RACHMANINOV "Piano Concerto n. 2" Mov. 3 (Wild/Horenstein)

[formashapeben]

He missed two bars at 9:30

[1ronblair]

bach mozart beethoven were great but rachmaninoff was the greatest musical genius who ever lived the complexity of his works over shadowed the previously mentioned composers

[Amelia4144]

Musical talent, sensibility, emotion, lirism, all this "stuff" in russian composers. Don't you think? I do.

[mrsbrownandhercat]

As a Rachmaninov worshipper, I have heard all the versions, and I thought Ashkenazy/Previn was unbeatable, but this puts that version in the shade. Surely the most wonderful music ever written. Thank You, Sergei.

[mademan39]

@mrsbrownandhercat im a rachmaninov worshiper as well..no doubt the greatest pianist and composer of all time..

[Sword1479]

Love the finale.

[sylvana33]

Movement 3 is definately my favorite presenting a feeling of delight and satisfaction from the composer I can hear the waves of joy and consistant runs followed by even more persistant calming. No words can express the inner joining of sounds I experience whenever I play this, it is a sound I cannot place in modern day, it is such a classic sound that it only can speak of it's creator and the era from which it came. It is what completness sounds like.

[hrgallie1]

SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943) Piano Concerto No. 2 * The Isle of the Dead SCHUBERT-TAUSIG Marche Militaire WEBER-TAUSIG Invitation to the Dance * Earl Wild (piano) RPO/Jascha Horenstein rec Walthamstow Town Hall, London, 1965 CHESKY CD2 [65.43] PLEASE VERIFY...as the 18th century notice says in my wife's local church in St. Petersburg: uslyshite (aka just shut up and listen). I just found this now and i listened to the original...this is the deluxe version...speechless.

[bob280784]

The third movement is certainly my favourite, but I find this performance to be a little rushed.

[handycappo]

great pictures

[smharb1]

I adore his music. it's interesting to hear just how close his style of writing actually was to tchaikovsky. , his mentor.

[SaotomeUkyou]

この演奏は心に響いてこないな。だめだ。ラフマニノフに失礼だ。­

[sgtlzy]

I noticed two spellings of his last name??

[fenderbender92]

@sgtlzy That's because there is no exact translation of Rachmaninoff last name in English. The version I use is the one Rachmaninoff used on his (American?) passport--from what I've heard.

[BBArtandMusic]

Thank you for sharing this!!!!!!!!!!

[ethstudent]

bravo!



[tony0964]

Great performance, all spoiled by this heavily-compressed audio. Get the original, there won't be all this digital artifacts.

[OriginalBasaliskos]

Such an incredible performance. All my other recordings feel just so inadequate now.

[Juan32138]

Maravilloso, simplemente.

[violinperuano]

THIS IS THE BEST PIANO CONCERTO EVER!!

[Leungy12252]

Rachmaninoff's piano concerto no2 was my first classical piece that I've ever loved, it bring me straight into classical, and now i am doing my A-level A2 Music it is also this concerto again with Ravel's concerto in G inspired me to compose my very own concerto.

All I wanted to say is I adore Rachmaninoff musically.

[corbinone100]

The famous 3rd movement of the concerto..Beautifully done..This is our team song .We love the Concerto ..We always request this in the Philippines in a Radio Station of DZAS early morning at 6AM.. called Philippine requested emceed by Mr. Mike Lacanilao and Efren Abanco..

[AbartsWorld]

I remember sharing this song with someone I love

[nickoicool]

Love the performance, a hint slower would be nice!

[whindir]

@nickoicool popcorn and and gold chairs would be nice too... But maybe that genius's play is enough.

[nickoicool]

@whindir if you can't form an opinion of a performance than maybe canon in d is enough for you. :)

[sonozoltan]

Thank God for Rachmaninoff! Genius!

[mngriffin12]

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL!!! This is a VERY emotional piece! No one can really top the majestic beauty of this piece!

[OlderMoi]

Who recorded this performance?

[fertenerife1]

A música como a mellor "arma" de comprensión entre os humanos e os pobos do mundo.



[carlosalberto688]

Imagino a Rachmaninoff en una búsqueda incesante entre acordes nerviosos, intensos y energicos, hasta lograr una melodía que acaricia. Lo hace por poco tiempo. Luego vuelve a su temperamento. Pero ya mostró una parte oculta de su corazón. Y como si nada de esto hubiera ocurrido reaparece su sensibilidad plena y apenas roza el piano. Por fin nos regala con toda su fuerza un final sublime, mezcla de contradicciones, intensidad y ternura.

