Ooh, Ooh Rachmaninov!!! Yuja Wang performs Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto. In my opinion, it is the most melodic piano concerto. Quite a few "popular" tunes have come from this.

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Sep 30, 2020 10:43:31 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Yuja Wang performs Rachmaninov's 2nd Piano Concerto. In my opinion, it is the most melodic piano concerto. Quite a few "popular" tunes have come from this.

https://youtu.be/ek_kKFE2ibo Wrong link - this is his 2nd piano sonata. I'll post the concerto later.

Here's the concerto: https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=yuja+wang%2c+rachmaninov+2nd+piano+concerto&docid=608053737382873233&mid=EA118F3A6F14C4CEE32EEA118F3A6F14C4CEE32E&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Enjoy,
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 11:08:37 #

jcs Loc: USA

Beautiful ,
thank you ( from Bedminster )

Sep 30, 2020 11:09:44 #

davesit Loc: Media, PA

I was just listening to this concerto a couple of days ago in the car satellite radio. I also love his third piano concerto, a more technical and difficult concerto to play for the soloist.

Thanks for sharing.

Sep 30, 2020 11:10:29 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

jcs wrote:

Beautiful ,
thank you for the link

Thanks for the reply! I could listen to this all day long!
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 11:15:43 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

davesit wrote:

Cool!! I have it and thousands of others on flash drives for my car listening. I don't think Rachmaninov wrote anything other than beautiful.

Thanks,
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 11:29:12 #

TreborLow

Wow! Thanks for sharing!!!
Bob

Sep 30, 2020 11:29:57 #

davesit Loc: Media, PA

markngolf wrote:

Cool!! I have it and thousands of others on flash drives for my car listening. I don't think Rachmaninov wrote anything other than beautiful.

Thanks,
Mark

I digitized my hundreds of CD's many years ago and they all fit in a 128GB flash drive that I use in our cars. Isn't technology great? Sure beats carrying 10 CD's at a time in those awful cases.

Sep 30, 2020 11:40:38 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

davesit wrote:

I digitized my hundreds of CD's many years ago and they all fit in a 128GB flash drive that I use in our cars. Isn't technology great? Sure beats carrying 10 CD's at a time in those awful cases.

It is fantastic!! I did same plus downloading tens of thousands of mp3 files using Napster, Limewire and Youtube.
I must have 70,000+ files on my PC. I have a dedicated internal SSD for music.

Thanks for the note!
Enjoy your music!
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 11:50:30 #

Dave H2

Thanks Mark. She does a fabulous job, with such a beautiful piece.I forwarded the link to several of my music appreciation friends.
Dave

Sep 30, 2020 11:54:36 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

Dave H2 wrote:

Thanks Mark. She does a fabulous job, with such a beautiful piece.I forwarded the link to several of my music appreciation friends.
Dave

Thanks Dave! I appreciate the reply.
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 12:25:10 #

DirtFarmer Loc: Escaped from the NYC area, back to MA

I really like the 3rd concerto. I use the beginning of the 3rd movement as my current ringtone.

Sep 30, 2020 12:32:00 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

DirtFarmer wrote:

I really like the 3rd concerto. I use the beginning of the 3rd movement as my current ringtone.

Quite beautiful, too! If interested to listen/view, here's the 3rd:

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=rachmaninov%27s+3rd+piano+concerto&view=detail&mid=ED4D4E0EBBAC33ECDF45ED4D4E0EBBAC33ECDF45&FORM=VIRE0&ru=%2fsearch%3fq%3drachmaninov%2527s%2b3rd%2bpiano%2bconcerto%26form%3dWNSGPH%26qs%3dAS%26cvid%3d7749548d11bc45b398b8e57d79cf9585%26pq%3drachmaninov%2527s%2b3rd%2bpiano%26cc%3dUS%26setlang%3den-US%26nclid%3dA0FD352B3801B415BBFAA3AA9C2488E8%26ts%3d1601483309616%26nclidts%3d1601483309%26tsms%3d616%26wsso%3dModerate

Thanks,
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 12:41:03 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

jcs wrote:

Beautiful ,
thank you ( from Bedminster )

We are neighbors!!
Mark

Sep 30, 2020 12:53:46 #

davesit Loc: Media, PA

Rachmaninoff was the pianist when the concerto premiered in NYC in 1909. But even more memorable was its second performance a few months later, with Rachmaninoff as the soloist and Gustav Mahler as the conductor. If we could invent time travel, I would love to be there to witness it!

Sep 30, 2020 13:02:09 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

davesit wrote:

Me too, Dave! I believe that was his 3rd concerto, not the 2nd. Maybe you meant that?

Interesting bit of history.
Thanks,
Mark

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