Arensky, Rachmaninov, Glazunov & Taneyev - Four improvisations for piano

[SimonaPiano]

eather I am not getting this but Who is the Composer of these improv.? and who is the Pianist???

[pr1268]

Fascinating - I'm still curious how Glazunov and Rachmaninoff could work together, given that disaster of a premiere of Rach's 1st Symphony is often blamed on Glazunov. But I see now that the Symphony's premiere took place a year after this was composed.

[ansonyeung825]

good!!!

[Timuristan]

There is an ethnic component to some of the Russian last names. The endings [-ev] and [-ov], of which the [-off] is just a French re-spelling of [-ov] are Russian. The last names ending with [-sky] and [tsky] are of Polish extraction, usually of Polish nobility. Most Russians with the last name ending with [-sky] don't even know they have Polish noble blood... Something that trickled down from centuries ago.

[MEpianist]

Any Russians out there, can you answer -- do you know the ethnic differences (if any) between the surname/фамилия endings "-y/ий-" and "-ev/-ев" ? Does it indicate a certain region of Russia? Thanks, and i love the music.

[JohnEBPiano]

I grin everytime I hear Rachmaninoff's minor modulation at around 2:01 that is almost completely ignored by the following composer. What an interesting piece. I really wish every generation of composers had one collaboration somewhat like this.

[SimonaPiano]

Who is the Pianist???

[Starbirdy9999]

Taneyev seemed to have the most playful tunes, Glazunov seemed to have the ones with the most melody, Rachmaninov had the ones with more complicated rhythms, and Arensky's were the most probably stern, but actually Arensky's improvisations had not such of a distinction to them in my opinion.

[Flutist11]

I agree they were trying to mess with each other. I hear Glazunov and Rachmaninoff being in stark contrast in tone.

[eethove]

I would love someone to do a piece around that tiny, but beautiful theme that appears around 3:28

[01trapeze]

@eethove I thought the exact thing as I watched. Lets do it! :P

[EfikZara]

The really try to mess eachother up, lolol. It's kinda strange XD but it sounds wayyyyy cool =D.

[shadowrun45]

great fun! Don't you think that Rachmaninoffs parts are very typical?

[FabioThePianist]

Grazie mille Astathis!