Rachmaninoff: Melodie, op. 3, no. 3 (original version)

[dresdensvetik]

Richter is genial!!!

[lekashament]

I'm glad I chose this for grade 8 now, it's so beautiful..

[pianoashmead]

Controlled, thoughtful, balanced, heartfelt, but most of all, beautiful.

[AltoSaxOlly]

The best performance of this piece i've ever heard! Any purist would say this is far too slow for an adagio but so many people play this piece too fast!

[hilocomtoot]

A wonderful lesson for those that pedal on the beat and using correctly 1/2 pedal. Watch his right foot starting at 4:00 it's a great visual lesson on playing a melody line smoothly.....and it's not easy!

[clemensvetter333]

Dare to play this jewel fast. This is how it goes right into the heart. A contribution of a fabulous pianist to a fabulous composer.

[berlinzerberus]

..wonderful...RICHTER,the great poet of slow mouvements!!!

he ennobled the early pieces of rachmaninoff.

[nelsyeung]

this is just beautiful!!! I'd love to play this for grade 8

[Drelnis]

I have always preferred the original version over the revised edition, this performance is very beautiful.

[iamalittlespy]

What an amazing performance. Richter

[edward130603]

who is sitting beside him?

[phillijane]

I'm guessing it's the page turner

[JupiterIV]

Looks like iCarly to me ...

[Freiburger2009]

no it isnt simple Iam learning it

[tyuo9980]

its not that hard. just the emotion and dynamics.

[RandomPenguinAttack]

Was he playing all the Fantasie pieces in this one concert?

[profoundlysecret1]

Richter doesn't have the glamor, the whimsey, the shimmers, but he has a bigger heart than any other pianist I've ever heard. It is his encompassing heart and his sincere acceptance that can melt all the glamors and shimmers into tears.

[glitterpanda]

Richter= love.

[profoundlysecret1]

You know, I want to ask why, but that is a really ugly question to ask here.

Love...it is that simple...