Added: Aug 20, 2008
From: christian6657
Duration: 3:47
Rachmaninov playing his own composition. Prelude C sharp minor. (October 1919)Subscribe to my videos."Rachmaninoff also made a number of piano rolls...he was invited to listen to a master roll of his first recording in 1919 for the Ampico company. After the performance, he was quoted as saying "Gentlemen — I, Sergei Rachmaninoff, have just heard myself play!" He continued to record for Ampico until around 1929." Please subscribe.
Channel: Music
Tags: bach chopin liszt piano rachmaninoff russia
Rating: 4.93 (797 ratings) Views: 185516' favoriteCount='1517 Comments: 671
masael255 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I'll tackle that year old challenge. :D Grimaud's RENDITION of Rachmaninov's piano concerto 2 conveys much EXPRESSION that may be on par with HOROWITZ. Darn it, I tried; but couldn't remove Horowitz. He's just too powerful! XD
Narutofangirl16 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - this piece would be fun to play... begining's my favorite part ^.^
Shmoofles Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - yay i found it! sum chick preformed this at our skl and i have been blindly trying 2 find this peice for like an hour. its so pretty, im so happy, yay yay yay!
MillyProductions Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - imagen what it would have been like if rachmonninov,chopin,dvorak and beethoven all met one another it would have been so amazing!!!!
soulmach Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - The originAL. Very nice.
FlipineseAllDay Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Intergalactic Beastie Boys wow producer did a ncie job with this sample xD
PlatypusofCalifornia Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - WELL GEE. MINUS SIX! That tell you how much you people know about the difficulty of rach's pieces. -.-'.
CarlHalling Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - This exquisite melancholy piece of musical genius is so in tune with our own day and age; it could be said to reflect the complexity and uncertainty of our own times.
OrangeSodaKing Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Um, guys, maybe he has a good teacher and practices a lot. After all, haven't you seen the vid of the girl when she was 12 playing "L'isle Joyeuse" by Debussy? It's possible.
Morahman7vnNo2 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Ya, Buddy Theres A Difference Between Fancy Finger Work, And Having Huge Hands, Besides I Bet That It Will Take Kid Years To Get Up To The Lv. of Rachmaninov, Fats Waller, Art Tatum, Franz Liszt. Basically The Joke Is That Your A Wierdio If You Have Really Big Hands.
opterios Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - What an amazing piece!! And it's funny how I read somewhere that Rachmaninov himself was annoyed by the popularity that particular piece took over the following years!!
lecheparavaka Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - this was on the exorsism of emily rose, when emily plays the piano and the holy man watch from the window... great song!!!
TysonMS Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Can anyone confirm that this prelude is based on a dream he had of being buried alive. That makes this piece 10x freakier to me! It's what I always think of now.
Witt342 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Can anyone give me some advice on pedal use with this piece? Thank you!
dowhat93 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - damn you giant chords
jessmford Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - he must've had unusually long fingers.. i cant play most of the cords in this piece and his piano concerto 2 moderato...
SupahAzn18 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - well it depends on your piano. if you have a grand, then use your sostenuto [middle] pedal. if you dont have a grand, and have an upright or something else, then use your damper pedal, and just half-pedal it carefully.
cmednc Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - man he must've had double jointed fingers man that shit is just ass impossible
blankpaper03 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - haha, his fingers must have been like surgically extended
orleomarty Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - my hand is big enough to play that hughe cords but its not easy D: , but iam beginner, playing since last summer :) just can play first page of the notes :(
aprildog18 Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - This piece is torture!! And my piano teacher won't let me do an easier piece.
gems84x Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - I played this a few years ago and loved it to bits! The 2nd theme on page 2 is my favourite bit. wow!
XPJamieXD Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - Started learning this today, fantastic to play first page down =D.
eustazio Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - it's greatly written, you will see once you know the notes by heart (i strongly sugges you learn them by heart) it just falls under you fingers. Dont give up !
OrangeSodaKing Says:
Aug 20, 2008 - um, you guys, he's right. this is one of rach's easiest compositions. i mean, it's obviously not up there with his concertos, right? and the middle section of this prelude is just more bark than bite.