That negative review by Cui was cruel, but damn funny composed 😂

Wait, did you just present the 5 themes? That's one hell of an analysis, I can't imagine how many hours you worked to make this video !

@oldbird4601

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!! thought i was the only one who thought this was garbage

@anti64

2 жыл бұрын

@@oldbird4601 It's a listener's guide, not an analysis. Tells you a bit of history, presents the themes you're gonna hear, and lets you experience the thing.

@gonzalogarma3644

Жыл бұрын

It would be nice to find an formal analysis...

@introvertmeri

Жыл бұрын

where in the title does this video say it's an analysis...

@DougerArt

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. If there were an internet in Hell, and if one of its talented KZreadrs were to construct a video based on Rachmaninoff's Concerto No 2, and if he were to create a video like Mr. Odd Quartet, then he would have fulfilled his task brilliantly and would delight the inhabitants of Hell.

This channel is so underrated. I love watching you’re videos. They explain so much and you cannot find may videos like them. Someday more people will find the channel but I’ll share as much as i can! Keep up the good work!

So thank you very much, Mr. Cui, for being a descriptor and providing the pain necessary to take him to his maximum creative manifestation.

@laiyinquan8355

4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Nikolai Dahl for curing Rachmaninoff from his depression as a result of Cui!

@samaritan29

3 жыл бұрын

Cesar Cui was a fine composer as well...

I just love your channel.

Such a beautiful piano concerto, this is one of the pieces of music that I was so shocked to listen to it at first as I didn't know music could be such expressive!

This video needs more views.

I want to breathe my last breathes to 25:05 mins...... I am in ecstasy when I hear this.

@notnipneb2810

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed that, it’s so annoying, I swear one time I was listening to something and the conductor or someone else said aloud “ diminuendo “

@jeremiahnoar7504

2 жыл бұрын

Probably my favorite excerpt from all of a Russian music. Almost unbearably sweet. They even take their time in this recording!

Excellent video. Presumably, people who watch the video already have an idea of the music and the video only furthers the enjoyment!

No soy músico de profesión, ni graduado de conservatorio, ni maestro solista, ni ejecutante ni director de orquesta tampoco, soy solamente musico de oído y de corazón, pero haber seguido la partitura mientras el concierto para Piano No.2 del compositor ruso Sergio Rachmaninoff se iba desenvolviendo compás tras compás y movimiento tras movimiento ha sido para mí una experiencia gratificante y muy enriquecedora, no puedo yo siquiera imaginarme cuántos meses, semanas, días y largas horas debió trabajar el compositor para crear esta magnífica obra de concierto, creo que debieron haber sido muchas las horas de escritura, de armonización, de ensayos y repeticiones del piano solista y de la orquesta por secciones para lograr esta magnífica obra de concierto; compositores de tamaña envergadura y categoría ya no se encuentran en los tiempos actuales, donde el estruendo, los berridos desencajados y la inmundicia sonora son "la música de moda".

Another very important aspect is the motif contained in the very ending of the opening of the 1st movement: Ab F G C (3:36). It is built in throughout the entirety of the movement and can be heard at 8:05, 8:24 onwards (a dialogue of the main theme and the motif) developing into the culmination at 9:32, and then remaining with the piano at 10:05 with the marcato reintroduction of the main theme in the orchestra. Then it arises as an echo with the piano at 12:26.

@MattCooperKay

2 ай бұрын

This is super interesting, something I've never noticed before.

One of my favs, thank you so much

one of the best interpretations!

Thank you, sooooo very much, that was tremendous!!! This has always been my favourite, since I was a 'Freshman' in High School, I am seventy-seven (77) years old, now. I must have this Concerto by at least twelve different 'Pianistas' - I don't have it by Maestro Jandó, I enjoy them all, like to make comparisons. The first recording I bought (back in the 1960's) Leonard Bernstein w/ Philippe Entremont (recorded 1967) (followed by) Arthur Rubenstein w/ Fritz Reiner (recorded 1956) . . . and all the the other recordings, I have never found it by 'Vladimir Horowitz' although he did record #3 Concerto. Of course I have all four (4) Concertos by the Maestro Rachmaninov himself! Thank you, once again . . .

This video is just amazing, i love it 😍 thank you so much!

You make such incredibly well made videos, every one of them are perfect. Thank you so much for making great content despite being a relatively small creator.

@krzysztofq7420

5 жыл бұрын

nice but volume levels should be corrected

@Oddquartet

5 жыл бұрын

I am still learning how to edit the audio levels. What part of the audio was weird? Maybe I can make it better in the next video.

@krzysztofq7420

5 жыл бұрын

@@Oddquartet for me your talking and digital sounds like in 2:10 were too loud and the piece too quiet, i needed to raise the volume when orchestra was playing and lower it when you were talking. But thanks for these videos, I am fairly new to classical music and your video on Shostakovich's fifth was one of the reasons I checked out his music.

