Per Rachmaninoff, "“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.” He was so right.

@jesusschiaverano6292

5 жыл бұрын

Hola mi amor

@jesusschiaverano6292

5 жыл бұрын

Que casualidad que lo escuchamos el mismo día

@melindamills6995

5 жыл бұрын

Agree mightily!

@MrNicholas56

4 жыл бұрын

Yep? could certainly get embalmed in this piece for sure. If it was possible to make love to the music no one would ever get out of bed. It re-incarnates the greater things in me.

@kenswireart88

4 жыл бұрын

Wtf are u talking about? Yeah what u said kind of rhymes and sounds good to ear but to say a life time isn't not enough for music is bullshit. A moment can translate into one million songs interpreted differently from different composers..a life time can translate I to infinite songs.

I love this guy.

@THEINVISIBLEWARRIORR

4 жыл бұрын

Sergei Rachmaninoff 😂

@alphamoonman

4 жыл бұрын

🤔

@animar4613

4 жыл бұрын

We are glad , you are alive . 😁 And your music too.

@oguzhangundogdu9937

3 жыл бұрын

do you know you are turkish??

@mareomanojdominic1498

3 жыл бұрын

Guy's descended from Ivan the Terrible

My mother was a classical Pianist [of Russian descent]. I was raised with Rachmaninoff and Chopin. I played this at her funeral. I still listen to it and it never lets me down.

@annlzp

2 жыл бұрын

@@wuzz The piano part he mean... 🙄

@samkubala2571

2 жыл бұрын

Wow you must be talented to be able to play this piece, I always hear how from my friends how hard it is to play. I will soon know the struggle for myself when I begin to learn the Piano. I am sorry for the loss of your mother, she clearly had amazing taste my friend, may she rest in piece.

@bozotheclown935

2 жыл бұрын

@@wuzz Oh ... Now you got me giggling... Of course I "Played it" when the funeral director asked me "What music do you want to Play" and I should have said "I Selected it" to be played... You word for word people... I dunno...

@elixxur

2 жыл бұрын

That's a really nice story. I am glad you weren't clowning around.

@bozotheclown935

2 жыл бұрын

@@elixxur Actually I was. It was the only thing that stopped everyone from crying. It was a "Light-hearted" funeral, and we said good-bye with funny stories and mixed the hard memories with good times that cam. Hey... I get you pun... Keep em coming... All the best...

I have a shitty job in an office full of mean bosses and fakeness, I put this masterpiece on almost everyday to remember there is still a great amount of beauty in this world worth to fight for while everyone only thinks about bashing one another and lose their health to pursue money. Life gives away bad things for free while beauty must be sought both in and outside.

@CatladyActionFigure

Жыл бұрын

Hey Blernsball, what a beautiful, raw and painfully poetic comment. Like many others I've suffered likewise and have relied on the Arts 4 refuge. After a while for some reason I started seeing people as works of art. Most of my bosses and co-workers were family people over burdened with earning a living and not enuf time for themselves, sacrificing so much 4 their childrens' happiness and future. All that noble strength, will and endurance. Their radiance shown thru that everyday mundane drugery to me like warm sunrays. I started noticing just how very beautiful most people really are. I hope you leave that job behind, find something much more suitable while you work at becoming a "maestro" at what you most love to do, whatever that is. Success smiles on people at the top of their game. How ever long it takes its worth it. Wishing you the best of everything. 🙂👍🌻

@blernsball8239

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, really, what a beautiful encourgement for the day, I truly wish the same for you, be blessed my friend ♥️

@CatladyActionFigure

Жыл бұрын

@@blernsball8239 🙂♥️👍

@mariacastro2682

Жыл бұрын

Yes ..your words are true,.. the effort that you have to do to find the beauty of a genuinely kind a loving person,..

@vigilant545

Жыл бұрын

🙏

rachmaninov wrote this concerto when he had depression and also after he recovered from it. as listeners to this concerto, we can finally understand the pain and suffering a person with depression goes through. music goes beyond words, it's magnificent and powerful indeed... i dont know what to say if you arent impressed by this masterpiece

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

re "i dont know what to say if you arent impressed by this masterpiece." ... You could try saying, "Ah, your soul is different than mine and responds to other music more powerfully."

@user-hq7us4lz6g

2 жыл бұрын

In this concert Rachmaninoff portrayed Russia and how a Russian person views the world. These are Russian fairy tales, and nature, and dreams that after a thunderstorm there will be purification and the soul will become pure as heaven.

@johkkarkalis8860

2 жыл бұрын

This indispensable work stands on it's own. Hollywood is eternally grateful for the soundtracks and the innumerable clones it provided. Living until 1943, Rachmaninov probably enjoyed a good smile over all this. RIP Sergei!

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

@@johkkarkalis8860 Even as a little boy, I experienced this piece as a lot of going nowhere punctuated by a really cool last few seconds. Of course, the famous theme is famous, and I sometimes walk about humming it to myself but after a few bars it turns into Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu. For me, it's such a gigantic slice of something for too little reward.

@johkkarkalis8860

2 жыл бұрын

@@talastra The Rach 2nd surely will not replace the Mozart 23rd or 24th, my favorite Mozart concertos, nor will it ever shove aside the Beethoven 4th concerto, but it is great fun and gives precocious contestants a chance to show off. I will allow that Sergei was coming off a long and deep depression so I forgive him the gushing romantic excess. I saw the Brahms 2nd piano concerto at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra several decades ago. Now that did lift me out of my chair. I don't think Herr Brahms would have had any use for the Rach 2nd. Fortunately for him he was quite dead when the work premiered.

First time ever listening to this... Where was it all my life?

