Sergei Rachmaninoff "Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano Op 19 No.3 Andante" (1901)

Proformed by Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax .

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, 1 April 1873 [O.S. 20 March] 28 March 1943) was a Russian composer, pianist, and conductor. He was one of the finest pianists of his day and, as a composer, the last great representative of Russian late Romanticism in classical music. Early influences of Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakov and other Russian composers gave way to a thoroughly personal idiom which included a pronounced lyricism, expressive breadth, structural ingenuity and a tonal palette of rich, distinctive orchestral colors.

Understandably, the piano figures prominently in Rachmaninoff's compositional output, either as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. He made it a point, however, to use his own skills as a performer to explore fully the expressive possibilities of the instrument. Even in his earliest works, he revealed a sure grasp of idiomatic piano writing and a striking gift for melody. In some of his early orchestral pieces he showed the first signs of a talent for tone painting, which he would perfect in The Isle of the Dead, and he began to show a similar penchant for vocal writing in two early sets of songs, Opp. 4 and 8. Rachmaninoff's masterpiece, however, is his choral symphony The Bells, in which all of his talents are fused and unified

Sergei Rachmaninoff's Cello Sonata in G minor, op. 19, a sonata for cello and piano, was composed in 1901 and published a year later. As typical of sonatas in the Romantic period, it has four movements. Rachmaninoff disliked calling it a cello sonata because he thought the two instruments were equal. Because of this, it is often referred to as Sonata in G Minor for Cello and Piano. Most of the themes are introduced by the cello, while they are embellished and expanded in the piano's part. He dedicated it to Anatoliy Brandukov, who gave the first performance. It is hailed as one of the most important cello sonatas of the 20th century.

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[wataloosa]

now this is real music. pop culture like lady gaga isn't.

most gorgeous piece of Rachmaninoff's. en-captures such strong emotions.

[undiariodemilagros]

there are no words to describe so much Beauty... it brings me to tears... THANK YOU!

[reardentaggart4ever]

Love Rachmaninoff! Ayn Rand's inspiration for Richard Halley in Atlas Shrugged.

[itzybitzylemon88]

stunning



[milmusical]

Near tears. Such beauty.

[tigerlvr333]

You guys, Yiruma is a phenomenal Korean pianist who is just a teenie bit more contemporary, but far far far far far from stuff on the radio and crap like that. Listen to River Flows In You, or Kiss the Rain, or any other related videos and YOU WON'T BE SORRY!!!!!! I WOULD PROMISE, BUT I DON'T LIKE PROMISING. :)

[ViceJam]

Rachmaninoff, Scriabin, Chopin and Gershwin are the kings of emotion to me!!!

[imsohornynwet]

i'm meditating now in theta state of mind

[tjtheplay]

It's kinda kool how if you listen to a lot of Rachmaninoff or any composers pieces, you can hear some parts of other pieces in it.

For instance, you can hear part of Rachmaninoff etude op. 39 no. 5 in this sonata

LOOK IT UP GUYS!

[sergelew]

My parents heard Rachmaninov at our home in New York very long ago. I remeber him -I was a small child then-when he played and sang Russian songs where my parents and their friends joined in the singing until the small hours of the morning. I hear him again in this andante that spoke from our hearts during the terrible years preceding World War 2. Thank you. sergelew

[firedeathterror999]

@wataloosa please , dont name lady gaga here , he dont give a fuck about her , and thats the way it should be

[iif5]

3,2,1 Now I'm coming back to the beta state of mind.