Sergei Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini

[djshaunee]

My favorite ever piece of music.

[cvrle63]

Nekad sam svirao ovu varijaciju....jveoma je lepo ovo izvođenje...

[IIMaribelleII]

my sister and i are amazed by his patience!

[windstorm1000]

Now who is the handsome pianist? He plays with great poetry and heart. Oh, excuse me that is Cecile Ousset--assume French.

[rexbo2000]

Possibly the greatest compliment to this music, was the fact that John Barry - arguably the finest film score composer - based his extraordinarily passionate & romantic score for 'Somewhere in Time' on it, and even featured it in the film as the main character's favorite piece of music! (Not to mention the fact that we're all still blown-away by it here in 2001). Bravo Rachmaninov !

[MultiVamp12]

maravilloso

[parkxi]

Why is it that there are so many different variations? I don't understand. I also can't seem to find this song in any of the other variations..

[maggiebmchugh]

love it. always. But it's my funeral music,

[olladyrocks]

@maggiebmchugh Yeah, I want it played at mine as well.

[maggiebmchugh]

love it. always.

[hermanshermits124124]

Haha small rach, and big nobody!

[eduardosahe]

Que preciosa pieza, increible te emociona escucharla...Bravoo

[Raphaelito77]

Perfect... ;-)

[ButterflyRedrum]

I've heard that this song will make me cry. Didn't work.

[drfreud65]

@ButterflyRedrum You HAVE to see Somewhere in Time to get it. Music rarely makes me cry, but trust me, if you see the movie, you WILL cry.

[Myrtle791]

Was this selection used by Walt Disney in "Fantasia" and called "The Legend of Glass Mountain?" We used to listen to this at the service club at the Defense Language Institute (The Army Language School, at that time. '58-'59 ). One of my favorites. Thanks for including it. My mother used to play Rachmaninoff's "Piano Concerto #2," I believe it was, when I was a kid. Greatly regret not having finished my piano lessons. Envy those who can entertain with such talent. -Dave F.-

[bassfanne45]

@Myrtle791 This Rachmaninov piece was used throughout the film, Somewhere in Time.

[humboles]

@Myrtle791 You seem to be confusing this with Nina Rota's somewhat similar film score for TLOTGM (also on YouTube). 'The Warsaw Concerto' of Richard Adinsell is another one of this ilk; then there's Hubert Bath's 'Cornish Rhapsody', not to mention 'The Dream of Olwen' of course... it would be a brave man who claimed he knew who plagiarised whom among these last, but they do say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, of course!

[macs4utube]

thank God! I finally found you, i fell in love with you the first I heard you from the movie: "groundhog day"

[marytyrrell]

so lovely

[rositarach]

Io adoro Rachmaninov da sempre...è semplicemente straordinario...la sua musica ti coinvolge,ti porta in un'altra dimensione...è di un romanticismo struggente e tocca nel profondo l'anima di chi lo sa apprezzare...io,ne sono innamorata da sempre....io,Rositarach....

[roscanin]

semplicemente sublime !! ... grande Rach

[mrmonkeybuns]

remove the photo of the fruit cup.... shame on you ,ow people will assoc. this piece with that image in their brain.

[VolfMark]

The clip is primarily musical. As far as I can see, nobody else had the "problem" about the "brain embedding image". Don't mind the image and simply enjoy the music like all these good people, that's what it's for.

;-)

[Kendahlarama]

"Fruit cup" are you talking about that really cute guy in the sweater. Hell that's what got me to click on this and listen to it in the first place. "yes" the music is lovely, but you also simply can't deny that this guy is flat out HOT!!! Double Whammy! Touche ~

[hcs0la]

Absolutely love this piece.

[bjroberts65]

TIMELESS CLASSIC

[felixbautista]

Grandeous and magnificent melody to listen to... played in the film " Story of 3 Loves" and " Somewhere in Time".

[Luamet]

Esta melodia é simplesmente divina!

Amei desde que a ouvi no filme "Em algum lugar do passado"

Lu.

[rexbo2000]

Is there anything more beautiful that this piece of music? I doubt it...

[bjroberts65]

GREAT COMMENT

[monicas93]

that is song for the soul. I just love it

[monicas93]

that is music for the soul. I love it.

[xxxlilgansta100]

oh i love this song i know someone that skated to this but i didnt know the name of it. HAHAH

mao asada is skating to it this year for her exhibition

[pixiedustkate]

i don't know what to say that hasn't already been said. this piece of music moves me beyond words every time i hear it. beautiful doesn't come close to describing it. all i can say is well done...very well done.

[jolull]

That was the best three minutes of my life.

[4ngry4nus]

beautiful!

[nuage7777]

Jean-Marc, tu es trop beau! :)

[drfreud65]

I cry each time I hear this. My father 1st heard it when he saw the movie Somewhere in Time, and cried, and well, my Dad is 6'6" and 300 lbs. To make him cry is a big thing.

[jamiejoh04]

In my opinion this needs to be listened to in context with the whole work. The variations and how he arrives at this beautifuilly emotive music are absolutely amazing. I hate music pseuds as much as anyone else and the amount I know about music can be written on a postage stamp but I can honestly say that I didn't really appreciate how amazing this music is until after listening to it time and time again. Peace and thanks for posting.

[12Fegens]

Beautiful!

[Classicalife]

Good Music good Life!

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[credman]

Is that the pianist? Woof!

[VolfMark]

Yes, the one in the smaller picture is Sergei.

[ExUCI]

The hot guy that it's in the big picture is not Paganini, is an actor. HIS name is Jean-Marc Barr. The guy in the smaller picture IS Paganini

[mwakin22]

No, the small picture is of Rachmaninoff

[dvddq]

Sergei Rachmaninoff

[lucy2steele]

this song is amazing!!! It has been featured in many films (Sabrina & Somewhere in Time). Plus it is so relaxing and beautiful....

[sagievy]

Beauuuutiful!!

[Thunderstar91]

the version on groundhog day is really good

[Gvieto]

A very good song for relaxation.

[bedarcy]

One of the absolutely most wonderful pieces of classic music (Rachmaninov was a genius).

It has but one flaw: it' too short.

[darkhusker]

actually this melody is one variation from Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, which is not a short work.

[bedarcy]

Yes, I know, I've often listened to the whole opus, as well as to R's other compositions (I love his piano concerto No2), but there are some gorgeous short pieces of music to which I could listen on and on (like e.g. the children's Princess-song and Diecimilla anni in "Turandot") and therefore they appear too short to me.

[Pianostudio]

Mogu li da pitam ko to svira? Ovo mi se izvodjenje vrlo dopada :) Hvala.

[VolfMark]

Naravno, no nadam se da ću biti od pomoći. Naime, ovo je numera sa CD-a koji imam i koji se zove "The Most Relaxing Classical Album In The World... Ever!"

Composition: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini (Introduction and 24 Variations), in A minor for piano & orchestra, Op. 43 Variation 18

Composed by: Sergey Rachmaninoff

Conducted by: Simon Rattle

Performed by: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and Cecile Ousset

[rogelion]

good song

[MetalheadWorking]

@rogelion Just good??? this song is an amazing composition i dont have the correct words to describe the piece cause this is music that expres more than a million of words :D