It's so strange hearing the way Rachmaninoff plays in all of his recordings. He disregards his own scores so much and it makes it so fascinating and proves that perfection to the score isn't as important as artistic interpretation
it's the height of arrogance to think that the composer disregards his score. The more humble thought would be that perhaps all the other performers have been interpreting the score incorrectly, because in fact, they can play notes, but THE TRUTH IN THE MUSIC is lost on them.
@Spinach and Scenery Why would Valentina Lisitsa believe that there is a difference between the score and the composer? Music history is rife with examples of composers demanding that their music be performed exactly as written. If one believes that a composer is competent at notating his ideas in notes, then disregarding the score is tantamount to disregarding the composer.
I wonder how many different ways he played it. When you're that gloriously talented, you can pitch a change-up at will, just to keep yourself from getting bored with your fastball and slider.
@@AlikaLi357это совсем другое, это сложная судьба Руси, которую множество раз пытались и пытаются стереть. И сложная судьба ее Высокого духом, мужественного и человечного народа, потомков Белых Богов .
@@Galina-Angel-14 Рахманинов - Рахман - татарин по происхождению не имеет никакого отношения к Руси, так же как и Московия и Татария. Русь - это то, что сейчас Украина. Московия украла их название и историю. А сложная судьба рф - это вечное завоевание колоний и порабощение народов вокруг себя.
@@Galina-Angel-14 вы не потомки никаких белых богов, у вас в церкви фуражка гитлера, вы нацисты и фашисты. И вы прокляты богом, отсюда ваша тяжёлая судьба.
This makes my heart ache. His timings on the left hand are so free and the melody is unbroken and direct. Truly unique! Simply glad I can listen to this.
if anyone asks, the performance comes from ampico piano roll n. 69253. Rachmaninoff also performed several works on piano rolls. Several manufacturers, in particular the Aeolian Company, published his compositions on perforated music rolls from about 1900 onwards. His sister-in-law, Sofia Satina, remembered him at the family estate at Ivanovka, pedalling gleefully through a set of rolls of his Second Piano Concerto, apparently acquired from a German source, most probably the Aeolian Company's Berlin subsidiary, the Choralion Company. Aeolian in London created a set of three rolls of this concerto in 1909, which remained in the catalogues of its various successors until the late 1970s. From 1919 he made 35 piano rolls (12 of which were his own compositions), for the American Piano Company (Ampico)'s reproducing piano. According to the Ampico publicity department, he initially disbelieved that a roll of punched paper could provide an accurate record, so he was invited to listen to a proof copy of his first recording. After the performance, he was quoted as saying "Gentlemen-I, Sergei Rachmaninoff, have just heard myself play!" For demonstration purposes, he recorded the solo part of his Second Piano Concerto for Ampico, though only the second movement was used publicly and has survived. He continued to make roll recordings until around 1929, though his last roll, the Chopin Scherzo in B-flat minor, was not published until October 1933.
@@sunilj2608 The roll was recorded in 1928, however "In 1922 Ampico abandoned the attempt to encode the issue date in the roll number itself, and in May 1922, with the inauguration of the black box and the A-label, the month-year issue date is found in tiny print in the lower right corner of the label." 5000x 1916 5100x 1916 5200x 1917 5300x 1917 5400x 1917-18 5500x 1918-19 5600x 1919 5700x 1919-20 5800x 1920 5900x 1921 6000x 1921-22 source: stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ny414gc8742/34-03.pdf
I don’t know why but I love looking at pictures off Rachmaninov. I would have loved to been a fly on the wall watching him compose these incredible works
With Rach, *what you saw was what you got*. He was, literally, "somebody to look up to", and not only physically. He was quiet and dedicated, a great husband and father, and never indulged in the "superstar" antics of Vladi Horowitz. From the biography, "Horowitz" by Glenn Plaskin (p. 112): "After Horowitz' American debut in Carnegie Hall performing the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in 1928, Rachmaninoff told him, "You may be the loudest and the fastest but I must tell you that it was not musical." RIP...
I love Rachmaninoff music so much, thank you for this recording, at the age of 15 I heard Rachmaninoff for the first time (pianoconcerto nr 2 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam), I fell in love with classical music that day.. Now I am 57 years and that love is going stronger and stronger. In april 2021 there will be my first grand child, a grand daugther, I shall listen to Rachmaninoff with her. I hope so will love classical music as much as I do. Greetings from the Netherlands.
@@wimkoevoets3595 Yes she is listening a lot to classical music, her name is Luna and often we listen to Claire de Lune from Debussy and Moonligt sonate from Beethoven
I get the exact same feeling from the second theme of the Bm sonata(Liszt). A glorious sunrising, or the sun coming out of the dark clouded sky. Very ominous, and stunningly beautiful.
je crois aussi, qu a 2, 38 RACHMANINOFF a voulu exprimer exprimer le fait qu , pour se liberer de la peur de "mourir , il faut a un moment , faire confiance, et ........ "se geter, dans le "vide stop controle , seulement respirer........ notre CHER RACHMANINOFF AVEC SA MUSIQUE IL A TRES BIEN REALISE CECI. merci beaucoup mon FRERE RACHMANINOFF , tu vis en moi quelque part :
No words are available to describe the depth of the beauty of the vibrations which radiate from Rachmaninov‘s soul to the piano keys as he deliberately attunes himself toward his yearning and ultimate and ascent.
