Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Anna Fedorova - Live Classical Music HD

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  • čas přidán 11. 03. 2018
  • Pianist Anna Fedorova and AVROTROS Klassiek are a golden duo: recordings of her previous concerts are one of the most popular ones on our channel. And now she's back! In Het Concertgebouw she performs Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'. Enjoy!
    Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
    Anna Fedorova [piano]
    Philharmonie Südwestfalen
    Gerard Oskamp [conductor]
    Recorded: Sunday the 11th of March 2018, during The Sunday Morning Concert in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
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  • @miltonmoore5294
    @miltonmoore5294 Před 5 lety +973

    Artists like this should be paid more
    than Rock Stars!

    • @kenkarapetian4905
      @kenkarapetian4905 Před 5 lety +183

      We can make that happen - if we buy classical CD-s and DVD-s, attend classical music concerts...Then (and only then) artists like Anna Fedorova will be paid more than rock stars. However, Aristoteles once said that in democracy, decisions made by poor people will always override decisions made by rich people - simply because there are more poor people than rich people. Similarly, there are more rock music fans than classical music fans. So, for classical music performers to be paid more (and they WELL deserve it) than rock stars - WE HAVE TO BETTER EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN TODAY. Don't you agree?

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 Před 5 lety +20

      @@kenkarapetian4905
      Certainment! For the reasons you stated the founding fathers of the United States
      of America set up the government as a republic, rather than
      a democracy. And a sui generis example of how dumb folks are is that even though the citizens of the USA are taught to memorize the "pledge of allegiance," which reads; "I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America. And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation,
      under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all", most folks STILL will refer to the USA as a democracy (mob rule), rather than a republic, the most prominent group
      being government officials and politicians THEMSELVES! Now that is the sui generis
      example of "dumb"
      and a most profoundly illutsratative indicator of how there is no hope
      for classical music ever at least matching the popularity of even the
      lowest common denominator of any other genre of music.
      With gratitude for your kind support, and with appreciation
      for the magnetic eloquence of your writing.

    • @jchong
      @jchong Před 5 lety +32

      Aren't rock stars artists too?

    • @kenkarapetian4905
      @kenkarapetian4905 Před 5 lety +67

      True - rock stars are artists, too. However, rock stars (most of them anyway) do not spend years in training, mastering an instrument (piano, violin, etc.). Classical music performers dedicate their lives to perfect their art of playing an instrument… and then they bring the pearls, the treasure, the brilliance of Bach, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff to us, the modern generation. Classical performers connect generations; more than that - they connect ages. Rachmaninoff’s piano concerts would have been long forgotten if it was not for the classical performers. Mozart’s Requiem, which many find the crown jewel, the Everest of human achievements in the history of music - they would have been lost and forgotten if it was not for these hard-working, dedicated, devoted classical pianists, violinists, conductors, flutists, and oboists, etc., etc., etc. Don’t you agree? And then there are a few - just a handful of brilliant rock-stars like Stevie Wonder, - who is not just a “rock-star” per se, but a genius composer, songwriter, instrumentalist, poet-lyricist, singer, producer…He thus will become another CLASSICAL musician. Not much different from Mozart or Beethoven. Classical music (including Stevie Wonder) stays in history, rock music is “Here Today & Gone Tomorrow”, paraphrasing the beautiful song by Earth, Wind & Fire.

    • @miltonmoore5294
      @miltonmoore5294 Před 5 lety +9

      @@kenkarapetian4905
      A very impressive analysis, although I would not group Stevie Wonder with the immortals of classical music because he is not from that period, and doesn't possess the awesome level of genius gifted to so very few men. He is a genius no doubt. His level of genius has been possessed by thousands of song writers and musicians in pretty much all genres of music, but I cannot envision much or any of their music being performed in huge concert halls hundreds of years from now. (I never considered Stevie Wonder a "rock star." I cannot recall even one of his songs featuring the words "rock" or "roll." Wonder's best song for me was ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE, as recorded by Shirley Bassey.) Since you are a connoisseur of music, be sure and google Leroy Anderson's piano concerto in C, on the
      22zotyka22 channel,
      and the third movement on the Ensemble Vivant channel. Also Google Leroy Anderson's SERENATA on the Felixbautista ch.
      I have comments under the user name Mookiespindlehurst
      on these videos.
      Talk about genius! Leroy Anderson was fluent in 9 languages!

  • @zoeforbes4169
    @zoeforbes4169 Před 4 lety +1049

    0:04 - intro
    0:12 - var 1
    0:30 - theme
    0:49 - var 2
    1:08 - var 3
    1:33 - var 4
    2:04 - var 5
    2:33 - var 6
    3:45 - var 7
    4:54 - var 8
    5:28 - var 9
    6:01 - var 10
    6:54 - var 11
    8:14 - var 12
    9:45 - var 13
    10:20 - var 14
    11:05 - var 15
    12:14 - var 16
    14:03 - var 17
    16:25 - var 18
    19:22 - var 19
    19:55 - var 20
    20:31 - var 21
    20:57 - var 22
    22:42 - var 23
    23:35 - var 24

  • @1962mano
    @1962mano Před 6 lety +565

    Anna Fedorova: a legend in the making.

