Rachmaninov

[lord_steak]

Holy shit, this is one hard-as-hell-sounding piece. 2^<u>nd</u> Piano Concerto, first movement. The whole concerto's great, but, the first 2 minutes & the towards the end of the first movement in particular were...wow. A couple of the gals around me had a...different look in thier eyes for that first bit. Does this piece affect other people like that?

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[holyhandwrit]

...a little confused here...
You were at a recital I presume;
and you're referring to the piece that is played with four hands/two pianos?
Or perhaps something else...?

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[lord_steak]

> ...a little confused here...
> You were at a recital I presume;

Oh dear me, I don't think even the top piano professors here could handle Rachmaninov, from what I've heard (mind you, I'm not saying the piano progs here are shitty, or even lacking at all; it's the music).

> Or perhaps something else...?
>

It was just from a CD. I'm not sure how to describe the look I got. I'd say it was somewhere between smitten & erotic.

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[Octocrook]

Question: Did Rachmaninov play piano or just compose? If he just composed, then get some of Franz Liszt's songs. It sounds as if 2 people are playing them and it's just him...really quite amazing.

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[lord_steak]

> Question: Did Rachmaninov play piano or just compose?

He had to have done both. I mean, I once heard his first piano concerto called "The Black Page," as in, there were so many notes, accidentals, etc., that the page seems like it was coated in ink.

> If he
> just composed, then get some of Franz Liszt's songs. It
> sounds as if 2 people are playing them and it's just
> him...really quite amazing.

I've heard many a good thing about Liszt. I'll get something of his next chance I have.

Sounds like there's two people playing here too. Just one though. Somebody actually wrote a concerto for two pianos, but I haven't heard it.

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[holyhandwrit]

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I've heard many a good thing about Liszt. I'll get something of his next chance I have.

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Find a CD with all the Hungarian Rhapsodies on it. I think you'll recognize #2.
And while yer at it, check out some of Chopin's Polonaises if ya haven't already. Those are quite difficult in their own way as well.

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[lord_steak]

> Find a CD with all the Hungarian Rhapsodies on it. I think
> you'll recognize #2.

Will do.

> And while yer at it, check out some of Chopin's Polonaises
> if ya haven't already. Those are quite difficult in their
> own way as well.
>

So much good music out there, not enough dollars in my pocket. <img src=smilies/crying.gif>

Another piece that's difficult and sounds just wonderful, that I'm sure you're familiar with, is Beethoven's 7<u>^th</u>. Leonard Bernstein said something about it being wonderful to hear and miserable to perform.

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