[Alejandro77i]

@carlosalberto688 Que razón tienes ^^

[carlosalberto688]

Imagino a Rachmaninoff en una búsqueda incesante entre acordes nerviosos, intensos y energicos, hasta lograr una melodía que acaricia. Lo hace por poco tiempo. Luego vuelve a su temperamento. Pero ya mostró una parte oculta de su corazón. Y como si nada de esto hubiera ocurrido reaparece su sensibilidad plena y apenas roza el piano. Por fin nos regala con toda su fuerza un final sublime, mezcla de contradicciones, intensidad y ternura.

Me hubiera gustado tomar un café con él.

[99xxxxxxxx]

I could see how this inspired Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Did it?

[AbsitInvidea]

This is the greatist piece of classical music ever written in my mind. I can't see how changing a single note of it would not make it worse. It's perfect.

[bimba1973]

This is the most beautuful masterpiece of classical music, my favourite : ) I love it, this is what is it worth to live for... LOVE IT : )

[Lola10girl]

I love you, Rachmaninoff!

[djsuperbadd]

There isn't a volume button that goes loud enough for this.

[Jagerbizzle]

I can't listen to this without tears.

[freeqwerqwer]

I used to hear this all the time in my teens....without fail I'd always hear something beautiful and new upon each listening session.

[MANN5X1]

Such a dramatic piece of music, the marriage of the piano with all the string section, makes me feel the center of The Universe, I like hear the whole concert with audiophones, this is a orgasmic sensation, all senses in unison, glad to be human, and there's no such a Darwin's Theory of Evolution, we have been humans since the very beggining, this music is a living proof.

[ac3761G]

RACHMANINOV "Piano Concerto n. 2" Mov. 3 (Wild/Horenstein)

+++20101211ac++  R-C-ManInov PC n.2" Mov.3 10.43 2 5 9 +++++

[ECLAT777]

this performance is addictive.. listening again and again.. 

[janinesalamida]

@ECLAT777 totally agree! i can't believe the "Breathing" space and those exquisite pianissimi...he doesn't just bang away at the keyboard going all Klunky like most do...and then the last 2 minutes??? what to say? a million colours, clean and crisp and wild like the wind...those crescendi are unbelievable...he is all over the keyboard...i know the piece very well, but i really was BLOWN AWAY....

[DarkPhoenix925]

Oh my GOD... that was absolutely FREAKING AWESOME!!! there's no other words to describe it... I listen to this entire concerto at least twice a day.

[jbp27]

genius.... 

[skoenigin]

There are feelings that you just CANNOT express in words.

One only can communicate them by this universal language we all are able to understand.

[lbj73]

So totally beautiful...thank you very much.

[MrDesperateArtist]

Earl Wilde, Rachmaninoff's prophet!

[GrannieWV]

Wonderful! As I wrote in the first movement, I had the experience of hearing him in person around the end of 1939 when he played with the Huntington WV Symphony Orchestra. He wore electric mittens before the performance to keep his hands warm..This remains my favorite concerto to thisday. I agree with the first statement of GuinnevereB.

[SunilCarris]

6:40 ....OH. MY GOD. i get taken somewhere else, floating, lost in the ethereal beauty...

[physphilmusic]

The entry at 9:31 is really one of the most powerful I've ever seen in any recording...the orchestra is also unbelievably powerful...

[llyranor]

9:31, oustanding.

[AbartsWorld]

My favorite music piece of all.

[poochy320]

This whole #2 concerto always brings tears to my eyes. I don't even cry over a break up. Rachy is superhuman in ability.

[Solhemnis]

...Yeah I think Rachmaninov isn't the one who had too many drinks before posting a comment on Youtube...

[gc0619]

from Sergei's eyes, you can easily find the trace of over-loaded Vodka, which impaired his audio sensitivity.

[sathzelv]

No hay palabras para expresar todo cuanto hay en este único movimiento. Pura emoción e inspiración. Es la obra de un genio. ¡Quién pudiera expresarse así!

[thekillerfrog94]

the world will miss you, wild...

ingenious concerto! probably my fouvourite solo concerto...

[coppy0362]

great!

