It’s so common to see pianists rush this song. The timing he puts into getting every measure of this perfectly in sync with the emotion it was intended to portray gives you goosebumps
@@prometej Gilels is far ahead from this, only at the beginning of the piece, Evgeny smashes the keys of the piano, It's written triple pianissimo lol Then he plays with an irregular rhythm at the most beautiful part of the piece, speeding and then suddenly slowing down. Okay you can modify the tempo but that much...don't get me wrong, he has a powerful sound but that is a bit too much to me...Anyway, it's his own interpretation and I'll let it be
Malte Hornstein There is a story (see at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Prelude_in_C-sharp_minor_(Rachmaninoff)) that this piece is about someone who has been buried alive: « It starts (opening chords = church bells) with the slow (largo?) procession of a funeral march to the cemetery. The casket is interred. The fast (presto?) movement is then the desperate scratching of the person in the casket trying to get out! The next movement (moderato?) is the recession of the mourners heading back to town or going their separate ways. The final chords are the church bells again. Has anyone else read that or a more reliable version anyplace? I don't think that Rachmaninoff endorsed that interpretation but he didn't deny it, either. I think he said to people who asked about the meaning of his music that, "It can mean whatever you want it to mean." » It certainly gives you chills when you listen to it with that story in mind!
@@ei1882 What I read: the story goes that the inspiration behind the prelude was from a dream he had. The dream was set at a funeral (the A section “bells”), and there “center stage” was a coffin.
How about the infuriating woman who has to say 'merci' before he even lifts the pedal up all the way. The note wasn't done ringing you BIMBO *shakes fist at video*
It's easy to get angry at someone for something like that. I don't smoke. I'm only 20. But I have a problem where my mucous membrane is constantly dried out and the mucus keeps building up. I've consulted many doctors who still haven't really helped me find a cure. Yet, I also wish to take part in occasions such as a concert or theatre. What I'm trying to say is, sometimes it might be better to be a little less judgemental. Often times, you don't see the big picture and the person you're getting mad at might actually be suffering more than you are.
@@dominokos but in this case you don't go to a piano concert or to the theatre. If you know you will have to couch it is really selfish to go at such a concert, especially if the performance is recorded and will be seen by millions of people for years and years...
Guitarra Channel the deliberate and tense exposition really highlight the confident flow of the middle passage before begrudgingly vanishing into a painful departure. You can feel the absence of what took so much intention to establish
Please don’t be angry if someone coughs. My name is Matt Davidson and I have been a professional cough artist for 50 years. I am employed by artist or their managers to cough during live performance so people like you do not get a perfect copy for free. If you want a perfect recording then you have to pay for it. I make an incredible living doing this round the world and I always comes in disguise. Disable, old , frail, male / female attire. You will have difficult spotting me. Enjoy this video and I made sure nobody get a cough free performance.
Cough artists are an underrated and underappreciated element of any claque worth it's salt. A thankless job, they dutifully provide a reminder that the music is in fact being performed live. Coughers, or Toussers as they were known in the old country, prompt the audience to remember they too are a part of a live musical performance, for indeed, what is a performance without an audience? If a tree falls... Without Les Toussers the audience might be liable to forget they are witnessing a one of a kind performance of which they play an important role as spectator.
ua-cam.com/video/o87rD29rl-4/v-deo.html I wanted to thank you for your prodigious performance toward the end of this piece. It just isn't the same without your talents. I have a version without coughs on cd recorded in a studio, but I never listen to it. I find myself returning again and again to this definitive live performance. It's somehow impossibly more magical despite the ostensible "interruptions." I claim it's better because of the very fact that an "imperfection" intrudes on the music. It serves as a reminder of the perfection of the music. Without the coughs, there is no reference. We don't know light without dark, happiness without sadness, nor live musical perfection without a few coughs.
@Lennard Nellessen Dynamics and speed are EVERYTHING!! I must have listened to a dozen competent musicians' play this piece but I keep coming back to Evgeny. He sets this piece on fire!!
