Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G Minor (Op. 23 No. 5)
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2019
- Prelude in G Minor, Rachmaninoff, Op 23 No 5
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Hope you enjoy my performance of Rachmaninoff's Prelude in G Minor.
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Rachmaninoff. Prelude in G Minor Op. 23 No. 5. Menacing, melancholic, poetic and beautiful, this piece takes you on an incredible musical journey from beginning to end - the atmosphere Rachmaninoff wrote in the middle section is truly out of this world. I hope you're off to a great start to the week ♥
time to make a cake
Thanks
Thanks!
op.32 no.10 next time please ☺
one question you make a video every week do you lern these peaces in one week?
And how many octaves would you like, Mr. Rachmaninoff?
Rachmaninoff: *smiles wickedly*
**does the creepy grinch grin **
Chopin prelude o.28 n.4 last 3 chords - *nods in pride*
That made me smile
Samuel M. Lol
Samuel M. More like how many tenths
Beautiful as always.
True words.
just saw this comment
Never thought that trap loves classics
Hi there buddy. Trap ❤️ classic from today
Damn, never thought you guys would be here.
Finally being able to play 0:37 - 0:55 perfectly is the best feeling. This piece is my favorite!
I remembered the movie Amélie Poulain, check out the soundtrack for this movie, it's in the same style
Agreed
practicing this part almost made me self-destruct
struggling with this section right now lol, the octaves are pain
@@HaydenPianoCovers you're not alone :)
This song feels like a grand adventure being described through music. The enthusiastic beginning, the fear and turmoil in the middle, and the tension rises as the hero/heroine fights back, leading the way to stability, not as happy as the beginning, but satisfying nonetheless.
This feels like it would work great as the backdrop for a RPG.
Right you are.
Piece*
@@ramen9158 Username checks out.
Yeah, I know it's a piece now. When I made that comment, I didn't know of that distinction.
I actually first heard this piece in an old, obscure Macintosh RPG, called Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis. I only ever played the demo, but it’s where I first heard this and Chopin’s Waltz in A minor Op. 34 no. 2.
Me: just a gentleman song/piece
0:37 That chord progression gave me the chills
Which chords are those?
@@anthuaizaba3100 if you are asking me to specify their names exactly, you are asking the wrong person. I do not have much musical knowledge myself. The segment I am referring to is from 0:37 to 0:50
@@MN-co6rb I believe its Eb - Bb - Dm - F (Fm) - Cm - Ebmaj7 - Asus4 - A - D
Yeah to me to.
@@syren_ide thanks ^-^
Anyone feeling like a Chopin Etude for next Monday?
Yes! Maybe the Revolutionary Etude?
Étude Op. 25, No. 5 "Wrong Note"
Rousseau who’s not feeling like one?
Etude op10 no 1
Op.25 n.5 - Wrong Note plis
1:22 is so unbelievably beautiful! Rachmaninoff did have a certain talent to express emotion in his music! Fantastic Rosseau!
Yes.
@@ramonxulvi-mojarrango2474🗿
Remind me rach 2nd thme from his 2nd concerto(3rd movement)
0:36 This might just be my favourite seven seconds of classical music of all time.
I feel you!
It's not classical, it's romanticism
@@SpaceUA1imagine replying to a 4-year old comment just to correct someone ☝️🤓
@@patrickgd7583 There is an always room for improvement 🤓
Always loved this one, probably my fave Rach prelude! Nicely played!
I love your original work vids that sound sinister
Thx bro
I read that as BACH prelude lol
Ayyyyy
Ahh u like Russians too
When you play the piece by yourself it's way cooler. I can't describe the feeling, when I played the first lines fast. It's just so awesome and you really can't let people explain the feeling
Lmao I experienced the exact same thing when I started playing it
agreed
Its tough though, but rewarding
Agreed!
Yea, this song is fun, but it can wreck your hands. It messed up mine pretty good. I was too tense.
Just started learning this piece today, came here for inspiration.
Edit about a year later: just played it as my recital piece, thanks for the great recording!
strong ✊🏼
How much did you practice? Did you have any experience beforehand? Is an 88key needed?
