Rachmaninoff - Etude Tableaux, Op 33, No 3 - Timothy Nguyen

[St4rW01f]

man that F dominant chord at 1:39 is so classy. rachmaninoff is a boss

[ThomasMisson1]

Crave?

[sanclspbr1]

good

[kyleclef]

Lovely :) I think people are being negative about your playing because they are jealous, do we all need to point out that he is not Argerich Horowitz or Richter? Unnecessary maybe. There was a nice emotion and calmness.

[motionmtn]

Can anyone tell me how to play the final chord? Even if you have big hands, it is impossible to play alle the notes at once

[gera1262]

@motionmtn Roll the chord.

[JohnEBPiano]

Excellent interpretation! You inspire a fellow student :)

[Quasaur]

Of course...it is the same music.

[maurateague]

When was this one written? I seem to remember something like 1906. It's odd, because there's so much extended harmony in it that (even though such chords were in use then), it sounds further along into the 20th. My favorite is that acending internal line that starts at about 3:15, and is then followed by what starts to sound like jazz (there's some major 9ths and 7b5's in there, and they aren't just passed through briefly the way someone earlier might -- he actually lingers on them).

[uhartchristian]

we listen here to a very interesting pianist....

good luck for the career.....

[Quasaur]

Beyond question..my favorite of the Etudes-Tableau (especially when referred to in his Concerto No 4)

[Martel211996]

@Quasaur have you noticed that the climax of this (towards the end) is almost identical to the 2nd movment of his 4th piano concerto

[CoolWJL]

Yeah he used this for his 4th concerto.

[Martel211996]

@CoolWJL Thats what I just said...

[aronicco]

Another error in the 5th bar from the end, 3rd beat. 16th note says B but it should be C.

[flibbertergibbet]

I should also point out that in b. 8, beat 3 of the opening C minor section (the brief ff climax), the upper note of the right-hand chord after the crotchet rest should be C, not A flat, creating another perfect-fifth "bell" chord. The problem with Dover is that they're cheap but often use unreliable editions. Congratulations and best wishes.

[RachmaninoffGuy]

Shame on Dover again (and myself for not finding it sooner). Thanks for the info!

[JCHamol]

@flibbertergibbet  well someone knows their Rach.

[basrare]

Beautiful!

[visionfugitiva]

Wonderfull! I love your sound and your musical understanding!, you are a great player my friend congratulations!!....please check my videos, Im also a pianist and I would love your feedback!.... Cheers from Mexico!

[nikkapfan]

There are at least two videos of this piece on Youtube where the players make the same mistake. But it's not their fault, it's just a misprint, I guess.

In the fourth bar after "poco and poco agitato" indication an octave on E should be played on the third beat. They play C.

Therefore, the beauty of the climax becomes lost.

Listen to Lugansky here. He plays that correctly.

No offence.

[RachmaninoffGuy]

Wow, you're right! I'm ashamed to have not noticed this. The (erroneous) edition above is Dover.

[Aerovistae]

@nikkapfan how the helllll do you notice that? you are listening to this on a whole other level from what i am. i can't even tell the difference between an A and a B.

[hyperhavoc5]

@Aerovistae You're obviously not a musician...

[Aerovistae]

@hyperhavoc5 i actually am, but i can only learn by reading sheet music to see which keys to hit and listening to the song to know how it's supposed to sound. im completely tone deaf.

[abdnumber4]

@Aerovistae If you aren't already familiar with how a piece should be, you can learn to hear stuff like that with lots of ear training :)