This Prelude has been played so many times, but never before has Rachmaninoff been so well respected. He was a brilliant composer who has suffered a million thoughtless, clumsy interpretations. We need more sympathetic interpreters like Olga to turn the trend around.
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. Wikipedia Born: April 1, 1873, Starorussky Uyezd Died: March 28, 1943, Beverly Hills, California, United States
I am playing this in a recital in Seattle on Friday, and this is my inspiration. Everyone else plays it so rapidly that the gorgeous nuance is lost and it becomes a sprint.
@@elinoriguidinger9804 I played this in the 9th-grade spring recital. It was the last time I would play the piano for anyone other than at home to get even with my mother, who trained her pet Fairy Queen ( chihuahua) to go poop under my bed. I pounded the loud parts full of rage, remembering how she took pleasure in whipping me with a leather belt! I Shed no tears for her when she passed away. Rachmoninoff is my hero!
I played this piece my junior year in music school, and I agree this is the best performance on UA-cam. Too many listeners are impressed by performers who play too fast a tempo, or bombastically. Olga's nails the tempo, and her technique is flawless. Most of all - her interpretation brings life to the piece I have rarely heard.
I would agree with you, but the truth is that she sometimes is playing too tense. You can tell by the way she rises her arm, and besides, in the middle section she doesn’t really make all voices sound connected. The Gilels version is far much better. I’ve played this prelude too many years ago too.
She builds the tension up really well after the B section finishes, to many people race off with it. She just plays it superbly, never overdoes it and the lyrical section is all clear.
I love that too. I think her version is one of the best, including versions from the greats, from many years back. Also this is a great sounding piano. I think many of today's top pianists strive for speed over expression. I've heard some versions of La Campanella that are so fast that they obscure the intricate details that make the piece so delightful (and difficult). I disagree with Greenred above. I think this is way better than just pretty good I think it's really, really excellent.
I understood that her dad told her to always tell a story when you play. frankly, I think that's some of the best advice you can get. Many players can easily go down the anxious road (yes, i watched inside out 2 just now haha) and play as quickly as possible to impress a gullible audience. you don't have to like her interpretation, but every bit of this feels... lyrics. rachmaninov meant it to be similar, i'm sure. the depth and quality is just great. thank you!
It's refreshing to hear a performance in which the pianist understands that not every note is written staccato, where the performer doesn't feel the need to dive-bomb the lower register, and also where the performer doesn't play the work as though the last train of the evening is leaving in a few minutes. To many who have listened to the more bravura interpretations of others, this may sound plodding and overly deliberate. It's not; it's another way to interpret the work, and it's actually harder for an accomplished pianist such as Ms. Scheps to play this in a more controlled way than it is to try to win the "Fastest Performance of Day Award" or make the instrument heard ten blocks away. There are nuances and subtleties of tempo and dynamics that aren't found in most other performances of this piece. In the reintroduction, the tempo and sound increase smoothly and gradually, instead of doing so choppily and/or in stages. Sometimes it's good to be different, and this is one of those times. This is an intelligent, well-performed interpretation of this Prelude, and easily in the top ten of the 300 or so I've listened to.
I completely agree with you, in general many performances, in my humble opinion, are ruined because I am left feeling e hausted by the sooed in which a piece has been played by some of the many well-known pianists of today. We all know how talented they are so as you said, it doesn't always have to be a competition for who can play the fastest with the fewest nistakes.
Yeah, tons of finesse all over it. So, so musical. Nice bright, clear tone, always, never harsh. Middle section is a tad slow for my taste, but still definitely one of my favourite versions out there.
This is the best version of this piece I've ever heard so far (I've heard dozens or hundreds of these by the way). She does not play too fast as a lot of other pianists. I think this piece is played too fast by many other aritst which make it really less hunderstandable. The way she use pedale is also very interesting because she use it longer than other ones which chop the song too often. She makes the song smoother and more enjoyable for me at least. For me, it is like this that this piece should be played by Rachmaninov itself because it touches me way better this way.
This prelude is extremely hard to play yet it's extremely beautiful. Thanks Olga. You delivered it in a way that the composer would be proud of you. ❤❤❤
I dont know how many times i listened this... Maybe it is not be correct that Mrs Scheps performance is the best but it is the one I like the most... Congrats...
Better than most pianists, pretty good job on the middle part. Talking about middle part... I still prefer RIchter - that's absolute perfection. Most players absolutely fail on multi voiced middle part, you did a great job!
I prefer Gilels, both for the middle part and the rest of the piece! Such a contrast of rough and sweet with a proper conversation between the voices in the middle bit
Richter? Absolutely! Gilels? Alzo Absolutely! And, their differences prove the genius of Rachmaninoff's composing. Both are terrific performances. Gilels may be a tad more expressive. But, so what?
