Rachmaninoff - Etude-tableau Op.33 No.8 in G minor

[cthtyflf]

It's good already that you do listen at least

[rachm06]

originally n.5 (op. 33 has 6 etudes since rachmaninov decided to withdraw 3 of them just before the publishing, and one of these 3 was transferred in op.39...what a mess!!)

[kirinlager49]

2:21 sounds like a chord in Op. 39 No. 2

[dasa239]

someone has sheet music

[Zinlol]

I remember playing this for my grade 10 exam. :)

[GreatUnwashedMass]

2:10 on sounds like he got a little bored and decided to improv.

[yannigirl1024]

this is probably one of the best recordings of this piece. The notes are so clear.and perfect emphasis on the main parts. I love it!

[gammypage]

I like how you used the annotations to make it look like Rachmaninoff was saying the name of the piece haha.

[LiiChinHo]

I just got assigned this song and... in my opinion, it's very boring. I'm having a very hard time finding the melody to be umm.. present. I know what Im supposed to accent as the melody, but I dont find them very interesting in sound!

[ImIntoAnimals]

@LiiChinHo I personally enjoy this piece. Its less technically demanding than many pieces (though still no piece of cake) but more musically demanding.

[MrPaevo]

@LiiChinHo Ever considered giving up music? It's never too soon...

[LiiChinHo]

@MrPaevo Why the sudden and harsh suggestion? I just had an opinion, and no matter how wrong you may think it is, suggesting I give up music entirely was uncalled for.

[TheFancyBatch]

Where can I find free sheet music online for this? I'm on the other side of the country and stupidly didn't bring my music with me.

[lugit2001]

This is amazing. Especially 0:48 to 0:59. The chords and the beauty. Amazing.

And yes, this piece is not easy to master. Technicality's one thing, but showing the right melodies is pretty challenging. I'm playing this piece for a competition, and I have to say, the middle part was challenging. And when you actually go and show the melodies, it's tough.

[Chopinumbreon]

And, yeah, it's easy to learn, but hard to play.

[Chopinumbreon]

I love this piece.

[mattcabideinchrist]

I was astonished at how easy this piece was to sight read...however making it just right is what takes more time...Way to go Rachmaninoff, you're my favorite!

[sajtosdnb]

i.. i.. i can't say anything..

[frances0130]

wow~~~~~ beautiful~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~­~!!!!!!!

[anzioa]

Ever heard of Etudes de Concert? Yes, they can be performed.

[IgnantUTubeUser]

It truly is not impressive when people brag about having learned a song in "such a ridiculously short time that I must be awesome." Anyways, this is an étude (i.e. "study"), and so the true purpose of this beautiful piece, while very kind to the ears, is to work on technique--and the technique for playing a song like this can be as difficult to acquire as for the dazzlingly impressive fast études (like some of Chopin).

[musicmarianne4]

I'm learning this song, its so beautiful :)

[pynstt]

this is not a piece ...this is etude

[cattleman6420012000]

This is such fabulous music and outstanding playing.

[Clamede]

its true though... lol i learned it in 4 days lol

[DaronSX]

@Clamede Could you record your playing and show us?

[1993RachelMarie]

@Clamede I highly doubt this statement. And I don't really care what you write back to this. I know you did not learn this is 4 days. Period.

[nDNrMatt2]

@1993RachelMarie Um, I'm doing this piece right now and I can tell you that you can indeed learn it in 4 days. Performing it is another story, but this piece is pretty much easy to learn.

[musicalroot]

@nDNrMatt2 yes it is easy ,but it is really well structured!

[YSFmemories]

@nDNrMatt2 Easy? I don't think you can call it that. The middle part is pretty hard.

And to actually be able to play and bring out the emotions... that's a whole different story.

I would not call it easy. Maybe to seasoned professionals who can play liszt's sonata in b minor, Ravel's Scarbo from gaspard de la nuit, etc. but for normal people I don't think it is "easy". At most you can say that technically it is not too challenging.

[nDNrMatt2]

@YSFmemories I said easy to learn, not easy to perform. I'm doing this piece right now and I pretty much learned the piece in two weeks. Performing it is another story. So I never called the piece easy, just learning it is.

[rufustherat2]

@YSFmemories my piano teacher seemed to sight read it quite easily O.o she played it like this too. now she's making me play it even though im only a grade 9 pianist :P (grade 10? song)

[Clamede]

easy.....

[OutdatedPlaylist]

Your bragging makes me think you're pompass ^^

[JiRocket]

Nobody gives a damn about difficulty.