@@theforbiddenfruit2300 Some feelings are profound enough that to use casual language to describe them does them an incredible disservice. The only appropriate language is religious in nature.
such a genius...i can listen 1000 times and i will feel more intense each time...every note comes together so wonderfully i can almost hear words while listening....what a story he told..timeless
Rachmaninoff is one of few composers who were, at the same time, excellent composers and excellent musicians! His Chopin playing, for example, is beautiful. Thank you!!
the 110 people probably cried a river and hit the dislike button accidentally for they couldn't see anything anymore. This melancholic piece isn't just said... it's a truly sad poem. I cried, I played it, and I still cry.
Each time I am crushed by world events, conflict and senseless globalization. I listen to Rahhmaninoff and stand up strong but fragile. I love him so much
I have been listening to his music for over 70 years and his purity of heart and spirit eminates through all of his compositions. Rachmaninoff once said his music is a self portrait, and that it is.
Rafik, that is how I feel, globalization scares me to death and listening to music that gets deep inside my soul keeps me sane.. my two favorite composers, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky bring me sanity and standing strong and being fragile at he same time is a sign of a beautiful soul.
@@BytomGirl Well said! In this crazy world, and living in a crazy country with the dumbest, most insane president to grace Earth in all history, working in a hospital dealing with sick people who decided to elect this crazy president....... Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Gerald Finzi, Diego Ortiz, Michael Praetorius, Corelli, Liszt, and all the great masters of music come to the rescue. Truly, it is the universal language without words, that speak directly to the soul of ALL humans.
I don't think you understood... our president is the only one to stand up to globalists and don't listen to lying media... he is not crazy or insane, he is the most sane person in this country who wants the best for us, the people. His opponents lie and want to destroy him and bring on socialism. They are the ones who want to globalize this planet. Get your facts straight. PS you can only wish to be as "dumb" as him. Look up description for globalization. It promotes open borders and chaos, control and violence. He is one who wants to keep our country safe as it is supposed to be. So start thinking as an individual and stop listening to liars
Why do you think Rachmaninov escaped post-revolution Russia? He hated communism and what it has done to his country and it's people. He was arrested but was lucky to escape and Shostakovich lived with packed suitcase in case KGB came for him.
Yes, we can "be kind, caring, thoughtful, and loving to everyone", that is, if we want to end up someone's dinner or slave, much like the Eloi of H. G. Well's imagination. I on the other hand, will reject such shallow and mendacious sentiments and face reality. Hate clarifies when sentiment only obfuscates and confuses. Hate seeks justice when someone you love is severely harmed. Hate focuses like a laser beam on unassimilable differences and reminds you that to have a discriminating mind is wise and prudent, whilst having an indiscriminate mind is to follow the garden path to an untimely destruction of not only yourself, but possibly on those you love. Both hate and love are necessary to human life. To separate the two is like separating math and science. You can't do it!
@@Shooters141 Children are often quite cruel. Why would society and morality have to take such efforts to weaken and dissipate our natural energy in the prisons and training centers called schools if not to force our antisocial tendencies into submission?
Even through the mechanical filter of the reproducing piano, Rachmaninoff's magisterial interpretation of his own music shines through convincingly. Here he is unassailable.
In listening to the profound depths of Rachmaninoff performing his Elegie Op 3 No. 1, I could not help but remembere the words of revered admiration from my Great Violin Mentor, Nathan Milstein, who once told me if not Ten Times, "Rachmaninoff is the Greatest Composer of the Twentieth Century, Elisabeth! Do not ever forget this!!!!!" Hearing the immenseness of such an enlarged Soul, I carry Milstein's words with me - & Always ~ NM was a very close friend & younger colleague of Sergie Rachmaninoff, whom he - NM- Loved❣
Franco Riva ~ Thank you for your lovely words! Also for regards from Como in Italia!! Are you a Pianist?? Mi Espagnol es, pero no Italiano porquet un Escquala no aprender Italian cuando amigamita!! Mi Espanol Es muy horrific!! Muchas Gracias y musicale Hello a Italia! Me on FB, as Elisabeth Anne Matesky ~ Ciao!! Milstein's 1st artist pupil in Londres por tres anos plus!!! Yo Teach todo el Mundo pero Pandemic, No ahora ~ Muy Treiste .. Be Well ~
Никак не разберусь что поражает: или это широта( простор) в моем воображении; или это многозвучие музыкального ряда... Пробирает до мурашек... Помяни ,Господи, душу усопшего раба твоего Сергея...
@@ИгорьТим-в4о если вы когда-нибудь окажетесь на Тамбовщине, вы увидите этот простор, там уже нет дремучих лесов, но поля, сады, в мае запах сирени, осенью яблок. Это его Ивановка.
Наталия, и я слушаю и плачу от счастья. Нашла трогательные воспоминание о Сергее Васильевиче, пишет сестра жены Рахманинова. Почитайте, пожалуйста senar.ru/memoirs/Satina/
Из русских композиторов это лучший из прекрасных. Душа разрывается слушая эти незабываемые мелодии, именно русские, широкие, распевные. Рахманинов -- это чудо, это божество !!!
Сергей, С.В.Рахманинова называли последним романтиком 20-го века. С радостью поделюсь: Всё о Рахманинове(фото, исполнение произведений автором) senar.ru/memoirs/Satina/
I can't imagine my life without this music because it created in my mind some emotions. Without it the best moment of my life would not be as I actually know them.
