For those who have forgotten what a world-class pianist and virtuoso tiffany is because of all her behind-the-scenes, unedited practice videos, this performance is a good reminder.
I feel like in doing that she has humanized and de-deified the whole thing, which I love. Man, she really tears this one up. This sonata grows on me each year I live
You are in very good company! When Alexis Weissenberg performed the two Rachmaninov Sonatas at the Jerusalem Theatre in 1979 he broke several strings during the first sonata! During the intermission another instrument was swapped in. He broke several string again during the second sonata! ;-)
Johannes Ostenfeld-Rosenthal Lol its all good man everyone's allowed to have their own opinion on things and I might not agree with u but I respect your opinion
Rachmaninoff just had something with longing and tender melodies that is instantly recognizable. This is the exact same feeling I get from all four of his piano concertos. There is a lot of fireworks and virtuosic parts, but then a lyrical soaring melody hits you from nowhere.
@@therainforest4314 Indeed, but not all input results in the same output. I'm willing to bet that if I worked the same amount of hours with the same teacher as Tiffany she'd still outclass me hand over fist. That's life... You work with what you get and bless the world around you. It's the only way forward :)
The thing is that the higher level a pianist reaches the more daunting challenges he faces in all fronts. This Rach, the tone, phrasing, and holistic effect, etc. deserves a more thoughtful treatment. He's very strong but not clanky, pure but also reflective, sad but not sorrowful. I embrace Tiffany's bravery in tackling this difficult piece and hope she continues to be enriched with life experience as she practices...
I just ran across this - this is absolutely beautiful! I didn't realize how much I like Rachmaninoff. There are of course romantic aspects of this music (the fast runs and the bursts of dynamics) as well as impressionistic washes of sound, but I'm also noticing a pleasant preview of some twentieth century sonorities - nothing too shocking, it always resolves, but the flirting with dissonance is there. The part at 13:23 is especially wonderful and the resolution at the end of that section is very satisfying. Fantastic!
Hello, Tiffany. I have viewed this performance many times. Suppose there is an after-life. Then there must be many spirits in the room when you perform. They couldn't help stopping by. I can easily imagine Rachmaninoff standing beside you with his hand on your shoulder and with a dopey smile on his face. Face it, Tiffany: you Rock!
The freshness of spirit, youthful exuberance and vitality which you bring to this Rachmaninoff sonata is very impressive indeed. Hold your head high Tiffany. That was a truly brilliant and outstanding performance.
Wow! Bravo! This performance is mind blowing - with the perfect balance of extreme tenderness and melodic melancholy on one hand, and virtuosic panache on the other! I really cannot understate how much I enjoy hearing this performance and interpretation. In my view, some of the most beautiful writing for piano is contained in this sonata, and Tiffany brought it out so well - emotionally moving and immensely satisfying. I also love how close up and intimate this recording is! I must say that this is my favourite version to listen to on UA-cam, and I enjoy listening to this as much as I do my treasured Ashkenazy recording on CD.
oh my God i can't believe this performance is real ! it's so heavenly i am shaking ! This Sergei man is truly an exceptionnal talent, and our Tiffany is fantastic ! I hope you perfom this piece during a concert !
Thank you so much for such a wonderfully evocative and intense performance of this sublime late Belle Epoque masterwork!! I'm now more than sufficiently inspired by you, to learn the piece for myself, in order to immerse myself completely in the soundworld that you have so ably demonstrated. My very best wishes for you and your future performances, Georgios.
Wow. Just wow. And thank you. I am transported and transfixed when you play like that. I am swept away. When you stop I am suddenly back home sitting in front of my fireplace enjoying a lovely oak fire and holding my iPhone. Thank you again, Tiffany 💕
The first time I heard 4:35-5:30 I really didn’t like it. I thought it sounded noisy. Something made me listen again and now I’m obsessed with it. If I had to choose a soundtrack for my life this would be it.
I went to a recital to listen Chopin’s Etudes op.25, a selection of Debussy’s preludes (I’m not that big on Debussy so I cant remember which ones) and this Rachmaninoff sonata. I had never heard it before and I was listening away, enjoying it, we were in the second movement, then all of a sudden the third movement started and actually made me jump because it was so quick, sudden and loud. I was so lost in the music, it was great.
O wow! That's a pretty hard piece of work. And you are even bringing out some relaxed jazz-like sounds. Definitely, I like this recording best among all I've heard so far.
This got to be one of the best interpretations. Congratulations!!! You play with a lot of emotions and can pass exactly what Rachmaninov wanted when he composed this masterpiece!