Keep up the great work!

One of my favourites fully explained, than you!

Thank you so much…!!!

Motifically, the entire piece is built from the little figure at the end of bar 8 - Ab F G (C). It's a very compact, simple and flexible minor cadence. The initial buildup is a iv-i (Fm-Cm) plagal cadence, but the dominant G puts in a late but powerful appearance. It appears everywhere - in the extended melodic phrases, the figuration, the orchestral accompaniment - transposed, expanded, repeated, inverted and so forth, at the start, middle and end of gestures. You can think of this as the distinctive flavouring that he adds liberally to otherwise scalar and arpeggiated material. There are two specific musical impulses at play. The first is invoking the sound of bells. The second is evoking Russo Central Asia through Phrygian harmony, specifically using it on the home chord as an alternative to a dominant for difference/tension. Although this piece is regarded nowadays as the epitome of traditional romantic music it would have been regarded as rather novel and exotic at the time. This may sound like dry analysis after the fact, but even though his music is often considered rhapsodic and free flowing Rachmaninov did deliberately construct with these concepts in mind. Much as the those he learned from going back the Bach did. He was actually extremely fond of Bach. So try listen to those grand two handed thumps right at the start of the piece Ab F G, keep the notes in your mind and listen for them thereafter. Those three notes are the seed from which the whole grows.

Amazing thank you

I CAN'T BELIEVE this video only have 4K VIEWS.

It is a perfect video… Thank you very much

@Elijah24553

Жыл бұрын

I love your profile picture so much! Lol What recording is that from? I've forgotten.

@bboyo8307

Жыл бұрын

@@Elijah24553 thank you :D Its from the cadenca of the first movement in the piano concerto 3

@Elijah24553

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! That truly is an iconic Lang Lang moment. :D Also, just because i ask everybody this question, what's your favorite piece right now? Mine is either this or ravel's piano concerto in G Major, though, I really have about 10 favorites right now. Lol

@bboyo8307

Жыл бұрын

@@Elijah24553 Its the last transcendental etude of franz liszt. Chasse neige. Its my favourite piece right now because I am able to play it flawlessly although I am selftaught. Thanks for asking :))

@Elijah24553

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I'll listen to it. ☺ Also, if you end up listening to the ravel concerto, which movement would you learn? Because I might be working on it for something in February. Side note, I'm not sure if you were joking about being able to play the Liszt studs flawlessly, but if you weren't, dang!

Great videos!!! You should do the Tchaikovsky 6 symphony

@Oddquartet

5 жыл бұрын

That one is definitely on my list. I will try and look at that one for the next music history video. Thanks for the suggestion!

@winston1984smith

2 жыл бұрын

Yes please!

If I had these informative and also instructive videos in my youth, I would most likely had been encourage to compose some worthy music. these videos are wonderfull. I most like them, so interesting. Thanks you so much for your efforts in presenting them.

Clearly a lot of effort has gone into the visual elements of this video. 30 minutes of scrolling music are no child's play. That being said, the analysis I find severely lacking. 30 minutes of a piano concerto aren't adequately analyzed by merely presenting the themes of each movement. Surely a lot more is going on that is worth mentioning apart from the themes

Can anyone tell me which recording is used in the video? It's spectacular. I've been listening to the Evgeny Kissin performance lately but I adore this one too EDIT: should have bothered to scroll through the comments, I see now 😂

I second all the comment on the length, but the quality is great, as always. Consider doing Strauss' Alpensinfonie?

@Oddquartet

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the suggestion of Strauss' Alpensinfonie, I will add it to the list!

Can you do either his 3rd piano concerto or 2nd symphony? Your analyses are great

Having just played this, learning about the history behind it was very refreshing!

@gwaynebrouwn844

3 жыл бұрын

Flexing i see 😢

I have never heard of Cesar Hui :)

Would you consider doing one of these videos for Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3?

33:54

Where can I get those recordings?

@Oddquartet

5 жыл бұрын

The recording that I used was the Budapest Symphony and it should be available on Spotify, not sure if it is available in other places. Hope this helps!

@kevinkerkhoff6670

5 жыл бұрын

@@Oddquartet That and the information at the end should be enough

can you please just answer me this: why do I like rachmaninoff symphony no 2 the best? what is the magic behind it?

@josesouza9820

Ай бұрын

strange, you want people to tell YOU why you like Rachmaninoff's 2nd symphony, best? p.s. the clue is in the listening

I'm not sure who this video is for, anyone willing to spend 40 minutes listening to an entire concerto likely already knows the wikipedia page of information you give.. It is very well made, but I'm afraid this video is way too long for a more general audience to grasp, and too basic for those of us who know the repertoire. Not trying to be rude but I'd reconsider the format of your channel!

@saif_saleh_

5 жыл бұрын

Completely agree. Inside The Score does something similar with his podcasts, where he plays short bits that he references, that way the audience gets the idea but doesn't get... bored.