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Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in A minor (Audio)

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Rachmaninoff plays Rachmaninoff Etude-Tableau in A minor, op. 39, no. 6; December 1925. This is an actual recording of Rachmaninoff, not the Ampico piano roll reproduction. This gives a more realistic insight into what this great man sounded like.

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  • amazing . this piece almost sounds funny when you listen to his version. whereas lisitsa is litterally terrifying you.

  • Rachmaninoff did set the standard for his own works interpretations pretty high , don t you think?

    To compare is possible but with the right respect to the composer and his intentions of interpretations as he had all the technical skills necessary to realize what he wanted to realize.... I think we don t need a "better" version of this....

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  • GREAT!

    nobody no one would ever come to play the first triplets in that way, except the creator himself.

    very "ritenute", first F, then P, rallentando, and a full F chord. that's a great vision of playing. other pianists always play them in the same way, everyone is similar to other ones.

    how boring

  • @Spudboy41 agree

  • Lisitsa sucks and Rach rules, end of discussion

  • I love how lisista's version has become a youtube staple, dont you guys own any records? even lugansky plays it better than she does, not hating just sayin'

  • It's so amazing that we have access to the great composers playing their own music that since became the staple of piano repertoire: Debussy, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev. This is an incredible gift to the authenticists out there. Nothing will inform your reading of the music better.

  • I was really surprized when I heard 1:31. I didn't know it could played like that

  • @bunnyoneedge - I don't think he'd be surprised at all. Even though he plays it slower, the rhythm is rock steady, his beat is clear, and he makes more music out of it than Lisitsa does

  • @bunnyoneedge Maybe he could play it faster than Valentina Lisitsa, but thought that it wwas better when played like this, after all, he was the author!

  • @bunnyoneedge I would definitely agree! Absolutely! Lisitsa has modernized and harmonized her talent with Rachmaninoff's work in today's world.

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