@joaquinjara6409

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@alexanderlobos8665

3 жыл бұрын

It’s my very first time also, heaven sent and divinely timing as usual

@JJourdenaisART

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderlobos8665 welcome to the club, now try this version, my favorite : kzread.info/dash/bejne/pHl7scuhmtS1ado.html&ab_channel=AVROTROSKlassiek

@stefany7942

Ай бұрын

✋

We had a wonderful 12th grade English teacher. His night job was a DJ at a classical radio station; he used a pretend name and we would listen to him while doing homework. Once they culled the LPs at the station, and he gave a bunch of them to my younger brother who was quite musical. He shared some of the albums with me and that is how we began our classical record collections. He was a singer; I was a pianist, though a lousy one. That is why I so enjoy listening to masterful pianists, violinists, etc. I loved it in the 1990s when you could still go into a CD store and just browse the selections; you would often find new items to buy and learn to love. This is one of my fave Russian pieces; I also love Mussourgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. And everything Tchaikovsky.....I miss being able to browse music like that. Now ppl don't even buy CDs anymore. Sad. To help kids learn classical music, you have to have rules about iPhones....turn them off during various parts of the day at home. Put on classical and let it roll out.....they will soon become familiar with it, and then you take them to outdoor concerts where you can leave early if you have to. Then you take them to symphony concerts. We took our kids to see Yitzhak Perlman once; they were pretty small, but they did enjoy seeing a classical "rock star" and how only the first violinist was allowed to hold Perlman's violin til he came on stage and got situated. Our daughter, about 7 or 8, fell asleep during the last part of the concert and I figured it would be great to fall asleep to one of the greats. And then they stood on the seats and applauded and hollered at the end. They saw what an encore is. And a standing ovation. Now our daughter is a tour manager for musicians, and has traveled all over the world -- China, Japan, Russia, Scandinavia, Europe! You NEVER KNOW what influences you will have on your kids. Help them experience as much as possible -- much is free or low cost. We used to take them to musicals at the local colleges -- those were very inexpensive but fun for them and we played the music at home and remembered when we saw it live. NOTHING YOU DO FOR A CHILD IS WASTED. The more enrichment they experience the more chances they will have to see where their passions lie and grow.

@niclbicl

2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful im still 14 and nobody ever showed me classics was just intersted myself (;

@user-pl7hj4km7m

11 ай бұрын

you are incredible

@laconja1

Ай бұрын

I listen to classical music on the radio everyday it calms me down.

@YasmineBel_

13 күн бұрын

Don't you ever change!!

Isn't it wonderful that somewhere in KZread you can actually read pure comments full of meaning and beauty? "Beauty will save the world" - F. M. Dostoyevsky As for Rachmaninoff, just thank you for this masterpiece.

@kk-om5zm

Жыл бұрын

🤘🤘🤘🤘

@logimite7174

Жыл бұрын

my favorite author and my favorite composer in one comment

@konstanzaangelova9879

6 ай бұрын

Magnificent

This is not a masterpiece, it's THE masterpiece. Thank you Rachmaninoff.

@njagi5058

2 жыл бұрын

klasicna muzika je za babe i dede

@audrey__505

2 жыл бұрын

@@njagi5058 get out

@lynneshellyattianeseattian9321

2 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!

@simplepointstudio6210

2 жыл бұрын

@@njagi5058 A ovdje si onda zbog?...

@truthisall1393

2 жыл бұрын

A good imitation of heaven. But still just an imitation. Blessings.

“Has it ever struck you that life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quick you hardly catch it going?”― Tennessee Williams..

@tabyrearl1322

3 жыл бұрын

That's beautiful

@changeeyecolor3891

3 жыл бұрын

👍👍

@2lefrancoislefrancois178

3 жыл бұрын

le présent ne change pas , il est toujours là sinon il ne s agit plus du présent

@user-pl7hj4km7m

11 ай бұрын

My life

@stefany7942

Ай бұрын

🤯

how is it possible that even after countless of hours of listening to this concerto, it still manages to drive me to tears every time?

@the_great_phoenix231

2 жыл бұрын

Because its Rock-Mine-Em.(emotions)-Off

@kostiaefimov5166

2 жыл бұрын

Because it as pure, as the core of your soul ... The genius of Rachmaninov is - his music reveals to us our own Beauty, which most of the time is obscured by everyday routine .... He reminds us, that we are beautiful ... And that our hearts are full of Love ... always ... no matter what...

@99wntr

2 жыл бұрын

@@kostiaefimov5166 beautifully said

@r-d3440

2 жыл бұрын

Acompaña bien la depresión no confesada de cualquier mortal.

@shereenmostafa8195

Жыл бұрын

Yes, every time!!!

I lost the name of this composer for at least 3 years. For some reason I've mistaken his name with Shostakovich. I can't believe I'm here again. It's been so long. Thank god for music and for giving me the ability to listen to it.

@andreafisher7799

Жыл бұрын

Yeah Shostakovich is quite a different vibe 😅

@samzelman3153

4 ай бұрын

Shostakovich is a genius. Probably the most important composer of the 20th century.

@jakubziak7441

3 ай бұрын

​@@samzelman3153 i think he isnt the most important one (Shoenberg, Stravinsky, Messiaen, Hindemith, etc.), maybe for russia, but then I would also argue with Prokofiev, Khachaturian etc... But I get your point! 😁👊

Ae age 20 I thank God for the skills to perform. Now at 80 with arthritis I thank God for my hearing to enjoy this music I love when depressed and I am happy to imagine my performance then back at 20.

@sappallow

2 жыл бұрын

God bless you for your testimony & gratitude.

@PianoDawg1620

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you're still alive and well.

@johnnymermaid2446

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine how gods music sounds! Stay well Angeles

@fatitankeris6327

2 жыл бұрын

@@johnnymermaid2446 Bach comes to mind as a big part on the performance list

@johnnymermaid2446

2 жыл бұрын

@@fatitankeris6327 exactly ! (:

I was aged between the age of 6 and 10 during and after WW2 and had a Crystal set in my bedroom and it was there I often used to catch classical music like this and heard this beautiful concerto and other masterworks. I am 82 now and this has been the food of my life for all that time. I can't imagine life without this music and without sounding condescending (which I probably do) feel sorry for those who reject music like this. Throughout my life I have often asked others to try it but they cannot imagine listening to anything that might last longer than a few minutes or so at any moment in time.

@perk6225

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Nick. Seconded!

@dylanr4854

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah those kinds of people have no taste in music

@1987whipper

4 жыл бұрын

Nick, thx for that. What you have stated is actually more than an opinion but it is tried and true. 500 years from now we have returned to earth we came from all the little popular pop culture music will be long forgotten but people will still be touched by timeless masterpieces such as this

@gabrielewasle8809

3 жыл бұрын

you sre so right best music ever

@maureenrosol-short2392

3 жыл бұрын

I hear, same! Noone wants to make the time to listen to this wholeheartedly. I love it!

As a teenager I “cranked” the volume and “directed” the 2nd. I’m 78 and I still do.

@Magdis_Plantitas

Жыл бұрын

Wuau 😮

@stefany7942

Ай бұрын

Nice 👏👏👏👏👏👏

@veronicavasquezbascunan1083

15 күн бұрын

❤🎼🎹💯

listening to the 2nd movement of rachmaninoff's 2nd piano concerto and then being immediately hit with an ad for probiotic yogurt is possibly the most jarring of my entire life

When my wife and I arrived at New York before the pandemic in 2020, it was in January. We made a special visit to Rachmaninoff's grave at Valhalla. We both work as musicians, and definitely, Rachmaninoff is the faith in our mind. We worship his talent wisdom in music. I said to my wife in front of the mastro's grave, "You know what, he rest in peace here for almost 80 years, but his music is played every single day at everywhere in the globe, no matter which country, which city and which music school, as if he is still being with us."