    • @neilsvonzeppelin250
      @neilsvonzeppelin250 Před 4 lety +3

      In the beginning of 2020 what is she up to ?

    • @yashbspianoandcompositions1042
      @yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Před 4 lety +13

      @@neilsvonzeppelin250 she just recently played Rachmaninoff piano concerto no 1 check it out

    • @neilsvonzeppelin250
      @neilsvonzeppelin250 Před 4 lety +10

      @@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Sincere gratitude. She has " the sens of the divine ".

    • @swine13
      @swine13 Před 3 lety +2

      She would give the best hand and forearm massages, too, i bet. Each one of those fingers can probably lift more than either of my biceps.

    • @0GreatMerlin
      @0GreatMerlin Před 3 lety +2

      @@swine13
      Watch the lid of the piano. It's bouncing because of her strikes to the keyboard. And yes, she can put eyes out with those fingers.

  • @petermaddams6071
    @petermaddams6071 Před 6 lety +410

    In my view nobody does Rachmaninov better than Anna Fedorova. A supremely talented pianist.

  • @firiel2366
    @firiel2366 Před 5 lety +506

    That sublime bit from around 16:20 to 19:20 is just 👌. We had it on a CD growing up; it's one of the pieces that made me fall in love with music.

    • @sonofzues8414
      @sonofzues8414 Před 2 lety +20

      damn thank you this was i looking for.

    • @ricardonascimento6020
      @ricardonascimento6020 Před 2 lety +6

      Espetacular!!! Encantadora!!! BRAVO!!!

    • @djarnoldo516
      @djarnoldo516 Před 2 lety +42

      That sublime bit, my friend, is the 18th thematic variation of 24 in the piece. It is one of the, if not the, most beautiful piece of music ever written, and by itself earned Rachmaninov a place in the pantheon of Russian composers next to Tchaikovsky. When you hear this magnificent piece of music performed live, look around the hall; anyone with a soul in his breast will have a tear in his eye.

    • @nfw324
      @nfw324 Před 2 lety +15

      Also from the soundtrack "Somewhere In Time" with Christopher Reeve

    • @joannerichards1750
      @joannerichards1750 Před 2 lety +11

      When I first listened to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini I immediately recognized the introduction to the Sunday Matinee Theater on WTAE Ch. 4 in Pittsburgh in the late 1950s. It was the beautiful variation no. 18. At that moment I understood that the great classical musical themes are recycled endlessly in our culture and thus will never die.

  • @arminv8169
    @arminv8169 Před 2 lety +130

    The 18th variation is one of the most powerful moments of the romantic music.

    • @josephadams2378
      @josephadams2378 Před 3 měsíci +4

      It connects me emotionally to the movie Somewhere in Time, my first viewing of which was a focal point for much of the pain and loneliness and grief and regret and sadness in my entire life, both before that moment and since. It's not really fair, because it is a beautiful work, and does not deserve to be associated with such feelings, even just in my own insignificant mind. It also happens to be one of the very few bits of Rachmaninoff, even within this rhapsody as a whole, that I can say I I think I somewhat understand.

    • @kenamick-ij9cs
      @kenamick-ij9cs Před měsícem +1

      Rach and Paganini = sublime.

  • @vebjrngilberg1422
    @vebjrngilberg1422 Před 5 lety +282

    *The plane takes off*
    Me: If I die now, at least I die listening to Rachmaninoff.

    • @DAVEDIKIAN
      @DAVEDIKIAN Před 5 lety +6

      The same for me. For the moment I live, and I want to live listening to Rachmaninov more and more !

    • @uskosandan
      @uskosandan Před 4 lety +4

      My desert island music

    • @rbarnes4076
      @rbarnes4076 Před 4 lety +8

      This is precisely how I feel about Rachmaninoff. A genius' genius.

    • @billding7073
      @billding7073 Před 4 lety +1

      You and Salvador Dali.

    • @silviastay7696
      @silviastay7696 Před 3 lety +1

      Me too

  • @carpballet
    @carpballet Před rokem +85

    About a hundred years ago, while at school, I decided to take intro to classical music. We got discounted tickets so I bought two, took my mom. This was on the bill. It was the first time I’d ever heard it. Immediately fell in love with it. Anyhoo, mom died recently and it made me sad. As an aside, I occasionally work for the local symphony, medium stature. As I was setting stands and lights the guest pianist was practicing on stage. Something was tickling the back of my brain but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. By the time he approached the 18th I knew exactly what was coming. Memories of mom and our trips to the symphony and opera and ballet came flooding into my head and at the exact same time a gust of wind must have blown a bunch of pollen into my eyes because they just started squiring water out and I had to run offstage.

    • @hspina
      @hspina Před rokem +5

      I can totally relate !

