Sergei Rachmaninoff plays Liszt Polonaise No. 2 in E major

Sergei Rachmaninoff plays Liszt Polonaise No. 2 in E major

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• rachmaninoff
• liszt
• polonaise
• piano

[Mozartstavanger]

Rachmaninov is just one of the best pianis ever lived! Wonderful played!

[truecrypt]

@marcxopoco

I really enjoyed our exchange... You know very little but assume a lot! ;)

[lego10123]

Its great , but i still think that cziffra is better .

[JohnsonPollock]

Unbelievably great. Makes Richter and Cziffra sound like slobs, which they definitely were not!

[OniyukiRyuken]

@123mazeppa The RCM British or Canadian grading system is both a blessing and a curse, it is useful for beginner students, but it pretends that a "level" can be given to all pieces...which is not the case; although I would but it beyond 11; a good 3rd year undergrad or graduate student piece for reference; similar to Gaspard or Transcendental Etudes.

[themindandmusic]

I really enjoyed listening to this... and then I looked at some of the recent comments. It's interesting how people complain that they can't *hear* anything "better" (not my own word) when they refuse to *listen*

[123mazeppa]

Can someone tell me, What grade is this piece in?

I just want to know.

[truecrypt]

@marcxopoco

For those of you who have difficulties to read my answers I repeat - check out measures 47-49 (B-dur scales). Sorry if you can't read score or don't hear about B-dur.

It's time for you to go... blocked!

[marcxopoco]

@truecrypt has never answered my questions of what specific passages Racxhmaninoff plays better than Busoni in this piece.

Waiting.

[truecrypt]

@marcxopoco

I've given you plenty of opportunities to face your own ignorance and rudeness. Probably your predilection to boxing diminished your intellectual and emotional responses. I should follow good old wisdom - "Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." Hopefully people will see the difference.

[marcxopoco]

@truecrypt hasn't heard Busoni play this piece.

And he never will.

Rachmaninoff's playing of this particular piece is dry. His scales are not as good as Busoni's.

They are not as even as Busoni's.

And Rachmaninoff was a great player and technician.

Find De Pachmann's youtube recording of part of this same piece for a remarkable demonstration of remarkably even and controlled passagework combined with trills, the ultimate "pearly touch."

[truecrypt]

@marcxopoco

Nothing will help those of you who define "better" as "faster and louder",

You compare piano roll with acoustic recording... Passages played by mechanical piano are unnaturally fast and loud. Rachmaninoff's passages are not only fast and clear but also played with great elegance and superb intonation. F.e. check out measures 47-49 (B-dur scales). FYO I've never said Rachmaninoff "plays better" - "they both are better".