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Gilels plays Rachmaninov: Prelude op. 23 no. 2

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The great Russian pianist Emil Gilels plays Rachmaninov's Prelude op. 23 no. 2
From the recital at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory

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  • Gilels is the Bomb.

  • Pause and drag to 3:06

    lol at dracula in the 1st row

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  • @razegfx I have never heard anyone with a better interpretation than Gilels, this is surreal, pure passion and musicality and yes it is his golden bel-canto tone :-) I also love Weissenberg's interpretation (it's on YT)

  • I bet that piano was sore afterwards :/

  • @razegfx You know, I really don't care the tone itself too much... Here is too much banging and "tone", and a few real Rachmaninov. Of course, I like Richter much more. (not sure about gavrilov)

  • i think i have heard better interpretations of the piece (or at least one's that i prefer...gavrilov, richter, etc.), but i've never heard anybody with gilel's tone - so powerful and clear. i bet even the ushers outside of the recital hall could feel it.

  • @gammypage Sucks that you see it that way, music is based upon emotion, and emotion is rarely coherent.

  • I don't like this piece... it's incoherent.

  • i don't think he plays it as well as richter whose performance inspired one of my abstract films

  • look at the suggestions on the right, watch kissin play this. k bye.

  • so beautiful this middle part,,,

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