Pog
Can you upload a video playing it pls
@@burnercolt6647 I can play most of this piece, (just now learning the rest after forgetting about it for a while) the most difficult part is playing accuratly at tempo, ( for the first and last bits at least, although the middle is challenging as well) the key to learning this piece is memory, as there are so many different chords. you really dont need very large hands for this it just looks like you do, mine can span about 10 keys and i can play this piece very comfortably, start learning small sections at a time and dont worry about the tempo, stress on getting the fingering correct especially in the left hand for the middle section. as i mentioned before the hardest part about the begining and end is playing cleanly without missing any notes, be sure to not use alot of pedal when learning this as it can mask mistakes. by the time i finish this i will have practiced it for about 4 months.
When music nowadays disappoints I always can rely on the masterpieces of the past, classical music. There's so much more I wish I could've learned.
Hai ragione
use me as a “i don’t care what rousseau uploads he will always have my heart” button
I used you the way you wanted me...😎
Sounds kinda gay....
Bónis Kozák-sólyom no u
He's so good that I double clicked your button
Hi
Rousseau- what would you like me to play next?
Community- *HUNGARIAN PRELUDE NO. CHOPIN ETUDINOFF*
SCREAMING
Lmaoooo
Sergei Rachmaninoff ok
Даров тёзка! :)
HAHAHAHAHAHA
I just freaking love it, where it starts quit and slow from 2:36 and then it goes louder and faster. It’s always giving me the chills and also gives me goosebumps every time I hear it.
finally found a comment that agreed with me. :)
Same bro 😭
Funnily enough, it's probably the easiest section to learn (at least personally) 😅
Then again, at that point you've already all the hardest parts. The middle section is the hardest for me, just to remember the fingering. The rest is spent playing so fast that you can only learn it via muscle memory, but the middle section gives you just enough time to doubt yourself 😢
For some reason 0:37 to 0:49 sounds ahead of its time.
it uses common chord repetition found in "epic music" today.
It reminds me of transformers
@@ewcho8995 you're ritht! I'm sure I've heard this enywhere else... Do you now a specific song where this part was used? I was thinking about it for days...
also 0:00-4:24
Lennart Laqua If you mean has it been used in modern songs, then most likely. But i dont know any examples of it in modern songs. However, Alkan le preux has something similar at 0:17
When I read “Rachmaninoff” in the title I was like: _this is gonna be some insane stuff._
I was right.
Daniela Castriotta this is still one of this easiest pieces in my opinion
CmonBruh wtf hahahahahahaha
@@elusivefrog Really? I guess everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I've played both (my only Rachmaninoff pieces :) ) but I find this one harder... Specifically the end section.
@@elusivefrog i think this is easier to memorize, but not to play, or at least not musically perfect, mostly because of its fast chord progressions and octaves
Dingus i’ve learned both and from my experience at least, prelude in c# is much easier. this prelude has musicality that’s more difficult to grasp and better technique to master. prelude in c# appears and sounds harder than it actually is
3:30 is my favorite part, it gives me chills
Same
Nothing beats the middle part of this prelude from 1:20... CHANGE MY MIND. it makes me cry. THANKS RACHMANINOFF FOR THIS MONSTROCITY.
true
i see everyone talking about 0:35 but the middle section is soooo beautiful, it's my favorite part
Here's a tough one - which is better, Rachmaninoff's 2nd or 3rd piano concerto?
2nd as a whole. but 3rd's 3rd movement is simply incomparable.
The second concerto is one of my favourites
2nd is much better. Although I really want you to play sonata no.2 by Rachmaninoff.
the first. lmao
The 3rd one of course!
Ahhh Rachmaninoff ❤️
*The guy who saw himself in a coffin and wrote a piece about it at the age of 18*
Born genius I would say
lol, who loves to make ur left hand suffer (MM3)
Prelude in c# minor
It's stupid to think anyone is born a genius. Did he let out awesome genius farts in his diaper?
