with his creative gifts. He embraces his youthful First Concertos as if he had encountered an old lover, consummating his passion with stupefying fingerwork in th...
with his creative gifts. He embraces his youthful First Concertos as if he had encountered an old lover, consummating his passion with stupefying fingerwork in th...
Advantages: Emotive, dramatic, sombre, (If that's your thing) Disadvantages: The only disadvantages are if you don't like classical music or are not in the mood for over the top dramatical scores.
...Rachmaninov Quote - 'I feel like a ghost wandering in a world grown alien. I cannot cast out the old way of writing and I cannot acquire the new'.
For those of you who are not avid listeners of classical music do not shy away from purchasing any of Rachmaninov's music as it provides an alternative mood for you to listen to in your personal music collections.
---Background Information---
FULL NAME: Sergei Rachmaninov
NATIONALITY: Russian
BORN: 1873
DIED: 1943
SPECIALIST MUSIC GENRES: Piano concertos, solo piano music
Its also worth reading a bit more about his background as he had an interesting life.
---Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor---
Like much of Rachmaninov's music this piece is very deep and the mood of the song fluctuates alot. It is sad and uplifting at the same time and goes from slow quiet rhythms...
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Advantages: One of the most Romantic concertos around, full of beautiful melodies and passion Disadvantages: over-recorded
...on the sensitive composer who had tasted so much promise and praise from such high authorities as Tchaikovsky (who also helped him stage Aleko's first performance), Taneyev and his first teacher Zverev, as well as receiving the "Great Gold Medal" of the conservatory (awarded to only two others before him), was immense. This plunged him directly into great self-doubt and gloom, causing in him a creative void, when he composed practically nothing for three whole years. This despondency caused much anxiety among his friends and so they persuaded Rachmaninov to see Doctor Nikolai Dahl. Dr. Dahl specialized in internal medicine and became interested in the therapeutic values of hypnotism. He was also a great lover of music and played the cello in an amateur quartet, plus the fact that Dahl's treatment on Rachmaninov's friends had had such positive results...
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Advantages: Romantic, passionate and beautiful Disadvantages: Unless you have a heart of stone absolutely none whatsoever
..., a lonesome cor anglais ruminates briefly on the events just passed, bringing the introduction to a close. Soft tremolando strings play a fragment of a rising scale and begin the exposition. The first theme is yet another variant on the motto theme, urgent and forward-thrusting, at times passionately romantic, at others excitedly agitated. The clarinet signals the appearance of the second subject, a more gentle and pleasant melody in G major, though it too has tendencies to grow very impassioned. And even though this theme sounds new, the shadow of the motto can be heard flitting in and out of the fabric, yearning to the darker E minor. One of Rachmaninov's ever-descending bass lines brings the exposition to a close, after which the composer asks for the exposition to be repeated, although this direction is rarely followed. The development begins...
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