Members GY Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 Today, in 1943, Sergei Rachmaninoff died. Just listen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 RIP Mr Rachmaninoff. A man who seemed to have never met a chord with an adequate number of notes in it... or a pianist with enough fingers to play them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ernest Buckley Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 He wrote some amazing pieces for piano. If you want to challenge yourself, play some of his stuff and some Liszt while you`re at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members thefunkman Posted March 28, 2010 Members Share Posted March 28, 2010 And in case you haven't yet seen it: [YOUTUBE]ifKKlhYF53w[/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members sailorman Posted March 29, 2010 Members Share Posted March 29, 2010 Piano Concerto #2 in Cm is one of my favorite orchestral pieces. Piano part would definitely keep one's fingers busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mcmurray Posted March 29, 2010 Members Share Posted March 29, 2010 RIP Mr Rachmaninoff.A man who seemed to have never met a chord with an adequate number of notes in it... or a pianist with enough fingers to play them. Well funnily enough, Op 3 No. 2 is full of power chords. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Duddits Posted March 29, 2010 Members Share Posted March 29, 2010 RIP Mr Rachmaninoff.A man who seemed to have never met a chord with an adequate number of notes in it... or a pianist with enough fingers to play them. I never had a problem playing Rachmaninoff. Must be those extra cat toes to thank for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted March 29, 2010 Members Share Posted March 29, 2010 He wrote some amazing pieces for piano. If you want to challenge yourself, play some of his stuff and some Liszt while you`re at it.Simultaneously? Man... that's a challenge. BTW: That vid above is pretty priceless... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dessalines Posted March 29, 2010 Members Share Posted March 29, 2010 He wrote beautiful stuff and everybody else copied it... "Full Moon and Open Arms" And then there was Harry Nillson.... And so it goes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pinkfloydcramer61 Posted April 1, 2010 Members Share Posted April 1, 2010 Wasn't the instrumental part on "All By Myself" an adapation of a Rachmaninoff theme? I slogged through "Prelude in G Minor" at a college recital. I've held a grudge ever since (personally prefer Katchaturian)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 ORP4dlwNsKM&feature=related :phil: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted April 1, 2010 Members Share Posted April 1, 2010 Today, in 1943, Sergei Rachmaninoff died. Just listen.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8l37utZxMQ&feature=player_embedded# i possibly will never understand the English word "today" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members YesandNo Posted April 1, 2010 Members Share Posted April 1, 2010 he is one of my favorite, really like his play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members chevybusa Posted April 4, 2010 Members Share Posted April 4, 2010 Wasn't the instrumental part on "All By Myself" an adapation of a Rachmaninoff theme?I slogged through "Prelude in G Minor" at a college recital. I've held a grudge ever since (personally prefer Katchaturian)... Hellyeah, same here! I love Rach as well but Katch's Toccata is one of my all time favorite piano pieces...I really love the great Russian composers...there's a haunting yet beautiful dissonance in so many of their works that isn't found anywhere else in music... [YOUTUBE][/YOUTUBE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted April 21, 2010 Members Share Posted April 21, 2010 Sergei Vasilievich wasn't too bad compared to the biggest American Klassik pianist Liberace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members alcohol Posted May 8, 2010 Members Share Posted May 8, 2010 Sergei Vasilievich wasn't too bad compared to the biggest American Klassik pianist Liberace. I'm heading back to the Political Party, they keep discussion on a higher, more respectful plane there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 I'm heading back to the Political Party, they keep discussion on a higher, more respectful plane there. well, several Americans told me that Liberace is the greatest Klassik pianist in the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 i possibly will never understand the English word "today" Is it not always now? By the same token, it's always today... Silly Eurozoners with their outmoded calendars... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 so "Today, in 1943, Sergei Rachmaninoff died." is correct English. Silly Eurozoners would possibly say: "Today 67 years ago in 1943, Sergei Rachmaninoff died." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mcfontio Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 'Today' being March 28th. Aint never heard of context? Love the pre-fab chord fingerings vid though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Rudolf von Hagenwil Posted May 10, 2010 Members Share Posted May 10, 2010 'Today' being March 28th. Aint never heard of context? Love the pre-fab chord fingerings vid though. context is different from culture to culture.take for example the Chinese, they think almost everything in reversed order compared to a Swiss, also leave out some contextual thinking completly, but wanna know the most unimportant details totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nat whilk II Posted May 11, 2010 Members Share Posted May 11, 2010 Personally, "Today" means the current date on the current calendar, and a reference to the past should be referred to as "On this date". I mean, some kiddo who's never heard of Rockymanoff would think some Russian politican or hockey player just died... nat whilk ii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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