Me Playing the Rachmaninov 2nd Piano Concerto in C-Minor

[kloguepiano]

Look into HomeConcert for accompanying you on this piece. There's a great MIDI of the piece by an Italian named Galimberti. It works really well with HomeConcert.

[Killua40]

hey could u tell me where you get the orchestra back music without a piano ??? thanks

you play great ...you should upload the full version

[PhilG380]

It was actually just me playing over the CD with the piano and orchestra. I'm sure the recording of just the orchestra is out there, I just haven't looked.

[benji104]

@Killua40 google for "music minus one rachmaninoff"

[luvslug]

this is really good technically (obviously), i'd just say you should take way more time over the opening

[oldneuro]

Next time bump the CD accompaniment with duplicate piano part. Nice job, 7 pages down, 31 to go...

[Chrisjuchniewicz]

This is a musical orgasm.

[soleonice]

so are u just playing the same speed as the pianist in the recording? or do u actually have an mp3 of the orchestral part? if u do i'll do anything to get my hands on it!!!!! please help!!!

[ixd735]

I'm not aware of any pianists other than Rachmaninoff himself playing it at that tempo, and I could definitely hear where he wasn't with the recording--it is definitely him with a recording including both pianist and orchestra.

[fanofscience24]

hey, im playing this for my school in a few weeks, and my conductor says that i dont do it fast enough just after those lovely chords! any advice?

[LoftyProduction]

@fanofscience24 it's been a year since you posted that, how did it go? lol.

[KevinR3i]

i think the first part is pianissimo..

you need play with feeling...

by the way can you teach me?

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

I want to learn the 0:29 part. Is it pretty hard?

[soleonice]

if u mean the part that ends at 0:29, its very very easy if u have huge hands, and rather easy if u have big hands, its alright if u have regular size hands (9-10 note reach), and pretty friggin irratating if u have hands an octave or smaller. hope that helped, i have a 9 note reach and playing those 5 note chords on the right hand was friggin irratating already...

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

No. I already play those chords and I have no problem reaching for the chords :)

I mean the 8th notes just after the intro chords, is it really difficult?

[aido1968]

I have a CD of this piece without the piano,however playing along with it requires you to match the tempo and feel of the original pianist who has been taken off the recording.I don't find it too hard playing along but my CD of the Rach3 is a lot harder to sync with.

[opus43rhap]

The opening could be a distant church bell-like then gradually, the sound of this bell is getting nearer and nearer...hope you'd upload the whole concerto :)

[Slava69]

we need to hear more the bass on the left end!

[Maticomp]

Is the orchestral background you are playing along availbale anywhere? Is it with somebody elses piano playing, or is it just orchestral? Thanks!

[soleonice]

i'm looking for a orchestra alone mp3 as well, would'nt it be awesome to play it on some expensive speakers next to your piano and feel like a real concerto?

[cayman228]

Me too... please if you've the orchestral part, I need it... thanks in advance

[teresahan1991]

you should go perform live!

[GreetingsAmerica]

very very good, excellent performance

[magiwizard]

overpeddaled i would say, your fortes were good but when you were playing the piano sections they could have used a little more expression

[classicalmusic1]

Really good

[gallopingfree4ever]

wow, your really good. :) <3

[oprexiousme]

beautiful