    • @1014p
      @1014p Před rokem +3

      So your about 110 years old then? Guessing based on 100 years ago and school comment likely early teens point muddle school. As a child likely not able to remember a whole suite this big nor its numbers. This does not seem accurate..

    • @carpballet
      @carpballet Před rokem +6

      @@1014p You sound like a mathematician and/or logician. Are you?

    • @xaviotesharris891
      @xaviotesharris891 Před 3 měsíci

      My momma gave me Rachmaninoff a hundred years ago when I was a child, and I come back here often. I lost her three years ago, and coming back here is comforting. Like you, I am also not a mathematician. 🤗 (@1014p - I did not actually lose her. I meant she died.)

    • @helioxdiver
      @helioxdiver Před 3 měsíci +1

      May your mother's memory be a blessing.

  • @Cromf
    @Cromf Před 2 lety +129

    Rachmaninoff is the composer who makes the most beautiful musics. As much as I love Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Brahms, etc., his compositions are the most sublime I’ve ever heard.

  • @Treepusher1
    @Treepusher1 Před 3 lety +439

    If you haven’t heard the Russians and Rachmaninov in particular, you haven’t heard music. Outstanding performance.

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp Před 2 lety +22

      russians are the best composers
      kabalevsky, shostakovitch Prokofiev, katchaturian, scriabin, etc

    • @jzltrz97
      @jzltrz97 Před 2 lety +24

      @@UniversalDirp I believe Tchaikovsky is the greatest Russian composer!

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp Před 2 lety +6

      @@jzltrz97 No! I think kabalevsky is better. But yes, I did miss tchaik

    • @jzltrz97
      @jzltrz97 Před 2 lety +10

      @@UniversalDirp I respect ur opinion! But i think tchaikovsky collection of music from his piano, violin concertos and his piano solo pieces are unreal.

    • @UniversalDirp
      @UniversalDirp Před 2 lety +6

      @@jzltrz97 tchaik's concertos are great, but have you heard of his symph 4, 4th mvt?

  • @bcing75
    @bcing75 Před 5 lety +113

    No other theme ever written to have been inverted, slowed down, and transposed from minor into the major key is as marvelous as this 18th variation. Beauty at its finest!

    • @TheMelopeus
      @TheMelopeus Před 4 lety +3

      What was the original theme?

    • @negan2266
      @negan2266 Před 4 lety +8

      Paganini's Caprice I believe

    • @FranciscoCunha2004
      @FranciscoCunha2004 Před 3 lety +16

      It wasn’t “transposed from minor to major”, the inversion itself makes it major. But yes it was transposed down a semitone from D Major to D flat Major

  • @caseybarnes2082
    @caseybarnes2082 Před rokem +8

    How she plays this 100 percent from memory is absolutely incredible

    • @miajc6606
      @miajc6606 Před rokem +1

      I wouldn’t say that is a problem as practicing a piece consists of playing the same passages OVER AND OVER.

    • @gothamelliott
      @gothamelliott Před měsícem

      Casey, It is not a problem at all if you are truly a musician. I was what is known as a "child prodigy", having started to learn the piano at the age of three. I could learn and repeat long works of music by the age of 6. It's no different than an actor learning a play, or an opera singer learning an opera. I'm not boasting. It's simply the way it is. It is a gift.

  • @mandoman6786
    @mandoman6786 Před 3 lety +43

    I like how at the end of variation 18 a few people are crying while playing. Even after hours and hours of hearing it, it still gets them when heard with the entire orchestra in person.

    • @ripvanwinkle9592
      @ripvanwinkle9592 Před 3 lety +1

      After my teens I never liked the 18th variation in E major. I always look forward to its end and the relief provided by the brilliant 19th variation in a minor, my favorite of all 24, and the intense drama and brillisnt pianism which follows to the end of the rhapsody. I tired of the 18th in my youth and Rschmaninoff was already in his late 60's when he composed this masterpiece, only composing the 18th in order to obtain public appeal in which he certainly succeeded. Richarc Sot Facebook & Messenger

  • @TheMichael2737
    @TheMichael2737 Před 5 lety +428

    I'm gonna start a petition to hand out cough drops at the doors to these performances.

    • @firebir11
      @firebir11 Před 5 lety +3

      😂

    • @kalayaskitchen
      @kalayaskitchen Před 5 lety +9

      yes indeed, Novochok laced hankies, these idiotic selfish people dont bring anything to cover their stupid bloody mouths, the sound recording engineering of a full orchestra is extremely difficult, and so mikes pick up many audience "special effects", close miking is usually not an option - The performer may be said to get a feeling from having an audience there that lifts the perfomance. I doubt it, she has an orchestra. Get rid of the limited grey haired old farts of an audience and just remember (as in her Rach 2) that a 'net "broadcast" can accrue MILLIONS of plays. So therefore a perfectly timed annoying cough can spoil all this - globally. Perhaps some people do this on purpose, for "fame", and if they want to cough they should hold back until the louder parts are being played too.

