Flashbacks: Cambry plays Rachmaninoff Prelude in C# Minor

This was recorded in Ganz Hall at the Chicago College of the performing Arts at Roosevelt University. I was supposed to record Rachmaninoff's Second Piano concerto with my piano professor, but we pushed it back 2 weeks. I had the hall reserved so I decided it would be cool if I just remade some of the older videos that were way lower quality. I recorded 10 videos, 3 of them are new pieces. These are probably some of the last classical music videos i'll upload for now, i'm going to be doing other music types on here, thanks for watching!

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Music

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• rachmaninoff
• prelude
• csharp
• minor
• piano
• pianist
• cambry
• roosevelt
• university
• classical
• music

[duweykeysking]

THAT WAS NOT GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!

[PianoPlaya123]

hahaha you're funny

[FlyLikeASuperhero]

Simple virtuosity.

P.S.: Put on a suit, people will mistaken you for the Cleveland Cavaliers' coach Mike Brown

[PianoPlaya123]

hahahaha

[yrag8888]

It's a pity that sensitivity, just like true emotion, is not a popular trait. This the era of mediocrity where a guy /gal who just learn a few chords, or has the audacity to recite cheap rhymes on a beat can be an overnight idol...

Why should an artist who has worked hard, to attain this level of mastery in his art should be referred to as a "Black Dude in tee-shirt"?

Camry, the notes you play convey a quiet, but wonderful sense of fulfillment. Keep the faith!

[pian000]

thats not cool man

[davidsw92]

Beautiful job! I really appreciate all the character and emotion you incorporated into this piece. It really came alive!

[she2302]

How long does it take to practice and perfect this song? And do you learn this by yourself?

[KagomeHHaruhiF]

Vunderful, great, fantastic~!!!^O^ I was a bit iffy about the apparel, but... It's a beautiful piece, and I love hearing you play it.^^ I love piano with a passion, and guys who can play it are REAL men!!!^^

[xxxCalmstorm]

Wow! I'd love to be able to play this!

[IcyScythe]

sweet performance

[sonbarzzz]

tchykovsky...I appreciate what you said. My only point was just a personal one....the way Cambry plays this hits me as personally emotionally right. I find myself choosing to play this when I get emotional. I do not play well but I play for myself with passionate adoration of this music and for those who can play it well.

[tchykovsky]

as in... josef hofmann completely jumps the tempo faster, adds in rubato. these days, chopin ballade and the new generation of pianists are too keen on "a perfect score" and being "on time." especially since recording technology has improved, nobody wants to hear a wrong note in their recording. in fact, recordings of classical music are more popular than live classical music. those good days might not come back because most don't enjoy classical music with freedom (or in their case errors).

[tchykovsky]

@sonbarzzz with rachmaninoff, it's all about taking risks and making music. horowitz understood it with the Rach 3 and nobody to this day can play any of the pieces Rachmaninoff wrote near the original tempos. it's that borderline between safe and dangerously crazy that makes Rachmaninoff's music ridiculously hard to play. these days, Rachmaninoff music is too over sentimentalized and played very slowly. Josef Hofmann also does the same thing with Chopin's ballade 4.

[tchykovsky]

@sonbarzzz Rachmaninoff plays this at a near impossible speed, cambry is not even half as fast in some of the places. doesn't mean its bad, but at the speed rachmaninoff plays it, i almost feel as if there is a sudden rush, my brain is popping like crazy and that i'm at a HUGE risk of hitting a wrong note. the climax is just octaves, most pianists can do it, but to play those at Rach speed takes quite a level of motor development and muscle memory. top it off, rachmaninoff makes it all even.