Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto no 5

Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff (Russian: Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов, Sergej Vasilevič Rakhmaninov, 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.

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.

Playlist with Rachmaninoff
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=F93F4BB661218E16

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[JoeTownley]

This is Rach's Second Symphony. Why is it titled his Concerto #5?

[TheClassicalFun]

@JoeTownley  Because it has been transcribed as a piano concerto.

[Alicja7777777]

An absolutely beautiful creation.

[Diosadelaverno2009]

Beautiful creation and marvellous piece.

greetings

[mgustafson11]

richard halley didn't write a fifth concerto! haha

[SergRach1]

@ALPRAS You're welcome :)

[bervy8]

What great fun, and you know? It rather works.

[ALPRAS]

@SergRach1 Thank you very much! :)

[SergRach1]

@ALPRAS Boosey & Hawkes ;) 

[ALPRAS]

@TheClassicalFun This is brilliant! Never heard about this transcription! Do you know where can I find the sheet music of this piece?

[Strefanasha]

so sad, so sweet, and in A Major.

How can this be?

BTW I know this symphony very well, but never knew it was transcribed into a piano concerto

[kristoferfir]

what the hell

did rachmaninoff add the piano part?

[kristoferfir]

what the hell

[annamagari]

....ascoltami ad occhi chiusi...con il cuore umile,,,Solo..davanti a tutto questo si può inchinarsi.."Questo concerto" ..diventa una carezza per l'anima...per quei momenti dove il buio, non da spazio a nient'altro...