Byron Janis plays Rachmaninov - Paganini Rhapsody (2/3)

[jeh500]

Superior artist!

[privateny]

absolutely love this!

[DICACIO1]

absolutely wicked... beautiful darkness scattered in all the instruments. superb performance, Janis...cheers from Los Angeles!

[byronjanislover]

what year was this performance?

[KlassikFan2007]

@byronjanislover Paris, 2 January 1968

[Classicmozayful]

that face is begging for a moustache... epic performance from Janis, as always...

[misspeckpeck]

How about Langlang????

[boxers7x5]

@misspeckpeck

You are kidding, right?

[MrGrigor99]

This was in the good old days when pianists were far more concerned with making music and making it truly exciting rather than worrying about playing note perfect. While Janis' playing is very accurate, it is not quite as accurate as some players today, but then again they're no Byron Janis!

[yamaho5]

I always liked Byron's playing, so I named my son Byron after him in 1957 and three years later, I took Byron to hear him play with the Oklahoma City Symphony orchestra, and while the orchestra played the last half, I took my three year old son back stage and introduced him to Byron, who picked him up and held him through the last half of the concert and talked to him and hugged him, and gave us all a memorable occassion.

[byronjanislover]

@yamaho5 what a touching story! In 1957 my piano teacher told my mother to get Byron's recordings for me to listen to. I was 12 then. I am now 65. Of all the pianists, he is my favorite. I would have loved to have been able to have met him then and even now.  I still have the vinyl records.

[musikgirl1]

Yes the violin solo is early.The guy next to him knew it too.That is rough.

[CrocodileGEN]

What's going on aroud 4:13 ? The violin doesn't sound right oO.

[nadyart]

I would like to know the name of the conductor and of the orchestra. Could I?

[KlassikFan2007]

Louis de Froment

[michelmans]

The best Rachmaninov Rhapsody I ever heard.

[billyguns2]

Magnificent playing of an order unheard of today. Bravo!