Rachmaninoff plays Mendelssohn "Spinning Song"

[ibclappin]

no matter what has happened during the day, listening to this brings a smile to my face even when i try to make it not to

[paulostroff99]

Superb! TY for posting.

[etiam161036]

Merci pr cette superbe interprétation

[sgivas]

All one has to do is to listen to Maestro Sergei Vasiliovitch toss this off like it was nothing...so beautiful, so simple...no one before, one since, the late, great Sergei Rachmaninoff, Josef Lhevinne, Busoni. We shall wait to ascend into Heaven before we will hear the likes ot them again

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

He has the most original rendition of this piece!

[wefasdf23]

I can't help but laugh at the humor in this piece!!!

[rickfan1964]

@wefasdf23 me, too!!! ;) it's happy and humorous!

[wefasdf23]

An excellent performance such as this also elevates the composer to a new, higher level of genious that we could not see shining through other interperetations.

[jcisbell]

Pardon me for butting in but what I think I'm hearing is a description of a problem that plagues students in competition as opposed to a critique of professionals. That is, students are judged by quantifiable standards. Even though "artistry" or "interpretation" may be listed as criteria, "precision" is valued above all else. Why? Only because is can be standardized. That makes for "fair" judging but it does not judge "art"

[greenethump3]

Not all juries are the same, not all music is the same. I'm a composer, but I like to play songs by Jimi Hendrix on the guitar. I also like to play Mendelssohn's works. Music is a medium. In a high school art class someone could throw paint on a canvas and call it art. Is it a pretty picture, maybe but some people get it and other won't... Any type of art is pure expression by the composer, why should others critique the methodology that the composer uses to get ideals from his head to reality!?

[4456dh]

Surely "the notes on the page" are but a beginning, an invitation to the universe of the composer's imagination. The instrument is simply a vehicle to get us there. Rachmaninoff has it all here; certainly the skill, but above all the wit, playfulness and agogic acumen of someone who's actually spun a spinning wheel.

[yodiepants]

FYI, you two are arguing over youtube comments.

[vstasov]

Glorious! Thank you.

[canthelplove]

this is not spinning song! just to let you know...but what ever

[truecrypt]

Thank you for letting everybody know!

Last time I checked it was a "spinning song" by Mendelssohn, but if you don't recognize it... whatever...

[canthelplove]

sorry, it is spinning song. i was thinking of the spinning song by Ellmenriech. sorry about that.

[ibclappin]

@canthelplove then what is this?

[MartinaFromPoland]

wow, it;s really fast ;O in my profile in a few hours will be also the spinning song by me :P

[HwangMyungShin]

Wow. The great Rachmaninov. His playing has classical detail, and there's that golden tone. It's amazing.

[libetta]

this is different from the piano roll? it seems faster than Rubinstein's

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Interesting "period" interpretation. I like much. I think if some student did that in competition today, he'd be cut from the race. Shows how much times have changed.

[katkula]

I wouldn't think so... If someone would play in competitions like Horowitz or Rachmaninoff, they would definitely get top prizes at any competition. Despite all criticisim inviduality is actually much appreciated in these days in competitions.

[marcxopoco]

What a stupid comment.

We will call you Clueless George from now on.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

And Marco Poco, who are you to say my comment is stupid? It reveals more about your assininity than anything about me.

[marcxopoco]

George,

You are an obvious amateur without a clue on the subject.

You ape other amateurs and regurgitate their standard drivel.

Clueless George is the name for you.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Listen MarcxoPoco,

I am a professional musician. What I'm saying is if students in competition observed that hestitation before the first beat like Sergey does, many modern jurors would not like it and would probably deduct a mark. If you find that so offensive, find some kind of children's site to post on okay. Get a life man!

[marcxopoco]

George,

You have pinpointed exactly what has destroyed classical music.

In Rachmaninoff's time classical music flourished.

Today it is close to extinction, BECAUSE of the death grip the useless academics and the critics they produce have exerted over it..

I will take Rachmaninoff, and you can keep your modern academic phonies who don't have a clue what music is.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Guy, I thought I was going to write you again. BUT I just had to respond after your last message to say that you are an effing ass. I made my comment but did I ever say which I preferred? You have some set of preconceived notions in your head mARSEpoco and you reading everything I write through those. Youtube should have a law against people like you who inevitable speak from their backsides. Maybe jurors don't know what music is about, but ppl like u don't know what life is about.

[marcxopoco]

Clueless George doesn't like when his lame attempt to put Rachmaninoff on the level of a student playing in student competition is exposed.

Like any typical blowhard with a very low mentality, Clueless George can only resort to ad hominem attacks when his stupidity on the subject under discussion in exposed.

[GeorgeMaxwellDuPre]

Man, are you possessed or something? ARe you even a musician? Bye! & before you come online next time, take your pills.

[marcxopoco]

Clueless George offers more ad hominem attacks since he knows he was NAILED in his pathetic attempt to reduce the great Rachmaninoff to a student.

[Clarkson007]

Great great great Rachmaninoff! =D

[crainoo]

Clean and rather humorous.

[ipmoic]

Wow-- And that Luftpause!--really of another time, another era. He was something, and more.

[phantasyintrigue]

Where can you DL this??

And...how is it possible to play like this?! LoL

[stienwayz]

Wonderful Performance! I have uploaded the matching piano roll to this recording =)

BTW I accidentally responded with another video response... YT's website is a little glitchy!

[paulostroff99]

Bravo maestro Rachmaninov! Magnifico! TY.

[smithsherman]

Even further ahead of the beat than the one you just posted before this...It captures that wonderfully whimsical & playful quality so missing in the last 3 generations.