    • @topenglish6674
      @topenglish6674 Před 4 lety +6

      @@kalayaskitchen Ban all smokers from entering the concert hall

    • @zipojama
      @zipojama Před 4 lety +5

      yesterday I listened to that piece in repeat mode, and I was enjoying it a lot, but now I've read your comment, and I can't unhear all the coughs, especially on the quieter parts :/

    • @alanc6781
      @alanc6781 Před 4 lety

      Ah, the joys of a live performance. And, do you know, when I go out driving or I go to the shops or get on an aeroplane there are always people there to annoy me. When I listen to music I rarely hear people coughing. I am just tuned into the music. I bet you people would even moan if your bum was on fire.

  • @Bevsworld04
    @Bevsworld04 Před 2 lety +82

    Var 11 6:54 is extremely underrated imo. When I hear the first opening notes, I imagine a desert oasis with seagulls flying overhead. A clear, blue pond surrounded by palm trees under an equally blue sky.

    • @leesutcliffe7493
      @leesutcliffe7493 Před 2 lety

      \\\’
      llt]hititgosontolon]

    • @laiyinquan8355
      @laiyinquan8355 Před rokem +4

      I love that interpretation! I never was able to express the euphoria I feel whenever I hear this variation, but you really captured that feeling

    • @BRNRDNCK
      @BRNRDNCK Před 9 měsíci

      Lol how is it underrated, where was it ever “rated” for your comparison?

    • @Bevsworld04
      @Bevsworld04 Před 9 měsíci +2

      @BRNRDNCK everyone talks about var 18, when I kinda perfer 11 in a weird way

  • @MrRickstopher
    @MrRickstopher Před rokem +19

    This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that has ever been created. 😢😢

  • @thebluerobin
    @thebluerobin Před 4 lety +29

    Children need to be played classical music in the crib, and through early childhood so as to learn and appreciate this wonderful music at an early age.

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 Před 4 lety +2

      Agreed. To grow up without this music would be tragic. What a blessing it is to those who have found it.

    • @mastopakya
      @mastopakya Před 3 lety +2

      I learned my love of classical music as a child, watching Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, when animation was a beautiful art form, and the music was integral to the telling of the story. Go back and look at some of the classic cartoons from the 40's and 50's, and you will see what I mean. Aahh.........the good ole days.

    • @GBAusmeierAussie
      @GBAusmeierAussie Před 2 lety

      Tell that to the criminals who are trying to jab the kids instead!

    • @darylharvey2865
      @darylharvey2865 Před 3 měsíci

      My dad did that. And Mom played contemporary jazz for me as well. To this day, I can't live without hearing an uplifting piece of music to start my day. Thanks, Mom & Dad.

  • @MrTullomania
    @MrTullomania Před 6 lety +360

    A truly brilliant interpretation. I felt the chill in my spine in the 17th variation, more than usual, which I was hoping for. You went in deep into its darkness and melancholy and then brought us out into the radiance and beauty of the 18th which you owned with unsurpassed passion and emotion. You played the difficult 24th with sheer artistry and aplomb and made it look all too easy, which it is definitely not! You are a treasure. I will experience this wonderful performance over and over again and work to find an opportunity to experience your marvelous artistry in person...some day. Thanks to Avrotros for a excellent camera work and editing. No nice to see closeups of musicians at critical moments. This was a masterful production! Thank you!

    • @tbu1mi
      @tbu1mi Před 5 lety +9

      I'm such a peasant, Russian by lineage no less. I just dream and grunt out " This is nice". I can analyze circuits but music eludes me that way.

    • @diegomontecino101
      @diegomontecino101 Před 5 lety

      the problem: with headphones, it is full of coughs... coughs and coughs. Control yourselves!!!!

    • @g.defreestlarner772
      @g.defreestlarner772 Před 5 lety +6

      @@tbu1mi The best thing about music - you get to enjoy it any way you want...

    • @simonjohnson1257
      @simonjohnson1257 Před 4 lety +3

      i think the 17th is so underrated.. the suspense is incredible! Such wonderful composition.

    • @IMAWriterRobJ
      @IMAWriterRobJ Před 4 lety +3

      Mark, I hadn't seen your comment, and posted precisely the same thing. #17, the eeriness there that is often missing. Nothing perfunctory about #17 in THIS performance.

  • @zf5214
    @zf5214 Před 3 lety +37

    17:11 gave me chills. so beautiful

  • @jarrodmartin3630
    @jarrodmartin3630 Před rokem +14

    I really appreciate that she never rushes through any piece. I can actually hear all her notes.

  • @kristinajansondpm
    @kristinajansondpm Před 3 lety +56

    I have never heard the piano played so well in this piece. Wow. Made me cry it was so good.

    • @0GreatMerlin
      @0GreatMerlin Před 3 lety

      I could listen to this every day. But I don't really like ground hogs.

