    0:12 - var 1
    0:30 - theme
    0:49 - var 2
    1:08 - var 3
    1:33 - var 4
    2:04 - var 5
    2:33 - var 6
    3:45 - var 7
    4:54 - var 8
    5:28 - var 9
    6:01 - var 10
    6:54 - var 11
    8:14 - var 12
    9:45 - var 13
    10:20 - var 14
    11:05 - var 15
    12:14 - var 16
    14:03 - var 17
    16:25 - var 18
    19:22 - var 19
    19:55 - var 20
    20:31 - var 21
    20:57 - var 22
    22:42 - var 23
    23:35 - var 24

    • @CatfishGumbo23
      @CatfishGumbo23 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      THANKS BRUH!

    • @ashleighdowling8266
      @ashleighdowling8266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      YOU'RE AMAZING BRUH

    • @lottaart7848
      @lottaart7848 4 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      24 variations for 24 caprices!

    • @finnfuchs879
      @finnfuchs879 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      This must have took hours

    • @zoeforbes4169
      @zoeforbes4169 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @@finnfuchs879 hahaha nah it took me like half an hour max cos i had the score with me

  • @miltonmoore5294
    @miltonmoore5294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +966

    Artists like this should be paid more
    than Rock Stars!

    • @kenkarapetian4905
      @kenkarapetian4905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +182

      We can make that happen - if we buy classical CD-s and DVD-s, attend classical music concerts...Then (and only then) artists like Anna Fedorova will be paid more than rock stars. However, Aristoteles once said that in democracy, decisions made by poor people will always override decisions made by rich people - simply because there are more poor people than rich people. Similarly, there are more rock music fans than classical music fans. So, for classical music performers to be paid more (and they WELL deserve it) than rock stars - WE HAVE TO BETTER EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN TODAY. Don't you agree?

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@kenkarapetian4905
      Certainment! For the reasons you stated the founding fathers of the United States
      of America set up the government as a republic, rather than
      a democracy. And a sui generis example of how dumb folks are is that even though the citizens of the USA are taught to memorize the "pledge of allegiance," which reads; "I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America. And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation,
      under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all", most folks STILL will refer to the USA as a democracy (mob rule), rather than a republic, the most prominent group
      being government officials and politicians THEMSELVES! Now that is the sui generis
      example of "dumb"
      and a most profoundly illutsratative indicator of how there is no hope
      for classical music ever at least matching the popularity of even the
      lowest common denominator of any other genre of music.
      With gratitude for your kind support, and with appreciation
      for the magnetic eloquence of your writing.

    • @jchong
      @jchong 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      Aren't rock stars artists too?

    • @kenkarapetian4905
      @kenkarapetian4905 5 ปีที่แล้ว +67

      True - rock stars are artists, too. However, rock stars (most of them anyway) do not spend years in training, mastering an instrument (piano, violin, etc.). Classical music performers dedicate their lives to perfect their art of playing an instrument… and then they bring the pearls, the treasure, the brilliance of Bach, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff to us, the modern generation. Classical performers connect generations; more than that - they connect ages. Rachmaninoff’s piano concerts would have been long forgotten if it was not for the classical performers. Mozart’s Requiem, which many find the crown jewel, the Everest of human achievements in the history of music - they would have been lost and forgotten if it was not for these hard-working, dedicated, devoted classical pianists, violinists, conductors, flutists, and oboists, etc., etc., etc. Don’t you agree? And then there are a few - just a handful of brilliant rock-stars like Stevie Wonder, - who is not just a “rock-star” per se, but a genius composer, songwriter, instrumentalist, poet-lyricist, singer, producer…He thus will become another CLASSICAL musician. Not much different from Mozart or Beethoven. Classical music (including Stevie Wonder) stays in history, rock music is “Here Today & Gone Tomorrow”, paraphrasing the beautiful song by Earth, Wind & Fire.

