Rachmaninoff plays Mozart K. 331 Rondo alla Turca

Piano Sonata No. 11 in A major, K. 331
Alla Turca: Allegretto
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano

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• Piano
• Sonata
• No.
• 11
• A
• major
• K.
• 331
• Wolfgang
• Amadeus
• Mozart
• Sergei
• Rachmaninoff
• rondo
• rachmaninov
• turkish
• march

[kjw163]

Hey people, please stop calling everything a 'song', OK? It's a movement from a piano sonata. Thanks.

[ajayalmighty]

This is a master's rendering of this piece. Rachmaninoff was known to keep a rock solid pulse while changing the tempo so everything he's doing is extremely deliberate and controlled. Don't try this at home unless you really know what your doing.

[rachmaninoff1990]

This is a great interpretation. One thing I would like to point out at 0:04 (measure 5) is that he plays G-A-B instead of A-C-B (which is in the original piece). It seems intentional. However, I wonder why he decided to deviate from Mozart's original pattern.

[amarizfilipe]

Why is Rachmaninoff's interpretation the best that I heard in my life? He is better than anyone to do this!!!!!! Bravooo



[fissionesque]

This is why the classical world is dying. Because it's filled with people who only care about speaking and playing in the correct form and not about ART. It's all pretence.

[Lukecash12]

@HentaiFundamentalist I agree with you about it being a piece, not a song, but many classically trained singers can handle 16th note runs.

[forgottenbooks]

Everything Rachmaninoff played seemed to come alive at the slightest touch. Wonderful rendition of a wonderful song.

Yes, I called it a song. Since most pianists aim for a "singing tone" anyway, there's no reason why you shouldn't call piano compositions "songs". Incorrect though it may be, it has a poetic quality to it that makes describing wonderful performances that much more eloquent.

[pd2905]

this guy is a great piano player can you hear the difference between his and other performances of the Turkish march

[TripleRhu]

@shroomingnewman No! a song is a piece with vocal parts. Who are you to call somebody a douche?

[fissionesque]

Obviously, it's not really a song, but it doesn't matter. Shut the fuck up until you know enough about music to correct a more important mistake. Pretentious fuckers. Rach wouldn't have cared.

[HentaiFundamentalist]

A song is a composition that is for voices. I have no idea how anyone would be able to sing the 16th notes.... unless Glenn Gould was the accompanist... And just because a piece may be based off of a song does not make it one.