[konzolmester]

That is a good and bad way of thinking at the same time.

[PianoforGod]

Honestly, dude?...You can make any piece as hard as you want to.

[chijou23]

this is gonna take some time for me to play, but it's very beauitful.......

[y1g1tcn]

when he played the last two chords i felt as if chopin first ballade will go on with the small, forte phrase(you know) and chromtic fall... it is may be because of listening chopin a lot..

[konzolmester]

Well yes.both are in G minor. and Ashkenazy is a Wonderfull Chopin interpreter as well.

[anonymousQ45]

@konzolmester hes better at rachmaninoff, a bit heavy at times for chopin

[TehBrettster]

@y1g1tcn Wow, I'm learning the Ballade now and I thought the same thing.

[naiewgnaw]

@y1g1tcn actually, the two scales are different. :O

[MsThisNameIsTaken]

@y1g1tcn I thought the same thing!!!

[klarapiano]

@y1g1tcn dont worry...me too i feel that sometimes:))))

[ChopinXVI]

@y1g1tcn EXACTLY WHAT I THOUGHT OF! THAT'S FUNNY. OF COURSE IT'S IN THE SAME KEY, AND THE SCALES AT THE LAST PART IS STRIKINGLY SIMILAR TO THAT OF CHOPIN'

S BALLADE IN G MINOR.

[artymowycz]

@y1g1tcn definitely 

[reu91]

@y1g1tcn It does sound like a direct quote, regardless of key.

[Zm4rf]

I like this piece.

[SilentViolins]

At the risk of stating the obvious, isn't the end of this piece very similar to the end of Chopin's Ballade No. 1?

[24link135]

Yes it is very similar - thought in the Chopin coda it is repeated

[UriahHeepful]

I have played both pieces. Chopin's first ballade uses two G minor scales - first an octave apart and then a 10th apart. In this etude the hands are two octaves apart. Furthermore the final two chords here are not as full as those which end the ballade.

[themastergecko]

yeah...odd, that

[squiddycat]

Aw, that was beautiful. I am definitely doing this for my exam next year.

[Malvinarosetta]

My favorite interpretation of my favorite piece!!

[ancora24]

the numbers are confusing because "little red riding hood" used to be in this opus... before rach put it into op. 39

[morvensky]

Great. He got the tempo and articulation down perfectly but the general way he played it was schmaltzy, too make it not so he should bring out the left hand more and change some dynamics. But wonderful never-the-less.

[Bierreisender]

5:20am, and this is quite a beautiful way to begin a Tuesday morning. Being a piano player/musician, like most of us here probably, I only wish I could play this the way it was meant to be played. Time to practice, eh? Thanks for posting.

[Wazzup132435465768]

Oh my. I finally found it *sending to favorites* Gorgeous piece. I'm so moved by this piece. I love it.

[ulsbolde89]

Thanks but it'd be less irritating if the music matched the numbers.

[vivacelife]

two different kinds of cataloging; just go with the key

[qualityfruits]

gorgeous and beautiful

[IloveAlexisBledel689]

My favorite, along with the Op.39 No. 8. Really beautiful!

Thanks for posting.

[gtrubetskoy]

It is actually Etude-tableau Op.33 No.7 in E-flat, not G-minor.

[konzolmester]

Thanks for the warning. You were half right. I wrote no.7 :-D But the etude goes like 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9 so there is no no.4. I corrected it.So this is (No. 8 in G minor: Moderato)

[gtrubetskoy]

Heh :) I had no ides this is so confusing... You must be right, but the Ashkenazi recording is mislabeled, it's listed as 7/E-flat.

[YSFmemories]

1 Allegro non troppo in F minor

2 Allegro in C minor

3 Grave in C minor

4 Moderato in D minor

5 Non Allegro in E flat minor

6 Allegro con fuoco in E-flat major

7 Moderato in G minor

8 Grave in C-sharp minor

So from what I know, this is Etude tableaux Op. 33 No. 7 In G-minor.

[Spiritakis]

@konzolmester

Strange. You are right about the numbers of course, but on my CD with Ashkenazy's recordings of these piece they are listed as nos. 1-8, apparently no. 5 becoming no. 4 and so on until no. 9 becomes no. 8. So, in a way, this may also be referred to no. 7, at least in Ashkenazy's set. Lugansky's, much more confusingly, follows the original numbers (1-3, 5-9) but makes a great mess of the numbers...

[piano1462]

wow..

[NastiaSem]

genius..