This recording at 3:37 has Gb at Measure 90, 3rd beat which is apparently correct. See new Henle edition of Rach Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 (Fantasy Pieces) 5 pieces Elegie, Prelude, Melodie, Polichinelle, Seranade. Henle comments section says G flat was in autograph, but G natural mistakenly put in "F", Gutheil's first edition, then corrected in Gutheil's "ED" corrected ed. I believe Alfred edition also says Gb. On subject of interpretation- Composers, performers and Composer/performers have often performed/ recorded different, varied interpretations, different tempi- Schumann Traumeri- metronome mark faster than anyone plays it- added improvisations to their already published scores - Mozart Chopin, Liszt. Rach wrote new versions of his 2nd Sonata, Melodie and Seranade from Op 3 which are in the new Henle etc. Opera of course is famous for its performing "tradition"- unwritten changes of tempo, interpretation, key transpositions, added fermatas, cuts... If a composer wrote it one way but then decides to perform it or rewrite is that OK? Maybe its a question of taste. Good taste or bad taste?
almost to the end the song the technique both hands in top of each other and tie together just like you hold all of feeling in to explore to last note which wake you up from the most beautiful thing. Very very intend and emotional. The best piece I ever play.
Rachmaninov, un genio de piano, uno de mis músicos preferidos, no sólo como pianista, sino también como compositor. Su música es única, de una belleza indescriptible, llevada a su máxima expresión, es tan personal, tan bonita que me emociona mucho !!!!
Vero, verissime le Tue parole, grande e dublime emozione in quelle note! Genio che non smette di stupire e illuminare menti e cuori dei suoi Fans! Sublime lirica universale, mi ha molto aiutato nei momenti di solitudine. Grazie Maestro!
I love 'classical music' but had never listened to this one. Right now the world is an absolute mess, I tend to see hope in everything but I just can't now. I'm in tears but music keeps me alive, keeps me feeling, music is saving me again.
Oh to have met this incredibly talented man....once would have sufficed....but we can only dream of such things ever happening in our lifetime. Thank you Rachmaninov.
Всем понятная без слов откровенная музыка. слышу правдивые образы нашей жизни, как же она божественно прекрасна. Земная, благородная благодарная боль за братьев и сестёр, за отцов и матерей, за дедов и бабушек. Спасибо. Востребованная непогода и гроза, заканчивается как сказка, ласковым солнышком и просветлением, все становиться ясно как божий день. Путь за частую очень долог и не справедлив ко всем.
Indeed, I find his no. 2 concerto to be the best concerto ever composed. The varying feelings, emotions, expressions, explosions of melody, intricate deep emotions; never have experienced such a deep and fulminant history telling. The Master.
So intended so beautiful master piece. I love his music it makes life so romantic and fragile remind you of the past with good and sad memories. Listening to his music we breath in full of emotional with hurt and pain happy and sad. It is really stir all of the feeling from every expect of the soul.
Just remember resilience is not the resistance, or the thickness of the wall, its the ability to rebuild it when its been broken down. Time and time again.
The astounding clarity of this recording makes it painfully obvious that this was not an original recording of Elegie by Rachmaninoff. I believe this is taken from the CD whereby the sound engineers took the piano rolls generated from Rachmaninoff’s playing and then transcribed them into a digital format (i.e. “digitized rolls”) and then ran these “digitized rolls” thru a Bosendorfer which had the computer hardware to read them. I have both CDs and they are AMAZING! I believe the CD is titled “A Window in Time”.
Словами не передать насколько это гениальный человек со своею музыкой, полной страсти и такой душевной взволновонностью. Я становлюсь счастливой каждый раз, слушая произведения Сергея Рахманинова, и моё сердце замирает. Здесь даже слов не нужно! Это просто нужно услышать!
@@AngelLopez-pc1pw , правда? Я вот читаю отзывы на английском и они говорят об обратном, музыкальный вкус и умение воспринимать прекрасное не имеют нацональности и расы.
alors là .. devant un tel génial musicien ... il y a des gens qui ont l'indécence de critiquer ?, pauvre monde et quelle honte . Génial Maestro MERCI .. et c'est une pianiste qui parle !!!!
Heartbreaking and bleak. This one brings to me the emotions of romantic love, especially unrequited romantic feeling. The romance comes from the syncopated rhythm (though other performances use that syncopation more than Rachmaninov does here!) It perfectly describes the highs and lows of limerence. The middle part is the essence of bliss and madness. As an elegy though, it is also evocative of great grief and loss. That is clear towards the end in particular. Overall, this is one of my absolute favourite pieces of music. I couldn't stop listening to it when I found it.
Ах как вы правы,мне кажется,люди устанут так жить,и потянутся к настоящей и музыке,и литературе и ко вмему прекрасному,что было создано нашими прекрасными ,русскими талантами,а иначе деградация и путь в никуда.
The way this has been remastered has improved the sound quality massively. Thank you! I found the same piano roll on Spotify, but the balance on the recording is awful. Still the best interpretation by far.
@@ethanggliu The composer's interpretation is still an interpretation. What is the point of your reply? If you're going to be a pedant, at least get it right.
@@flyingpenandpaper6119 No. Interpretation is the act of explaining the meaning of something, which implies subjectivity. As Rachmaninoff is THE composer, he's the only one that can decide whether it's played "correctly" or not. Rachmaninoff is not "interpreting" his own music, but playing it how it's objectively meant to sound.
რამდენიც არ უნდა ეცადო,ვერ გადმოსცემ სიტყვებით ,იმას რასაც გაგრძნობინებს რახმანინოვის ეს ნაწარმოები....უბრალოდ-გენიალურია!!! მსოფლიო მუსიკის შედევრი! კიდევ ერთხელ ვრწმუნდები,რომ მუსიკა ყველაფერზე აღმატებულია...