@@andredelacerdasantos4439 well Mozart made his first piece at age 6 its called minuet
Can you guys tell me more about Rach history? Like interesting, funny facts
Совсем недавно услышал музыку С. В. Рахманинова. В начале было неприятие, потом торг, потом депрессия...И только потом я услышал то, что хотел сказать Сергей Васильевич в своих произведениях. Лети как птица, будь самим собой, исполняй свои мечты и будь единым с этим миром в своем прекрасном полете! Я никогда раньше не задумывался о композиторе, как о человеке вообще. Но эта композиция рассказала мне многое о прекрасном музыканте Рахманинове и том, как человек может чувствовать окружающий мир и раскрывать его с помощью музыкального инструмента, собственного слуха и своего внутреннего восприятия. Спасибо Сергей Васильевич, царствие Вам небесное.
И конечно же благодарю Rousseau, который эту композицию прекрасно сыграл, успехов Вам в жизни и музыкальной деятельности.
3:25 Always gives me the goosebumps!!!!!!
James Loggins somehow reminds me of Star wars
0:36
This part gives me hope
It touches something so deep in me, I can't explain
Almost sounds like zelda
Me too and also Star Wars vibes
@@janosattilanyilas9680 probably because it falls under some of the same chords that Across the Stars uses in Star Wars
1:22 this
rachmaninoff is the world's first rpg soundtrack creator
arthurwkm, I actually first heard this piece in an old, obscure Macintosh RPG, called Odyssey: The Legend of Nemesis. I only ever played the demo, but it’s where I first heard this and Chopin’s Waltz in A minor Op. 34 no. 2.
...
Chopin is machine gun
Liszt is minigun
@@mr.uchiha3937 And Rachmaninoff is a goddamn chainsaw
700th like, and oh geez you are right
I don't understand why people would dislike such beautiful masterpiece.
I wish thedislike button still existed so annoying
@@yeetub🤓🤓
БОЖЕ! Вы так блестяще и великолепно исполнили эту композицию Сергея Рахманинова, у меня просто нет слов! БРАВО, МАЭСТРО!
3:11 -3:30 sounds so beautiful omg
Same part at 0:37 - 0:55 as well. You're spot on though, has an almost "Heroic" sound to it.
0:00-4:23 as well
I remembered the movie Amélie Poulain, check out the soundtrack for this movie, it's in the same style
@@LeventK YOU ARE EVERYWHERE
All those HR2-obsessed guys out there, have patience. Rousseau isn't uploading HR2 coz he wants to give you quality content, not poor content. Thus he wants to upload the best performance of HR2, which he can only give after lots of practice. And so we should give him his time.
Very true, however at least a timeframe or something like that would be cool after so much asking.
@@sebastienandre-sloan3943 yes I agree. He should have some pity on us mortals! 🤣
I'm pretty sure that he hinted in the comments of his 1,000,000 subscriber special (Ballade #1), he would be saving Hungarian Rhapsody for when he reaches two million.
"A 'No. 1 for 1 million and a No. 2 for...?'"
@@jackbergman427 yeah...
i feel like hes not uploading it for 2 reasons. one for the preformance quality and 2 for the meme
I‘ve listened to quite a few versions of this now and yours is my favorite interpretation. Most of the others seem to not have that flow that yours has. I come back now every day to listen to it. Thank you
I played this on my sailboat
it's still a sailboat but I liked it a lot
anti-meme 👍
Not gonna lie they had us in the first half 😂👏
It's *OUR* sailboat
@@justsomeone4797 -_-
You put a piano into sailboat?)
Étude Op. 25, No. 5 "Wrong Note"
Your lie in arpil fan, huh?
@@tangcuongvu4174 excuse me🙂
@@bhooshanpandit1344 indeed👌
OH SHOOT THEY HAVE INVADED! ABORT MISSION! ABORT SHIP!
*breaks a window as I yeet myself into the ocean*
I used to hate Mondays but now I'm always excited for Rousseu's videos!
Love your work, mate.