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@kenkarapetian4905
      A very impressive analysis, although I would not group Stevie Wonder with the immortals of classical music because he is not from that period, and doesn't possess the awesome level of genius gifted to so very few men. He is a genius no doubt. His level of genius has been possessed by thousands of song writers and musicians in pretty much all genres of music, but I cannot envision much or any of their music being performed in huge concert halls hundreds of years from now. (I never considered Stevie Wonder a "rock star." I cannot recall even one of his songs featuring the words "rock" or "roll." Wonder's best song for me was ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE, as recorded by Shirley Bassey.) Since you are a connoisseur of music, be sure and google Leroy Anderson's piano concerto in C, on the
      22zotyka22 channel,
      and the third movement on the Ensemble Vivant channel. Also Google Leroy Anderson's SERENATA on the Felixbautista ch.
      I have comments under the user name Mookiespindlehurst
      on these videos.
      Talk about genius! Leroy Anderson was fluent in 9 languages!

  • @arminv8169
    @arminv8169 2 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    The 18th variation is one of the most powerful moments of the romantic music.

    • @josephadams2378
      @josephadams2378 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      It connects me emotionally to the movie Somewhere in Time, my first viewing of which was a focal point for much of the pain and loneliness and grief and regret and sadness in my entire life, both before that moment and since. It's not really fair, because it is a beautiful work, and does not deserve to be associated with such feelings, even just in my own insignificant mind. It also happens to be one of the very few bits of Rachmaninoff, even within this rhapsody as a whole, that I can say I I think I somewhat understand.

    • @kenamick-ij9cs
      @kenamick-ij9cs 24 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Rach and Paganini = sublime.

  • @1962mano
    @1962mano 6 ปีที่แล้ว +558

    Anna Fedorova: a legend in the making.

    • @neilsvonzeppelin250
      @neilsvonzeppelin250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      In the beginning of 2020 what is she up to ?

    • @yashbspianoandcompositions1042
      @yashbspianoandcompositions1042 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@neilsvonzeppelin250 she just recently played Rachmaninoff piano concerto no 1 check it out

    • @neilsvonzeppelin250
      @neilsvonzeppelin250 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Sincere gratitude. She has " the sens of the divine ".

    • @swine13
      @swine13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      She would give the best hand and forearm massages, too, i bet. Each one of those fingers can probably lift more than either of my biceps.

    • @0GreatMerlin
      @0GreatMerlin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@swine13
      Watch the lid of the piano. It's bouncing because of her strikes to the keyboard. And yes, she can put eyes out with those fingers.

  • @Cromf
    @Cromf 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    Rachmaninoff is the composer who makes the most beautiful musics. As much as I love Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Brahms, etc., his compositions are the most sublime I’ve ever heard.

    • @hopesonmakokha5217
      @hopesonmakokha5217 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Don't forget Tchaikovsky!

    • @hopesonmakokha5217
      @hopesonmakokha5217 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Check out Rachmaninoff symphonic dances op. 45, it's sooo good

    • @Hhhhhhhhhhhha
      @Hhhhhhhhhhhha ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He must of been so so in love ❤

    • @baldmista1907
      @baldmista1907 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Don’t forget chopin

    • @kevintewey1157
      @kevintewey1157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      If sublime is interesting, then I agree.
      🙈

  • @firiel2366
    @firiel2366 5 ปีที่แล้ว +500

    That sublime bit from around 16:20 to 19:20 is just 👌. We had it on a CD growing up; it's one of the pieces that made me fall in love with music.

    • @sonofzues8414
      @sonofzues8414 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      damn thank you this was i looking for.

    • @ricardonascimento6020
      @ricardonascimento6020 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Espetacular!!! Encantadora!!! BRAVO!!!

    • @djarnoldo516
      @djarnoldo516 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      That sublime bit, my friend, is the 18th thematic variation of 24 in the piece. It is one of the, if not the, most beautiful piece of music ever written, and by itself earned Rachmaninov a place in the pantheon of Russian composers next to Tchaikovsky. When you hear this magnificent piece of music performed live, look around the hall; anyone with a soul in his breast will have a tear in his eye.

    • @nfw324
      @nfw324 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Also from the soundtrack "Somewhere In Time" with Christopher Reeve

    • @joannerichards1750
      @joannerichards1750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      When I first listened to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini I immediately recognized the introduction to the Sunday Matinee Theater on WTAE Ch. 4 in Pittsburgh in the late 1950s. It was the beautiful variation no. 18. At that moment I understood that the great classical musical themes are recycled endlessly in our culture and thus will never die.

  • @mandoman6786
    @mandoman6786 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I like how at the end of variation 18 a few people are crying while playing. Even after hours and hours of hearing it, it still gets them when heard with the entire orchestra in person.