Fulgurant, superbe ! Merci de tout coeur d'avoir publié. J'ai joué cette pièce, l'écoute que je viens de faire me donne vraiment le goût de la rejouer.
It's so strange hearing the way Rachmaninoff plays in all of his recordings. He disregards his own scores so much and it makes it so fascinating and proves that perfection to the score isn't as important as artistic interpretation
it's the height of arrogance to think that the composer disregards his score. The more humble thought would be that perhaps all the other performers have been interpreting the score incorrectly, because in fact, they can play notes, but THE TRUTH IN THE MUSIC is lost on them.
I read this is Tyrion's voice lol
Angel Lopez i think you'll find if you actually read the score he does in fact disregard it...
@Spinach and Scenery Why would Valentina Lisitsa believe that there is a difference between the score and the composer? Music history is rife with examples of composers demanding that their music be performed exactly as written. If one believes that a composer is competent at notating his ideas in notes, then disregarding the score is tantamount to disregarding the composer.
I wonder how many different ways he played it. When you're that gloriously talented, you can pitch a change-up at will, just to keep yourself from getting bored with your fastball and slider.
Rach has a talent for creating the the most wonderfully colorful darkness.
Beautifully, concisely put. :)
This is not colorful darkness, this is the sadness of life, its tragic beauty.
@@AlikaLi357это совсем другое, это сложная судьба Руси, которую множество раз пытались и пытаются стереть. И сложная судьба ее Высокого духом, мужественного и человечного народа, потомков Белых Богов .
@@Galina-Angel-14 Рахманинов - Рахман - татарин по происхождению не имеет никакого отношения к Руси, так же как и Московия и Татария. Русь - это то, что сейчас Украина. Московия украла их название и историю. А сложная судьба рф - это вечное завоевание колоний и порабощение народов вокруг себя.
@@Galina-Angel-14 вы не потомки никаких белых богов, у вас в церкви фуражка гитлера, вы нацисты и фашисты. И вы прокляты богом, отсюда ваша тяжёлая судьба.
Rachmaninoff's Elegie - is an absolutely fantastic masterpiece, awakens incredible feelings in the soul, helps to live, think, love and empathize. . .
Adoro, Rachmaniniff, a profundidade de sua música desperta em nossa alma os sentimentos mais sublimes.
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
This makes my heart ache. His timings on the left hand are so free and the melody is unbroken and direct. Truly unique! Simply glad I can listen to this.
Your feelings are 100% appropriate, for this is an elegy, to be performed in memory of the dearly departed...
if anyone asks, the performance comes from ampico piano roll n. 69253. Rachmaninoff also performed several works on piano rolls. Several manufacturers, in particular the Aeolian Company, published his compositions on perforated music rolls from about 1900 onwards. His sister-in-law, Sofia Satina, remembered him at the family estate at Ivanovka, pedalling gleefully through a set of rolls of his Second Piano Concerto, apparently acquired from a German source, most probably the Aeolian Company's Berlin subsidiary, the Choralion Company. Aeolian in London created a set of three rolls of this concerto in 1909, which remained in the catalogues of its various successors until the late 1970s. From 1919 he made 35 piano rolls (12 of which were his own compositions), for the American Piano Company (Ampico)'s reproducing piano. According to the Ampico publicity department, he initially disbelieved that a roll of punched paper could provide an accurate record, so he was invited to listen to a proof copy of his first recording. After the performance, he was quoted as saying "Gentlemen-I, Sergei Rachmaninoff, have just heard myself play!" For demonstration purposes, he recorded the solo part of his Second Piano Concerto for Ampico, though only the second movement was used publicly and has survived. He continued to make roll recordings until around 1929, though his last roll, the Chopin Scherzo in B-flat minor, was not published until October 1933.
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❤melodía q hace vibrar... mi alma
Is there a way to correlate the piano roll number to the year it was recorded? Curious when this was recorded.
@@sunilj2608 The roll was recorded in 1928, however "In 1922 Ampico abandoned the attempt to encode the issue date in the roll number itself, and in May 1922, with the inauguration of the black box and the A-label, the month-year issue date is found in tiny print in the lower right corner of the label."
5000x 1916
5100x 1916
5200x 1917
5300x 1917
5400x 1917-18
5500x 1918-19
5600x 1919
5700x 1919-20
5800x 1920
5900x 1921
6000x 1921-22
source: stacks.stanford.edu/file/druid:ny414gc8742/34-03.pdf
Thanks for sharing that information. It was very important.
I don’t know why but I love looking at pictures off Rachmaninov. I would have loved to been a fly on the wall watching him compose these incredible works
I agree, there is just something mysterious to his appearance.
Sviatoslav Richter he is very handsome the most of all haha.
With Rach, *what you saw was what you got*. He was, literally, "somebody to look up to", and not only physically. He was quiet and dedicated, a great husband and father, and never indulged in the "superstar" antics of Vladi Horowitz. From the biography, "Horowitz" by Glenn Plaskin (p. 112): "After Horowitz' American debut in Carnegie Hall performing the Tchaikovsky First Piano Concerto in 1928, Rachmaninoff told him, "You may be the loudest and the fastest but I must tell you that it was not musical." RIP...
he was a big man with enormous hands and russian hmm
Stravinsky once called him "A 6-1/2 foot scowl". :)
I love Rachmaninoff music so much, thank you for this recording, at the age of 15 I heard Rachmaninoff for the first time (pianoconcerto nr 2 with Vladimir Ashkenazy and the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam), I fell in love with classical music that day.. Now I am 57 years and that love is going stronger and stronger. In april 2021 there will be my first grand child, a grand daugther, I shall listen to Rachmaninoff with her. I hope so will love classical music as much as I do. Greetings from the Netherlands.