@itsalmostmorning149

3 жыл бұрын

:)

@roberttheis3832

3 жыл бұрын

The incredible genius of maestros like Rachmaninoff does not follow the laws of mortality :)

@hangsu960

3 жыл бұрын

@@roberttheis3832 Philosophically, yes, I agree.

@LucasOliveira-wo9xj

3 жыл бұрын

That's true. I am a brazilian guy who didn't like classcial music, just some pop and rap. But then I suddenly started to enjoy it, and this piece (especially the beggining that's my favourite part) is so beautiful. It's eternal.

@leonorkilayko7234

2 жыл бұрын

And how

I was a senior in high school when I discovered Rachmaninoff. It made me cry from the complexity and sheer beauty. At 68, it still moves me to my core. This must be a glimpse into heaven.

@daviscross2944

2 жыл бұрын

aww you write beautifully how are you and how is the weather condition over there am davis from California if you don't mind can we be friends and i want to know your more ?

@johnniz13

Жыл бұрын

Amen, I feel so too. Hope is ever in our favour.

@narceliankrisa3769

Жыл бұрын

I just discovered him, tearshonestly got to my eyes in the very first notes of this one. Classical music does something particular to me, like many people, but some artists/composers really hit hard Hope you are doing well Suzanne!

@alexmessiah1917

Жыл бұрын

I THought i was the only one which gets to tears

@JohnnyBoy69001

Жыл бұрын

Oh I agree completely !!

The end of the second movement is simply THE Masterpiece, so romantic.

sometimes I just wonder how the composers themselves visualize these pieces, it really straddles the border between human and something on an entirely different level

@Baku69895

7 жыл бұрын

Practice. It isn't that hard with practice.

@leprifacioncustard4921

7 жыл бұрын

I can make up music in my head, and it's not that hard, but to write in on paper takes a whole lot of practise and skill

@hellsan631

7 жыл бұрын

as with any technical field, through years of pratice and study, you rewire your brain to think differently. With a musician, they associate their emotions with music very deeply, and usually write to help express this. Often times with someone of rachmaninoff's level, they will use music as a way to explore their own emotions and memories. ex: Maybe its a sad song, but you write it with a happen ending, what does that mean to them?

@67Dragonball

7 жыл бұрын

hellsan631 And that's evident as soon as this concerto starts. The opening chimes emulate the bells and chimes Rachmaninoff heard in his youth, and also signified how he had finally recovered from his 4 year depression and writer's block. This concerto was even dedicated to the doctor who helped him during this time.

@jeremydes100

7 жыл бұрын

I practice on my piano app on my iPad all day but I just can't seem to get it right!!

Even as a young man, when my musical tastes were heavily into rock n roll, hearing this shocked me. It was so beautiful.

@lilMissF0F0

4 жыл бұрын

Hunny, if you love rock and roll u will naturally love classics! Theyre cut from the same cloth. Only different instruments used

@ConservativeAnthem

4 жыл бұрын

And the Morel of the Story is Psilocybin.

@user-yc8xb2iz9w

3 жыл бұрын

favorite genre is punk rock and the classics easily rock too

@mandoman6786

3 жыл бұрын

@@lilMissF0F0 TRUE. Probably why I listen to both often, although I like this a bit more than rock.

@veronicavasquezbascunan1083

15 күн бұрын

...de la misma manera me pasó a mi!! ❤🎼🎹🎶🌟✨

This is probably the language of the cosmos. There is no human way to describe this work of art with gestures or words. I like to think that Rachmaninoff had contact with something divine. I like to think that Rachmaninoff was a star that accidentally fell to earth. I cry. This is simply the greatest expression of love.

@nicolassantiagobarrerasuar4641

2 жыл бұрын

🖤

@danmalic6688

Жыл бұрын

i am fighting my tears as i type this

@dantecarangelo1083

Ай бұрын

I was actually introduced to Rachmaninoff by Signalis. You don't know how right you are, Hansel. 😂

@c-co1581

Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

I was a high school kid and fell asleep with my radio on. I woke up to a classical music early morning. It was so beautiful that I listened for a while and fell asleep again. I started to look for the music with the melody stuck in my mind. It took several months to find out it was this 1st movement. Since then. I always become a young boy every time I listen to this.

#I. Acknowledges my melancholy. #II. Gives me hope. #III. Shows me how awsome my life will be if I don't give up right now.

@tabyrearl1322

3 жыл бұрын

I'm planing on giving up soon, even though I beg myself to stay for one I love's sake. How can one love one completely but not care about them. But all I want to do is stay for him, so I do not hurt him again. But I don't know if I'm capable. I'm Nothing, but HE MACAULAY, IS EVERYTHING

@paolo6219

3 жыл бұрын

@@tabyrearl1322 dont do it, please.

@monstrosesquipedalianhippo4006

3 жыл бұрын

@@tabyrearl1322 stay and listen to this it’s worth living

@Sfx1234

3 жыл бұрын

NEVER give up. Once I had nothing. Now I have everything i wanted, but much more than that. You may never achieve anything you want, but you may too. It's not really in our hands. But what is in our hands is that we can choose to leave this world dying a fighter, not a loser, and that makes the whole difference... '' A warrior fights. A true warrior dies fighting..."

@ethanmulvihill7177

3 жыл бұрын

@@Sfx1234 Amen!

I love how he kind of arrives home at 20:56, those chords gets me every time, it's like the ending climax... So beautiful and genius moment.

@agaveboy

2 жыл бұрын

minor plagal cadence is so beautiful

@CatsInHats-S.CrouchingTiger

2 жыл бұрын

Timeless

@Omegaman101

2 жыл бұрын

It was used as a theme for some film about some affair. Strangers on a Train or was it An Affair to Remember? Very moving especially for cinematography.

@ljumsken1987

2 жыл бұрын

@@Omegaman101 Brief Encounter :)

@gracecobb92

8 ай бұрын

One of the best parts of the piece

I am a huge fan of this piece. Last June I was going to Germany and Austria with some family, and almost throughout the flight I was listening to this. Just so relaxing. It even helped me sleep too.

