I have heard this since I was a kid and I did not know what it was. I just found out a few days ago when I read that It was played for Puccini at one of his operas in 1924 when his death was announced.
This piece is both funny and poignent at the same time. I guess because of the comics adn commercials it is funny!
Otherwise good, but he should have stayed in SU, despite of losing his "adlercreutzed" possessions during the revolution! We might had got even higher splendor then!
Maybe better as an expatriate pianist, but pianists are always, allways better, than some other pianist, after the "best of all forever, master's master Franz Liszt"
@MrKatajisto There is no way Rachmaninoff would stay in the USSR - read his memoirs and his life! If the revolution had NOT happened, then it is likely he would have continued to compose even more of his masterpieces.
The positive result from Rach leaving the USSR - he moved to New York, then the center of the world in classical music, and embarked on a prodigious career in performing. And the whole world came to know him, which would NOT happen if he had stayed in the USSR.
@MrKatajisto I am curious, how do you know Liszt was better than Rach and a "master's master"? You have a recording of Liszt nobody knows about! Very funny comment you made :-)
For all we know the recording engineer may of asked him to pick up the tempo so it would fit on the disc. Recording was not nearly as easy or straightforward during this time period as it is now.
The tempo is PERFECT, exactly matches the walking pace of funeral bearers. Just picture the scene, and you will see that Rachmaninoff plays at the appropriate stately tempo.
Ironic that his last recital in America, 1943 (before dying of skin cancer) included Chopin's "Marche Funebré"... One of the most underrated pianists of all time!
i agree but what about the diffrence between a military march and a funeral march..!!?? im not saying i don't like his playing but i too find it a bit too fast...
well..., different! it sounds as though he is experimenting with the piece rather than playing it 'for real'. if i heard this version without being told the artist it would not get another playing, in fact, even though i do know... it is not getting another. this experiment fails, though for a rach fan it is a glimpse of a work-a-day effort. horowitz owns this piece...
A composer and pianist as great as Rachmaninoff is allowed to be different. He and few otheres were allowed to take liberties with a fellow composers music. A rare perspective that few of us will ever know. The fact that this interpretation sparks debate makes it even greater.
It's a funeral march... The beginning of it is like as frozen as the dead someone... After that it smoothly transposes to the expression of the dead body's surrounding people...
great to hear rach perform this piece.....the fast speed does take away from the intesity of it in my opinion....interesting interpretation regardless though
Plus qu'un grand pianiste , c'est un artiste immense , qui crée et impose sa vision de l'oeuvre, non conforme au texte , mais géniale. La reprise du thème fortissimo et plus vite est
the music played by Rachmaninoff is always very special and not usual.We should be glad that we can still hear the music played by him!He´s the master!
@Lukecash12 Too fast? This is Rach's signature piece that presented his extraordinary and unmatched pianism to the world. No other has approached Rach in performing this sonata, except perhaps Anton Rubinstein according to their contemporaries.
Wow! Is this REALLY Rachmanioff?!?!
SeverinadeStrango 1 week ago
... i want this played at my funeral
GamingCartoonBros 1 month ago
I have heard this since I was a kid and I did not know what it was. I just found out a few days ago when I read that It was played for Puccini at one of his operas in 1924 when his death was announced.
This piece is both funny and poignent at the same time. I guess because of the comics adn commercials it is funny!
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cubsfaninstlouis 1 month ago
Otherwise good, but he should have stayed in SU, despite of losing his "adlercreutzed" possessions during the revolution! We might had got even higher splendor then!
Maybe better as an expatriate pianist, but pianists are always, allways better, than some other pianist, after the "best of all forever, master's master Franz Liszt"
MrKatajisto 3 months ago
@MrKatajisto There is no way Rachmaninoff would stay in the USSR - read his memoirs and his life! If the revolution had NOT happened, then it is likely he would have continued to compose even more of his masterpieces.
The positive result from Rach leaving the USSR - he moved to New York, then the center of the world in classical music, and embarked on a prodigious career in performing. And the whole world came to know him, which would NOT happen if he had stayed in the USSR.
Bret6464 3 months ago
@MrKatajisto I am curious, how do you know Liszt was better than Rach and a "master's master"? You have a recording of Liszt nobody knows about! Very funny comment you made :-)
Bret6464 3 months ago
Rachmaninoff's infallible left hand...this is simply one of the finest recordings of Chopin's Op. 35! (:-0) Thank you, Filip.
Noshirm 4 months ago
Doesn't he shift the bass down an octave, also?
sukangeong 4 months ago
For all we know the recording engineer may of asked him to pick up the tempo so it would fit on the disc. Recording was not nearly as easy or straightforward during this time period as it is now.
avandesande 4 months ago
He plays at almost exactly 60 beats per minute. That's kinda cool.
BobkerYa 4 months ago
@BobkerYa Holy crap!! You're right, that's really interesting, and kinda scary!
tyu3456 4 months ago
I am really quite glad to hear Rachmaninoff play this since he definitely is in touch with darker things.
hellomate639 7 months ago
The tempo is PERFECT, exactly matches the walking pace of funeral bearers. Just picture the scene, and you will see that Rachmaninoff plays at the appropriate stately tempo.
bigmouthfrog2009 8 months ago
This piece is sonate? and knows that as "Funeral March" ?