@Lennard Nellessen Ikr? It looks way harder than what It actually is. It's Pretty full of repetiotions and the hands don't have neither to "extend" themselves too much nor have they to learn strange fingerings. An easy but nice piece.
Piano is the ultimate instrument to deliver music to the ear. No other instrument in an orchestrated ensemble gets the attention and respect of the piano and rightfully so. Anyone who commits to mastering the piano to this level earns absolute boss status. I will stand by this high regard even as a trumpet and guitar player.
@@Halberds8122 It becomes obvious that you know little or nothing about pipe organs. Pianos do not have the pitch range, They are percussive instruments, they have not possibility of tonal variations, they have only one pitch. Pianos do not have the dynamic range. The playing technique is entirely different. Production piano's do not have keys played with the feet. Pipe organs and pianos are two entirely different instruments, each with their own set of positive and negative aspects. To compare one to the other it an exercise in futility and ignorance. Organs have been called, "The king of instruments". Pianos have no such appellation. Please note - I do not wish to debate further. End of conversation.
DAMN .... I agree this was awful. People has to learn that silence is part of music. Look at the pianist, he was forced to interrupt the last chord and cut harmonic resonance (whereas the piece was ending exactly with the building of those resonances). Disgusting !
Viejotrueno There is a common (likely false, but still interesting) story behind the piece. It’s said that it depicts a dream Rachmaninoff had, where he was at a funeral. However, he sees the coffin and approaches it nervously, which corresponds to the agitato section of the piece, where it moves faster and builds tension. Then, he sees himself inside the coffin, which is the third section of the piece. In the end, he accepts his fate with the last lines of the piece being soft and concluding. Again, it’s more likely that Rachmaninoff wanted to make a quick buck off a piece, but it’s a fun story.
He did grow to hate it for that reason though. As Tchaikovsky did the 1812, which he wrote on commission, wrote in a few weeks, and considered it a rather brutal piece of music.
@@PointyTailofSatan as did Beethoven with the Moonlight Sonata. He said it wasn't anywhere near his best work and that it was way overplayed. On these two matters I agree with him, but I wouldn't say I hate it.
J'ai 30 ans de guitare dans les doigts et je commence le piano pour pouvoir jouer ce morceau qui me hante. Du génie. De la philosophie musicale. Bravo à Kissin que j'adore.
Он лучший. Он не просто понимает, что он играет, он не просто чувствует, что хотел выразить композитор, он живет в этой музыке, он и есть эта музыка. Я не могу представить, как можно сыграть лучше.
It’s like the velocity of every single note matters so much as if lives depend on it. I love his seriousness and how much he seems to care about the details of every chord and every note. Seems like all his emotions went into it.
That was breathtaking. I'm at a loss for words even. Thank you for sharing. There is truly beauty and perfection in the world, and this is a rare example of it. Gardis USA
marvelous , absolutely marvelous , it's so rare to find someone with this amazing performance of this masterpiece Kissin is very close to Cliburn's way of playing Prelude #3 , i admire them both
This was magnificent 👏 I played this piece on the competition and won 2nd but it is amazing to hear this level of playing he has everything musicality technique and he has interpreted the composer perfectly . Genius
Wait, so he plays Rachmaninoff's epically awesome Second Piano Concerto and encores it with Rachmaninoff's epically awesome Second Prelude? What an epically awesome man.
I loved watching his fingers his technique is rare in our days , is fantastic thank you thank you so very much so lyrical and smooth even when the music strong !!
Interpretując ten utwór można wiele pokazać, można przekazać wiele uczuć. Ale żeby to zrobić trzeba być dobrym pianistą. To moje ulubione nagranie tego preludium.
This piece is amazing-I’ve learned it myself. Those three octaves at the very beginning sound like a clock tower striking three o’clock. Then you have the fast-paced agitato section, then the stormy tempo primo section. And yes, those low notes do sound like rumbles of thunder and violent winds. It’s very dramatic and intense for sure.