Attempting to learn this piece over the past few years has made me realize just how beautiful it truly is, and what makes it that beautiful. Diving into passage after passage of harmonious and intricate piano writing, with twists and turns, great chordal voicings, interesting yet familiar harmonic movement, melodies of pure beauty, an array of registers, colors, timbres, tempo changes, and not to mention the orchestration -- which seems to compliment the piano in all the ways that seems appropriate. My studies have lead me to appreciate the genius that Rachmaninoff left for us --that much more.

I definitively cannot study with this in the background, it's so beautiful and my concentration changes focus immediately to this piece of art.

@floopd5886

3 жыл бұрын

Ironically enough it got me through all my law exams. He makes me feel heroic and inspired. Like a superwoman. I took the exams when I was 22. I’m 52 now and still listening.

@ElizabethLilley

3 жыл бұрын

@@floopd5886 I've used music the same way to prepare/inspire myself for presentations and big meetings. The right lush music elevates me to a greater self than I believed I could be. Ive also offered this idea as a coaching tool for clients as emerging leaders.

@LucasOliveira-wo9xj

3 жыл бұрын

@@floopd5886 I got inspired by symphonies, concertos, etc, but I just can't listen to one while I'm studying, because my focus goes totally onto this masterpieces. So i just have one "playing" in my mind. Lol

@simrank.oberoi1301

3 жыл бұрын

Exactly what's happening to me right now :")

This piece emotionally destroys me, yet I'm here listening to it once again.

@sofiasleman8624

4 жыл бұрын

I listen to this every 2-3 weeks and it makes me cry each and every time

@tian5891

3 жыл бұрын

Same

@michaeltutty1540

2 жыл бұрын

This piece of music takes a person apart and puts them back together again, only better than they were before.

@Overclocked3770K

2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltutty1540 well said!

@vijaykrishnan7797

2 жыл бұрын

This piece to me is the embodiment of love and beauty.

Seriously one of the greatest compositions of all time. It's just a perfect piece. No boring parts, no parts I don't understand or enjoy, just pure goodness.

My dear friend had this playing at his funeral, along with a piece from Tchaikovsky, Nutcracker (Op.71, TH.14 / Act 2: No. 14c Pas de deux), and Shostakovich Piano Trio 2. He had a full orchestra in a cathedral, even though he wasn't religious. He likes these three Russians, as he would call them. "The golden trio." He was an exceptional young fellow, a gentleman. Always dapper, always spoke well, and read a lot too. He was 19 at the age of death, and he knew it was about to happen. Handled it very stoic. When people came around, he asked "Have they swept away the gravel?" (After winter). Or "Did the postman come as usual today?" He knew we all were in grief, but somehow I think he enjoyed it. But the funeral was splendid, he had structured the songs in a particular order, first the Piano Trio (haunting violin tragedy), then this, and lastly Piano Concerto. He made someone read from the Illiad and some own poems. One of them was: We leave nothing to this world. Our life is for ourselves. And another one about a love of his, I don't know whom: So you look out for the stars Pay attention to the birds And the oceans And hope to glimpse her there And that constant hope Becomes you very reality. He had so many friends you never thought about. It was us at his age, from school and childhood. But then there were people all around the world. Young as old. Men, women. He had a dozen people flying in from Italy that I never knew existed. And they all had such beautiful stories about him. There was a girl too, from the west coast. She loved him uncontrollably, and I knew this would never end for her. For me, the whole thing was so beautiful I wanted to die too.

First heard this concerto when I was six years old, in a recording with Artur Rubinstein at the piano. I didn't turn on to the first movement then, nor to the second movement, but when I heard the beginning of the third movement I ran into the living room, where my parents were listening to the record, and I demanded, "WHAT IS THIS MUSIC??!!" My dad said, "It's the same music you said you didn't like." I replied, "Oh, but I like THIS!!" And it really didn't take me long, after that, to turn on to the first and second movements, too. And then I grew up a Rachmaninoff fan, and the first time I heard his last work, the Symphonic Dances, I loved the whole work instantly!

I'm so excited to play in this concerto.. I'm playing second flute for this concerto!

@hellsan631

8 жыл бұрын

+Kiara Eijo wow! congrats!

@jwrobich

8 жыл бұрын

+Kiara Eijo - Amazing! Congrats and have fun. I still have yet to see this performed live but would love to. I don't know where you will be playing this but if you're in an orchestra that tours and will ever be in the Chicago, Illinois area let me know! Cheers!

@monolyth421

8 жыл бұрын

+Kiara Eijo I was 1st horn and got to play that gorgeous solo~ I hope you had amazing time!

@stuartmacinnes8992

8 жыл бұрын

+Kiara Eijo Congratulations its a wonderful piece

@zacharycoronado6749

7 жыл бұрын

Hey I know you! I instantly recognized your name from many other videos on KZread!

11.40 and onwards I always get tears in my eyes. This divine music reaches to the core of your ❤

That's the masterpiece,i adore listening to Rach. Piano concerto №2 while studying

This piece started my fascination with classical music! My dad used to play rock music in the car all the time when I was younger, but one day, he said, "I want to listen to Rachmaninov." The only piece on the CD was this concerto, but I loved it. Within the very beginning, I felt like I was somewhere else entirely- scanning the snowy peaks of eastern Europe from the air, perhaps. After that piece, I re-acquainted myself with well-known composers like Mozart, Beethoven, and Vivaldi, and soon came to love the works of Paganini, Dvorak, and Satie. Today, I love classical music more than any art form in the world- even writing, which I hope will be my career one day. I have Rachmaninov to thank for that.

@user-fd8qi4ox7h

4 жыл бұрын

You can listen the 3-rd concert by Federico Colli it's fantastic

@ericeigler

4 жыл бұрын

ROCKmaninoff

@oleflogger6828

4 жыл бұрын

Ahhh, we ALL have to thank Rachmaninoff, don't we?

I truly think that Rachmaninov composed the best piano concertos ever!!!! They have everything: drama, sublime melodies, grandeur, emotion, thrilling atmosphere, gentle moments.

@lorenzo6553

3 жыл бұрын

Tchaikovsky gang xd

My father used to listen to it, the Arthur Rubinstein version, and being in my early twelves, I was quickly attracted by its immense beauty, listening by the door of the living room, until he found me there and offered me to joining him. And from then on it became my favorite one. Soon afterwards I started clarinet lessons, got myself immersed in the world of jazz, and now in my eighties it is still my favorite concerto, Rubinstein still my best choice, and I bless Mr Rachmaninov for dragging me in his world of beauty and my Dad into music

@vincejelineo748

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful story and sentiment

My parents always took us to symphony concerts since we were children and the first time I saw this piano concerto being played at 10 years of age, I was in love with it and it made me cry. I remember it was performed by a friend of my parents who was a concert pianist who toured the world, and after the performance he told me it was very flattering to see such a young person so moved by the music he played and that I should pursue a musical education. He retired as a concert pianist but went on to teach music at a high school and was very well loved. He has since died but I will always remember him.