Such a solid sound with playing that really reaches some frenetic extremes. That final movement was just bursting at the seams with so much energy. Great performance! Best of luck in your studies although I doubt you’ll need it.
The music you make transcends words. This entire Sonata is magnificent. The second movement transports me to a place of such melancholy and joy. Your interpretation is inspired. Love your Vlogs. Thank You!
You're the living proof that one does not need the morphology of a Denis Matuec to invoke and generate tremendous energy. truly a magnificent performance. You've got a new fan here.
+ILikeChopin Be careful what you say. A 'miracle', or a wonder, runs contrary to nature, using powers which do not properly belong to human beings. Even the most excellent achievements of human beings are not 'miracles'. Only God is divine. Do not blaspheme against God and embarrass this woman, or provoke her to pride, by misusing the word. One human being, and only one, has combined the attributes of humanity and divinity in one Person, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior of the world. Repent, believe in Him, and you will be saved.
@@jesusislord4135 When God separates the sheep from the goats we may be surprised when we see what group we are in. God's humbleness can be easily seen in this person's compliment while only arrogance can be seen in your words. 😉
+Mr. Birzer You can say whatever you wish about my bad character, and I have no right to complain, sinner that I am. But upon re-reading what I said, I do not think that I was lying, speaking irreverently, or even speaking inappropriately---------considering the vocabulary used in the targeted comment. Also, I object to the notion that human flattery reflects 'God's humbleness.'
@@jesusislord4135 You spoke arrogantly with condescending words and tone which is never appropriate. As for your objecting to the notion that human flattery reflects God's humbleness, such a notion was never conveyed. God's humbleness can be easily seen in the person's compliment which consisted of the person's acknowledgement of their basic piano skills (humbleness) that allows them to appreciate Tiffany's beautiful perfection. Rather than seeing her "miracle performance" as meaning a gift from God you opted to see it as a competition with God which is a quite ludicrous interpretation of this person's words. And yet you continued with an arrogant condescending correction as if you thought this person was under the silly impression that Tiffany is some sort of goddess in competition with the one true God for our worship, which indicates you have not only misinterpreted this person's words but that you also have a very strange notion of God, as if the non-contingent being is in some kind of competition with His contingent creation. As of now you are 2 for 2 in misreading words, beginning with your misreading of the original commenter's compliment and ending with you're misreading of my words resulting in your unnecessarily correcting a very well worded compliment given quite nicely to Tiffany from an admiring fan, and additionally making a silly objection to a notion that was never even implied, having something to do with human flattery reflecting God's humbleness. In the future you might prevent your misreading words by assuming the best of others rather than the worst. If you still detect that correction is necessary, I suggest you ask for clarification before going into some correction unnecessarily as you appear to have done in this situation. For instance, in this case you could've merely asked the person to clarify what they meant exactly by miracle perfomance and divine. If your correction is not necessary then the commenter's response will magnify his compliment instead of tainting it with some weird unnecessary correction. If correction is necessary then please be more Christ-like by being more charitable in your correction rather than arrogant and condescending.
+Mr. Birzer Your verbal fluency is indeed impressive. To think that such a worm as I was instrumental in inducing such a torrential display! Also your argument that I spoke out of ill will and misunderstanding sounds quite plausible, not that I had given it much thought. Unfortunately I am capable of both. 'If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.' I still think, in the light of that verse which I apply to myself, that 'assuming the best of others' would be a little rash. But a warning is received. Surely you aren't entirely serious, that I should ask for 'clarification' regarding the meaning of 'miracle' and 'divine'. Granted that those words were used poetically and not literally, they convey more than a whiff of art-idolatry and adulation for 'superior individuals'. Must one apologize for being in rebellion against those things, which saturate our corrupt culture? '.........and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that no man may boast before God.'
Awesome… I've been studying this song since march,but I still can't finish reading score.(especially final movement)😭 I'll watch this video over and over again. Thank you from Japan❤︎
For those who have forgotten what a world-class pianist and virtuoso tiffany is because of all her behind-the-scenes, unedited practice videos, this performance is a good reminder.
I feel like in doing that she has humanized and de-deified the whole thing, which I love. Man, she really tears this one up. This sonata grows on me each year I live
@@michael.david.davison no, they’re referring to the practice vlogs she frequently posts where she shows the process of her practice unedited
Hi :) Just in case someone asks and brings it up, I'm sorry I made the piano out of tune from warming up to record this 🙊
Tiffany Poon It's fine u can almost not hear it and outstanding performance!
God i love you woman!
You are in very good company!