    • @ripvanwinkle9592
      @ripvanwinkle9592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      After my teens I never liked the 18th variation in E major. I always look forward to its end and the relief provided by the brilliant 19th variation in a minor, my favorite of all 24, and the intense drama and brillisnt pianism which follows to the end of the rhapsody. I tired of the 18th in my youth and Rschmaninoff was already in his late 60's when he composed this masterpiece, only composing the 18th in order to obtain public appeal in which he certainly succeeded. Richarc Sot Facebook & Messenger

  • @MrRickstopher
    @MrRickstopher ปีที่แล้ว +13

    This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that has ever been created. 😢😢

  • @petermaddams6071
    @petermaddams6071 6 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    In my view nobody does Rachmaninov better than Anna Fedorova. A supremely talented pianist.

    • @LeizeLeize
      @LeizeLeize 5 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Lugansky is very talented too

    • @georgzillner
      @georgzillner 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Valentina Lisitsa

    • @TheSchmidt62
      @TheSchmidt62 5 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Don't forget Vladimir Ashkenazy!

    • @dearfriday5448
      @dearfriday5448 5 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Alexsander malofeev

    • @samuelngumii
      @samuelngumii 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Have you seen Alexis Weissenberg? He's rendition is a beauty.

  • @Treepusher1
    @Treepusher1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +439

    If you haven’t heard the Russians and Rachmaninov in particular, you haven’t heard music. Outstanding performance.

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      russians are the best composers
      kabalevsky, shostakovitch Prokofiev, katchaturian, scriabin, etc

    • @jzltrz97
      @jzltrz97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      @@UniversalDirp I believe Tchaikovsky is the greatest Russian composer!

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jzltrz97 No! I think kabalevsky is better. But yes, I did miss tchaik

    • @jzltrz97
      @jzltrz97 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      @@UniversalDirp I respect ur opinion! But i think tchaikovsky collection of music from his piano, violin concertos and his piano solo pieces are unreal.

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@jzltrz97 tchaik's concertos are great, but have you heard of his symph 4, 4th mvt?

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet ปีที่แล้ว +84

    About a hundred years ago, while at school, I decided to take intro to classical music. We got discounted tickets so I bought two, took my mom. This was on the bill. It was the first time I’d ever heard it. Immediately fell in love with it. Anyhoo, mom died recently and it made me sad. As an aside, I occasionally work for the local symphony, medium stature. As I was setting stands and lights the guest pianist was practicing on stage. Something was tickling the back of my brain but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. By the time he approached the 18th I knew exactly what was coming. Memories of mom and our trips to the symphony and opera and ballet came flooding into my head and at the exact same time a gust of wind must have blown a bunch of pollen into my eyes because they just started squiring water out and I had to run offstage.

    • @hspina
      @hspina ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I can totally relate !

    • @1014p
      @1014p ปีที่แล้ว +3

      So your about 110 years old then? Guessing based on 100 years ago and school comment likely early teens point muddle school. As a child likely not able to remember a whole suite this big nor its numbers. This does not seem accurate..

    • @carpballet
      @carpballet ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@1014p You sound like a mathematician and/or logician. Are you?

    • @xaviotesharris891
      @xaviotesharris891 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My momma gave me Rachmaninoff a hundred years ago when I was a child, and I come back here often. I lost her three years ago, and coming back here is comforting. Like you, I am also not a mathematician. 🤗 (@1014p - I did not actually lose her. I meant she died.)

    • @helioxdiver
      @helioxdiver 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      May your mother's memory be a blessing.

  • @bcing75
    @bcing75 5 ปีที่แล้ว +107

    No other theme ever written to have been inverted, slowed down, and transposed from minor into the major key is as marvelous as this 18th variation. Beauty at its finest!

    • @TheMelopeus
      @TheMelopeus 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      What was the original theme?

    • @negan2266
      @negan2266 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Paganini's Caprice I believe

    • @FranciscoCunha2004
      @FranciscoCunha2004 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      It wasn’t “transposed from minor to major”, the inversion itself makes it major. But yes it was transposed down a semitone from D Major to D flat Major

  • @TheMichael2737
    @TheMichael2737 5 ปีที่แล้ว +426

    I'm gonna start a petition to hand out cough drops at the doors to these performances.

