Alexei Sultanov Rachmaninoff Etude Op.39 #5, St.Petersburg 1989

[progressive59]

RIP Alexei. Your talent and artistry will live on forever.

[RareClassicalGuitars]

His name and recordings will grow in legend as the years pass.

 I wept when I found out that he died

[shireengol]

Alexei playing this piece of Rachmaninov is like heaven opening up, pouring pure beauty down into the heart....

[natalyamark]

Why?

[titusbeertsen]

What a great pianist he was, such a control of the dynamics in this piece.

[xodn3300]

agreed, the best i've heard

[magiaofpiano]

It's best performance I've ever heard.... It's simply great

[littlepinkdaisy]

I always like everything he plays. He always does it right!

[Blinder741]

Здесь ему только 19 лет...

[Ellinidara]

Miss you so much,Alexei...this performance makes me dreams and cryes too,like every your performance.I'm just in love with this piece.

[Ellinidara]

@Ellinidara "makes me dreaM and crY too" sorry.

[paulostroff99]

Beautifully played.TY K.

[Ellinidara]

Thannkss for posting Alexei's videos,one of the greatest pianists of the century,in my opinion.

[BONHZEPPELIN]

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!! I have listened to quite a few versions of this piece, and NO ONE  has captured the true virtuosity, passion and power of this piece like Alexei, other than Rachmaninoff! I believe there is a heaven and Alexei Sultanov is there with Sergei, et. al.!!! You're an ANGEL carevnarakuna!

[Verityseo]

@BONHZEPPELIN i totally agree with you. you have to be born with certain brand of temperamen/emotiont/ slavic , unfulfillable longing to play Rachmaninoff in a way he does or a very few greats do. It cannot be taught.. either you have it or you don't. and Alexei certainly does have it in abundance of which sadly align with the tragic ending of his own life-- soaring highs and tragic fate.

[predoje]

@Verityseo yes! i agree with you!!!

[kirillkorsunenko]

Amazing! You really understand Rachmaninov

[Rondoletto2005]

I saw him perform in Springfield right after he won the Cliburn Comp. I took my parents and grandparents and we sat in the front row. It was a performance that I carry in my heart to this day. Incredible young man. Total inspiration. God rest his soul.

[paulostroff99]

@Rondoletto2005 -Amen!

[marginallymental]

I'd never heard a Rachmanninoff etude before---I find this one, at least, more complex and subtle than his other music. Thank you, Alexie, for getting us excited about performance again. And thanks, carev, for uploading this.

[sll10]

What a great artist! Shame he died so young!

[MAZURKAofLIFE]

Quem di diligunt adolescens moritur.

[TehBrettster]

Sultanov transcends awesome.

[tropoparel]

The best.

[rarescores]

BRAVO!!!!!! Please uploase his Rachmaninoff Horowitz Piano Sonata No 2, or his Chopin Scherzo No.1 B Minor Opus 20 or the Horowitz wedding march!!!! :):)