Which?
BleuCheveluFille 8 months ago
@BleuCheveluFille Both :-) This only the 3rd movement (it is called "Funeral March"), of Chopin's Sonata No. 2 (there are 3 movements)
Bret6464 6 months ago
@Bret6464 There are FOUR movements in the Op.35 sonata.
TheStockwell 3 months ago
@TheStockwell Yes there are. Did I say otherwise? TY for the correction :-)
Bret6464 3 months ago
Ironic that his last recital in America, 1943 (before dying of skin cancer) included Chopin's "Marche Funebré"... One of the most underrated pianists of all time!
NotAnotherLeadPipe 9 months ago
@NotAnotherLeadPipe rachmaninoffunderrated? i don't think so.
AlexSuciu 8 months ago
I like Rachmaninoff.. He is a genius and I love his concertos very much.. However I think this interpretation isn't very good: it's too fast!!
100MRGR 11 months ago
deadmau5 made this song sick
TOEKNEE40 1 year ago
its not played fast, its a march, and i think people forget that.
ThePiano1984 1 year ago
@ThePiano1984
i agree but what about the diffrence between a military march and a funeral march..!!?? im not saying i don't like his playing but i too find it a bit too fast...
genomos90 1 year ago
Should be a bit more largo,but for the most part...exsquisitely played ! !
persephoneserenity 1 year ago
Interesting ff instead of pp towards the end!
RolandoPiccolo 1 year ago
well..., different! it sounds as though he is experimenting with the piece rather than playing it 'for real'. if i heard this version without being told the artist it would not get another playing, in fact, even though i do know... it is not getting another. this experiment fails, though for a rach fan it is a glimpse of a work-a-day effort. horowitz owns this piece...
truun 1 year ago
I can not believe that I can still hear my maestro after nearly once hundred years
Moy01510TBF 1 year ago 2
A composer and pianist as great as Rachmaninoff is allowed to be different. He and few otheres were allowed to take liberties with a fellow composers music. A rare perspective that few of us will ever know. The fact that this interpretation sparks debate makes it even greater.
jhoward1957 1 year ago 2
3:59 : he makes too much... His idea was a great and abtypycal interpretation, but this is the negative point... too much personal mark...
pierreM75 1 year ago
@pierreM75 I can't wait until I'm good enough to also give Rachmaninov pointers on his piano playing!
Omnichronicles 1 year ago 7
enter to my channel n listen the electronic version of this beautiful piece of art !!
kTpReCoRdS 1 year ago
@kTpReCoRdS no thanks... why ruin a good thing?
Lity10 1 year ago
3:27 the beginning of my favorite moment....
Nadianva 2 years ago
The poor sound quality definitely helps add to the ambiance of this piece. It makes it feel like a storm...
beaverteeth92 2 years ago 7
Definitive performance. Dynamics are Anton Rubinstein.
Pianissimo, gradual crescendo to the trio then fortissimo and gradual decrescendo till the end of piece.
Rachmaninoff is special. The music is still that of Chopin.
A pianist of Rach's caliber could get away with anything he wanted to do. A giant, literally and figuratively.
junglejim66 2 years ago 4
Beautiful!
UtahImplosion 2 years ago 4
It's a funeral march... The beginning of it is like as frozen as the dead someone... After that it smoothly transposes to the expression of the dead body's surrounding people...
Fuckin' Genius, I believe...
Tsotne16 2 years ago 7
great to hear rach perform this piece.....the fast speed does take away from the intesity of it in my opinion....interesting interpretation regardless though
stanfordcomposer 2 years ago
Where can I get this audio file?
Thank you so much for sharing this wonder.
FlipDumas 2 years ago
Plus qu'un grand pianiste , c'est un artiste immense , qui crée et impose sa vision de l'oeuvre, non conforme au texte , mais géniale. La reprise du thème fortissimo et plus vite est
d'un effet prodigieux.
TheVieuxchat 2 years ago 2
Its fast but very beautiful!
muradhanov 2 years ago 4
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muradhanov 2 years ago
too fast
lfangyuvn 2 years ago
not a bit.
spegelj 2 years ago
Without the noise, this would have been the One !!
It's known to be the best interpretation of this movement...
Youtube is unfair :(
sergeflousier 2 years ago 2
I think hi plays very fast......
muradhanov 2 years ago 5
really? the first or second section or both? i quite like the pace.
shevansilva 2 years ago
no... it's a super interpretation
dstefffy 2 years ago
the music played by Rachmaninoff is always very special and not usual.We should be glad that we can still hear the music played by him!He´s the master!
Piancello182 3 years ago 20
I like his interpretation in terms of tone, but he seemed to play it too fast for my tastes. Remarkable tone, though...
Lukecash12 3 years ago 19
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dstefffy 2 years ago
@Lukecash12 Too fast? This is Rach's signature piece that presented his extraordinary and unmatched pianism to the world. No other has approached Rach in performing this sonata, except perhaps Anton Rubinstein according to their contemporaries.
Bret6464 3 months ago
its a shame this only has 172 views
rachmaninoff was famous for his interpretation of this and this is the most well known part.
i didnt even know he recorded this piece
mikeee32 3 years ago 6
awesome i love rachmaninoff!
AmkoPsicotico 3 years ago 6