Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto 3 (1a)

[TheEsty98]

He plays this concert better of everyone! :)

[kingjepoy]

Rachmaninoff is Rachmaninoff! He's the man!

[lolzertankify]

Wow.

[eljosso]

haha dodelijk, de normale reacties op deze video zijn allemaal serieus over het gecomponeerde stuk, en dan dankzij dumpert deze epic comments!+1

[abfdes]

Respect Master.

[KamaniKurdi]

Dit is niet mijn MOziek

[ralphdepagter]

Deze piaMO wordt niet fijn bespeeld, vriend

[hunktubes]

Ik ga jou zo'n klap geven piano

[martijntju]

Dit is niet wat het lijkt vriend

[Wankje]

Dit is niet mijn filmpje vriend.

[VenrayConnection]

Dit is niet mijn liedje vriend

[TwapsDutch]

Dit speel ik niet op de piano vriend

[maartenthemanoleole]

dit is niet mijn muziek vriend :)

[avalonicus]

This is not my concerto friend.

[fireskin0]

dat is niet mijn foto vriend

[gaoneur]

Zwart-wit is niet mijn huidskleur vriend

[SilverHazeee]

Dit is niet mijn piano vriend :)

[rayclentchris]

Lang Lang sucks people. He plays with such uncomprehension. It's awful and no comparison to Rachmaninov or any great pianist.

[theshjt1]

@rayclentchris totally agree

[koryano321]

@rayclentchris 100% agree. lang lang just plays superfluous... 99% of the pianists that come out of china are horrendous. i just listened to Haochen Zhang play Tchaikovsky piano concerto no 1 last year after his win in the van cliburn competition. needless to say... it sounded BAD. he could play the fast parts well, but the slow parts... he had no soul, just bad bad bad! (yuja wang is the exception in my mind, her profokiev is amazing)

[36beachbum]

@koryano321 Can not agree with you, you may not know that both Lang Lang and Yuja Wang were trained at Curtis (Philadelphia - U.S.A). Uehara won the last piano first prize at the Tchaikovsky competition, her Tchaikovsky piano concerto was amazing.

The great Asian-American pianist now is Jung Lin, she is from Taiwan, trained at Juilliard NYC, her Rach 3, all her Rach, Chopin, Medtner and Mendelssohn are magical!

[billyguns2]

Often overlooked or unknown, the recording by Weissenberg with Pretre is also a revelation and was recorded in excellent sound. I also love Cliburn/Kondrashin and Janis/Dorati, as well as Argerich/Chailly and Ashkenazy/Fistoulari in this magnificent work. No doubt about it, though, the composer's and any of Horowitz's recordings are in a class by themselves; I Prefer Horowitz/Reiner, though many opt for Horowitz/Coates.

[BrookHornblower]

in the third movement of this concerto there's an awful cut 2 minutes in...

[mrHB1985]

I'm just wondering howpeople can speak about lung lung and other stuff during this great performance. There's absolutely nothing to compare. Rachmaninov was and IS a genius, both as a composer and a pianist, and that lung lung is just a guy with ordinary talent.

[wertyuioqp1]

lol, lung lung... well, it's more of a ... mix between an "a" and a "u" but the generally accepted english spelling is lang lang...

[wagerfilmART]

It's a great joy to hear Rachi play himself, no matter what.

[trschaefer]

His interpretation is a revelation! Love the tempo.

[Oahusea]

LangLang awakens all the glory and passion and make it so vivid...I mean... i feel absolutely hit by his intensity.

[planetalalala]

i disagree, i mean you probably do feel that, but you are wrong.

[SCHneiDen777]

planetalalala! Hilarious comment!!! And I agree, he probably does feel that but he is wrong, too funny!

Horowitz and Rachmaninov in my honest opinion are the only true awakener's of this work, no offence to any other pianists, and not even offence to Lang Lang even tho I think he plays with showy over showy outward emotion that IMO is rendered useless when outside the body, and useless inside the body unless it comes out thru the piano. Horowitz and Rachmaninov do this with utmost clarity.

[Robotman42]

Methinks you ought to hear the performances of Argerich and Ashkenazy.

[SCHneiDen777]

planetalalala! Hilarious comment!!! And I agree, he probably does feel that but he is wrong, too funny!

Horowitz and Rachmaninov in my honest opinion are the only true awakener's of this work, no offence to any other pianists, and not even offence to Lang Lang even tho I think he plays with showy over showy outward emotion that IMO is rendered useless when outside the body, and useless inside the body unless it comes out thru the piano. Horowitz and Rachmaninov do this with utmost clarity.

[Oahusea]

Dear Sergei: I know you are a genius. Your work rocks really but LANG LANG'S PERFORMANCE OF YOUR CONCERT NO3 MAKES ME CRY. When I listen to you... I can only say Wow, what a piece of music! No feelings... No tears...

[yamahaU3]

Maybe it's not meant to be sad a piece? The concerto is all about glory and passion in my opinion.

[ij8807]

I get nothing from Lang Lang's performance. I actually usually end up laughing from his ridiculous facial expressions. Not that I don't respect your opinion, but to each his own.

Rachmaninoff himself, interestingly, was never totally satisfied with how he played this piece. He praised Horowitz's performance and said he could do whatever he wanted to it.

[Mrmusgeek]

being a composer/conductor/performer, you really only get the idea of how a piece is supposed to sound unless you hear it done by the composer. only he(she) truly KNOWS what he(she) heard in their head at the time of composition.

[Robotman42]

Those who cannot hear the original composer's performance, must content themselves to interpreting the music in a way that is pleasing to them and hopefully to the audience. Many times this interpretation works.

[cleveroonie]

I see your point mrmusgeek, but is that piece necessarily going to be the most pleasing to the ear

[7Row7enn7]

I never liked how that one part opens in piano and climbs in volume. Not to doubt or reject such a genius's work, but it always seemed that the whole part should have been a stable volume like mf or something.

[SatchmoSings]

That's precisely part of the point of classical music; the ebb and flow of the dynamics.

If you want music that stays the same volume from beginning to end totally eschewing dynamics, then stick with "pop" music.

[NGS712]

Why is this listed as '1a'?

[aewanko300]

this is part of the first movement. the 1st mvt usually lasts about 15-20 mins, depending on the performer

[NGS712]

aewanko: Thanks. :)

I actually ended up finding that out awhile ago on my own. :S

[juansmdgp]

Muchas gracias!

[wregis373907]

Espetacular!!!!!!!!

[pentium1000]

Simply listen, bitch.

[catgreen4]

Interesting that someone who likes classical music would use this kind of language.

[pentium1000]

It's really rather unkind of someone who supposedly likes classical music to carp about so materialistic a thing as presentation. Were you to truly enjoy this recording, you would not mind that the picture does not change- although it shouldn't, being a fine picture already. I'm sorry I deigned to use such language, but I wanted to use fewer words than I just have.

[catgreen4]

Than comment was posted by my little son. He is a big fan of classical music in general and Rachmaninoff in particular. He is using Youtube to see people perform, not just hear it. But the word "stupid" was not appropriate.

[ichiromo]

Dost thou believe'st those who like classical music talk'st as if they'st have a hot potato in their'st mouthses?

[catgreen4]

No, but for some reason, I believe that they would not be using profanities, Sire.

[paganiniGOGO]

not necessarily true. Me for instance.

[RandomMocker]

Or I. Stop stereotyping, it's what puts people off getting into classical music.

[catgreen4]

I am going to do whatever I want, honey.