I prefer my mondays messy
Samee
@@ludwigamadeushaydn706 your name gave me a stroke
@@a2kvarnstrom80 duhee
Fantastic playing, Rosseau! I can always count on you to have a great arrangement posted. Totally one of my favorite Rachmaninoff pieces.
So smooth, and it's amazing to see his fingers fly over the keys with awesome articulation.❤❤❤ 1:39 those arpeggios gave me goosebumps and the comeback at 2:48 🥰
My goodness, what a tune. I've been back to this video many times since I found it. Your interpretation of this piece is the finest I've seen online.
This Day is Awesome , You Know Why ?
1. Rousseau uploads today
2. He uploaded a Rachmaninoff- piece
And..
3 . IT'S VIVALDI'S BIRTHDAY
No, it was his birthday anniversary
No one cares about that baroque crap I’m debeste
Haha
@@cheemes4536 Birthday anniversary and birthday mean the same thing, since the birthday is the day of the year in a given calendar that birth fell on for a certain amount of years ago. Birthdays don't stop after you're dead.
@@InfluxDecline To me, birthday means 'day of birth'. Not 'day in the calender that happens to have exact same date'
My favorite part is 0:00 - 4:24
Starliner my least favorite part is 4:25-4:25
Omg same
F
mine too lmao
That the whole song
Rachmaninoff's large hands gave us such amazing music, but the downside is that I can't play it comfortably. 😭
Ikr
Trying to play this on an actual grand piano makes my fingers split in half, my hands small as hell
Believe it or not, but his third piano concerto was dedicated to the man whom Sergei considered to be the best pianist (and the most pianistic to boot): Josef Hofmann.
Alas, Hofmann had smaller hand spans, which led to Steinway producing instruments for Hofmann that were a few cm shorter along the 88 keys.
You literally have the best piano channel on UA-cam. What a Godsend you are. Your channel never fails to inspire me by putting together these fantastic audio visual performances of great masterworks
*_that face when instagram's notifications are faster than youtube's notification_*
I was 10 minutes late due to it
2:36 Ah sh... Here we go again
That's exactly what I thought lmao
@@ohnoherewegoagain5819 yah same
HAHAH YEA
Hahahaha!!
This piece has always been my favorite. The epic chord progressions, and in the middle that beautiful, almost ethereal type of feeling.
So, I finally finished learning this piece with this video (using the Synthesia), and boy was it a trip. This is by far one of the most thrilling, exhausting, and emotional pieces I have ever heard. The dynamics that you go through to play this piece is out of this world. The middle section contrasts the put aggression from the beginning and the end so perfectly that it hypnotizes you as you play every note. This piece has been such a blessing for me and it is so easy to pour every ounce of myself into when I play it.
Thank you Rousseau for posting a wide variety of pieces; without you I probably would not have learned this piece which changed my life - and for that I am forever grateful.
Hashly
You meant Synthesia, not Synesthesia
@@xuly3129 haha yes, yes I did...
Omw I can only imagine how difficult it must have been learning from synthesia, it must have taken forever!
@@Dominique632 I believe it took me about 3-4 weeks to completely memorize the piece. Still perfecting it to this day, it's just so tricky. Still lots of fun to play, though.
No way you’ve learned this piece from Synthesia that’s amazing
1:40 this part 😭 ♥️
Agreed. Totally ahead of even 2000s.
Agreed, practising it gives me nightmares
Oh, I love Rachmaninoff so much. So broody, crashy, moody, and perfect to play when writing.
Yes, literally about to write with this as a soundtrack
The transition back to the main melody at 2:33 is too good
Thanks @Rousseau for the beautiful and energetic music🙏🙏🙏
This is terrifying. I almost lost my life playing this and he's playing this like it was nothing.
You didn't studied correctly man, you must Go part per part
ellen dalla nora Even with perfect practice technique, pieces will still be difficult.
How tf do you almost lose your life playing piano?
He was held at gunpoint and the giy said “Do not play Rachmaninoff Prelude in G Minor ir I will shoot you”
Jannis ÖÄ Maybe you didn't play this professionally like him. You should learn more and more for some results
**HR2 requesters are leaving the chat**
Albert Del can I tell you something
In another comment about HR2. Rousseau said he hasn’t even started yet he played at the end of one of his covers as a joke he’s been practicing ballade 1!