How's your granddaughter going?
I love your story! have you listened to him with her yet? even though she is a newborn :) :)
Mooie reactie. Ik hoop dat het goed gaat met je kleinkind.
@@unethicalwiseman5925 Thank you, she is a lovely gril, her name is Luna and now she is 15 weeks old and I love her so much
@@wimkoevoets3595 Yes she is listening a lot to classical music, her name is Luna and often we listen to Claire de Lune from Debussy and Moonligt sonate from Beethoven
2:38 chills. Feels like the sun's just come out from behind the clouds.
This part is the greatest noise I've ever heard
I get the exact same feeling from the second theme of the Bm sonata(Liszt). A glorious sunrising, or the sun coming out of the dark clouded sky. Very ominous, and stunningly beautiful.
je crois aussi, qu a 2, 38 RACHMANINOFF a voulu exprimer exprimer le fait qu , pour se liberer de la peur de "mourir , il faut a un moment , faire confiance, et ........ "se geter, dans le "vide stop controle , seulement respirer........ notre CHER RACHMANINOFF AVEC SA MUSIQUE IL A TRES BIEN REALISE CECI. merci beaucoup mon FRERE RACHMANINOFF , tu vis en moi quelque part :
@@antoninov en effet ça peut être une interprétation après il peut y avoir beaucoup d'autre possibilité
Its a E. Out of the scale. Very fast sun apparition to me.
I adore this masterpiece. And I do feel a true blow of emotions every time I play it. THANKS, MAESTRO RACHMANINOFF!!!!!!
No words are available to describe the depth of the beauty of the vibrations which radiate from Rachmaninov‘s soul to the piano keys as he deliberately attunes himself toward his yearning and ultimate and ascent.
All true but plz word it less edgy
Yes ... i love him so much
@@theforbiddenfruit2300 Some feelings are profound enough that to use casual language to describe them does them an incredible disservice. The only appropriate language is religious in nature.
such a genius...i can listen 1000 times and i will feel more intense each time...every note comes together so wonderfully i can almost hear words while listening....what a story he told..timeless
Genius. Apart from the beauty of the music, he makes it sound like two different pianos and pianists playing. Just, wonderful.
Rachmaninoff is one of few composers who were, at the same time, excellent composers and excellent musicians! His Chopin playing, for example, is beautiful.
Thank you!!
the 110 people probably cried a river and hit the dislike button accidentally for they couldn't see anything anymore.
This melancholic piece isn't just said... it's a truly sad poem. I cried, I played it, and I still cry.
Wow. No words to describe the beauty. One of my favorite works by him. Legendary.
The creator is not bound by his creation
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Well said.
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... and neither should anyone else be.
That’s profound because it’s true.
Each time I am crushed by world events, conflict and senseless globalization. I listen to Rahhmaninoff and stand up strong but fragile. I love him so much
I have been listening to his music for over 70 years and his purity of heart and spirit eminates through all of his compositions. Rachmaninoff once said his music is a self portrait, and that it is.
Rafik, that is how I feel, globalization scares me to death and listening to music that gets deep inside my soul keeps me sane.. my two favorite composers, Rachmaninoff and Tchaikovsky bring me sanity and standing strong and being fragile at he same time is a sign of a beautiful soul.
@@BytomGirl Well said! In this crazy world, and living in a crazy country with the dumbest, most insane president to grace Earth in all history, working in a hospital dealing with sick people who decided to elect this crazy president.......
Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, Medtner, Gerald Finzi, Diego Ortiz, Michael Praetorius, Corelli, Liszt, and all the great masters of music come to the rescue. Truly, it is the universal language without words, that speak directly to the soul of ALL humans.
I don't think you understood... our president is the only one to stand up to globalists and don't listen to lying media... he is not crazy or insane, he is the most sane person in this country who wants the best for us, the people. His opponents lie and want to destroy him and bring on socialism. They are the ones who want to globalize this planet. Get your facts straight. PS you can only wish to be as "dumb" as him. Look up description for globalization. It promotes open borders and chaos, control and violence. He is one who wants to keep our country safe as it is supposed to be. So start thinking as an individual and stop listening to liars
Why do you think Rachmaninov escaped post-revolution Russia? He hated communism and what it has done to his country and it's people. He was arrested but was lucky to escape and Shostakovich lived with packed suitcase in case KGB came for him.
Rachmaninoff shows all of his pain in his piece. It's extraordinary beautiful.
WHY CAN'T WE JUST BE KIND, CARING, THOUGHTFUL AND LOVING TO EVERYONE. TAKE TIME IN YOUR DAY TO BE THAT WAY TO AT LEAST LOVE OTHER SOUL.
Because human nature is inherently cruel and callous but, perhaps that’s all the more reason to be kind.
@@batsky6061 I don't agree with you about the inherent part. It's a acquired trait, much like racism.