@waynemichaellindeman7192

2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful memory. I certainly hope your parents were extremely proud to have a such a child in tune with such a powerful frequency. I believe music has healing properties not just on a cellular level but on a level that promotes harmony and love to a world that desperately needs it. You sound like a sweet little angel😇

20:55 to 21:30 evokes so many different emotions within me, I can't even pinpoint what I'm feeling - a great piece!

@gruesomebiology1646

3 жыл бұрын

Same! It's so old and sweet and mysterious at the same time

@dev3403

2 жыл бұрын

Like a breeze with nostalgic scent

Мой ребёнок обязательно будет слушать Рахманинова. И я заставлю его выучить биографию этого замечательного человека. Мистик, виртуоз, патриот своей любимой страны - России. Поступки Рахманинова в тяжёлые времена для России не будут забыты никогда. Помимо того, что он музыкант, он ещё и человек с большой буквы. Русский человек. Вся его музыка насыщенна нашей с вами жизнью, звуками, мыслями, нашей постоянной, нашей глубиной. Титан. Нет слов.

this is the very piece that entered me into the classical music realm. my girlfriend then, put me to listen to this on her record player when in visit for the winter holidays. i was hooked since then. this piece sit with my soul, and i tremble and often cry every time i listen to it. that happened some 30 years ago.

I have played this for my daughter since she was born and pretty much every time I listen it brings me to tears. It is what I would describe as the sound of beauty. A true masterpiece from my favorite composer.

20:55 and the bit before it sounds like someone reminiscing about a past relationship. What a beautiful masterpiece.

One of the last request from my father was to listen to this. He died on December 8th, 2013. I compulsively need to listen it when I think of him.

@AlexFilipovici

10 жыл бұрын

And 4:18...

@juliac9080

5 жыл бұрын

I know that there is a space launch with Beethoven in the mix as representing earth. THIS should have been in it instead.

@hapymark123

5 жыл бұрын

I am with you on that. I need this one myself right now as my father is sick. Beautiful and consoling. John 5:28, 29

@blonde7000

5 жыл бұрын

My Father also loved this tune. I could not remember what it was until today. I was little at the time. Last night by chance i heard a tune on the radio, called "All by myself" i looked it up to find it was sung by an Eric Carmen who used this tune. So i typed in ""All By Myself Classical tune"" and here today i found it. Then i found your lovely post. I hope you are OK.

@johnjakle943

5 жыл бұрын

I cry............johnjaklestudio8@gmail.com

20:56 onwards gives me absolute goosebumps. It makes me want to cry, it makes me want to smile, it makes me want to melt. I literally can't describe the feeling that part gives me.

@maneetmann8557

4 жыл бұрын

@Mr Kitrid thank you for this, that part is genuinely so beautiful. In absolute awe of this man.

@sallycantrell3530

4 жыл бұрын

Maneet Mann oh, oh, oh, you are so right!!!

@elodiepelletier947

2 жыл бұрын

Same, i just sobbed for a good 5 minutes listening to that part on repeat

@jurgenhuisman5756

2 жыл бұрын

Listening to this for the first time and I noticed this comment. I understand now.

@maneetmann8557

2 жыл бұрын

Jurgen Huisman ah thank you for replying to my comment. It brought me back to this video and I haven't listened to this in a while; it's blessed my ears once again.

What a privilege to be able to hear the most beautiful music of all time. Brings tears to so many people’s eyes. Can listen to it all day. Such God given talent and expression. What a legacy for us and for all future generations. Thank You Sergei!!!

Every time I feel down or have a headache, I go back to this concerto. All the negative emotions I'd be going through would diminish and just like flowers under the sun, new positive feelings would sprout as I listen to movement by movement. Music truly is a magical thing. Thank you Rachmaninoff for all the courage and serenity you give me. Stay blessed everyone.

32:35 Probably one of the best finishes in all of any music

@fcza4346

2 жыл бұрын

I can hear Muse in that ending

@megofiachra3247

Жыл бұрын

Soaring! ❤️

@BM-is5ei

Жыл бұрын

@@fcza4346 i think the singer, who is also a good pianist must be a big fan of Rachmaninoff. You can hear his influence clearly in ... whats that song called? Butterflies and Hurricanes or sth?

@ppppp77772

4 ай бұрын

The sound of Victory

I am currently 15 years old, listening to this for the first time. As I read through the comments, I can’t help but wonder what this piece might bring for me in the future. Perhaps I will play it in an orchestra, perhaps it will help me through a difficult loss, perhaps it will remind me of childhood as I age. It is truly a gorgeous piece, and I can’t wait to listen to it again tomorrow!

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

Perhaps it will cause you to explore Russian classical music in more depth and discover Prokofiev's concertos :)

@Karno333

2 жыл бұрын

Lol Im 15 too and this is my first time ever listening to this. I like it. Im on 1st movement rn

@MargaretMargaretMargaret

2 жыл бұрын

Welp, it's helping you in your teens right now, you just don't see it yet cuz you're still there. When you look back, you will see 😉

@jacobvandijk6525

2 жыл бұрын

And how was it the day after? Still gorgeous? ;-)

@thedevon6580

2 жыл бұрын

sq;e

Gosh, that whole moment from 6:02 to 7:16. Goosebumps!

@Freddles780

Жыл бұрын

Seconded! That might be my favorite part of this whole concerto and the repeat of the same theme throughout especially at the end

@user-vj4hs3li8d

10 ай бұрын

8.30 for me

@junioroliveira6027

9 ай бұрын

Something very interesting in 3:50 go to 3:40 to anticipate the surprise.

It's incredible. No matter our age, no matter our location. It's the same soul admiring beauty from many different perspectives.

what a brilliant man. im so glad that people like him have lived...

The most romantic adagio movement in music history.

I'm depressed and I'm listening to this concerto and discovering so many new things about it.

I first heard this at an outdoor concert in Grant Park, Chicago, in 1966 when I was 20. Every time I hear it now, I am transported mentally back to the cool breeze coming off Lake Michigan, green leaves and heavenly sound. When the music soars, I feel myself being lifted up. Thank you Sergei! Ed Ellis, Ottawa

Rachmaninoff, the genius. His music cannot even be described in words, especially this piano concerto.

Thank you God for blessing Sergei with the gift of composition AND performance!