I love this so bad, is so so difficult to find ppl who okay this song right I’ve actually only listen to 2 people play this right in my whole life and he is one of them, everyone seem to play this song in such a hurry but him, he just magnificent brilliant
Her har vi kanskje den fremste av alle nye vidundre i denne generasjon. Jeg synes han er dypere musikalsk! Men det er en følelsessak!!!!! Brynjar Hoff Musiker
Even though I know this piece and I know all the notes, I will never be able to play it as well as this man. His emotion, his passion, it is something anyone else is unable to repeat. I love it so dearly.
Such an incredibly expressive and moody piece handled with perfection by one the greatest living pianists. Rachmaninoff really takes advantage of the piano's ability for so much expression- the softest notes can be barely heard, while the loudest notes can literally roar out of the instrument. I'll admit I'm biased, since i'm a retired piano tech, and I LOVE pieces like this, and that Steinway D is one very fine instrument, just listen to those powerful low notes, and beautiful balance of that thing! This piece shows off just how incredibly expressive a large grand piano can be. It can go from a booming chords down to a barely audible little tinkle.
That lingering feeling after playing a certain piece. It's like the emotional residue you get upon waking up from a strange dream. Takes awhile to wear off.
Uma obra prima belíssima do genial Rachmaninoff, interpretada, à perfeição, por um grande e consagrado pianista. Eleva-nos ao paraíso da música para nos lembrar que o ser humano não vive sem arte e cultura! Efusivos parabéns!
Kissin still had his hands on the keys and a foot on the pedal. He's done when he decides to let the last chord die out and he hadn't done that at the point the woman shouted merci. So technically she interrupted his performance. I appreciate her intentions, but you have to wait until the musician decides to end the performance.
After playing a song perfectly and passionately, finishing off with a soft ending with some silence in the end. Then suddenly you hear clapping filling up in the air. It's one of the greatest thing you can experience as a pianist or musician after a performance.
I always love seeing the faces of the orchestra when watching a pianist play like this ... you can see the admiration and appreciation.
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They get a better seat than anyone else in the audience!
A lot of them look bored actually haha
this man is feeling the music absolutely brilliant
+Cmonutube Can you just stop? Just listen to the music and dont watch the video if his movements and facial expressions bother you :)
+Cmonutube :)
+Franz Bachhuber I compeletely agree! With any piece of music you have to understand the composers intentions, otherwise its Just plain notes.
Franz Bachhuber Please look at my channel!!
Kissin isn't autistic lol he has asperger's
He literally makes you feel every note and charge in harmony, yes.
yes
The Person yes
@@galigomc4809 yes
@@terrovax1805 yes
Yes.
It’s so common to see pianists rush this song. The timing he puts into getting every measure of this perfectly in sync with the emotion it was intended to portray gives you goosebumps
Very true.
*piece
holy crap 😂😂😂
You really have time to correct folks spelling on UA-cam? He spelt everything else right. Geez
Bro said song not piece 💀
The amount of liquid emotion on his forehead is insane.
***** John McEnroe!
+ruhtraeel You should watch some of the videos of Berezovsky - he actually drips!
@ r/wooooosh
@ Stupid comment
Well no fucking wonder... he played Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto no.2 (which is almost 45min long) right before that 🤦🏻♂️
The best performance of Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 3 No 2 in C Sharp minor I ever heard. Bravo Maestro!!!
+Зяма Иванов I agree You Ziama!!!!!
Agreed. Amazing....perfection!
Have a listen to gilels' version
Indeed! This is pure perfection! Neither Gilels, nor Horowitz are close to this.
@@prometej Gilels is far ahead from this, only at the beginning of the piece, Evgeny smashes the keys of the piano, It's written triple pianissimo lol Then he plays with an irregular rhythm at the most beautiful part of the piece, speeding and then suddenly slowing down. Okay you can modify the tempo but that much...don't get me wrong, he has a powerful sound but that is a bit too much to me...Anyway, it's his own interpretation and I'll let it be
Sincerely wish there was a direct mic recording of this performance.
Apparently the audience had the plague. So much crowd noise.
seems to be a thing that all audiences have the plague LMAO
yet, it is such a beauty.