Yes, we can "be kind, caring, thoughtful, and loving to everyone", that is, if we want to end up someone's dinner or slave, much like the Eloi of H. G. Well's imagination. I on the other hand, will reject such shallow and mendacious sentiments and face reality. Hate clarifies when sentiment only obfuscates and confuses. Hate seeks justice when someone you love is severely harmed. Hate focuses like a laser beam on unassimilable differences and reminds you that to have a discriminating mind is wise and prudent, whilst having an indiscriminate mind is to follow the garden path to an untimely destruction of not only yourself, but possibly on those you love. Both hate and love are necessary to human life. To separate the two is like separating math and science. You can't do it!
@@Shooters141 Children are often quite cruel. Why would society and morality have to take such efforts to weaken and dissipate our natural energy in the prisons and training centers called schools if not to force our antisocial tendencies into submission?
@@ronniewaters9782 Machiavelli approves.
one of the most beautiful pieces i have ever heard
Even through the mechanical filter of the reproducing piano, Rachmaninoff's magisterial interpretation of his own music shines through convincingly. Here he is unassailable.
Какие сильные,красивые чувства вызывает музыка Рохманинова! Она делает нас лучше!
In listening to the profound depths of Rachmaninoff performing his Elegie Op 3 No. 1, I could not help but
remembere the words of revered admiration from my Great Violin Mentor, Nathan Milstein, who once told
me if not Ten Times, "Rachmaninoff is the Greatest Composer of the Twentieth Century, Elisabeth! Do not ever forget this!!!!!" Hearing the immenseness of such an enlarged Soul, I carry Milstein's words with me - &
Always ~ NM was a very close friend & younger colleague of Sergie Rachmaninoff, whom he - NM- Loved❣
Dear lady.. beautiful words. Rachm absolute genius like chopin schumann ....
Regards from Como lake bellagio italy where rachm has been many times...
I 'm crying hearing this piece.. how a man can write so heavenly music mrs elizabeth ?
Franco Riva ~
Thank you for your lovely words!
Also for regards from Como in Italia!! Are you a Pianist?? Mi Espagnol es, pero no Italiano porquet un Escquala no aprender
Italian cuando amigamita!! Mi Espanol Es muy horrific!! Muchas Gracias y musicale Hello a Italia!
Me on FB, as Elisabeth Anne Matesky ~ Ciao!! Milstein's 1st artist pupil in Londres por tres anos plus!!! Yo Teach todo el Mundo pero Pandemic, No ahora ~ Muy Treiste .. Be Well ~
ГЕНИАЛЬНЕЙШЕЕ ТВОРЕНИЕ и по композиции, и по исполнению
Simplesmente sublime! (28jul2020 / Brasil).
Его элегия и исполнение это шедевр мирового искусства !!!!!!!!!!!!
Get out of Ukraine!!!
Да,очень грустная мелодия.3-ий концерт,4-ый-гениальны.И лучше всех их исполняет Даниил Трифонов.
Петербург.
Его музыку никогда не спутаешь с другим! Его музыка имеет своё лицо. И оно прекрасно!!! ♥️😍👍
Как и сам композитор😍
Никак не разберусь что поражает: или это широта( простор) в моем воображении; или это многозвучие музыкального ряда...
Пробирает до мурашек...
Помяни ,Господи, душу усопшего раба твоего Сергея...
@@ИгорьТим-в4о если вы когда-нибудь окажетесь на Тамбовщине, вы увидите этот простор, там уже нет дремучих лесов, но поля, сады, в мае запах сирени, осенью яблок. Это его Ивановка.
@@maniama56 Тамбовская область...соседка... А я с Рязанской сторонушки, Кадомский район...
@@ИгорьТим-в4о мои по линии мамы переселились из Рязани в начале 20 века в Мичуринск
His sound is full and mature. He is a maximalist in everything.
Sergei Rachmaninoff, a great composer AND a great pianist as well. Thank you for uploading
Brilliant pianist, brilliant composer - the divine nature manifested in man!
Genius.
i think this sound very human... genius, but human
I want to click the "like" icon everytime I hear this. So good.
Вечной жизни прекрасным творениям Сергия Рахманинова!
Наталия, и я слушаю и плачу от счастья. Нашла трогательные воспоминание о Сергее Васильевиче, пишет сестра жены Рахманинова. Почитайте, пожалуйста senar.ru/memoirs/Satina/
@@HB-qi3ry : bol' shoye spasibo. I druzhba iz Frantsii.
Цика блиат
Y^ -^ (-ti(-d^ ru$^, )$í qu( -^ dig^ -)d)...
Из русских композиторов это лучший из прекрасных.
Душа разрывается слушая эти незабываемые мелодии, именно русские, широкие, распевные. Рахманинов -- это чудо, это божество !!!
Fantastic... ab😊solutely fantastic !
Cum a compus atit de frumos asa ceva nu am cuvinte sa îmi exprim cuvintele frumoase ptr acest mare compozitor romantic!
Wonderful music. It helps in any kind of crisis. Thank you so much and all the best from Vienna, Austria
Vienna, my Music Mecca❤😊
Magnifique... ohhh, que c'est beau, bouleversant...
Огромная радость в сердце -слушать игру самого великого Рахманинова!!Спасибо!!!
Сергей, С.В.Рахманинова называли последним романтиком 20-го века. С радостью поделюсь: Всё о Рахманинове(фото, исполнение произведений автором) senar.ru/memoirs/Satina/
I don't speak Russian but i agree
Natalia GChS большое спасибо, замечательный сайт о Рахманинове
65 дизлайков, кто они!?. 65 - отморозков!?
Bro that’s soooo true! Lol jk I have no idea what y’all are saying
I can't imagine my life without this music because it created in my mind some emotions. Without it the best moment of my life would not be as I actually know them.
