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(some have it spelled Rachmaninov)Composed between 1900-01, his Second Piano Concerto is one of my favorite classical music pieces of all time. It's very strong, beautiful, and extremely difficult. The 1st movement is great orchestrally, highly technical, and has some really cool Russian-sounding passages. The 2nd movement is slow (at first) and beautiful (I'm trying to learn the easier parts now) yet it has a "haunting" sound to it if played properly. The 3rd movement has a familiar passage that most or some of you might be familiar with and it just absolutely kicks you-know-what right from the very beginning.He obviously was an exceptional pianist, but I theorize that the composer was left-handed because of the extreme technical difficulty of the left-handed parts of the composition. (Beethoven and Mozart have nothing on Rachmaninoff as far as bass clef/left-handed lines)
Rachmaninoff or Rachmaninov , it's like a Smirnoff : what matters comes from the inside …Wish I had an education about classical music; so many outstanding masterpieces, so more to discover and to appreciate : Albinoni, Pachebel, H?ndel, and especially Baroque music with Marin Marais, Lully and so more !!!
Ski, are you taking a music history course this semester? I would love to take such a class some day. I know that the Teaching Company (the same place that produces all the video lectures that I talk about) has a few on the history of jazz and classical music.
Not sure if left-handed but according to an article I read, he had very large hands.
He must because some of his chords are a BIG stretch. Phid, I took a music history/appreciation course back in the 80s at URI. (I started off majoring in music) I remember learning about Mahler's 1st symphony. It was pretty cool. I would like to take another one again.Aeth, baroque is cool too. Back in the day, I was one of the trumpets for a Heinrich Biber Sonata for 6 trumpets. We rocked!
Check this one : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grbq6AoquhI
Wish I had an education about classical music; so many outstanding masterpieces, so more to discover and to appreciate : Albinoni, Pachebel, H?ndel, and especially Baroque music with Marin Marais, Lully and so more !!!
I love Baroque music as well, and more recently I have moving a bit earlier into late-16th/early 17th century music and choral pieces, especially Michael Praetorius and Heinrich Schutz.