You can thank Matt Davidson.
@@niravpandey4191 Truly! Unreal.
I think it adds to the Magic. What a moment!
I've heard many versions but when he struck the note when rachmaninoff realizes it is his funeral I got chills. Amazing work
what?
Malte Hornstein There is a story (see at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Prelude_in_C-sharp_minor_(Rachmaninoff)) that this piece is about someone who has been buried alive:
« It starts (opening chords = church bells) with the slow (largo?) procession of a funeral march to the cemetery. The casket is interred. The fast (presto?) movement is then the desperate scratching of the person in the casket trying to get out! The next movement (moderato?) is the recession of the mourners heading back to town or going their separate ways. The final chords are the church bells again.
Has anyone else read that or a more reliable version anyplace? I don't think that Rachmaninoff endorsed that interpretation but he didn't deny it, either. I think he said to people who asked about the meaning of his music that, "It can mean whatever you want it to mean." »
It certainly gives you chills when you listen to it with that story in mind!
@@ei1882 man thats creepy af
@@ei1882 What I read: the story goes that the inspiration behind the prelude was from a dream he had. The dream was set at a funeral (the A section “bells”), and there “center stage” was a coffin.
@@Caroline1261 and he was in the coffin
Doesn't anyone else gets pissed off a little how in every freaking professional music concert has to have the a person with a smoker cough smh
Some idiot always has to ruin everything.
How about the infuriating woman who has to say 'merci' before he even lifts the pedal up all the way. The note wasn't done ringing you BIMBO *shakes fist at video*
It's easy to get angry at someone for something like that. I don't smoke. I'm only 20. But I have a problem where my mucous membrane is constantly dried out and the mucus keeps building up. I've consulted many doctors who still haven't really helped me find a cure. Yet, I also wish to take part in occasions such as a concert or theatre.
What I'm trying to say is, sometimes it might be better to be a little less judgemental. Often times, you don't see the big picture and the person you're getting mad at might actually be suffering more than you are.
@@dominokos but in this case you don't go to a piano concert or to the theatre. If you know you will have to couch it is really selfish to go at such a concert, especially if the performance is recorded and will be seen by millions of people for years and years...
@@dominokos fuck their suffering it's inconsiderate to everyone else.
If you look at his face during his playing, he clearly feels every note in
his veins. Amazing pianist.
I love feeling of slight hesitation before each note in this piece.
Guitarra Channel the deliberate and tense exposition really highlight the confident flow of the middle passage before begrudgingly vanishing into a painful departure. You can feel the absence of what took so much intention to establish
Guitarra Channel it’s called rubato
@@onikahmed5692 god this is such a perfect description!!
@Apophis Rock I totally agree, the piece felt to slow and quite at times. Really missed the emotions of the piece for me.
@@tjcmoto5484 You are advocating the soul of this music be removed.
Please don’t be angry if someone coughs. My name is Matt Davidson and I have been a professional cough artist for 50 years. I am employed by artist or their managers to cough during live performance so people like you do not get a perfect copy for free. If you want a perfect recording then you have to pay for it. I make an incredible living doing this round the world and I always comes in disguise. Disable, old , frail, male / female attire. You will have difficult spotting me. Enjoy this video and I made sure nobody get a cough free performance.
I actually can't tell if you're being serious. Are you being serious?
@@gabriel62 Yes I am serious. I am retired now. I have trained my young nephew and he is very good at it.
Can I hire you please sir
Cough artists are an underrated and underappreciated element of any claque worth it's salt. A thankless job, they dutifully provide a reminder that the music is in fact being performed live. Coughers, or Toussers as they were known in the old country, prompt the audience to remember they too are a part of a live musical performance, for indeed, what is a performance without an audience? If a tree falls... Without Les Toussers the audience might be liable to forget they are witnessing a one of a kind performance of which they play an important role as spectator.
ua-cam.com/video/o87rD29rl-4/v-deo.html I wanted to thank you for your prodigious performance toward the end of this piece. It just isn't the same without your talents. I have a version without coughs on cd recorded in a studio, but I never listen to it. I find myself returning again and again to this definitive live performance. It's somehow impossibly more magical despite the ostensible "interruptions." I claim it's better because of the very fact that an "imperfection" intrudes on the music. It serves as a reminder of the perfection of the music. Without the coughs, there is no reference. We don't know light without dark, happiness without sadness, nor live musical perfection without a few coughs.