There's nothing bad about this. No boring parts, lot's of repetition and odd melodies in ALL of the three movements. There's a special feeling linked to all of them. It's just perfection! The kind of composition you would come back to every week or so. Just to listen to it and relive the shivers it firstly gave you while listening to it!!! Perfection!

8:27 to 9:00 is absolutely unreal. It makes me feel nostalgia for a time I wasn’t even born in.

@deearrw

7 ай бұрын

Sweet as honey

@deonlifeint2453

Ай бұрын

May well be a past life...👌

I first heard this moment when I was in Jr. high school, fell in love with Rachmaninoff's music and now 83 years old & it still at the top of my list of favorites -thank you for your genius, Rachmaninoff. Aloha

@steveegallo3384

4 жыл бұрын

Me too. Started listening at age 5 in Yonkers, New York. Been obsessed with it ever since....Richter, Weissenberg and, yes, Lang-Lang too! Greetings from San Agustinillo!

@daviscross2944

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and how are you care to chat and tell me about your weather condition there

@barbarabennett4018

2 жыл бұрын

@@daviscross2944 Weather? that's an interesting question. I think it was a year ago that I commented about Rachmaninoff. I have been living in So. California this year and now I am planning to return home. There is no weather like Kauai, Hawaii. It is to cold for me here year round. In fact, I will be back home in a week. I'm excited!!!

@daviscross2944

2 жыл бұрын

@@barbarabennett4018 happy new week and hope you had a beautiful weekend just want to check on you and God bless you too my dear talk later and always be safe ?

I am learning this concerto for piano incase I have the fortune to play with a small orchestra, this is absolutely beautiful and in my opinion, Rachs piano concertos were second to none

@anandsamuel1978

3 жыл бұрын

You will get your chance sooner than later!

A lifetime isn’t enough to listen to this.

Гениальное произведение!! Великолепнейшие исполнение!! Мы с оркестром гос телерадио и разными пианистами играли этот концерт , много, и в Москве и на гастролях в разных странах. Это гениальнейшая божественная музыка, которая написана мощнейшим мозгом!! Как будто в заданной гармонии и размере писали одновременно человека четыре,, и потом наложили друг на друга все эти шедевры! Там идёт и наложение,и контрапунктом совсем другая мелодия , и гармония удивительная- полифонией ....слов не хватает,дыхание восторгом и широтой музыки привносит в душу нечто божественное!! Вот, где расширение мышления, сознания, души!! Кто сам не играл, не вслушивался по сто раз, не чувствовал до слёз сам концерт, тому не понять, что такое сила музык в молитве, и что такое молитва к Богу в самой музыке

@liberte5847

11 ай бұрын

Merci beaucoup from Paris France 👍 👍 👍.

My mother used to listen to Rachmaninoff, Grieg, Chopin on Sunday afternoons when I was growing up. Brings me back, and pierces my very soul. Just exquisite, never gets old. Makes me sad inside, not sure why.

@jessemoog5310

2 жыл бұрын

well, most likely because it reminds you of your mom and Past times.

@frederikblixen8630

2 жыл бұрын

It is likely because you miss your mother. Your sadness is an expression of love to her…

19:00 - 22:10 - officially the most beautiful piece of music in history of mankind

@gc2003

Жыл бұрын

😊

@lacisumos

Жыл бұрын

Brahms 2 PC has some equally sublime moments. Let's just say you cannot write more moving than this. Hat's off to you and to SG!

@jesuschavez7686

Жыл бұрын

Es un sollozo bello

@megofiachra3247

Жыл бұрын

😭

@Freddles780

Жыл бұрын

Same with the passage from 6:02 - 7:16

end of the second movement gets me every time. genuinely so moving

It started to rain while I listened to this it’s almost as if the world is acknowledging my sadness and despair that I’ve felt for years finally telling me to let go of all the guilt and shame that I’ve held onto for years. It’s time to be me start being happy with myself and Enjoy life! I think I finally found that out. It’s time for new beginnings. So long

@kesotone

2 жыл бұрын

Forgive Yourself

@lilyzeng4189

2 жыл бұрын

Go listen to bts. They’re music will help you. Learn to love yourself.

@nihiladmirari6065

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. Absolutely the same thoughts after listening

@fresiajaime

2 жыл бұрын

God loves you so let go of your worries and pain. Life is beautiful as this heavenly music so live and enjoy Nature.

I'm listening to this for the first time in my life and I'm 18 right now. It's so amazing! I love it! When I return here someday I will update the comment! Stay hydrated !

@eporeon

2 жыл бұрын

you should listen to it again daniel, it's been 6 months

@mrradman2986

2 жыл бұрын

You have so much to look forward to starting with Rach number 3 then Beethoven's Emperor for starters.

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

@@eporeon He's discovered Prokofiev and now finds that subtly and much greater emotional range more compelling.

Everytime I listen to this masterpiece it gives me an inexplicable power to live. It was a turning point when I first listened to this piano concerto few months ago, now I'm deeply drown into the classical music, it feels like how God sounds... Thank you Sergei to make us being the part of this wonderful experience.

@chromedome7698

2 жыл бұрын

This exactly. I'm not religious myself, but If I was I imagine this is what heaven must sound like. This too was my first serious jump into classical. There is something about this concerto that gives a rhythm to clawing anxiety and dread, and provides closure. Whether coincidental or not, for the first time in a while I feel like everything is going to be okay, and that makes me want to really get out there and LIVE.

@Pojushaja_Darjuska

2 жыл бұрын

@@chromedome7698 100%

@arracinghotlap7115

2 жыл бұрын

The gods we seek are withing my friend remove all which holds you back from God in an instant immediately let the mind be quiet as only then a new intelligence shall arise P.s I advise all to listen to talks of J krishnamurti , there is peace even beyond all estimations of God

@lacisumos

Жыл бұрын

God only WISHES she could write music of such tragic omnipotence. She always survives: Rachmaninoff knows that we don't.

Una meraviglia! Lo ascolto da oltre 40 anni e riesce ogni volta a farmi venire i brividi. Grazie Signore per questo enorme talento.

The first movement of this piece is an incredible piece of music. It's all Rach', but the first 10-11 minutes. The man is truly capable of expressing beauty. I'm breathless, as usual.

My god, can’t even describe what I feel

I always get goosebumps at 4:25 just angelic.

Que humilde Rachmaninoff tocando sin moverse y sin siquiera pestañar

I am 77 years. this has been my favorite since i was 10 years old. my mom bought this at Safeway food store for 99 cents. This the best version i have ever heard so far!!!

@danmalic6688

Жыл бұрын

why not....the composer is playing it

@carolellis1531

Жыл бұрын

@@danmalic6688 have not heard that yet

My mother would play this while ironing clothes back in the late 1950's. I never forgot the beauty and power of this exquisite piece.