Jack Sun yup
Jack Sun he is. When he gets close to 2 mill, he’ll start practicing. I work for him
Out of all of the pieces I have heard, it is so incredibly difficult to fathom how a man could compose this. Rachmaninoff was a musical genius. 😊
Sergei has this mysterious, this scary aura running across his pieces. Absolutely magnificent.
0:50 Love that part
You would've been praised during the 1800s honestly, incredible man as always
p a m i r like Liszt and Paganini
@@pamir8337 lol thats true, but maybe to other pianists ?
but rach was born in the 1900's...
well actually not... but he was recognized at the starting of the 20th century
If he played this prelude in the 1800s I'm sure he would be praised, since it was composed early 1900s
Mozart: Easy
Beethoven: Medium
Chopin: No can do
Liszt: Uses the all of the piano
Rachmaninoff: Bass *POWER*
Debussy: Take it easy
Bach: Church Music
Mozart’s pieces are, as most people don’t know, usually hard. Especially his sonatas. The reason people don’t usually acknowledge it is because the difficulty comes from the interpretations and the way it is designed. Someone once said “Mozart is easy for kids, but hard for artists.” I totally agree with that quote.
@@lolidk2713 true but most people know the easier ones
Thanks for your kind reply. Yes, it is my bad. I didn’t see that you were saying Mozart in a more general way, which differed from what I thought about Mozart.
@@lolidk2713 thank you to you as well widening my point of view about Mozart.
Bach: Sight Reading teacher
More than a year later and this is still the best interpretation of this piece that I can find.
0:37 I love that part and now is my new ringtone
winter_wind lmao
Now put moonlight sonata m.3 to wake you up in the morning
Рахманинов гениальный композитор. Отличное исполнение Rousseau, браво)
Spasibo!
@@Rousseau Ты русский! А то я все это время думал что ты француз. вот пижон.
@@abbasgashimov you cant just say hes Russian he probably used Google translate to understand the comment and then said spasibo because everyone knows what that means
Maybe he is? But spasibo doesn't tell you that right away
@@nootics I think that was such kind of joke, and you just missed it 😄
@@greatsarmatae lol yeah I understood the ты русский but I don't speak the language so I didn't understand the rest
Well then thx for the info anyway
The ending gives me chills.
One of the best preludes in the world. Change my mind
Yes!! I've been waiting for this one.
Dude, I swear you’re the Justin Y. of piano videos
I'm hoping to learn this piece by the end of this year
Don't give up!!😁👍
Are you done yet?
same here :)
are you done yet
Good luck!
Perfection as usual! The best youtube pianist right here!
You are so lucky, no one in my family understands the beauty of Rachmaninov or Beethoven’s Moonlight. They just get these pieces out of their vibes so you are lucky that you get to play these dark and beautiful pieces. Because, I would usually practice Rach or Beet’s Moonlight once or twice a day so you are the source to these kind of music.
Thanks Rousseau for bringing some dark beauty into my heart.
❤️
Glad to see somebody else into minor classical music. :) Have you tried Liszt's solo piano arrangment on Schubert's "Der Erlkönig" (off of the Goethe poem) or the Mephisto Waltzes or Transcendental Etudes? I also think you might enjoy Chopin Etudes Op. 25 (not that Op. 10 isn't any better).
I don't know anything about the man, but from his music I assume Rachmaninoff was a drama king if not a full blown vampire.
Definitely a vampire... Definitely.
This piece makes me think of pirates.
Просто масштабно-шедевральное произведение Рахманинов! (Исполнитель большой молодец, сколько труда) Восхищает..
В этой мелодии сочетается и грусть и радость. За эти четыре минуты можно и плакать и радоваться одновременно. Такой поток эмоций мог выразить только гениальный композитор.
This one is my favorite of Rachmaninoff`s masterpieces.
lmao listen to the second piano concerto of his
I literally played this in a recital yesterday.