    • @firebir11
      @firebir11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      😂

    • @kalayaskitchen
      @kalayaskitchen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      yes indeed, Novochok laced hankies, these idiotic selfish people dont bring anything to cover their stupid bloody mouths, the sound recording engineering of a full orchestra is extremely difficult, and so mikes pick up many audience "special effects", close miking is usually not an option - The performer may be said to get a feeling from having an audience there that lifts the perfomance. I doubt it, she has an orchestra. Get rid of the limited grey haired old farts of an audience and just remember (as in her Rach 2) that a 'net "broadcast" can accrue MILLIONS of plays. So therefore a perfectly timed annoying cough can spoil all this - globally. Perhaps some people do this on purpose, for "fame", and if they want to cough they should hold back until the louder parts are being played too.

    • @topenglish6674
      @topenglish6674 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@kalayaskitchen Ban all smokers from entering the concert hall

    • @zipojama
      @zipojama 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      yesterday I listened to that piece in repeat mode, and I was enjoying it a lot, but now I've read your comment, and I can't unhear all the coughs, especially on the quieter parts :/

    • @alanc6781
      @alanc6781 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ah, the joys of a live performance. And, do you know, when I go out driving or I go to the shops or get on an aeroplane there are always people there to annoy me. When I listen to music I rarely hear people coughing. I am just tuned into the music. I bet you people would even moan if your bum was on fire.

  • @vebjrngilberg1422
    @vebjrngilberg1422 5 ปีที่แล้ว +277

    *The plane takes off*
    Me: If I die now, at least I die listening to Rachmaninoff.

    • @DAVEDIKIAN
      @DAVEDIKIAN 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      The same for me. For the moment I live, and I want to live listening to Rachmaninov more and more !

    • @uskosandan
      @uskosandan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      My desert island music

    • @rbarnes4076
      @rbarnes4076 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      This is precisely how I feel about Rachmaninoff. A genius' genius.

    • @billding7073
      @billding7073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You and Salvador Dali.

    • @silviastay7696
      @silviastay7696 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

  • @Daviddaze
    @Daviddaze ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Fedorova makes Rachs piano no.3 soar like a jet plane and Tchaik's piano no.1 sing into the heavens.

  • @Bevsworld04
    @Bevsworld04 2 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    Var 11 6:54 is extremely underrated imo. When I hear the first opening notes, I imagine a desert oasis with seagulls flying overhead. A clear, blue pond surrounded by palm trees under an equally blue sky.

    • @leesutcliffe7493
      @leesutcliffe7493 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      \\\’
      llt]hititgosontolon]

    • @laiyinquan8355
      @laiyinquan8355 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I love that interpretation! I never was able to express the euphoria I feel whenever I hear this variation, but you really captured that feeling

    • @BRNRDNCK
      @BRNRDNCK 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Lol how is it underrated, where was it ever “rated” for your comparison?

    • @Bevsworld04
      @Bevsworld04 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @BRNRDNCK everyone talks about var 18, when I kinda perfer 11 in a weird way

  • @wisskier
    @wisskier 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Variation 18 gets me every time!

  • @marzettiful
    @marzettiful 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    What a bloody miracle.... A wonderful performance.... Thank the lord we still have people who can do this!!!

  • @jarrodmartin3630
    @jarrodmartin3630 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I really appreciate that she never rushes through any piece. I can actually hear all her notes.

  • @zf5214
    @zf5214 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    17:11 gave me chills. so beautiful

  • @brucewayne5496
    @brucewayne5496 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Anna Fedorova is one in millions. What an extraordinary talent. She is dropping greatness in this performance! 🔝

  • @LSSYLondon
    @LSSYLondon ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is truly remarkable. I saw her at Carnegie Hall years ago and it was one of the most remarkable experiences of my life.

  • @thebluerobin
    @thebluerobin 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Children need to be played classical music in the crib, and through early childhood so as to learn and appreciate this wonderful music at an early age.

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Agreed. To grow up without this music would be tragic. What a blessing it is to those who have found it.

    • @mastopakya
      @mastopakya 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I learned my love of classical music as a child, watching Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, when animation was a beautiful art form, and the music was integral to the telling of the story. Go back and look at some of the classic cartoons from the 40's and 50's, and you will see what I mean. Aahh.........the good ole days.