When Alexis Weissenberg performed the two Rachmaninov Sonatas
at the Jerusalem Theatre in 1979 he broke several strings during the
first sonata! During the intermission another instrument was swapped
in. He broke several string again during the second sonata! ;-)
hi tiffany ur quit an amazing lady and ur puiano playing is amazing
Johannes Ostenfeld-Rosenthal Lol its all good man everyone's allowed to have their own opinion on things and I might not agree with u but I respect your opinion
It's fortunate that Steinway produces pianos that can survive anything.
amazing
10:55 - 11:58 one of the most beautiful sections of music ever written
Beautiful performance, it made me subscribe to your channel.
Rachmaninoff just had something with longing and tender melodies that is instantly recognizable. This is the exact same feeling I get from all four of his piano concertos. There is a lot of fireworks and virtuosic parts, but then a lyrical soaring melody hits you from nowhere.
Had me in tears.
@@TheAskald
Chills
You are fantastic. You break my heart every time I hear you play because I know my own limitations. You are truly blessed.
Michael Buschmann same lol
That blessing came via huge amounts of energy, time, and dedication.
@@therainforest4314 Still blessed with the mind to handle all of that.
@@therainforest4314 Indeed, but not all input results in the same output. I'm willing to bet that if I worked the same amount of hours with the same teacher as Tiffany she'd still outclass me hand over fist. That's life... You work with what you get and bless the world around you. It's the only way forward :)
no one has limits, just some progress faster than others
11:18 this passage is one of my favorite things ever
Yeees 😍
almost made me cry omg
13:13-13:19 the way you played everything there and then just went to silence. Breathtaking
Very mature interpretation, Tiffany! Rachmaninoff would be proud!
A couple people asked what version this is. This is the revised 1931 version.
Which should be apparent by the length of the video.
It is too short to be the 1913 version. ;)
I have listened to this recording so many times it is still one of my favorite things to listen to ever. Truely the best interpretation ever.
Same. I always come back to it
Same
The thing is that the higher level a pianist reaches the more daunting challenges he faces in all fronts. This Rach, the tone, phrasing, and holistic effect, etc. deserves a more thoughtful treatment. He's very strong but not clanky, pure but also reflective, sad but not sorrowful. I embrace Tiffany's bravery in tackling this difficult piece and hope she continues to be enriched with life experience as she practices...
Now *THIS* sort of performance is the reason I have already subscribed to this channel.
1st 0:01
2nd 8:31
3rd 14:59
Thanks!
I just ran across this - this is absolutely beautiful! I didn't realize how much I like Rachmaninoff. There are of course romantic aspects of this music (the fast runs and the bursts of dynamics) as well as impressionistic washes of sound, but I'm also noticing a pleasant preview of some twentieth century sonorities - nothing too shocking, it always resolves, but the flirting with dissonance is there. The part at 13:23 is especially wonderful and the resolution at the end of that section is very satisfying. Fantastic!
Hello, Tiffany. I have viewed this performance many times. Suppose there is an after-life. Then there must be many spirits in the room when you perform. They couldn't help stopping by. I can easily imagine Rachmaninoff standing beside you with his hand on your shoulder and with a dopey smile on his face. Face it, Tiffany: you Rock!
Best thing about your playing for me is how you tell stories (epics, really) with just your hands and facial expressions💙
This recording is timeless, truly it transcends it. I like classical music a lot but I have never found better renditions of these pieces.
Same
every year i come back to this song. rarely music makes me cry; this piece does. my favorite piece of music of all
time. thank you
The freshness of spirit, youthful exuberance and vitality which you bring to this Rachmaninoff sonata is very impressive indeed. Hold your head high Tiffany. That was a truly brilliant and outstanding performance.
the way that strand of hair flew up on the last chord.... perfecttttt. loved your performance
Wow! Bravo! This performance is mind blowing - with the perfect balance of extreme tenderness and melodic melancholy on one hand, and virtuosic panache on the other! I really cannot understate how much I enjoy hearing this performance and interpretation. In my view, some of the most beautiful writing for piano is contained in this sonata, and Tiffany brought it out so well - emotionally moving and immensely satisfying. I also love how close up and intimate this recording is! I must say that this is my favourite version to listen to on UA-cam, and I enjoy listening to this as much as I do my treasured Ashkenazy recording on CD.
Your play of this work is so rich and intense, thank you for posting this.
This young lady is incredible indeed. She has played a lot of master works and all of them in an amazing high level performance.
oh my God i can't believe this performance is real ! it's so heavenly i am shaking ! This Sergei man is truly an exceptionnal talent, and our Tiffany is fantastic ! I hope you perfom this piece during a concert !