His mastery of the volume and dynamics is absolutely out of this world
I have never seen a pianist play so intense dramatic and expressive. As if he lives the piece. He is really unique.
Never seen Gilels?
Watch Glenn Gould for facial expression!
So beautiful that even the musicians in the back felt the depth and sadness of this great piece! I had shivers for sure
Rachmaninoff had big hands
Hahaha. Igudesman and Joo. :')
I have small hands. BUT THAT'S ALL THAT'S SMALL!!!
Thats just part of the conspiracy to hide the truth about the flat earth ;)
Cheedillow No shit.
Cheedillow im 11 and i can play this
Magnificent ! He's indeed a great pianist .
Rachmaninoff's music isn't a cakewalk, but he makes it look so effortless and subtle !
That's because he actually smashes the piano when it's written triple fortissimo lmao, watch gilels' version
@@ThePianistWolf Well that's what I would do. I am still terrified of that symbol. 😂
@Lennard Nellessen Dynamics and speed are EVERYTHING!! I must have listened to a dozen competent musicians' play this piece but I keep coming back to Evgeny. He sets this piece on fire!!
@Lennard Nellessen what’s ur experience playing piano? How long has it been, trying to figure out if I should even give this piece an attempt
@Lennard Nellessen Ikr? It looks way harder than what It actually is. It's Pretty full of repetiotions and the hands don't have neither to "extend" themselves too much nor have they to learn strange fingerings. An easy but nice piece.
EM PRRELUUDE DEE RAKCKMANIINAF
Usheer xDDD
Usheer omg u watch date a live. It’s hard to find people who watch it lol
lmao
@@analauracarrillo659 lmao yes
Jajajaja
I love the faces of the musicians in the back. Just pure adoration and focus to be able to see and hear him play.🌷
Piano is the ultimate instrument to deliver music to the ear. No other instrument in an orchestrated ensemble gets the attention and respect of the piano and rightfully so. Anyone who commits to mastering the piano to this level earns absolute boss status. I will stand by this high regard even as a trumpet and guitar player.
I think violin and cello are the most expressive ones tho
@@samuz00yes but there isn’t too many solo songs with violin and cello like Piano
I think you forgot about the King of all Instruments - The Pipe Organ, a wind instrument of incredible dynamic range and tone color
@@organbuilder272 pipe organ is basically a more complicated and less popular version of the piano.
@@Halberds8122 It becomes obvious that you know little or nothing about pipe organs. Pianos do not have the pitch range, They are percussive instruments, they have not possibility of tonal variations, they have only one pitch. Pianos do not have the dynamic range. The playing technique is entirely different. Production piano's do not have keys played with the feet. Pipe organs and pianos are two entirely different instruments, each with their own set of positive and negative aspects. To compare one to the other it an exercise in futility and ignorance. Organs have been called, "The king of instruments". Pianos have no such appellation. Please note - I do not wish to debate further. End of conversation.
look at the left woman behing Kissin after that "merci" at 4:29
She's like: "Are you serious?"
I empathize with her!!
DAMN .... I agree this was awful. People has to learn that silence is part of music. Look at the pianist, he was forced to interrupt the last chord and cut harmonic resonance (whereas the piece was ending exactly with the building of those resonances). Disgusting !
The both woman are lol
Lorena Gabriela yeah haha the one on the right made a smirk
@@TheDemzar at least he didn’t have to interrupt the piece. I mean he played everythint but I agree completely with you. Disgusting describes it best!
The man walks out with impeccable swagger afterwards. Bravo.