@FaisalAzizFizzy20000

4 жыл бұрын

Wow. to me the 50's seem like a super long time ago.

@ElizabethLilley

3 жыл бұрын

This was one of my mother's favorite pieces. She gave me such a gift of music as your mother gave to you.

@DH-kl5rx

3 жыл бұрын

@@FaisalAzizFizzy20000 They were long ago. A different time and different world. I miss the past.

@josephbyrnhopf2481

3 жыл бұрын

Your mother must have been an extraordinarily talented woman. Never heard of anyone doing that.

@DH-kl5rx

3 жыл бұрын

@@josephbyrnhopf2481 She is. Now that I am old, I appreciate those things which were just part of each day.

That first minute gets me every time.

I love how at 22:37 the piano makes such a dramatic entrance again after ending the 2nd movement so powerfully

this is what this piece did to me, (writing what happened after it happened): while i sit here, paralyzed on floor, i realize how horrible my depression has actually got. i’m sobbing. literally. i cant move. tears run down my face and drip off of my chin and i can’t bring myself to wipe my face. it’s the first time i’ve actually felt my emotions in so long. music does magical, wonderful, and mysterious things. now i know what i need to work on now i’ve felt something- something terrible with a side of relief.

@PinetreeState76

Жыл бұрын

I completely understand

@bo-banski2883

Жыл бұрын

@@PinetreeState76 that means a lot :,)) the concerto still hits exactly the same lol- just reminds me i have feelings l

The most beautiful piano concerto ever!

@MrPhil480

3 жыл бұрын

lol

For me, this is the greatest composition ever written.

This man has given my life back to me i can now sleep its been decades

This wonderful piece is full of emotions and harmony. What a good music.

I have listened to this masterpiece fairly consistently on my birthday since I was 17, [and I’m 77 now!!] I love Rubinstein’s version the best of all.

@galinasaiti9519

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you God for Rachmaninoff

@beverlyhayshouston2770

3 жыл бұрын

Happy belated birthday.

@paulcharlesmorphy6427

2 жыл бұрын

@@beverlyhayshouston2770 legend

@kirstenf3647

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like an utterly poetic life!

When I listen to the 1st and 2nd movements, I literally tremble and cry. I want to get inside the music. So very beautiful, I have no words. I almost wish I'd been born in that era with those types of musical parents, but these children paid a price with all their gifting. Such pressure in those countries to excel, be the best, etc. I am a musician but parents provided the best they could understand and afford. Yet, I am still grateful to them and God for my portion. Thankful for an appreciation of such beautiful music. So sad today's youth don't have the exposure I had in school to at least get a taste of the classics.

@michaeltutty1540

2 жыл бұрын

You should give a listen to Luca Sestak. He is a self-taught piano genius. He start at age 14, and is likely the best blues pianist there is. He takes some classical pieces and turns them into the most amazing blues pieces, but keeps true to the original.

@khalilmutallibov

2 жыл бұрын

3rd movement is also as beautiful as others

@niclbicl

2 жыл бұрын

The youth is still here im 14 btw i lve it i don't play yet but i want to start i love classical music.

@justanotherguy469

2 жыл бұрын

@@niclbicl Youth...not a time of life, but a state of mind.

@user-pl7hj4km7m

11 ай бұрын

wisdom

When I have a shitty day, there's no better comfort than listening to this masterpiece. As others have said, thank you, Rachmaninoff.

The third movement awakens something in my chest that I've never felt before. I am truly in awe of this piece.

Are no words, when I hear this masterpiece reminds me of the 'Circle of Life' we all travel....at the ending to me says....'look back on your life, and you should see what your life journey was all about....the joys and sorrows, the trials and triumphs....and in doing so gives us clarity and peace, we get what it (our lives) was all about.

I once heard someone call this piece not “a masterpiece” but “the masterpiece” I’ve never agreed with a statement more. The way this piece has changed how I and so many others move through life on a daily basis is truly astounding. If there was a piece that I think every person should listen to, this would be it. If there was a piece that could create change this would be it. Big thanks to rach for being amazing, and a big thanks to all for giving this piece the love it deserves.

@user-pl7hj4km7m

11 ай бұрын

因為音樂的美麗而形成的字母語言，每個人頭腦美麗的那一部分跟美麗的音樂交相輝映

so beautiful. i discovered Rachmaninov only about 7 years ago in life, and musical wise things haven't been the same since then. one of my favorite classical composers ever.

"I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new. I have made an intense effort to feel the musical manner of today, but it will not come to me." - Rachmaninoff (pretty sums up this peice)

@markmusatau1929

8 жыл бұрын

No, out of context. This is not his latter part of life composition. He said that later on in life. This was a piece written after he overcame his depression with help of N. Dale to whom its dedicated. He is actually in heightened morale in this period of his life.

@melindamills6995

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for quoting Rachmaninoff. Beautiful. A true genius lives in his own world and enjoys his own taste.

@robertflynn6686

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great quote from the greatest. I have been playing and enjoying Rachmaninov since I was 15. Long time and it's the only composer I've keep all of his pianoforte. I wonder if any of the current Russian wunderkind are another one?

@sweetfangs1979

4 жыл бұрын

I'm glad he followed his heart. ❤

I love looking through different Rachmaninoff pieces and finding the insane amount of comments from older people who found out about classical music from those pieces, because i think it’s amazing that music transcend generations when it’s as great as this.

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

I was taking piano lessons as a kid, but that didn't necessarily introduce me to the world of classical music, which my parents didn't listen to. One night, my mother took me to a piano recital (by Robin McCabe, in Olympia, WA), and she played Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, two Chopin Etudes and the "left-hand" transcriptions of them by Godowsky [I knew none of this music, knew Beethoven's name, not Chopin, and certainly not Godowsky). But after the intermission, she played Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. Besides being completely flabbergasted by the music itself, what I most remembered at the time was that the music was so ferocious that the piano was moving as McCabe played. That was about 42 years ago, and I've been digging deep, deep, deep into the Russian musics since then.

@daviscross2944

2 жыл бұрын

Hello and how re you doing ?

