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

@CatfishGumbo23

4 жыл бұрын

THANKS BRUH!

@ashleighdowling8266

4 жыл бұрын

YOU'RE AMAZING BRUH

@lottaart7848

4 жыл бұрын

24 variations for 24 caprices!

@finnfuchs879

4 жыл бұрын

This must have took hours

@zoeforbes4169

4 жыл бұрын

@@finnfuchs879 hahaha nah it took me like half an hour max cos i had the score with me

Anna Fedorova: a legend in the making.

@neilsvonzeppelin250

4 жыл бұрын

In the beginning of 2020 what is she up to ?

@yashbspianoandcompositions1042

4 жыл бұрын

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

@neilsvonzeppelin250

4 жыл бұрын

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

@swine13

3 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

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

@josephadams2378

3 ай бұрын

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

Ай бұрын

Rach and Paganini = sublime.

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

2 жыл бұрын

damn thank you this was i looking for.

@ricardonascimento6020

2 жыл бұрын

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

@djarnoldo516

2 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@joannerichards1750

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Artists like this should be paid more than Rock Stars!

@kenkarapetian4905

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

@@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

5 жыл бұрын

Aren't rock stars artists too?

@kenkarapetian4905

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

@@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!

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

@LeizeLeize

5 жыл бұрын

Lugansky is very talented too

@georgzillner

5 жыл бұрын

Valentina Lisitsa

@TheSchmidt62

5 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Vladimir Ashkenazy!

@dearfriday5448

5 жыл бұрын

Alexsander malofeev

@samuelngumii

5 жыл бұрын

Have you seen Alexis Weissenberg? He's rendition is a beauty.

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.

@hopesonmakokha5217

2 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Tchaikovsky!

@hopesonmakokha5217

2 жыл бұрын

Check out Rachmaninoff symphonic dances op. 45, it's sooo good

@Hhhhhhhhhhhha

Жыл бұрын

He must of been so so in love ❤

@baldmista1907

11 ай бұрын

Don’t forget chopin

@kevintewey1157

11 ай бұрын

If sublime is interesting, then I agree. 🙈

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

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

What was the original theme?

@negan2266

4 жыл бұрын

Paganini's Caprice I believe

@FranciscoCunha2004

3 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

Жыл бұрын

I can totally relate !

@1014p

Жыл бұрын

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

Жыл бұрын

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

@xaviotesharris891

3 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

May your mother's memory be a blessing.

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

@joangibb7480

Ай бұрын

Yes!!!!

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

2 жыл бұрын

\\\’ llt]hititgosontolon]

@laiyinquan8355

Жыл бұрын

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

9 ай бұрын

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

@Bevsworld04

9 ай бұрын

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@mastopakya

3 жыл бұрын

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

2 жыл бұрын

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

@darylharvey2865

3 ай бұрын

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.

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!!!!

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.

@paulaepstein9051

Жыл бұрын

Rach always evokes tears...

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

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

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

@aoempreendedor

5 жыл бұрын

Wonderfull...

@Hhhhhhhhhhhha

Жыл бұрын

I love anna

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

@kevinmccloud8

Жыл бұрын

Ditto : ) ❤⛅🕺🏻🤸🏾‍♀🎤👌🎹☮

@gothamelliott

Ай бұрын

Yes it is! Excruciatingly beautiful!

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

@UniversalDirp

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jzltrz97

2 жыл бұрын

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

@UniversalDirp

2 жыл бұрын

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

@jzltrz97

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

2 жыл бұрын

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

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.

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

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.

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

@sidisura

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you.

@XO.Studio

Жыл бұрын

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

IMHO this is the best version of this concert aviailable on KZread. 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

11 ай бұрын

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

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.

@russhamer

2 жыл бұрын

omg...so so beautiful!

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

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

@DAVEDIKIAN

5 жыл бұрын

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

@uskosandan

4 жыл бұрын

My desert island music

@rbarnes4076

4 жыл бұрын

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

@billding7073

4 жыл бұрын

You and Salvador Dali.

@silviastay7696

3 жыл бұрын

Me too

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.

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

@0GreatMerlin

3 жыл бұрын

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

@user-tc7vl2dl7r

3 жыл бұрын

电影時光倒流七十年也用这个曲子🌹💕

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

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

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.

@galegreyson4196

3 жыл бұрын

Brava Anna!

@lagarkando1

3 жыл бұрын

@@galegreyson4196 Bravissima!!!!

@gildasiooliveira7921

3 жыл бұрын

Deal!

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

@firebir11

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@kalayaskitchen

5 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

@@kalayaskitchen Ban all smokers from entering the concert hall

@zipojama

4 жыл бұрын

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

4 жыл бұрын

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.

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

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. ❤🎼🎶

How she plays this 100 percent from memory is absolutely incredible

@miajc6606

Жыл бұрын

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

@gothamelliott

Ай бұрын

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.

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

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

@varunsathya1912

3 жыл бұрын

@@elizabethschaeffer9543 more like an eleven :D

@jwilliam2255

2 жыл бұрын

@@varunsathya1912 or 12.

This was IMPRESSIVE Rachmaninov would feel proud!

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!

17:11 gave me chills. so beautiful

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

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.