[KANTABRIO]

...belisimo, una fantasia entre sueño y pesadilla, la poesia misma........

[33winterbirds]

Thank you.

[skalkmusix]

7:55 spookie rachamaninoff...really evil pic..

I love this concerto..no comments!!!

[GuinnevereB]

Wow. This actually had me sobbing by the end. It was cathartic!

I don't know how c.1901 audiences reacted at first hearing, but by the 1940s there were movie plots woven entirely around the music. It was so popular that pretty much everyone recognized the melodies and of course Rachmaninov was a household name everywhere.

The music still delivers an emotional punch that is very satisfying, and this is one of the best recordings of it that I've heard.

Thank you for posting it.

[tokyu777]

the most beautiful!kinoplove this. RACHMANINOV Piano is called "virtuoso".Heistallas2meters.

RCAから彼自ら収録に参加した作品が出されている。

[youtubister]

Oh, yes, and thanks for uploading, abaco62 :-)

Have the music still ringing in my ears.

[youtubister]

Wild is just... wild. No, make that breath taking.

Horenstein, a very under rated conductor.

"Earl is a pearl" LOL

[pharmasteve]

There are only two words I can use to describe this: DYNAMIC and PERFECT!

[geancrazy]

Sublime!!!!!!!!!!

[hovhanes456]

Браво Маэстро

[jorgedeleona]

Sencillamente es bello

[laqin007]

Volodos is the king of piano. its what I think of him. He plays this concerto amazingly. AND 3rd concerto too!! no wrong notes...

[rea082151]

@laqin007 Wild's version of the 3rd will stand up to anyone's; Horowitz, Volodos, Argerich, etc.

[nmbanana]

@laqin007 if you think volodos is the king of piano, you have heard practically nothing, he is good and all, but nothing compared to other pianists including earl wild

[EmilyHarderFanatic]

can you imagine when this came out in 1901 ish, people in their 50and 60s were probably saying,

those young kids and their modern music, I dont know how they can listen to it : )

[windalfinc]

LOL. however pop music are also very popular those days. Rock hasn't been invented yet. so maybe they hear blues or jazz

[Kalenisis]

it is ironic that, although my heritage stems from Austria and distantly related to Franz Schubert, I can never get enough of Sergei's 2nd Piano Concerto...the only test for ANY good or great music should be IF THE COMPOSITION MAKES ONE'S HAIR STAND ON END..OR THE HEART BEAT FASTER..AUFWIDERSEHEN SVR deins, Baron Peter von Schwarzbek

[dedbusted]

Me also. I am of Austrian lineage but love the Angst of the Russians.

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Oustanding perforamance.

[umegghju]

Questa interpretazione è davvero impressionante, mi piace molto.

[NOSEhow2LIV]

Fantastic, not just for the EARLy music, typically generous,heroic,impulsive and...excessive, yes,(and so Wild)but also the orchestral interpretation, a genuine partnership, backing each other to the hilt. Horenstein conducted this with Rach as soloist,so he has some experience to recount.This is the most "live" of studio versions. Thanx so much.

[Pereimia]

Почему не добавляются комментарии на русском языке?

[llirik777]

100 Баллов)

Мой любимый Фортепианный Концерт) Отличное исполнение)

[wellcomeon1]

Klava takaja, bez russkih bukv. A tak bi ja napisal stol'ko...chto luchshe ne budu)))

[charlesalkan]

Simply outstanding!!!

Earl Wild´s performance (s) cannot and will never be rivaled by anyone or any living pianist!!!

This is very good old-school-playing at its best!!!

Don´t even try to find something close to this!!!

[loveriakim]

:D richter !

[Kalenisis]

"charlesalkan", I cannot agree with you MORE...YOU HAVE SAID IT ALL!!!! I NEED a DAILY DOSE of Rachmaninov, like some people need coffee, sugar, chocolate, usw... Peter (Austria)

[operaguy1]

This is a magnificent Rach2.

I've always been a fan of Earl Wild for Liszt and hold him as the benchmark. Wild is vastly underappreciated, and all who treasure this concerto, as do I, must hear this account.

I am not going to say much...just...

Power and emotion.

Thank you Earl Wild.

John Donohue

Pasadena, CA

[Kalenisis]

Jawohl, indeed!!! Earl is a Pearl ...can't get enough Wild OR Rachmaninoff !!!!!! Baron P.von Schwarzbek; Shawnee Mission, Kansas.