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The quality of the Steinway piano... wow... the this piece and this artist makes it even better...
the love and sorrow within this song is unimaginable
"Piece", not "song"
Sorry, I dont want to be rude, but... Its weird, piano cant sing like human, (if you are not Kissin of course)
TheDrTorture how do you know it’s about love and sorrow?
Viejotrueno There is a common (likely false, but still interesting) story behind the piece. It’s said that it depicts a dream Rachmaninoff had, where he was at a funeral. However, he sees the coffin and approaches it nervously, which corresponds to the agitato section of the piece, where it moves faster and builds tension. Then, he sees himself inside the coffin, which is the third section of the piece. In the end, he accepts his fate with the last lines of the piece being soft and concluding. Again, it’s more likely that Rachmaninoff wanted to make a quick buck off a piece, but it’s a fun story.
It's actually Fate and Hope
Rachmaninoff: Noooo!!! You can't keep asking me to play Prelude in C sharp minor!!! I wrote it when I was 19!!!!!
Everyone: hahhaha big chord go brrr
Lmao
☠️☠️☠️☠️
He did grow to hate it for that reason though. As Tchaikovsky did the 1812, which he wrote on commission, wrote in a few weeks, and considered it a rather brutal piece of music.
18 to be specific.
@@PointyTailofSatan as did Beethoven with the Moonlight Sonata. He said it wasn't anywhere near his best work and that it was way overplayed. On these two matters I agree with him, but I wouldn't say I hate it.
OMG..I get tearful every time i hear this. My mother played this all during my childhood. Miss her.
To think that your mother played this in your home must have been very special then, and equally now. The best to you.
I can’t stop listening to this!! This is by far my most favorite interpretation❤️
It not my most favorite but it's a goodie . So much feeling packed in so few lines , beautiful .
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after all these years, I am so glad Coughman and Thankslady are still there doing their job. 👏👌
😂😂
Да ведь сыграл как сам Рахманинов!!! Ничего от себя не добавил!!! Растворился в нём. Высшая степень мастерства!!! Ааааааа!!!! Красавчик!!! Браво!!!
Он сыграл лучше Рахманинова.
Not really
J'ai 30 ans de guitare dans les doigts et je commence le piano pour pouvoir jouer ce morceau qui me hante. Du génie. De la philosophie musicale.
Bravo à Kissin que j'adore.
The most incredible version I have ever heard out of all the masters that have played this! Truly a gift. Thank you for posting this.
wow, didn't know Tom Hanks was so good at piano
Yeah he's come a long way since 'Big'!
@@dans6660 LOL
Can someone explain this to me?
@@feinburger5404He just seem to be Tom Hanks :) but is Evgeny Kissin
@@fryderykfranciszekchopin5716 Ah thanks dude I really thought this was Tom Hanks
Это необыкновенно прекрасно!И музыка Рахманинова,и гениальное исполнение Евгения .Истинное удовольствие слушать и наслаждаться.Спасибо.
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I love the sense of deepness and gravity of his interpretation.
The most intense rendition of this piece I've ever heard, absolutely stunning. I love seeing Kissin in his element.
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Как прекрасно слушать человека, который чувствует и понимает музыку... Сыграно просто восхитительно!
Он лучший. Он не просто понимает, что он играет, он не просто чувствует, что хотел выразить композитор, он живет в этой музыке, он и есть эта музыка. Я не могу представить, как можно сыграть лучше.
When he bows it's like he's saying yes I know I'm great and it was an honor and a privilege for you to see me and listen to me.
LOL
and he is right
The beauty and solemnity of this performance are memorable.
Truth .
It’s like the velocity of every single note matters so much as if lives depend on it. I love his seriousness and how much he seems to care about the details of every chord and every note. Seems like all his emotions went into it.
That was breathtaking. I'm at a loss for words even. Thank you for sharing. There is truly beauty and perfection in the world, and this is a rare example of it.
Gardis USA
marvelous , absolutely marvelous , it's so rare to find someone with this amazing performance of this masterpiece
Kissin is very close to Cliburn's way of playing Prelude #3 , i admire them both
Loved how he played Agitato part with a smooth rubato. This is the best interpretation.