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

@alexsherban7556

Жыл бұрын

Should listen this to compare kzread.info/dash/bejne/rJZ7w8yPhZqpd84.html

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@g.defreestlarner772

5 жыл бұрын

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

@simonjohnson1257

4 жыл бұрын

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

@IMAWriterRobJ

4 жыл бұрын

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.

Variation 18 gets me every time!

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

Thank you Anna Fedorova for this Masterpiece!

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.

Yes, Amazing especially pianist Anna Fedorova

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

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

Жыл бұрын

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

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.

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.

Spectacular performance, a new gold standard. Bravo, Anna!

Brought tears to my eyes. Incredible musicality and understanding.

Absolutely stunning. Awesome technique on the piano. A privilege to listen to Anna Fedorova.

The part everyone wants to hear: 16:15

@ninjafruit816

5 жыл бұрын

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

@steveburrus9347

5 жыл бұрын

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

@LeozinXD

5 жыл бұрын

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

@SvetoslavAtanasov

5 жыл бұрын

lol

@Allacra

5 жыл бұрын

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

She's magnificent! really enjoyed it!

Notice no music, in any of these youtube videos, ever. truly remarkable young lady. So inspiring !!

@walkerhjk

5 жыл бұрын

You watch any concert pianist, no music, they learn the whole piece

@miltonmoore5294

5 жыл бұрын

What you both meant was no SHEET music.

@pianoman1958

5 жыл бұрын

Here's an interesting article on that topic. I have always wondered why piano soloists, especially, seem to always play from memory, while the orchestra refers to their scores. www.quora.com/Why-do-concert-pianists-have-to-memorize-entire-pieces-where-as-other-orchestra-members-can-read-the-sheet-music-during-a-performance

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

Одно из лучших исполнений рапсодии, которое я слышал. Замечательная техника Анны Фёдоровой, прекрасное звучание оркестра. Спасибо.

@emilyhutjes

2 жыл бұрын

Can you read me? I also love Alexander Maloveef and Eva grigoryan. (Holland)

Rachmaninoff was truly a genius. Anna is such a gift, truly inspirational! She makes me want to be better - at life. Grateful to the orchestra and to all of the luthiers that make such a performance possible. Bravo, bravo.

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.

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

Another wonderful performance by Anna Fedorova on a beloved classical music.... truly enjoyable.

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

Way to rock it Anna and Avrotros! Rachy left us such a gift. Thank you.

This work and the piano make heavy demands on the performers and this lady compliments the orchestra as the orchestra compliments her. Well Done!

WOW, WOW, WOW ! Anna will go down in history as a legend.

What an absolutely stunning performance !! Thank you Anna for your talent & gift, so impressive ! No music just memory ! A grand stage queen indeed ! An Oklahoma, USA fanatic !

@whaszis

5 жыл бұрын

Me, too - Oklahoman that is!

When I see a selection played by Anna Fedorova I always select it. She is now my favorite pianist.

Magnificent performance by Anna (and the orchestra)!

What a wonderful performance for this difficult concerto!!......congratulations Anna you really moved my soul..... Impecable playing.... Pasion is the key word and Anna has a lot!

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.

To be able to express the emotions, musicality and technical brilliance of this piece of music must be an incredible sensation as a pianist. What an incredible gift to have. Stunning performance.

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

@nandoflorestan

4 жыл бұрын

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

@deleted01

3 жыл бұрын

Rachmaninoff obviously stole it from a shampoo commercial

Literally got chills in the 18th varation

He was the greatest genius of all time!

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

This musical piece is too beautiful, as well as the mastery with which it is performed. I listen to it every weak.

This is simply amazing. So much love & passion which is on display here. Absolutely sublime (minus the occasional coughs). Wish I was there to witness this.

Such a wonderful performance, full of passion and nuance. I first heard this piece more than 30 years ago as a university student when the university music majors put on a free performance on campus. It instantly became my favorite piece of classical music and has remained so ever since. So much emotion and longing is expressed in this piece and a masterful interpretation like this makes it even more poignant. There is a section in the middle , around 17:50 or so when the full orchestra comes in that always makes shivers run down my spine and this rendition is no exception. The stage direction for the camera work is also extremely well done and highlights the dedication and concentration of the whole ensemble. Well done Ms. Fedorova and orchestra, you touched my heart (again).

@robertwells460

Жыл бұрын

I agree with every poi t made in the previous comments.

Go Anna Go !! stunning,absolutely stunning !! This is true Rock music, a rock of ages and timeless

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

4 жыл бұрын

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

Well watching such TALENT in Anna she controls this piece and mixed with younger muscians within such a tallented ochestra as a veiwing public we are all blessed and what a joy to see. Thanks , Anna and members of the orcherstra well done.

Any praise that I could give this performance would seem totally inadequate. There must aren't the words to describe it. It brought tears to my eyes. Bravo.

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

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

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.

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

@elizabethschaeffer9543

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed. The combination of Anna Fedorova and Rachmaninoff is a powerful one. Beyond words.

@BarbDonnelly

3 жыл бұрын

"Somewhere In Time"?

Her hands are absolutely flying over the keys! It looks like the piano runs are fast-forwarded, but that real time! Amazing performance.

ANNA, So Talented, So Beautiful!!!