    • @user-tc7vl2dl7r
      @user-tc7vl2dl7r Před 3 lety

      电影時光倒流七十年也用这个曲子🌹💕

  • @leonaldobrum
    @leonaldobrum Před rokem +20

    This was IMPRESSIVE
    Rachmaninov would feel proud!

  • @marzettiful
    @marzettiful Před 4 lety +22

    What a bloody miracle.... A wonderful performance.... Thank the lord we still have people who can do this!!!

  • @LSSYLondon
    @LSSYLondon Před rokem +14

    Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is truly remarkable. I saw her at Carnegie Hall years ago and it was one of the most remarkable experiences of my life.

  • @sidisura
    @sidisura Před rokem +18

    At the 10 min, and 20 seconds in.....🥲🥲 God I love this piece. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!!! It evokes such deep feelings within me. I literally cry listening to it. I could listen to this all day. Gosh, music can be sooooo deliciously beautiful.

  • @XO.Studio
    @XO.Studio Před rokem +10

    I can’t believe I actually cried a bit to this piece 😅 this is truly something else, it just hits differently. 😢

    • @sidisura
      @sidisura Před rokem

      I totally agree with you.

    • @XO.Studio
      @XO.Studio Před rokem +2

      Listen to it 2 months later and yup hasn’t changed cried again 🥹

  • @kelkabot
    @kelkabot Před 3 lety +33

    8:14, leading into 8:57 with the entrance of the strings--I die every time. Brava Fedorova, and a thousand thousand honors heaped on the glorious head of Rachmaninoff.

  • @wwssviewer
    @wwssviewer Před rokem +17

    This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed.

    • @kevinmccloud8
      @kevinmccloud8 Před rokem +3

      Ditto : ) ❤⛅🕺🏻🤸🏾‍♀🎤👌🎹☮

    • @gothamelliott
      @gothamelliott Před měsícem

      Yes it is! Excruciatingly beautiful!

  • @wisskier
    @wisskier Před 3 lety +12

    Variation 18 gets me every time!

  • @TheMarcHicks
    @TheMarcHicks Před 2 lety +20

    I recall having to memorize pieces of music back in High School....but those were usually no more than 6 minutes in length. So I stand in amazement of artists who can play over 20 minutes of music from memory. Their muscle memory must be phenomenal!!!!

  • @darylharvey2865
    @darylharvey2865 Před 2 lety +8

    The engineer didn't get paid enough. Best recorded version of this piece in existence, IMO.

    • @alexsherban7556
      @alexsherban7556 Před rokem

      Should listen this to compare czcams.com/video/zbGajVU7CGk/video.html

  • @ArtStringsEnsembles
    @ArtStringsEnsembles Před 6 lety +203

    Awesome pianist and wonderful musician - she truly delivers the very meaning of this masterpiece by Rachmaninoff.

  • @Daviddaze
    @Daviddaze Před rokem +4

    Fedorova makes Rachs piano no.3 soar like a jet plane and Tchaik's piano no.1 sing into the heavens.

  • @brucewayne5496
    @brucewayne5496 Před rokem +27

    Anna Fedorova is one in millions. What an extraordinary talent. She is dropping greatness in this performance! 🔝

  • @MrAMusicPlace
    @MrAMusicPlace Před 4 lety +9

    I rarely hear rubato managed so well as it was hers in variation 17. Outstanding musicianship.

  • @Mr.Rachmaninoff
    @Mr.Rachmaninoff Před rokem +4

    He was the greatest genius of all time!

  • @jollosaify
    @jollosaify Před 6 lety +59

    Anna Fedorova is back again with this difficult Rachmaninov piano work. As always, she met our expectation. Congratulations to Miss Fedorova and to her high artistry. The orchestra was up to her too. Thanks to the AVROTROS production team: a 10.

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 Před 4 lety +3

      It is amazing when all these elements come together to produce this awe-inspiring music. Definitely a ten.

    • @varunsathya1912
      @varunsathya1912 Před 3 lety +1

      @@elizabethschaeffer9543 more like an eleven :D

    • @jwilliam2255
      @jwilliam2255 Před 2 lety

      @@varunsathya1912 or 12.

  • @juanpablobernal5767
    @juanpablobernal5767 Před 11 měsíci +18

    IMHO this is the best version of this concert aviailable on CZcams. Anna Fedorova's passion perfectly complements Rachmaninoff's. I return to this concert over and over. At the end I feel like I need to stand up, aplaud, and cheer!!!

    • @kevintewey1157
      @kevintewey1157 Před 11 měsíci +4

      ( agree)
      Imagine something you can still somewhat enjoy with a migraine ( VERY RARE )

  • @marceloleiva2093
    @marceloleiva2093 Před 4 lety +55

    No matter how many times I listen to this masterpiece, each time I do I discover something awesome...

  • @UnstoppableYaris
    @UnstoppableYaris Před 5 lety +30

    My musical tastes may have changed somewhat over time, but I will never give up my punk, Grateful Dead and Rachmaninoff

  • @guslama9130
    @guslama9130 Před 2 lety +22

    This beautiful woman makes so many people around the world so happy. Thanks, from the bottom of my heart.

