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PlatypusofCalifornia (July 25, 2008 at 5:15 am)
I love this movement, it completely expresses rachmaninoff. He wrote this after overcoming a long period of depression and writers block, in this movement, its as if its all being washed away and he's being born again while unconcious and floating in the ocean his inner being is being reshaped, all his emotions are turbulent inside of him.Its so fantastic, and theres nothing wrong with this speed to me.
rubik56 (July 24, 2008 at 12:52 pm)
omg..what a genious..but i don't like the orchestra..
kspm01 (July 22, 2008 at 5:00 am)
I believe you are right; he was very precise about how he wanted the recordings to be. That's why in the first place he signed with Edison (because they were technically the best at that moment), but then left them for Victor, once he got dissatisfied with the way Edison intervened in the recording process, limiting his artistic freedom.
oudang (July 22, 2008 at 12:13 am)
I'm really sorry... not used to the digi/cyber thing. It is I who have the alk/alz thang- not SVR. Still.. spot the 50c pitch reduction at 2.55.
Drunk3nFist (July 21, 2008 at 11:22 pm)
Rachmaninoff will not let any musical genius go to waste. He knows EXACTLY what he is doing when he plays 'fast'. It's his work, and he has every right to convey whatever he feels inside, and it is not just his fingers, but also his heart and soul which commands the piano.
oudang (July 21, 2008 at 11:05 pm)
Bollocks...It was from 2-3 mins. Early onset alzheimers + alchohol = shiite!
oudang (July 21, 2008 at 11:00 pm)
Remember folks, he's only speeding up (e.g. btw 3-4 mins) to fit that portion of his music on a 78 rpm shellac disc (ca 3.5 mins- spot the edit). Lots of composers put up with this sort of shite; dinner during Mozart operas; Beethoven symphonies being split during concerts. People of genius have always needed rich ignoramuses' cash...Historical curiosity informs contemporary performance?
munkybrain (July 21, 2008 at 9:37 pm)
I would say, though that i prefer the way he plays it to others. very passionate but at the same time not over sentimental. Also a genius at work is every bit as beautiful as nature itself.
munkybrain (July 21, 2008 at 9:32 pm)
Well Rachmaninov himself would at times make it inescapeably clear that he prefered the way other people played his music
AlmaSchiwago (July 21, 2008 at 9:23 am)
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