Rachmaninoff is a genius.....as a pianist and composer I am so envious and in awe of his talent! I can truly listen to all his music all day long.
me too.
СЕРГЕИ РАХМАНИНОВ. БРАВО ! СПАСИБО !
This recording at 3:37 has Gb at Measure 90, 3rd beat which is apparently correct. See new Henle edition of Rach Morceaux de fantaisie op. 3 (Fantasy Pieces) 5 pieces Elegie, Prelude, Melodie, Polichinelle, Seranade. Henle comments section says G flat was in autograph, but G natural mistakenly put in "F", Gutheil's first edition, then corrected in Gutheil's "ED" corrected ed. I believe Alfred edition also says Gb. On subject of interpretation-
Composers, performers and Composer/performers have often performed/ recorded different, varied interpretations, different tempi- Schumann Traumeri- metronome mark faster than anyone plays it- added improvisations to their already published scores - Mozart Chopin, Liszt. Rach wrote new versions of his 2nd Sonata, Melodie and Seranade from Op 3 which are in the new Henle etc.
Opera of course is famous for its performing "tradition"- unwritten changes of tempo, interpretation, key transpositions, added fermatas, cuts... If a composer wrote it one way but then decides to perform it or rewrite is that OK? Maybe its a question of taste. Good taste or bad taste?
Rachmaninoff toca con una expresión sin límites , en el último grado de la locura y la belleza, su sonido la eternidad misma !!!, gran nostalgia …..
I have listened to many interpretations and here, at last is the real thing.
The most magical piece I have ever heard! And the performance!!Amazing!
Pure creativity and musicality... genius
almost to the end the song the technique both hands in top of each other and tie together just like you hold all of feeling in to explore to last note which wake you up from the most beautiful thing. Very very intend and emotional. The best piece I ever play.
Rachmaninov, un genio de piano, uno de mis músicos preferidos, no sólo como pianista, sino también como compositor. Su música es única, de una belleza indescriptible, llevada a su máxima expresión, es tan personal, tan bonita que me emociona mucho !!!!
Olga Kviatkóvskaia Olga, I love your name
Te amo
Vero, verissime le Tue parole, grande e dublime emozione in quelle note! Genio che non smette di stupire e illuminare menti e cuori dei suoi Fans!
Sublime lirica universale, mi ha molto aiutato nei momenti di solitudine.
Grazie Maestro!
Finally someone spelled his name correctly with v, not ff.
Bro I have no idea what you just said!
Спокойная грусть в этой мелодии!Браво!
I love 'classical music' but had never listened to this one. Right now the world is an absolute mess, I tend to see hope in everything but I just can't now. I'm in tears but music keeps me alive, keeps me feeling, music is saving me again.
Oh to have met this incredibly talented man....once would have sufficed....but we can only dream of such things ever happening in our lifetime. Thank you Rachmaninov.
Frumos de tot. Nu am cuvinte sa laud un asa compozitor
Всем понятная без слов
откровенная музыка. слышу правдивые образы нашей жизни, как же она божественно прекрасна.
Земная, благородная благодарная боль за братьев и сестёр,
за отцов и матерей, за
дедов и бабушек. Спасибо.
Востребованная
непогода и гроза, заканчивается как сказка,
ласковым солнышком и
просветлением, все становиться ясно как
божий день. Путь за частую очень долог и
не справедлив ко всем.
Indeed, I find his no. 2 concerto to be the best concerto ever composed. The varying feelings, emotions, expressions, explosions of melody, intricate deep emotions; never have experienced such a deep and fulminant history telling. The Master.
Thank you very much Rachmaninov composed such beautiful music!
Гениально. Великолепно. Браво 🙂
rachmaninoff as far as I have heard was tormented by choosing between being a composer, conductor, or performer. he needed 3 of him to be complete.
Always interesting to hear the composer's own take on their works. Hard to beat this performance!
All the time in tears when I listen to this ❤
So intended so beautiful master piece. I love his music it makes life so romantic and fragile remind you of the past with good and sad memories. Listening to his music we breath in full of emotional with hurt and pain happy and sad. It is really stir all of the feeling from every expect of the soul.
Imagine playing this on the piano, it would feel like you own the world’s music
I can say from experience you are right. There is no feeling like it
Incredible ! What an out of this world performance ! I'm lost for words
Every time life slams me down, I retreat to Rachmaninoff, where I can safely feel pain and then shed it, so I can go back out into the fray once more.
Lyndsey MacPherson,
I love your psychologically beautiful expression “Safely feel pain”. Thank you very much.
@Möbius Strip you either know the resurrection and life, or you wallow in constant desperation and shame... life beats all of us.
Just remember resilience is not the resistance, or the thickness of the wall, its the ability to rebuild it when its been broken down. Time and time again.
@@aldoringo439 So true, Aldo. Your words remind me of the Tao Te Ching. True strength resides in resilience.
@@LyndseyMacPherson yes indeed, because if u can rebuild something from nothing then you've basically defeated the laws of physics
As usual Rachmaninoff plays it in his unique, amazing way.
Гениальная композиция!
Сергей Рахманинов действительно написал шедевр!
НЕТ СЛОВ, ТАКАЯ МУЗЫКА ВЕЧНА,ОНА СО МНОЙ ПОКА ЖИВА СПАСИБО
A wonderful piece, played by the great man himself?? This is what heaven sounds like!
