Rachmaninoff: Élégie in E Flat Minor, Op. 3, No. 1 (1892)

[jeffreysbrother]

any tips for someone about to cross into the section with the triplets in the left hand? The section beginning with measure 63 is what I'm talking about...

the end looks pretty nutty too.

Oh, christ.

[GhettoBlaster100]

What an amazing piece. And this is coming from someone who listens to mostly rap.

[Farooooolers]

3:33 not cool...

she compressed 3 quarters into 1, and one measure before she miraculously turned a quintuplet into a sextuplet.

not cool.

[STIYE101]

such a beautiful yet ignored key

[Natfem]

You played it beautifully. I've heard many others playing this but you control the music and emotions even if its on lower tempo.

[patrickbaguley]

This is really beautiful :)

[rufochka1]

absolutely loved this interpretation!!!!!!

[jaychangjae]

liked everything except the romantic interpretation of the left hand moving in first followed by the right.... i don't know if this is the piece to do it, but that is only a matter of opinion.

[WHOLETTHECATSOUTMEOW]

This piece is almost haunting.

[CarlthePianowoman]

The beauty of this performance can not be measured by debating whether this perfomance is according to the composer's intention. The performance touches my soul, the piece is free for everyone's interpretation.

I really like how you make contrast by your variation in tempi, they sound very natural.

[MarianneAlkonost]

I like it slow and only this way - very deep and insightfull... Horowitz plays it the same way -

check on youtube - Horowitz in Klin

and Serebryakov - Rachmaninoff Elegie

and Kitain Elegie

Besides - we really DON'T KNOW HOW RACHMANINOFF PLAYED THE ELEGIE - because all the records of Elegie he made were made in mechanic way - not acoustic!

Bravo Nate Koch! Really enjoyed it from all my heart! Every single sound is in its place!

[satsumamikan]

fantastic, well done Nate Koch

[natachu444]

Well you guys that don't like the tempo, I just have to say ... it gets favorited almost once a day and tons of people have put it into playlists, so, I think you might just be the vocal minority :)

[MilicaVV]

I am in search of a Rachmaninoff piece that is similar to this one...opens up with higher notes..piano...Any ideas? Anyone?!

[poorkinghaggard]

@MilicaVV Try Valse Melancholique.

[MilicaVV]

Was this piece ever in a movie?

[Snezhinka9]

@MilicaVV - yes, it was in Anna Karenina with Sophie Marceau.

[meredith218461]

Very soulful in that particularly Russian manner, ironically stories handed down from contemporary friends of the composer speak affectionately of his sense of humour.

[blogbat]

A perfect version for winding down the evening to. Well done.

[m4paionk]

OH GOD! there is moderato! she is plaing like andante ; / sometimes it's sounds like she is gonna stop in most dramatic moment .

[natachu444]

@m4paionk That's hilarious because my teacher just told me the exact same thing about another piece ... I guess she is right :) But come on, I like it slow! Life is too short to rush through things!

[alejandrothefader]

@natachu444 well my friend you may like it slow but that IS indeed too slow, i mean

even rachmaninoff plays it in 4 and something minutes

yours is to slow

you have good touch though as you don't loose the phrases or anything

well try it a bit faster and you'll remember me :P :P

[1black1small1moon]

@natachu444 i don't feel it so good when it's played so slow. It doesn't touch your mind.

[sniperspree118]

a real story told within the piece. Very off beat but unique... a typical Rachmaninoff piece :)

[TheMaven19]

Yeah I have to agree with hcchan01 great good on the description!!!

[ampollapiratas]

Esta melodia forma parte de Anna Karenina con Sophie Marceau, la cancion es muy dramatica y triste... asi como la novela.

[hcchan01]

very well described the whole piece's journey.