Thank you so much for such a wonderfully evocative and intense performance of this sublime late Belle Epoque masterwork!! I'm now more than sufficiently inspired by you, to learn the piece for myself, in order to immerse myself completely in the soundworld that you have so ably demonstrated. My very best wishes for you and your future performances, Georgios.
such a beautiful rendition. thank you from my heart.
it felt like I held my breath for the 20 minutes
amazing performance! and such passion
Wow. Just wow. And thank you. I am transported and transfixed when you play like that. I am swept away. When you stop I am suddenly back home sitting in front of my fireplace enjoying a lovely oak fire and holding my iPhone. Thank you again, Tiffany 💕
Every note means something to her; her playing brings tears to the eyes it's so beautiful.
The first time I heard 4:35-5:30 I really didn’t like it. I thought it sounded noisy. Something made me listen again and now I’m obsessed with it. If I had to choose a soundtrack for my life this would be it.
Wonder how would audience feel listening to this piece for the first time
Isn't it great when that happens?
I’ve had that same experience with so many pieces so I completely understand
Thank you so much for this performance!
I can say that I have listened to this version like, more than 20 times since 2019
I went to a recital to listen Chopin’s Etudes op.25, a selection of Debussy’s preludes (I’m not that big on Debussy so I cant remember which ones) and this Rachmaninoff sonata. I had never heard it before and I was listening away, enjoying it, we were in the second movement, then all of a sudden the third movement started and actually made me jump because it was so quick, sudden and loud. I was so lost in the music, it was great.
I thought the piece was played beautifully. thank you for recording this for us
I am from Instagram and this is above and beyond piano music!!👍
O wow! That's a pretty hard piece of work. And you are even bringing out some relaxed jazz-like sounds. Definitely, I like this recording best among all I've heard so far.
My congratulations for the originality of the reading and fundamentally for the approach.
I'm so glad that this is my introduction to this piece
This got to be one of the best interpretations. Congratulations!!! You play with a lot of emotions and can pass exactly what Rachmaninov wanted when he composed this masterpiece!
Such a solid sound with playing that really reaches some frenetic extremes. That final movement was just bursting at the seams with so much energy. Great performance! Best of luck in your studies although I doubt you’ll need it.
This was amazing to watch & listen to! Thank you enormously!
This is one piece I'll never even begin to attempt!
Fred
The music you make transcends words. This entire Sonata is magnificent. The second movement transports me to a place of such melancholy and joy. Your interpretation is inspired. Love your Vlogs. Thank You!
Watching you play is like watching magic, Tiffany.
You're the living proof that one does not need the morphology of a Denis Matuec to invoke and generate tremendous energy. truly a magnificent performance. You've got a new fan here.
this must be one of the most difficult pieces of music to master, well done tiffany, you have got the midas touch
Oooioiooh you made my cry all along this interpretation !!!
Rachmaninoff is my favorite!!! Thank you Tiffany!!!
Excellent performance!!!
You have an indisputably gorgeous musical quality. You deserve to hang onto that last note a bit longer with that stellar rendition.
Her rendering of this work is reminiscent of the great Maura Lympany's 1975 BBC recording; such passion!
Rachmaninoff's spirit is fantastic, but what always impressed me was the massive arpeggios and the absurd phrasing of the left hand!
A tremendous performance. Filled with passion, countless expressive insights, and a dazzling virtuosity that is always at the service of the composer.
spotted
Recently found this piece out and oh my gosh, I think I'm gonna cry
Great passion is indeed wonderful to experience.
Thank you 🙏
p.s. thanks for introduction to piece. It is elaborate and a-maze-ing-zing. Fabulous.
My favorite pianist of all times!
my god i had tears in my eyes at the end, that was unbelievable
1:50 I think it's the most beautiful music in the world.
Very Excellent! Your strength and passion are amazing!
im late to this larty but this is the most xtra thing I'll see and hear all day. so xtra. as it should be. well done!
BRAVA! Hell of a piece to play! It was wonderful and very impressive to hear you really let-rip 😁
wow! my favorite piece!
This is incredibly amazing! ☺
World class performance right through my tiny screen :)
Love you Tiffany .. you are so fantastic ....
I am thankful that I learned basic piano because this helps me appreciate miracle performances like yours! Divine!...
+ILikeChopin
Be careful what you say. A 'miracle', or a wonder, runs contrary to nature, using powers which do not properly belong to human beings. Even the most excellent achievements of human beings are not 'miracles'. Only God is divine. Do not blaspheme against God and embarrass this woman, or provoke her to pride, by misusing the word. One human being, and only one, has combined the attributes of humanity and divinity in one Person, and that is the Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God and Savior of the world. Repent, believe in Him, and you will be saved.
