@katchum Hi katchum - read the text under the video; and listen to the performers introduction!! Also see the performers comments further down from this post!!
It's a quite seperately written piece by Rachmaninov specifically for 2 pianos.
You guys were amazing! i love how gently yet passionately you played it such soul is hard to come by nowadays! Thank you so much for playing such a lovely piece!
@RedSpieInTheBase Absolutely spot on! Music, (any music), is just another form of communication (in addition to speech, gestures, etc.) - it's all about getting to the heart (soul) of what the composer was trying to convey. Too many people today think just playing the notes correctly (without understanding the music) makes them the 'biz'. Playing the notes just isn't the same as 'playing the music with expression' (they captured the piece's wistful nostagia & melancholia perfectly)
Your enthusiasm and the hand gestures you make when describing the development is absolutely awesome. That section really has beauty amongst apparent chaos. Also, love the ashkenazy tag.
@derelick8 Many thanks for your comments! Although the 'ashkenazy' tag might seem like a little cheating - at the time of the performance in the video Vladimir Ashkenazy was President of the International Rachmaninoff Society - for whom the performance took place - so I feel a little 'justified' in using it (!!??)
@charliedontsweat I regret to say that you're 100% wrong. Although the opening section is similar to his original 2 hand solo piano version (circa 1892), Rachmaninov's own transcription of circa 1938 (as above) differs from just before the 'B' section onwards - and was specifically written for 2 pianos. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding you may have.
I'm simply Blown Away! BRAVO! Both of you! BRAVO!
troutslayer52101 3 months ago
I miss the anger in this piece, possibly because of the elegant hand gestures.
katchum 4 months ago
@katchum Hi katchum.
What 'anger' ?? There never was any anger in the piece - either as a solo- or for 2 pianos.
It's all about melancholia!!
bradtiscali 4 months ago
I didn't know you could play this with two pianos? Are there any extra notes being played?
katchum 4 months ago
@katchum Hi katchum - read the text under the video; and listen to the performers introduction!! Also see the performers comments further down from this post!!
It's a quite seperately written piece by Rachmaninov specifically for 2 pianos.
Duh!
bradtiscali 4 months ago
the begining....
mikibabyyy 7 months ago
@mikibabyyy Errr. Yes? What's your point?
bradtiscali 7 months ago
Your performance was beautiful. You truly appreciate this piece I can see. =)
Kaggypants 7 months ago
You guys were amazing! i love how gently yet passionately you played it such soul is hard to come by nowadays! Thank you so much for playing such a lovely piece!
RedSpieInTheBase 1 year ago 4
@RedSpieInTheBase Absolutely spot on! Music, (any music), is just another form of communication (in addition to speech, gestures, etc.) - it's all about getting to the heart (soul) of what the composer was trying to convey. Too many people today think just playing the notes correctly (without understanding the music) makes them the 'biz'. Playing the notes just isn't the same as 'playing the music with expression' (they captured the piece's wistful nostagia & melancholia perfectly)
bradtiscali 1 year ago 3
At last! A proper version. I like 'Askenazy's' version but this is 'just right'. Thank you!!!
denyerf 1 year ago
At last! A proper version. I like 'Askenazy's' version but this is 'just right'.
denyerf 1 year ago
no puedo creer que rachmaninoff haya echo esta cosa tan rara bueno esta cosa de dos pianos de verdad que no lo puedo creer
sRmoa 1 year ago
Not badly played, but I just really hate the transcription.
Lumiere1991 1 year ago
Ah, don't get confused between the orchestral work 'The Bells' and this piece's nickname, 'The Bells of Moscow'!
warnjr 1 year ago
Your enthusiasm and the hand gestures you make when describing the development is absolutely awesome. That section really has beauty amongst apparent chaos. Also, love the ashkenazy tag.
derelick8 1 year ago 4
@derelick8 Many thanks for your comments! Although the 'ashkenazy' tag might seem like a little cheating - at the time of the performance in the video Vladimir Ashkenazy was President of the International Rachmaninoff Society - for whom the performance took place - so I feel a little 'justified' in using it (!!??)
valentinaseferinova 1 year ago
umm thats a good performance but why cant u guys only play it with 2 hands not 4???
TrueShinobi17 1 year ago
@TrueShinobi17
'cos Rachmaninov wrote this version for 2 pianos - 4 hands!
bradtiscali 1 year ago
@bradtiscali no he didn't he just wrote it on four staves so the music wouldn't be impossible to read
charliedontsweat 1 year ago
@charliedontsweat I regret to say that you're 100% wrong. Although the opening section is similar to his original 2 hand solo piano version (circa 1892), Rachmaninov's own transcription of circa 1938 (as above) differs from just before the 'B' section onwards - and was specifically written for 2 pianos. I hope this clears up any misunderstanding you may have.
valentinaseferinova 8 months ago
richard, i can only hope she is one of your mentors,,, the sound is simply so awesome...
douglas
douglassmcann 1 year ago 2
Beautiful! BRAVA(s)! Thanks!
GrandPiano42 1 year ago 5
No finer rendition than that of Phillipe Entremont
tedbohne 2 years ago
Oh my gosh.. -.- If his songs keep making me breathless, i'm going to die. lol.
wevil770 2 years ago 8
Please don't die!
You'll miss out on the pure joy of his compositions!
But many thanx for your positve reaction!!
valentinaseferinova 2 years ago 3
This well played piece sounds like the ringing bell tolls from an Eastern Orthodox Church in Russia
freeqwerqwer 2 years ago
What a revelation! Beautifully played and nicely presented.
MrsSedley 2 years ago 9
Many Thanks
valentinaseferinova 2 years ago