  • @billgaetz337
    @billgaetz337 Před 2 lety +23

    What an honour to share this planet with the genius of Anna Fedorova, how she taps into and allows the music to flow through her from that source that has no name , besides the countless hours of practice , to watch that music course through her and manifest through her hands is like watching a miracle manifest right before your eyes.

  • @davidirvingcpa
    @davidirvingcpa Před rokem +1

    OMG!! How does she do that?! This tops Emmanuel Axe even. Did she win every competition in the world?

  • @fazlulkader7849
    @fazlulkader7849 Před 4 lety +35

    I have watched rachmaninoff 2 and 3 performed by Anna.Her performance is outstanding and incredible.I think she is best pianist of our time.Bravo Anna.

  • @kevinkeene5608
    @kevinkeene5608 Před 4 lety +4

    With a name like Anna Fedorova she deserves to be the queen of the piano.

  • @garrycauchi6457
    @garrycauchi6457 Před 5 lety +34

    my heart is transported to somewhere i never heard of ... cannot explain ,,, sorry .... another dimension i dare say ... perhaps ....

  • @lordcommander4694
    @lordcommander4694 Před rokem +1

    24:17 I believe that the editor spared us the camera view of Anna's fingers playing the keyboard as it would have permanently shocked our minds seeing her dedicatedly massacare the piano with her superhuman hands.

  • @glennaharris9497
    @glennaharris9497 Před 4 lety +6

    The entire piece is magnificent especially when played by Anna Fedorova, but the three and half minutes in mid piece is what has made this composition one of the most famous in the world's category of music. I have to admit that little slice is phenomenal, but with Anna at the piano the entire Rachmaninoff piano concerto shines. Rachmaninoff is up there with Beethoven and Tchaikovsky as my top composers of all time.

  • @wotringjjiv
    @wotringjjiv Před 3 lety +4

    Who on Earth give this a thumbs down? I pity such individuals who can't comprehend or enjoy the beauty and magnificence of this music and the artists performing it.

  • @billh2567
    @billh2567 Před 5 lety +13

    This melody always makes me stop what I am doing and daydream

  • @williammacgillivray8624
    @williammacgillivray8624 Před 7 měsíci

    This is my go to video when I am feeling down. But I cannot know how Anna bears the attack on her homeland. So I guess I am lucky really

  • @alicegriloferreira2953
    @alicegriloferreira2953 Před 7 měsíci +1

    I feel like every composer is a genius. How can one write such sublime masterpieces. Rachmaninnoff and all the other composers were geniuses from another planet.

  • @edwardkonowicz2135
    @edwardkonowicz2135 Před 4 lety +23

    I love that you, Anna, helped to keep Rachmaninoff's vision of sustaining beautiful music alive. Thanks!

  • @ladyofawesome8572
    @ladyofawesome8572 Před 3 lety +6

    Literally got chills in the 18th varation

  • @noramckay3342
    @noramckay3342 Před rokem +1

    If Ana adopted the subtle body language of let's say-- Zimerman--this would be perfect. Still nobody does Rachmoninoff better than Ana Fedorova. Very passionate and nimble. Beautiful composition.

  • @elizabethschaeffer9543
    @elizabethschaeffer9543 Před 4 lety +13

    A classic. Fedorova and her interpretation of Rachmaninoff's music will never grow old.

  • @leoinsf
    @leoinsf Před rokem +14

    Anna, a true soloist who can also blend with the orchestral sound which is so true of this composition.
    Her technique is obvious, but her tonal control is also very obvious as she plays.
    This is one of the best interpretations I have heard.
    Brava, Anna! Come to America: San Francisco Symphony soooon!

  • @The-George
    @The-George Před 3 lety +5

    At the 18th variation (16:25): Do not fall in love, Do not fall in love with the pianist....cannot resist.. in love with the pianist.

    • @adolfobonanno6136
      @adolfobonanno6136 Před 3 lety +1

      Me too
      Da lontano
      Bella ragazza
      Bella musica
      Argentina
      Tierra de inmigrantes

  • @LC-cu6oc
    @LC-cu6oc Před rokem +21

    Once more I'm transported into another era and I love it! Played beautifully, powerful and as always, Anna is so passionate.
    How she plays for long periods and no music sheet, unbelievable memory; I see it in all her concerts, amazing!
    Thank you to Anna, the Orchestra and Avrotros for posting sublime piano concerts. ❤🎼🎶

  • @JohnWilson-mp7xh
    @JohnWilson-mp7xh Před 3 lety +7

    This lady has a talent, a God given talent something that majority of us do not posses. This piece of music is played in two of my favourite films "The Story Of Three Loves", the segment starring James Mason and Moira Shearer and "The Wild And The Willing" starring Ian McShane and the late beautiful Virginia Maskell.... As the saying goes, they do not make movies like that anymore

  • @wheresteamlives
    @wheresteamlives Před 2 lety +6

    One of the greatest pieces of music, period. And that ending, with the giant crescendo and then just a few notes on the piano -- beyond sublime. Along with getting goosebumps even just thinking about it, I practically burst into tears every time I hear it -- I cannot name the emotion that I feel, but I feel it DEEPLY, every time. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

  • @NikkkitoNippongo
    @NikkkitoNippongo Před 5 lety +34

    The part everyone wants to hear at 16:14 is the reverse on a major tone of the original theme...enjoy it!