    • @GBAusmeierAussie
      @GBAusmeierAussie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Tell that to the criminals who are trying to jab the kids instead!

    • @darylharvey2865
      @darylharvey2865 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My dad did that. And Mom played contemporary jazz for me as well. To this day, I can't live without hearing an uplifting piece of music to start my day. Thanks, Mom & Dad.

  • @guslama9130
    @guslama9130 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    This beautiful woman makes so many people around the world so happy. Thanks, from the bottom of my heart.

  • @XO.Studio
    @XO.Studio ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I can’t believe I actually cried a bit to this piece 😅 this is truly something else, it just hits differently. 😢

    • @sidisura
      @sidisura ปีที่แล้ว

      I totally agree with you.

    • @XO.Studio
      @XO.Studio ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Listen to it 2 months later and yup hasn’t changed cried again 🥹

  • @kristinajansondpm
    @kristinajansondpm 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I have never heard the piano played so well in this piece. Wow. Made me cry it was so good.

    • @0GreatMerlin
      @0GreatMerlin 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I could listen to this every day. But I don't really like ground hogs.

    • @user-tc7vl2dl7r
      @user-tc7vl2dl7r 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      电影時光倒流七十年也用这个曲子🌹💕

  • @TheMarcHicks
    @TheMarcHicks 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    I recall having to memorize pieces of music back in High School....but those were usually no more than 6 minutes in length. So I stand in amazement of artists who can play over 20 minutes of music from memory. Their muscle memory must be phenomenal!!!!

  • @kelkabot
    @kelkabot 3 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    8:14, leading into 8:57 with the entrance of the strings--I die every time. Brava Fedorova, and a thousand thousand honors heaped on the glorious head of Rachmaninoff.

    • @russhamer
      @russhamer 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      omg...so so beautiful!

  • @sidisura
    @sidisura ปีที่แล้ว +15

    At the 10 min, and 20 seconds in.....🥲🥲 God I love this piece. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!!! It evokes such deep feelings within me. I literally cry listening to it. I could listen to this all day. Gosh, music can be sooooo deliciously beautiful.

  • @wwssviewer
    @wwssviewer ปีที่แล้ว +15

    This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed.

    • @kevinmccloud8
      @kevinmccloud8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Ditto : ) ❤⛅🕺🏻🤸🏾‍♀🎤👌🎹☮

    • @gothamelliott
      @gothamelliott 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yes it is! Excruciatingly beautiful!

  • @Mr.Rachmaninoff
    @Mr.Rachmaninoff ปีที่แล้ว +3

    He was the greatest genius of all time!

  • @razibhasan24
    @razibhasan24 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    My comfort place.

  • @juanpablobernal5767
    @juanpablobernal5767 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +17

    IMHO this is the best version of this concert aviailable on TH-cam. Anna Fedorova's passion perfectly complements Rachmaninoff's. I return to this concert over and over. At the end I feel like I need to stand up, aplaud, and cheer!!!

    • @kevintewey1157
      @kevintewey1157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ( agree)
      Imagine something you can still somewhat enjoy with a migraine ( VERY RARE )

  • @kevinkeene5608
    @kevinkeene5608 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    With a name like Anna Fedorova she deserves to be the queen of the piano.

  • @darylharvey2865
    @darylharvey2865 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    The engineer didn't get paid enough. Best recorded version of this piece in existence, IMO.

    • @alexsherban7556
      @alexsherban7556 ปีที่แล้ว

      Should listen this to compare th-cam.com/video/zbGajVU7CGk/w-d-xo.html

  • @billgaetz337
    @billgaetz337 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    What an honour to share this planet with the genius of Anna Fedorova, how she taps into and allows the music to flow through her from that source that has no name , besides the countless hours of practice , to watch that music course through her and manifest through her hands is like watching a miracle manifest right before your eyes.

  • @marceloleiva2093
    @marceloleiva2093 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    No matter how many times I listen to this masterpiece, each time I do I discover something awesome...

  • @leonaldobrum
    @leonaldobrum ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This was IMPRESSIVE
    Rachmaninov would feel proud!

  • @UnstoppableYaris
    @UnstoppableYaris 4 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    My musical tastes may have changed somewhat over time, but I will never give up my punk, Grateful Dead and Rachmaninoff

  • @Zonno5
    @Zonno5 6 ปีที่แล้ว +506

    The part everyone wants to hear: 16:15

    • @ninjafruit816
      @ninjafruit816 5 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Zonno5 Yep. What a lovely cough. It’s like they time it to match the music perfectly.