This is my favorite version of this prelude on YT. The march like qualities followed by the more lyrical midsection where Olga does such an excellent job of phrasing and bringing out all the voice lines. Just wonderful!
This is the piece I broke my only ever piano string on when I was in my teens. I was hammering the keys unnecessarily I still remember the anger & judgement on the face of the piano tuner who replaced the string for me. This is a controlled & musical interpretation very different to the Andrei Gavrilov version I once tried to emulate. Sometimes less virtuosity is for the better
This piece is a intricate and fragile blend of chaos and calm. It wants to shout sometimes and whisper others. It requires care, respect and patience to approach correctly. Olga does so perfectly. Bravo.
She can't deny her roots with this superb russian technique, the way she plays this prelude remindes me of Richter's performance, and yet, her special touch, excellent articulation, precise accentuation and phrasing, combined with the perfect tempo in my opinion, makes this interpretation really outstanding, unmatched certainly. ¡I am sorry 'Slava'! Olga will give us much more in the future, I am eager to listen at her when she is more mature, pianistically speaking, than she is already now. Can you imagine? ¡Brava Olga, maestro!
Quelle classe ! Et surtout quelle compréhension d'une partition devenue ultra célèbre ( trop, peut-être ...? ) et qui incite à la surenchère technique ! Dire qu'une interprétation est "la meilleure" n'a aucun sens : cela relève du "non mesurable", mais au cas présent cette jeune et talentueuse pianiste a su éviter tous les pièges tendus consciemment ou non par Rachmaninoff, et rendre à ce prélude, que l'immense S.Richter qualifiait de génial, sa grandeur, si souvent occultée par un excès de virtuosité : elle est une des rares à trouver le tempo idéal, notamment lors de la vénéneuse accélération que requiert la reprise du thème initial...Merci, belle Olga, le grand Serge a du se réjouir de vous entendre..;
Fantastic. Ms. Scheps is the perfect age and skill to play this piece. I don't know what Rachmaninoff was thinking when he composed this, but I feel like I know exactly what Ms. Schep was feeling. She is so transparent. The ending is perfect, and she seems to need a few seconds to come back to reality. I love how she was lost in this piece.
Gorgeous Rachmaninoff. her tremendous musicianship allows her to get inside every thing she plays, from Chopin to Rachmaninoff. I eschew comparisons, and focus on whether I was moved. In this case, without a doubt. .
This is my favorite interpretation of this magnificent piece. I played it (not so well) as a teenager. I stopped playing piano as an adult, and just recently took it up again. My dream is to relearn this piece, one of my very favorites, but notoriously difficult.
I am in exactly the same situation! I'm finding i am amazed at both how much i have forgotten, and how much i remember. The very best of luck to both of us.
She looks a lot like Evgenia Medvedeva, a Russian figure skater. I love this interpretation. I’m learning this piece right now, and I finally found one that seemed the about right speed. Lots of recordings in my opinion are way too fast for the piece like Valentina Lisitsa’s. Olga’s version is definitely one I will use as an example.
You are stunningly amazing my dear. I've listened to hundreds of pianists over the years in countless concert halls all over the world. You are the best of them all.
Восхитительное исполнение и эмоции красивой девушки, просто прелестно!) Спасибо, прям кайф) Я влюбился в это исполнение, и в девушку) Одолжу пожалуй эту манеру исполнения себе!) Спасибо Ольга, вдохновляете!)
gotta love these comments. I realy admire people who understand the music they're listening to. I love music, listen to it almost 24/7 but to me all these performances are exquisit and awsome.
I never heard such a fantastic performance of my fav Rachmaninov's op23N5 . I would say its hard work to play that opus in the right way and not every even virtuoso can play it without little fails. Brava Olga !! You're pretty amazing!
4:02 that facial expression after practicing your craft thousands of times before and performs perfect execution just as you have planned and prepared hundreds of times before followed by... explosion of applause as expected
I really love the way Olga constructed the dynamics in this rendition. Beautifully build crescendo from ppp after finishing the middle section. Controlled and balanced performance 👏
I cannot remember how many times i've watched this. Simply brilliant. As a 17/18 year old (20+ years ago) i made it through this from start to finish maybe twice - and that represented several months of combined pain, frustration, joy, and wonder... But i just couldn't deal with those left hand arpeggios... Pretty sure if any part of it ever sounded like this, it's was purely accidental. Bravo!
I loved how you were able to play very softly when needed then rise to forceful strength again when needed. Amazing dynamics. Thank you i enjoyed the recording very much
Bravo! One of the very few pianists to perform this wonderful prelude without missing a trick. Most impressive was the slow build up near the end which starts pp and accelerandos to FF.