The astounding clarity of this recording makes it painfully obvious that this was not an original recording of Elegie by Rachmaninoff. I believe this is taken from the CD whereby the sound engineers took the piano rolls generated from Rachmaninoff’s playing and then transcribed them into a digital format (i.e. “digitized rolls”) and then ran these “digitized rolls” thru a Bosendorfer which had the computer hardware to read them. I have both CDs and they are AMAZING! I believe the CD is titled “A Window in Time”.
Yeah the pieces I've been listening to on this channel, so far, named something like "played by Rachmaninoff" all have been from “A Window in Time”.
The way he brings out the left hand theme in the second part or exposition is awesome and typically Rachmaninov
1:15 the most beautiful thing in the universe
Vamos Messiii! Se queda
All is beautiful !@@!
Yes @!
Messirve
@@publiovirgilio2238 vamos messi, y Argentina campeones del mondo!
The best, el mejor. I love his music. The master
Словами не передать насколько это гениальный человек со своею музыкой, полной страсти и такой душевной взволновонностью. Я становлюсь счастливой каждый раз, слушая произведения Сергея Рахманинова, и моё сердце замирает. Здесь даже слов не нужно! Это просто нужно услышать!
эт потому что ты Русская. у всех других это восприятие отсутствует в большей степени
Slozi na glazax !
@@AngelLopez-pc1pw Я не знал, что Вэн Клайберн был русским!
@@leonidpolonsky4932 ты дурак? иди спотыкайся дальше
@@AngelLopez-pc1pw , правда? Я вот читаю отзывы на английском и они говорят об обратном, музыкальный вкус и умение воспринимать прекрасное не имеют нацональности и расы.
I think this elegy is one of the most beautiful pieces ever written!
And he wrote it about someone
Очень волнующие звуки.Гений.
alors là .. devant un tel génial musicien ... il y a des gens qui ont l'indécence de critiquer ?, pauvre monde et quelle honte .
Génial Maestro MERCI .. et c'est une pianiste qui parle !!!!
Господи! Какая великолепная Музыка и исполнение !!! ❤ Можно тысячу раз слушать его произведения 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
The fidelity of this recording astonishes me!!
This is a Classical Masterpiece. Thank you.
The best intepretation of Elegie by the world's greatest composer and performer...Sergei Rachmaninoff.
@ That's just up to opinion.. I prefer Rachmaninoff by a landslide, just because I like the style more.
Bach and Rach very different styles, no comparison!
Как же это прекрасно!
Великолепно !!!
Heartbreaking and bleak. This one brings to me the emotions of romantic love, especially unrequited romantic feeling. The romance comes from the syncopated rhythm (though other performances use that syncopation more than Rachmaninov does here!) It perfectly describes the highs and lows of limerence. The middle part is the essence of bliss and madness. As an elegy though, it is also evocative of great grief and loss. That is clear towards the end in particular. Overall, this is one of my absolute favourite pieces of music. I couldn't stop listening to it when I found it.
You nailed it, Adam.
This piece is majestic . Rachmaninoff is out of this world...
The part around 3:45 to the end has really stuck with me for some reason. Idk why, but its brilliant.
Браво , маэстро👏👏👏
Heard it yesterday in the radio and felt in love
Absolutely stunning! LOVE! LOVE! LOVE! He is the best!!!
Век красоты, таланта без смарт фонов а книгой в руках
Ах как вы правы,мне кажется,люди устанут так жить,и потянутся к настоящей и музыке,и литературе и ко вмему прекрасному,что было создано нашими прекрасными ,русскими талантами,а иначе деградация и путь в никуда.
Самое смешное, что вы написали этот вздор на смартфоне 😃
The way this has been remastered has improved the sound quality massively. Thank you! I found the same piano roll on Spotify, but the balance on the recording is awful. Still the best interpretation by far.
well, yeah. And it's not even an "interpretation", so to speak, because it is his creation--his piece!
@@ethanggliu The composer's interpretation is still an interpretation. What is the point of your reply? If you're going to be a pedant, at least get it right.
@@flyingpenandpaper6119 No. Interpretation is the act of explaining the meaning of something, which implies subjectivity. As Rachmaninoff is THE composer, he's the only one that can decide whether it's played "correctly" or not. Rachmaninoff is not "interpreting" his own music, but playing it how it's objectively meant to sound.
რამდენიც არ უნდა ეცადო,ვერ გადმოსცემ სიტყვებით ,იმას რასაც გაგრძნობინებს რახმანინოვის ეს ნაწარმოები....უბრალოდ-გენიალურია!!! მსოფლიო მუსიკის შედევრი! კიდევ ერთხელ ვრწმუნდები,რომ მუსიკა ყველაფერზე აღმატებულია...
Do you speak English? If so please tell me the language of your writing?
@@carolyndrummond3455 i'm not sure but i think it's georgian
It is
You are right
Это просто великолепно!
Так чудесно!
This is a very fine recording as well as what you'd expect from the Master...greatness in all things.
Очищение и катарсис... божественная музыка!
It is very instructive to hear how he performs his compositions.
НЕТ СЛОВ💓
Second favorite piece, that's also the best interpretation.
His compositions are true music nothing more and nothing less
Happy Birthday to one of the greatest geniuses of all time.
La música en su máxima expresión! Rachmaninov gracias por haber nacido en este mundo!
Fulgurant, superbe ! Merci de tout coeur d'avoir publié. J'ai joué cette pièce, l'écoute que je viens de faire me donne vraiment le goût de la rejouer.
Sublime.......composed, and played by the genius who was Rachmaninov