    • @steveburrus9347
      @steveburrus9347 5 ปีที่แล้ว +24

      Boy u ain't kidding. One would have to be a hard cold stone not to appreciate that melody.

    • @LeozinXD
      @LeozinXD 5 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And the smile everyone wants to see: 24:47 :)

    • @SvetoslavAtanasov
      @SvetoslavAtanasov 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol

    • @Allacra
      @Allacra 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You are correct :) I used to try to play this when I was little.

  • @MrAMusicPlace
    @MrAMusicPlace 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I rarely hear rubato managed so well as it was hers in variation 17. Outstanding musicianship.

  • @elizabethschaeffer9543
    @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    A classic. Fedorova and her interpretation of Rachmaninoff's music will never grow old.

  • @joolsadlington7250
    @joolsadlington7250 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    So beautiful

  • @fazlulkader7849
    @fazlulkader7849 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    I have watched rachmaninoff 2 and 3 performed by Anna.Her performance is outstanding and incredible.I think she is best pianist of our time.Bravo Anna.

  • @ginnyli2913
    @ginnyli2913 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the last three notes are just heavenly

  • @billh2567
    @billh2567 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    This melody always makes me stop what I am doing and daydream

  • @NikkkitoNippongo
    @NikkkitoNippongo 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The part everyone wants to hear at 16:14 is the reverse on a major tone of the original theme...enjoy it!

    • @nandoflorestan
      @nandoflorestan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Reverse or inversion? The first happens in time, the latter in pitch.

    • @deleted01
      @deleted01 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Rachmaninoff obviously stole it from a shampoo commercial

  • @ArtStringsEnsembles
    @ArtStringsEnsembles 6 ปีที่แล้ว +204

    Awesome pianist and wonderful musician - she truly delivers the very meaning of this masterpiece by Rachmaninoff.

  • @ladyofawesome8572
    @ladyofawesome8572 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Literally got chills in the 18th varation

  • @jollosaify
    @jollosaify 6 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Anna Fedorova is back again with this difficult Rachmaninov piano work. As always, she met our expectation. Congratulations to Miss Fedorova and to her high artistry. The orchestra was up to her too. Thanks to the AVROTROS production team: a 10.

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is amazing when all these elements come together to produce this awe-inspiring music. Definitely a ten.

    • @varunsathya1912
      @varunsathya1912 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@elizabethschaeffer9543 more like an eleven :D

    • @jwilliam2255
      @jwilliam2255 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@varunsathya1912 or 12.

  • @alicegriloferreira2953
    @alicegriloferreira2953 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I feel like every composer is a genius. How can one write such sublime masterpieces. Rachmaninnoff and all the other composers were geniuses from another planet.

  • @caseybarnes2082
    @caseybarnes2082 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    How she plays this 100 percent from memory is absolutely incredible

    • @miajc6606
      @miajc6606 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I wouldn’t say that is a problem as practicing a piece consists of playing the same passages OVER AND OVER.

    • @gothamelliott
      @gothamelliott 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Casey, It is not a problem at all if you are truly a musician. I was what is known as a "child prodigy", having started to learn the piano at the age of three. I could learn and repeat long works of music by the age of 6. It's no different than an actor learning a play, or an opera singer learning an opera. I'm not boasting. It's simply the way it is. It is a gift.

  • @edwardkonowicz2135
    @edwardkonowicz2135 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    I love that you, Anna, helped to keep Rachmaninoff's vision of sustaining beautiful music alive. Thanks!

  • @MrTullomania
    @MrTullomania 6 ปีที่แล้ว +361

    A truly brilliant interpretation. I felt the chill in my spine in the 17th variation, more than usual, which I was hoping for. You went in deep into its darkness and melancholy and then brought us out into the radiance and beauty of the 18th which you owned with unsurpassed passion and emotion. You played the difficult 24th with sheer artistry and aplomb and made it look all too easy, which it is definitely not! You are a treasure. I will experience this wonderful performance over and over again and work to find an opportunity to experience your marvelous artistry in person...some day. Thanks to Avrotros for a excellent camera work and editing. No nice to see closeups of musicians at critical moments. This was a masterful production! Thank you!

