Rachmaninoff: Vocalise, Op.34 No.14

[lilnin2010]

Passion...It makes my hurt flood!

[543693The]

oh ! entendre Vocalise 14 sous la direction de Serges Rachmaninov lui-même ... quelle émotion profonde, comme cette interprétation ... il la voulait ainsi , c'est son âme que l'on entend !! son oeuvre à l'état pur ... sans intermédiaire !! merci beaucoup pour ce bijou précieux de 1929....

[demarezmichel]

Belle interprétation

[TomateFarcie]

Thank you so much for posting. Have heard this track since childhood and never knew who wrote it. Very powerful piece.

[FalconTheHacker]

OMG!! Thanks for uploading this, I've been watching Nodame Cantabile, and I couldn't get a hold of this music, I didn't know what it was and... thank you thank you thank you!!!

[SadisticPyro]

@FalconTheHacker

This piece was in Nodame Cantabile? I remember Rachmaninoff's Concerto no.2, but I don't remember this being in the show...

[luzsorial]

So moving!

Many thanks.

Luz

[keetner]

Despite the age of the recording, it touched me deeply. I was on the verge of tears listening to this!

[chuhangchun]

it is a very valuable recording in the world...

[classicvinylbiz]

Vishnevskaya / Rostropovich: Vocalise (Вокализ), 1976:

watch?v=F5Sj7QpUXNk

Thanks and regards

[willistara]

I love this - this is a very poignant piece of music, subtle and gentle, that to my ears adds a whole new dimension to the word 'pathos'...

[torles097]

Thanks for uploading!

[TheLeonardoSaez]

Hermoso tesoro dirigido por el propio maestro.

[harpnvolleyball]

I love hearing how Rachmaninoff himself interprets his composition. It is slower and more poignant than many others play it...it is so beautiful at this speed.

[Bret6464]

@harpnvolleyball Have you heard Gilels performance of the piano transcription? It is also surreal :-)

[NoRosesForMe]

Love this. One of my favorites! Thanks for posting. 5***** and saved to faves.

[raymundciesielski]

It`s the first time I hear that and i love it! It`s so beautiful!

[S2HVU]

THhe first picture is adorable.

[pjioayncoe]

Is that Rachmaninoff in the first picture? Who is sitting beside him? Where is this picture taken? It goes so nicely with this wonderful music.

[truecrypt]

Yes, it's Rachmaninoff and one of his students - Elena Kreitser near the village Krasnenkoye in 1899.

[pjioayncoe]

Nature fits him so well...and he seems more powerful in it...

Another quick question: Is the last picture taken during the performance of this piece or another piece? Thanks.

[truecrypt]

I don't know!

Probably another one...

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Why does he have a military uniform?

Is it true that he was called to fight in

WW1?

[snaaptaker]

2)Oops!! That was a response to Erwin's response to Josie on Page2. It somehow ended up on Page1.

Anyway, while I'm here, thanks for this gorgeous post. It's long been one of my favorite recordings.

Perhaps you could also post Rach. conducting

"The Isle of the Dead" and/or the Symph.#3?

Please...??

[truecrypt]

Symphony would probably be too long with all those cuts...

So, please accept "Isle of the Dead" recorded in 1929 and conducted by Rachmaninoff! ;)

Just uploaded...

[snaaptaker]

Yes, gladly. Thank you so much, TC.

You are a great soul, as well as a wonderful pianist.

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

Both of those are on youtube somewhere, I have seen them before. Search for them and you'll find them.

[vova47]

Thanks!Do You happen to know whose arrangement

Gilels is playing here on YouTube? I find it particularly close to Rachmaninoff´s style pianistically speaking.

[truecrypt]

It's by Alan Richardson...

[vova47]

Many thanks,I´ll try to get it.Peace V.

[vova47]

Thank you again for this true masterpiece!I wonder if Sergei Vasiljevitch made piano arrangement of this piece,and if He ever recorded it to your knowledge?!

[truecrypt]

No, he didn't write the piano only version... but there are plenty of all kind of arrangements made by different musicians: wiki/Vocalise_(Rachmaninoff)

[stacyblue1980]

My favorite. A beautiful ache. ......thats the feel of it. THANK YOU so much! x

[charlottevk]

Dear Smith,

Let,s asume,since you,re a man of intelligance you mean General body language. In my opinion it,s the most important and honest language.All it takes to "learn" is a great interest and empathy for people.Strong intuition helps too. Nothing can be so missleading like words. As an American male,I understand your problems.Europeans are in general more subtly. Besides politicians and some lawyers(their attitude is universal)I learned to like the "simple"American approche.

[charlottevk]

continue.

And you will find many more cultural differances that would make you uncomfortable. Maybe the east part would be most familiar but that is not "the real"America as I sence it.

Especially in the state of Arizona I had the strong feeling that this land is the natural envirement of the natives. Proud,independent and wise people in an overwhelming wild and beautiful nature. The wind blowing through the desert has a strong spiritual energy.

[smithsherman]

Dear Charlotte,You mention energy.I't always ironic to me how much I enjoy Europe,but how difficult I find that it is to get used to the vibrations over there.And also in spite of the fact that by American standards I'm pretty good with languages,It's hell reading European BODY language

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

I liked arizona quite a lot when I went there, I know what you mean.

[charlottevk]

I must agree with Smith on this.I don,t think you would be happy living as an American in the modern world.Most of us Dutch,for instance are quite outspoken(not to speak of "rude and unpolite"according to others)During several visits there I noticed quite some embarrasment caused by some remarks that I considered as normal.A little provocation(which I like so much)is also something you should handle with great care. Americans take themselves very seriously.

[PlatypusofCalifornia]

Depends on what part of america you live in :D

[smithsherman]

It's in the gut right from the start.That landscape picture(Kaluga area?) reinforces that.I don't know if it's a post-mortem longing for my 18th century home...or just that the Russian landscape evokes...

[suzettegm]

Exciting (haha I'm like an American now)But I never heard Rachmaninoff conducting his own work before. Thanks!

[pianopera]

Try "Die Toteninsel", op. 29 (nach Arnold Böcklin), you'll love it!

[snaaptaker]

Me, too--as well as the Symph.#3.

[smithsherman]

You'd make a bad American,my dear.You have too much wit and heart.Forget about it.You would have been a Good American 3000 years ago.

[charlottevk]

One of my favorite pieces. Thank you for posting

[s02r]

The bad sound quality (I know it is old recording) makes this even more dramatic! Actually, never heard this piece orchestrated before. Excellent! Thanks again.