@thedarkknight1971

2 жыл бұрын

Hi peeps, Well, if we're talking of our personal journeys into the wonderful world of Classical music, then, you may find this approach, somewhat.... 🤔 'unique' shall we say...? I have been a huge lover of two great pieces from the great Bach - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 in G Major (nos. II - Adagio & III - Allegro)... Now... Strangely as it might sound, the very first time I heard both 'tunes' say, was,..... 🤔🤔 (Heck it's been a while)... when I was 7? 8? Years of age (I was born 1971), on the Wendy Carlos - "Switched On Bach" vinyl LP. Wendy, using the Moog Synthesiser (you can still find YT Vids of her electronic versions of Bach on here). Yes. Strange.... But, she was very skilled, utilising both her classical music/piano training with what she did with electronic instruments of the day... However, when I heard the real thing with the appropriate instruments... I, well... Was, 'switched onto' Bach so to speak. The KZread version of a 'Live performance' is the Holland Baroque (link below) is one of my favourite renditions of these beauties.... Also... Anyone get the thought, that, maybe this 'fast paced' piece was the 'Rave'/'Club Classics'/'Dance'/'EDM' of its era? Hahaha kzread.info/dash/bejne/pnZ9wcetktSwcpc.html Now, moving onto the great Rachmaninoff.... Even from a kid/teen/up to now, I have always had a very eclectic musical taste, who knows of a teenager listening to both chart stuff, 'House Music', Classical music and.... Hahaha get this ... Chaz and Dave!!! (Along with Phil Collins/Genesis/Fire Straights/ELO/Queen etc etc). I STILL appreciated such emotion full, imagination creating and simply enchanting creations from 'Moonlight Senata', to 'The Blue Danube', to the aforementioned pieces and many more.... You know, where we had composers of old say (JS Bach/Mozart, Grieg etc etc), producing magic, Hans Zimmer, John Williams, John Barry, even Ludovico Eidaudi (check his stunning piece - La Nascita Della Cose Segrete - it might blow your mind into a different 'hairdo' as it did mine lol - Link below too). kzread.info/dash/bejne/fXyJs6WxaZmfnZs.html To finish.... To say, for this 50 year old (admittedly sometimes grumpy) Brit Git lol... It all started with a kid listening to, what most would call a 'quirky' 1968 album. Now, I guess, for personal stories of learning the wonderful world of well composed 'traditional musical instrument based' music, ie, Classical/Orchestral.... I have a 'Royal Flush'??? 🤔 Hahaha Oh, PS.... Another Vynil LP my Dad had was "Foreign Film Themes - Various Artists)... I heard this back then, and... I still find it magical to this day, in, an old fashioned way.... Good headphones/a good spacial stereo setup to get best affect... The film was - 'Elvira Madigan', the theme, Mozart's Concerto No. 21 in C Major Mvt II - Andante (itself such a beautiful piece), yes, the original is, and has always been the best, but this was done by Ronnie Aldrich (in 1972) in a unique early 70's orchestral/film score way.... See what you make of it (again, link below.....lol) I liked/still like the way the subtle high hat taptaptaptaps away, with the left channel calling, the right channel answering. kzread.info/dash/bejne/iKOL3MajeJepg8o.html Yup. Me? Weird. Hahaha Anyway, that's enough waffle... Yeah.. A couple of my friends do say... "Yeah, that Paul, he can take his time to make his pointless.." I just reply sternly... "Hey!!! I resemble that statement!!!!" Peace, stay safe, be good, and hope life gives you a happines, good health, and love. Paul 🦇😎🇬🇧

@talastra

2 жыл бұрын

@@thedarkknight1971 Music is one of the few areas in many people's lives still where aesthetic refinement (of one's sensibilities) is not atypical. It's not the case for literature, movies, theater ... I'd almost say it's more like people get bored with those and look for something else. But with music, it's as if one's initial naïve sensibility grows, deepens, spreads out like the roots of a tree and sends up new roots. I think that's part of the power of music (in all genres).

@thedarkknight1971

2 жыл бұрын

Very, very true.... As they say, "Music is food for the soul".. However, I think, it's more than that, it feeds the soul, the mind, and quite often the heart. Gives me a wry smile that a group decided to call themselves Moodswings and their most popular album was 'Moodfood'. Many tracks delighted, but none more so than their rendition of 'State of Independence - Featuring Chrissy Hinde and Dr Martin Luther King'. Both, the lyrics and his words put together with Donna Summers' original tune, just, fills the senses (especially if you have a listen to the 'Moodfood Megamix' (9minutes(?)). It's something to behold, it's something to inspires, and sadly, in these modern times, so much more desperately needed.... I guess, like you, from when I was young (and yes, I really wish I had taken up music in school), no matter what I did, wherever I went, I felt deep down, I had to take my personal cassette player, CD player, MiniDisk player, and now my phone, and always, good quality headphones. Because up, or down, or just relaxed, I HAD to have music, well composed, expertly played, and toe tapping/head bobbing/around the house 'jigging' haha/or just relaxed swaying to something good... All the very best to you and your loved ones my friend 🙂😎🇬🇧

My mother used to play this when I was a child....and many times during her relatively short life. I am now 72 and this is still my favourite piece of classical music!

@heartsource417

7 ай бұрын

My mother also used to play this when I was a child and all the way until I left home and most likely after that! She would sit on the sofa and sometimes turn it up so loud the living room window would rattle! I also am now 72, and this piece is also my favorite classical presentation bar none! Peace, fellow soul traveler! ✌

He saved my life

@nickdavis965

8 ай бұрын

Me too man, me too :(

@chillmemes5865

Ай бұрын

I’m so happy you’re still here!

@VegaJing-zn1cx

Ай бұрын

How?

@jessicanoone1839

Ай бұрын

You just saved my life. My name is Jessica. How are you feeling today

I can have all the problems in the world but when I hear this, it makes me feel and understand there are things I can and cannot change so just enjoy life for what it is. Soothing and relaxing . Thanks dad for making me musically inclined.

@paubue

4 жыл бұрын

Ich fühle genau so - danke!

I feel like a real sap saying this but this is the first time I've heard this and it's made me cry. Those opening chords alone are just so unsettling and dark but also beautiful at the same time. I am just speechless.

Honestly the comments are as beautiful as the music, your related stories are Amazing ❤️

My favorite composer of all time..never get tired of listening to #2 & 3...never.

@sparx1599

4 ай бұрын

I never get tired of listening to those pieces either. My favourite composers would be Rachmnninoff, Chopin and Mahler with none greater than each other.

The second movement is my favorite and it is so incredibly beautiful. It astounds me to try and wrap my head around the fact that he created this music from nothing. How incredibly talented he was. I wish that everyone appreciated this kind of music as most of us do, they are missing out on so much. Such an amazing composer.

@alancwwong

7 жыл бұрын

It sounds like Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata or maybe Rach was inspired by it.

@MCristinaRCoutinho

4 жыл бұрын

It’s like the soundtrack of my life

@naospringer927

4 жыл бұрын

Who is the pianist?