    • @tbu1mi
      @tbu1mi 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I'm such a peasant, Russian by lineage no less. I just dream and grunt out " This is nice". I can analyze circuits but music eludes me that way.

    • @diegomontecino101
      @diegomontecino101 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      the problem: with headphones, it is full of coughs... coughs and coughs. Control yourselves!!!!

    • @g.defreestlarner772
      @g.defreestlarner772 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@tbu1mi The best thing about music - you get to enjoy it any way you want...

    • @simonjohnson1257
      @simonjohnson1257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      i think the 17th is so underrated.. the suspense is incredible! Such wonderful composition.

    • @IMAWriterRobJ
      @IMAWriterRobJ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Mark, I hadn't seen your comment, and posted precisely the same thing. #17, the eeriness there that is often missing. Nothing perfunctory about #17 in THIS performance.

  • @CensureAsylum
    @CensureAsylum ปีที่แล้ว +1

    High regard, High respect.

  • @williamstrother6027
    @williamstrother6027 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anna fedarova is an great pianist

  • @garrycauchi6457
    @garrycauchi6457 5 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    my heart is transported to somewhere i never heard of ... cannot explain ,,, sorry .... another dimension i dare say ... perhaps ....

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Agreed. The combination of Anna Fedorova and Rachmaninoff is a powerful one. Beyond words.

    • @BarbDonnelly
      @BarbDonnelly 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Somewhere In Time"?

  • @leoinsf
    @leoinsf ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Anna, a true soloist who can also blend with the orchestral sound which is so true of this composition.
    Her technique is obvious, but her tonal control is also very obvious as she plays.
    This is one of the best interpretations I have heard.
    Brava, Anna! Come to America: San Francisco Symphony soooon!

  • @joseluizengelke5128
    @joseluizengelke5128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Anna Fedorova, a Goddess playing Rach 👏👏👏🎹🎹🎹

  • @kevintewey1157
    @kevintewey1157 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Wow !!! 😳😳😳

  • @frankieroberson3398
    @frankieroberson3398 6 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    Yes, Amazing especially pianist Anna Fedorova

  • @maxkaminsky13
    @maxkaminsky13 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    10:18 Rachmaninov just drops an absolute BOP!

  • @joannerichards1750
    @joannerichards1750 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Anna Fedorova slays me every time I watch her play Rachmaninoff.

  • @KidCorporate
    @KidCorporate 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Now THIS is why I bought those studio monitors.

  • @Drinkthedamncocoa
    @Drinkthedamncocoa 5 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This piece makes me want to cry it's so damn beautiful.

  • @matzek.9119
    @matzek.9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Thank you Anna Fedorova for this Masterpiece!

  • @marinagrieswald
    @marinagrieswald ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Fantastisch diese Rapsodie

  • @carlcorry2067
    @carlcorry2067 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Best I’ve ever heard in 50 year - Carl Corry - Joffrey Ballet Veteran

  • @glennaharris9497
    @glennaharris9497 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The entire piece is magnificent especially when played by Anna Fedorova, but the three and half minutes in mid piece is what has made this composition one of the most famous in the world's category of music. I have to admit that little slice is phenomenal, but with Anna at the piano the entire Rachmaninoff piano concerto shines. Rachmaninoff is up there with Beethoven and Tchaikovsky as my top composers of all time.

  • @dosterix6034
    @dosterix6034 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is a gem, not necessarily a hidden one but still a gem

  • @juergenweidner1
    @juergenweidner1 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Das ist einfach so schoen.

  • @davidmackie8552
    @davidmackie8552 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Absolute genius . . . Composer and musicians. Anna understands Rakhmaninov

  • @Tom-xe9iq
    @Tom-xe9iq ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Anna is such an incredibly talented pianist that I got very emotional with her interpretations of this music.

  • @frankreedy6437
    @frankreedy6437 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    So spectacular leaves one breathless. Listen to it over and over. Can’t hear it enough. Her piano concerto performances rise to the top of human accomplishment.

  • @davidirvingcpa
    @davidirvingcpa 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    OMG!! How does she do that?! This tops Emmanuel Axe even. Did she win every competition in the world?

  • @bettysides1422
    @bettysides1422 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Anna Fedorova is a living miracle, just amazing, mesmerizing & passionate, I gush!!!

