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In Reply to: RE: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 is REALLY hard (for the orchestra!) posted by Amphissa on November 6, 2015 at 21:24:39:
>>200 concert recordings of the Rach 3<<
Impossible. There aren't even that many. Are they private ones? Regardless, the mind boggles. You almost defy belief. "Amphissa", eh? I'm going to remember you.
>> "Praise the Lord" stunt. I just hope the pianist was not wearing one of those ass-baring dresses, because ..... sin!<<
Hilarious.
>> Rachmaninoff's orchestral music really is pretty hard to play. Orchestra members have, quite often, remarked how much they have to practice segments because they are so hard. <<
No wonder Mahler drilled the NYPO so hard - and impressed Rachmaninoff so well by doing that.
>>Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony<<
That's an under appreciated minor masterpiece. It's a wonderful piece - I'm still surprised that people don't really like it.
Here's something nobody seems to have realized about it [again - more incredible insights from me]: if you've really listened to the piece, you can't help but notice how different it is from all of the rest of his music which we all know to death. As you know, that's cause it was compsed before that tragedy that changed his life profoundly. This was Rach The Fearless. Note how bold and daring the music is. He never composed that way again - not even in the Dances. Had that first performance been a success, we'd have a much more aggresive Rachmaninoff. Of course, likely no 2nd or 3rd, but probably many more numerous and vaster symphonies.
Severius! Supremus Invictus
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