    • @nandoflorestan
      @nandoflorestan Před 4 lety +2

      Reverse or inversion? The first happens in time, the latter in pitch.

    • @deleted01
      @deleted01 Před 3 lety +2

      Rachmaninoff obviously stole it from a shampoo commercial

  • @krskampuchea
    @krskampuchea Před 5 lety +9

    Big admirer of Anna, since she played Rachmaninoff's so called "5th concerto" (2nd symphony piano interpretation). In here, played everyone's favorite melody 16:24 wonderfully slowly, to give us mere mortals time to savour and appreciate.

  • @creandoCOSASdiy
    @creandoCOSASdiy Před 3 lety +3

    Var. 17 is so dark, so intense, so dense... followed by exactly the opposite, Var. 18. This contrast i think is the best in classical music that i can remind of.

  • @eurekayess
    @eurekayess Před rokem +3

    My mother shared Rachmaninoff's Concerto 2 with me probably since the 1960s. Likewise, although I've known variation 18 of this Rhapsody for many years, I was late in hearing the entire piece. Each time it keeps getting better, and I can listen repeatedly. There are not many comparable masterpieces.

  • @ginnyli2913
    @ginnyli2913 Před 5 lety +6

    the last three notes are just heavenly

  • @chuckkay
    @chuckkay Před rokem +7

    Fantastic performance of an iconic piece of music. Rachmaninoff was a genius. Love all his compositions. Great job by Ann Fedorava and the orchestra.

    • @paulaepstein9051
      @paulaepstein9051 Před rokem

      Indeed...my favorite among the Russian composers... with Stravinsky right behind

  • @dosterix6034
    @dosterix6034 Před rokem +4

    This is a gem, not necessarily a hidden one but still a gem

  • @Zonno5
    @Zonno5 Před 6 lety +506

    The part everyone wants to hear: 16:15

    • @ninjafruit816
      @ninjafruit816 Před 5 lety +54

      Zonno5 Yep. What a lovely cough. It’s like they time it to match the music perfectly.

    • @steveburrus9347
      @steveburrus9347 Před 5 lety +24

      Boy u ain't kidding. One would have to be a hard cold stone not to appreciate that melody.

    • @LeozinXD
      @LeozinXD Před 5 lety +30

      And the smile everyone wants to see: 24:47 :)

    • @SvetoslavAtanasov
      @SvetoslavAtanasov Před 5 lety

      lol

    • @Allacra
      @Allacra Před 5 lety +2

      You are correct :) I used to try to play this when I was little.

  • @hellimancini5299
    @hellimancini5299 Před rokem +7

    Anna Fedorova's performance created a reference work. I'm so grateful to her, thank you.

  • @davidmackie8552
    @davidmackie8552 Před 4 lety +2

    Absolute genius . . . Composer and musicians. Anna understands Rakhmaninov

  • @carlcorry2067
    @carlcorry2067 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Best I’ve ever heard in 50 year - Carl Corry - Joffrey Ballet Veteran

  • @maxkaminsky13
    @maxkaminsky13 Před rokem +4

    10:18 Rachmaninov just drops an absolute BOP!

  • @Metasisic
    @Metasisic Před rokem +14

    This is one of my favorite videos on youtube, it is almost an impossibly perfect performance that really captures the extremely riveting emotional nature of the composition.

  • @larrybass9184
    @larrybass9184 Před rokem

    Wonderfully-played fascinating piece of music played by Ms. Fedarova who continues to burnish her reputation of Rachmaninov whisperer.

  • @williamstrother6027
    @williamstrother6027 Před rokem +2

    Anna fedarova is an great pianist

  • @johannesbluemink4581
    @johannesbluemink4581 Před 3 lety +5

    183 dislikes? Am I dumb of something? Concertgebouw Orchestra? Anna Federova? Not good enough? Well, I can listen to this ad infinitum. Dislikers, please go home.

    • @marcfranke4254
      @marcfranke4254 Před 3 lety

      Unfortunately it's not the Concertgebouw Orchestra but only the Philharmonie Westfalen with some heavy problems in intonation and playing together.

    • @johannesbluemink4581
      @johannesbluemink4581 Před 3 lety

      Sorry, my fault. I know the Concert Hall well, ha ha. Still, are all 183 listeners experts on intonation and 'playing together'? Then I must be very ignorant.