4:29 - "Merci" Maestro!!!
Penso che venga dal cuore di chi ascolta davvero questa interpretazione... dal vivo sicuramente indelebile dalla memoria
I love it how he takes his time. His pauses are very lovely
こういった演奏がUA-camで簡単に聞けちゃうのはなんとも言えないな
que
totalmente !!
きのこニョキニョキ！(🍄•᎑•🍄)
え、こんなコメントしたっけ
@@dm_99 早く収穫して下さい
This was magnificent 👏 I played this piece on the competition and won 2nd but it is amazing to hear this level of playing he has everything musicality technique and he has interpreted the composer perfectly . Genius
Wah!!🎉 What did the 1st prize winner play?😮
Как же здорово Евгений исполнил композицию, такое чувство что человек пропускает через себя каждую ноту.
Абсолютно Гениальное исполнение непостижимого музыкального ШЕДЕВРА
A masterful performance with exquisite timing. This is one of my favorite renditions of this piece.
Perfect control all the way to the end... even in the midst of some kind of personal pain or problem. He will not surrender to it. He's a rock.
He plays it beautifully and the sound of the piano gave me 3000 eargasms at once
a can give you the number 3001 ( and the 3002&3003 too)
Il ne me viendrait pas à l'idée de briser le silence par un "merci".
J'avoue !!! Dailleur on lit une certaine stupéfaction sur son visage, presque de la haine hahahaha
C'était tellement irrespectueux je trouve
Elle l’a sorti de sa rêverie le pauvre lol c’était irrespectueux !
Il est commun de le briser par un "bravo". Le timing n'était sans doute pas le bon mais je ne suis pas choqué outre mesure.
Fan de Kissin plutôt, en ce qui me concerne 😉
The center part,like a falling down flowers..beautiful 🥀🥀🥀
great analogy. i felt the same
He’s such a smart player. Really thinks through and understands the piece. He renews this old war horse. 👏🏻
Τhank's god I live in the same era with Eugeny Kissin and I can hear him. The greatest pianist of our time!
Kissin plays this piece with a such a heart behind it while maintaining precision of the piece,his technigue is unbelievable...
incredible pianist. gave his soul in the sound. good job bro.
Perfect interpretation! So much feeling in the notes! Absolutely fantastic!
Идеальное чувство ритма и интонация! Лучший!
Wait, so he plays Rachmaninoff's epically awesome Second Piano Concerto and encores it with Rachmaninoff's epically awesome Second Prelude? What an epically awesome man.
I first saw this interpretation 8 years ago, I have returned to it scores of time since. I am still in absolute awe at its power
Definitely my favourite interpretation of this prelude. Evgeny Kissin plays it with such a wonderful technique.
I loved watching his fingers his technique is rare in our days , is fantastic thank you thank you so very much so lyrical and smooth even when the music strong !!
Interpretując ten utwór można wiele pokazać, można przekazać wiele uczuć. Ale żeby to zrobić trzeba być dobrym pianistą. To moje ulubione nagranie tego preludium.
This piece is amazing-I’ve learned it myself. Those three octaves at the very beginning sound like a clock tower striking three o’clock. Then you have the fast-paced agitato section, then the stormy tempo primo section. And yes, those low notes do sound like rumbles of thunder and violent winds. It’s very dramatic and intense for sure.
Such a beautiful prelude...his version is the best in my opinion. He plays always so emotional ! I am also currently practicing it.
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Quelle émotion! Le morceaux est magnifique et Kissin le joue parfaitement
I love this so bad, is so so difficult to find ppl who okay this song right I’ve actually only listen to 2 people play this right in my whole life and he is one of them, everyone seem to play this song in such a hurry but him, he just magnificent brilliant
The most amazing performance i ever seen. My favorite piece
I heard a message from heaven.
"Ah, this is how I wanted the other people to play my music like."