  • @LC-cu6oc
    @LC-cu6oc ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Once more I'm transported into another era and I love it! Played beautifully, powerful and as always, Anna is so passionate.
    How she plays for long periods and no music sheet, unbelievable memory; I see it in all her concerts, amazing!
    Thank you to Anna, the Orchestra and Avrotros for posting sublime piano concerts. ❤🎼🎶

  • @hellimancini5299
    @hellimancini5299 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Anna Fedorova's performance created a reference work. I'm so grateful to her, thank you.

  • @anamcmahan1883
    @anamcmahan1883 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Extremely impressive!.

  • @wotringjjiv
    @wotringjjiv 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Who on Earth give this a thumbs down? I pity such individuals who can't comprehend or enjoy the beauty and magnificence of this music and the artists performing it.

  • @chuckkay
    @chuckkay ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Fantastic performance of an iconic piece of music. Rachmaninoff was a genius. Love all his compositions. Great job by Ann Fedorava and the orchestra.

    • @paulaepstein9051
      @paulaepstein9051 ปีที่แล้ว

      Indeed...my favorite among the Russian composers... with Stravinsky right behind

  • @mayamalloy2403
    @mayamalloy2403 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Greatest piece of music ever written and Anna plays it with utter perfection. Rachmaninoff was a true genius.

  • @skymarshallmarz5573
    @skymarshallmarz5573 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    Brought tears to my eyes. Incredible musicality and understanding.

  • @harrycook9041
    @harrycook9041 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I love Fedorova so much!

    • @barryisland5942
      @barryisland5942 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Please join the back of the queue.

  • @Desireyso58
    @Desireyso58 6 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    ANNA, So Talented, So Beautiful!!!

  • @bramhuysen5907
    @bramhuysen5907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    WOW, WOW, WOW ! Anna will go down in history as a legend.

  • @Tony-Thompson
    @Tony-Thompson 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    I've just listened again to this incredible performance. I am - truthfully - wiping away tears of joy. She is a wondrous talent. What a privilege it is for us to hear this.

  • @BitcoinSucker
    @BitcoinSucker 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    I’m actually from the international coughing consortium that relentlessly await the chance to ruin great performances all around the world, and will never forget this one.

    • @kalayaskitchen
      @kalayaskitchen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      COVID will give you a great practice part - remember you words as they put you on a ventilator - instant karma hahahahahahaha

    • @tarquin4592
      @tarquin4592 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's endemic in the game of snooker when that's being televised in the UK!

  • @creandoCOSASdiy
    @creandoCOSASdiy 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Var. 17 is so dark, so intense, so dense... followed by exactly the opposite, Var. 18. This contrast i think is the best in classical music that i can remind of.

  • @alinelemaitre1391
    @alinelemaitre1391 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    magnifique, autant l'oeuvre que l'interprétation !

  • @donaldwhittaker7987
    @donaldwhittaker7987 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Good stuff. Wow

  • @redsurf1234
    @redsurf1234 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Absolutely brilliant

  • @wheresteamlives
    @wheresteamlives 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    One of the greatest pieces of music, period. And that ending, with the giant crescendo and then just a few notes on the piano -- beyond sublime. Along with getting goosebumps even just thinking about it, I practically burst into tears every time I hear it -- I cannot name the emotion that I feel, but I feel it DEEPLY, every time. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

  • @krskampuchea
    @krskampuchea 5 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Big admirer of Anna, since she played Rachmaninoff's so called "5th concerto" (2nd symphony piano interpretation). In here, played everyone's favorite melody 16:24 wonderfully slowly, to give us mere mortals time to savour and appreciate.

  • @user-rr1jw9cz1u
    @user-rr1jw9cz1u 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    AMAZING!!!!🥰🥰🥰

  • @dc10retired
    @dc10retired 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Anna you are incredible. Rach whisperer unrivaled!!!

  • @donna30044
    @donna30044 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Artistry of the first order. One of my favorites pieces played by one of my favorite pianists and a top tier orchestra.

  • @potterpotter3161
    @potterpotter3161 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    She's a genius.. A gifted...

  • @ajgavin4141
    @ajgavin4141 ปีที่แล้ว

    I could watch this all day

  • @andrewtaylor4664
    @andrewtaylor4664 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    She is an authority on Rachmaninoff.