@@jesusislord4135 When God separates the sheep from the goats we may be surprised when we see what group we are in. God's humbleness can be easily seen in this person's compliment while only arrogance can be seen in your words. 😉
+Mr. Birzer
You can say whatever you wish about my bad character, and I have no right to complain, sinner that I am. But upon re-reading what I said, I do not think that I was lying, speaking irreverently, or even speaking inappropriately---------considering the vocabulary used in the targeted
comment. Also, I object to the notion that human flattery reflects 'God's humbleness.'
@@jesusislord4135 You spoke arrogantly with condescending words and tone which is never appropriate.
As for your objecting to the notion that human flattery reflects God's humbleness, such a notion was never conveyed. God's humbleness can be easily seen in the person's compliment which consisted of the person's acknowledgement of their basic piano skills (humbleness) that allows them to appreciate Tiffany's beautiful perfection.
Rather than seeing her "miracle performance" as meaning a gift from God you opted to see it as a competition with God which is a quite ludicrous interpretation of this person's words. And yet you continued with an arrogant condescending correction as if you thought this person was under the silly impression that Tiffany is some sort of goddess in competition with the one true God for our worship, which indicates you have not only misinterpreted this person's words but that you also have a very strange notion of God, as if the non-contingent being is in some kind of competition with His contingent creation.
As of now you are 2 for 2 in misreading words, beginning with your misreading of the original commenter's compliment and ending with you're misreading of my words resulting in your unnecessarily correcting a very well worded compliment given quite nicely to Tiffany from an admiring fan, and additionally making a silly objection to a notion that was never even implied, having something to do with human flattery reflecting God's humbleness.
In the future you might prevent your misreading words by assuming the best of others rather than the worst. If you still detect that correction is necessary, I suggest you ask for clarification before going into some correction unnecessarily as you appear to have done in this situation. For instance, in this case you could've merely asked the person to clarify what they meant exactly by miracle perfomance and divine. If your correction is not necessary then the commenter's response will magnify his compliment instead of tainting it with some weird unnecessary correction. If correction is necessary then please be more Christ-like by being more charitable in your correction rather than arrogant and condescending.
+Mr. Birzer
Your verbal fluency is indeed impressive. To think that such a worm as I was instrumental in inducing such a torrential display! Also your argument that I spoke out of ill will and misunderstanding sounds quite plausible, not that I had given it much thought. Unfortunately I am capable of both. 'If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar and His word is not in us.' I still think, in the light of that verse which I apply to myself, that 'assuming the best of others' would be a little rash. But a warning is received.
Surely you aren't entirely serious, that I should ask for 'clarification' regarding the meaning of 'miracle' and 'divine'. Granted that those words were used poetically and not literally, they convey more than a whiff of art-idolatry and adulation for 'superior individuals'. Must one apologize for being in rebellion against those things, which saturate our corrupt culture?
'.........and the base things of the world and the despised God has chosen, the things that are not, so that He may nullify the things that are, so that
no man may boast before God.'
Best I've seen!
I hope I can become like you done day, you’re amazing and inspiring ❤️
Awesome… I've been studying this song since march,but I still can't finish reading score.(especially final movement)😭 I'll watch this video over and over again. Thank you from Japan❤︎
That ending had me speechless..... bravo!
So nice and virtuostic! Thank you Tiffany. I'm so fan of you. :)
Great expressiveness and sensitivity
Wow this is so wonderfully played😍😍
If she celebrates Christmas I hope she has a wonderful festive celebration.
God bless
Well Tiffany am glad I am able to watch and hear your ability to play a piano... :) awesome
Wow, what an incredible performance! :O
I love it so much
Wow beautiful interpretation :D Can't wait to start studying this for my FTCL Exam :)
This is amazing!
Fabulous!!! Beautiful!!
It is just wonderful...
Simply brilliant!!
Fantastic !!!!
What a hoot. Great performance dear.
I wish she would win chopin competition but even if she doesnt her career will be great. I cant wait to hear more from her
You are amazing.... ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
She is fantastic ❤
This performance is so good!. Thank you Tiffany Poon.
So nice to hear "different" classical music. Stuff that's not always on the FM stations
Bravo!!!
Fabulous !!!!! GORGEOUS
Awesome .....thank you.
Almost speechless!!! WOW >;-) Rock n Roll
Incroyable....Si frêle, et tellement de force mentale.
Wonderful!!!
Фантастика! Браво!!!
God bless you!!!
INCREDIBLE!!!
SO beautiful
NY Steinway !!!! wow cristal sound !!! so beautiful shes perform !!!!
To be honest the piano is completely out of tune.
fantastic!!