One of the best interpretation I've ever heared
Riveting performance! Could barely breath waiting for the next chord. Absolutely brilliant:)
Her har vi kanskje den fremste av alle nye vidundre i denne generasjon. Jeg synes han er dypere musikalsk! Men det er en følelsessak!!!!!
Brynjar Hoff
Musiker
Brilliant rendition of Rachmaninoff classic, Evgeny Kissin totally absorbed in this wonderful piano prelude.
So i was introduced to this song when i asked my piano teach what the middle pedal does. And then i found new love for Rachmaninoff.
He played it with so much grace,I have no words.
This piece is so majestic i can‘t describe it in words!
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этим произведением я окончил музыкальную школу и выиграл конкурс, спасибо за ностальгию! Рахманинов лучший, как и Вы!
Я надеюсь, к ней можно дойти быстрее, чем за 7 лет)
Even though I know this piece and I know all the notes, I will never be able to play it as well as this man. His emotion, his passion, it is something anyone else is unable to repeat. I love it so dearly.
HE literally feels each note he presses.
Such an incredibly expressive and moody piece handled with perfection by one the greatest living pianists. Rachmaninoff really takes advantage of the piano's ability for so much expression- the softest notes can be barely heard, while the loudest notes can literally roar out of the instrument. I'll admit I'm biased, since i'm a retired piano tech, and I LOVE pieces like this, and that Steinway D is one very fine instrument, just listen to those powerful low notes, and beautiful balance of that thing! This piece shows off just how incredibly expressive a large grand piano can be. It can go from a booming chords down to a barely audible little tinkle.
That lingering feeling after playing a certain piece. It's like the emotional residue you get upon waking up from a strange dream. Takes awhile to wear off.
I think this might be the best performance of this piece on youtube tbh
I have seen him play this live just two weeks ago in Belgium Antwerp, it was perfect.
i really love this interpretation of this piece, it's not too fast and all the notes are played so crisp, it displays the heavy feeling extremely well
The way he walked off at the end is the ultimate 'mic drop'
This guy of the best pianists you can find on UA-cam in my opinion.
Uma obra prima belíssima do genial Rachmaninoff, interpretada, à perfeição, por um grande e consagrado pianista. Eleva-nos ao paraíso da música para nos lembrar que o ser humano não vive sem arte e cultura! Efusivos parabéns!
a lovely piece of music,calming and yet strong but serene at the end ,i have heard it played many times BUT NO ONE can match this mans talent
Mi fa venire un po' brividi, un po' lacrime fusi tra loro ad ogni ascolto. Si avverte la purezza dell'estro creativo in queste note.
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Thank You so much for posting this encore of Rachmaninow.
The woman at the end ruined his performance I can't stand the fact that there are people who think they can just do that
Jasper Mj. Ruined is a little extreme. The piece was over, she just cut the moment where everyone was savoring it too short
Kissin still had his hands on the keys and a foot on the pedal. He's done when he decides to let the last chord die out and he hadn't done that at the point the woman shouted merci. So technically she interrupted his performance. I appreciate her intentions, but you have to wait until the musician decides to end the performance.
the piece was over at that point. kissin fell asleep
She actually said thank you but she did it at the wrong moment
Jasper Mj.
Yes. The performer always decides when the piece is finished.
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The guy building in lego comercials
💀 😂
😂😂😂
hahaha gave me a good chuckle - thanks
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Очень аккуратно, вот тут и не надо спешить. Чтобы всё прочувствовать, но и не затягивает, отличное исполнение.
Crazy that some people say he "cannot play musically". Some of my favorite interpretations of pieces come from this legend!
the beginning: the tone is beautiful, that's a very nice piano. very, very good rendition
Wow! Amazing performance i really think he put his effort in every note🎉🎉🎉❤❤ 0:00
Very difficult piece to learn and play, but so beautiful!
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This is probably one of the easier compositions from Rachmaninoff 😅
After playing a song perfectly and passionately, finishing off with a soft ending with some silence in the end.
Then suddenly you hear clapping filling up in the air.
It's one of the greatest thing you can experience as a pianist or musician after a performance.