  • @joselopes2293
    @joselopes2293 Před 3 lety +13

    What a magnificent interpretation. One of the best I’ve heard so far. Anna Fedrova is an amazing pianist with an incredible sensitivity. Bravissimo for this divine music and recording.

  • @Cydonia2020
    @Cydonia2020 Před rokem +1

    Encore!!!

  • @stephenclark7932
    @stephenclark7932 Před 3 lety +1

    Bravissimi, to Anna, and to the Philharmonie Südwestfalen!!! Marvelous music-making...!!! 16:22 -- Ah, be still my heart!!!!!

  • @Tom-xe9iq
    @Tom-xe9iq Před rokem +3

    Anna is such an incredibly talented pianist that I got very emotional with her interpretations of this music.

  • @PatrickAustern
    @PatrickAustern Před rokem +3

    I'm new to Russian classical music, but I must say that I'm impressed. And Anna Fedorava is marvellous.

  • @frankreedy6437
    @frankreedy6437 Před 4 lety +23

    So spectacular leaves one breathless. Listen to it over and over. Can’t hear it enough. Her piano concerto performances rise to the top of human accomplishment.

  • @frankieroberson3398
    @frankieroberson3398 Před 6 lety +84

    Yes, Amazing especially pianist Anna Fedorova

  • @ddownbond
    @ddownbond Před 4 lety +3

    Completely forget about Somewhere In Time!
    Listen to this song from start to finish and experience this music the way it was written. This is so much more than a love song from a movie. I have known this music my whole life and I feel like I just now heard it for the first time.

    • @nickdryad
      @nickdryad Před 4 lety

      David Downing I confess I’ve know this piece for years but was watching the movie and wanted to listen to it again. I believe Julian Lloyd Weber used this for a prog rock version

  • @bettysides1422
    @bettysides1422 Před 3 lety +5

    Anna Fedorova is a living miracle, just amazing, mesmerizing & passionate, I gush!!!

  • @joseluizengelke5128
    @joseluizengelke5128 Před rokem +2

    Anna Fedorova, a Goddess playing Rach 👏👏👏🎹🎹🎹

  • @Drinkthedamncocoa
    @Drinkthedamncocoa Před 5 lety +10

    This piece makes me want to cry it's so damn beautiful.

  • @Tony-Thompson
    @Tony-Thompson Před 4 lety +20

    I've just listened again to this incredible performance. I am - truthfully - wiping away tears of joy. She is a wondrous talent. What a privilege it is for us to hear this.

  • @matzek.9119
    @matzek.9119 Před 2 lety +8

    Thank you Anna Fedorova for this Masterpiece!

  • @joannerichards1750
    @joannerichards1750 Před 2 lety +1

    Anna Fedorova slays me every time I watch her play Rachmaninoff.

  • @maryloumackelprang5856
    @maryloumackelprang5856 Před 4 lety +8

    Unless you have had music lessons you can’t appreciate all the years of practice and time sacrificed to be able become such an accomplished pianist. It may look easy to some people but I for one understand that she is an amazing woman who has earned her fame .

    • @elizabethschaeffer9543
      @elizabethschaeffer9543 Před 4 lety +1

      Agreed. Part of Fedorova's magic is that she has the power to make the very complexity of this piece of music seem so simple and exactly as it should be.
      I am in awe of the amount of work it took to make is seem so easy and so exactly right.

    • @odod992
      @odod992 Před 2 lety

      Great artists really play everything light and make everything seem easy so

  • @mayamalloy2403
    @mayamalloy2403 Před 9 měsíci +3

    Greatest piece of music ever written and Anna plays it with utter perfection. Rachmaninoff was a true genius.

  • @crewelocoman5b161
    @crewelocoman5b161 Před 6 lety +25

    Great to see Anna on absolutely top form in this difficult and challenging piece. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

  • @stefangrohser8249
    @stefangrohser8249 Před 2 lety +1

    Danke und Bravissimo für Deine Interpretation: "Rapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini" liebe Anna!!!!!
    Du und Rachmaninov seid mein Lebenselixier und das schönste auf dieser Welt!!! Danke!!
    Bitte komm nach Wien, ich möchte Dich sehen und hören!
    Dein Verehrer und Bewunderer aus
    Wien
    Herzlichst Stefan Grohser

  • @harrycook9041
    @harrycook9041 Před 5 lety +5

    I love Fedorova so much!

  • @Tony-Thompson
    @Tony-Thompson Před 4 lety +4

    Sublimely beautiful music, superbly interpreted by Anna.

  • @donna30044
    @donna30044 Před 5 lety +8

    Artistry of the first order. One of my favorites pieces played by one of my favorite pianists and a top tier orchestra.

  • @abduldervishi248
    @abduldervishi248 Před 2 lety +1

    “The walking dead” season10 episode8 minute: 14:36. Brought me here and I am stunned of what beautiful music I’m listening to right now! WOW goosebumps.

  • @kevintewey1157
    @kevintewey1157 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Wow !!! 😳😳😳