Such perfect timing!
Every note very played sharply. That excellency and perfection with determination. 😎😎😇😇🕙
My dad learned this piece a while ago and its one of my favorite Rachmaninoff pieces. Great job.
This has been one of my favorite piano pieces of all time for years, and seeing that you played it absolutely made my day. Beautiful!
use me as a *" where tf is hungarian rhapsody"* button
Even Rousseau doesn't bother replying to you HR2 fans. Just fucking wait.
we need to get him to 2 million
@@VinFJ1 noice 🤣👍
it seems like he's..... idk *PURPOSELY* ignoring these? That cant be it. Right?
All those HR2-obsessed guys out there, have patience. Rousseau isn't uploading HR2 coz he wants to give you quality content, not poor content. Thus he wants to upload the best performance of HR2, which he can only give after lots of practice. And so we should give him his time.
Rachmaninoff always gives me chills but is also incredibly beautiful
It's one of the most unique compositions I've ever heard. I'd never heard any of Rach's pieces before this and it totally struck me and stood out.
I was JUST listening to this before I saw this video, this is one my favorite Rachmaninoff pieces, you KILLED it Rousseau!
Thanks Rousseau for always posting good songs, I love going home listening to it while I work!!
This is absolutely my favorite classical piece, it sounds so epic!
Absolutely amazing. These videos seriously don't stop leaving me in awe. That why we all have to keep on practicing.
Liebesleid / Love's Sorrow
Rachmaninoff's Arr.
Yes.
My favorite piece. Even better when played like a lullaby.
can you please play prokofiev's piano sonata no.7 mv3 ??
@@MrAegis-bb1eq totally agree.
Weeb. but i agree.
One of my all-time favorite pieces and you played it brilliantly! BRAVO!!!
this was the last thing i learned on piano when i was 19 before quitting.. 4 years later this still hits everytime i listen to it
Nicely done. Watching this from above has helped me solve some technical issues I had learning it. Thanks!! Can’t get enough Rach!
My best friend played this one a lot when he was at my house, on my piano... Brings back a lot of memories ♥️
Who noticed the colours are the Russian flag?
You won't believe why...
Because Rachmaninoff from Russia
@@user-xp2tm6bz9z he is, indeed
Really sounds like a prokofieff piece
Kyle1227 Prokofiev is a bit more atonal/dissonant
0:06 the way rousseau left hand moves is the most satisfying thing in the world.
I absolutely love this piece and your rendition is fantastic. Bravo! Thankyou maestro!
Chopin's Op10 No12 "Revolutionary Etude" pleasee
He's already made it
Edit: Here you go, my good sir ua-cam.com/video/oHiU-u2ddJ4/v-deo.html
River Williams wrong piece but still a great etude
YES PLEASSSEEEE
He just happened to upload it today haha
0:18 is so satisfying
That lyrical section in the middle is so beautiful ❤
this recording is played with the most expression of any recordings of this piece. Well done rousseau. You are who inspired me to play piano
Love how you play this slower than most performers would. It truly shows off the mastermind that is Rachmaninoff with 3 melodies instead of two.
I'm playing this piece now, and I've listened to all the versions i found on UA-cam, and for what its worth, this one is by far my favorite!
Me: Do atheists go to hell?
God: Nope
Me: what about people who dislike this video?
God: All the way down, straight to the boiler room
Where Bach's Toccata and Fugue shall be waiting for them.
Lol
Boiler Room? Hey, that ain't sooo bad....But still, they would miss this, and this rulez.
Good, that makes me happy
You should respect other's opinions dude
One of the most favourite pieces of music. A gem.
Amazing performance as always!!!Very well done👍🔥🔥
I have been waiting for a Rachmaninoff piece! Fantastique!! Absolutely breathtaking... 👏💙👏💙👏
YOUR PROFILE PIC OMG??! MY NIGHT IS MADE AHHHHHH
Another masterful performance. Thank you!
This is the best video (so far) that has ever played Rachmaninoff - Prelude in G Minor (Op. 23 No.5).