As a recent listener to classical music, I couldn't help but notice, the excellent clarity of the notes in this piece, as interpreted by Olga Schepp, so beautifully. the tempo, with the ebbs and the flow, along with the right amount of intensity, chosen to heighten the emotions of this fantastic piece by S. Rachminonoff..! bravo Olga..!!
Kissin messed this piece completely up at the Proms, most play it too fast without the necessary intonation. This version is very probably the best I have ever heard. Super performance, Mrs Scheps.
I don't know about that. I think he played the first and third sections better (actually with a bit of brutality and urgency) but I think this woman plays the mid section better.
She is wonderfull , not only by her music ! Her hands ... her arms ... her face ... her hair... her lips...her sweet expression , make her special ! It is very dificult not fall ( mentaly) in love with her !
A magnificent rendition of one of my favorite pieces. Rocky, Freddy and Frankie are my 3 favorite composers, and i always get chills from good Rachmaninov. Wonderful pacing control. Just phenomenal.
I wouldn't know where to start commenting this... No matter how much of a perfectionist she is, probably even her would agree that this was almost perfect. In every way...
This is by far my favorite interpretation of this piece ever. There's just nothing that compares to the clarity and musicality of her playing, despite there being so many repetitive and fast chords in this piece. I always struggle with the pedaling, as holding it down for too long will make it sound unclear. This right here, though, is perfection!
The camera angles in this video are insane
This Prelude has been played so many times, but never before has Rachmaninoff been so well respected. He was a brilliant composer who has suffered a million thoughtless, clumsy interpretations. We need more sympathetic interpreters like Olga to turn the trend around.
Dad used to play this on the piano and this is how we would wake up at 8am in the weekends.
what a barn it must have been :))
It would be great to wake up to that❤
Lucky!
8 am on sunday morning, i recon u hate piece? JK :P
@Billy Boffin Hes still with us but I dont live with him, so I get to choose when I listen nowadays :)
you have no idea how many times i’ve rewatched this , she played it best
well technically she didn't play it best rachmaninoff did
@@jeffreyliu4146 a lot of people think rachmaninoff played his work like shit
@@epicbunnygamer6851 oh
@@jeffreyliu4146it depends on what he's playing and no they don't.
This is actually a really good interpretation of my work. Bravo!
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Sergei Rachmaninov yeah totally I thought Rachmaninov is dead
That's creepy!
M9 r u dizzy
Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff was a Russian pianist, composer, and conductor of the late Romantic period, some of whose works are among the most popular in the Romantic repertoire. Born into a musical family, Rachmaninoff took up the piano at age four. Wikipedia
Born: April 1, 1873, Starorussky Uyezd
Died: March 28, 1943, Beverly Hills, California, United States
I am playing this in a recital in Seattle on Friday, and this is my inspiration. Everyone else plays it so rapidly that the gorgeous nuance is lost and it becomes a sprint.
I so agree with you. Others seem to play this like it's a race and sounds rushed
@@elinoriguidinger9804 I played this in the 9th-grade spring recital. It was the last time I would play the piano for anyone other than at home to get even with my mother, who trained her pet Fairy Queen ( chihuahua) to go poop under my bed. I pounded the loud parts full of rage, remembering how she took pleasure in whipping me with a leather belt! I Shed no tears for her when she passed away. Rachmoninoff is my hero!
I absolutely love this woman, this artist! Her playings along with her natural beauty are superb! I love her!
Rich Rodz absolutely agreed!!!!
I played this piece my junior year in music school, and I agree this is the best performance on UA-cam. Too many listeners are impressed by performers who play too fast a tempo, or bombastically. Olga's nails the tempo, and her technique is flawless. Most of all - her interpretation brings life to the piece I have rarely heard.
Yesss Kenneth
I would agree with you, but the truth is that she sometimes is playing too tense. You can tell by the way she rises her arm, and besides, in the middle section she doesn’t really make all voices sound connected. The Gilels version is far much better. I’ve played this prelude too many years ago too.
Try to listen Emil Giles
@@phoebeyap5221 or horowitz
@@gwonk8722 I also like richter's
very well played olga scheps is a great master of the piano❤
She builds the tension up really well after the B section finishes, to many people race off with it. She just plays it superbly, never overdoes it and the lyrical section is all clear.
Right? The build up was so perfect I got goosebumps man
@@LanziBen
I never knew a piano play can be seen from so many angles . What is ' her ' interpretation mean ?
wich means the lady is really magnificent, right?
Emil Gilels Version👍
I love that she is not a speedy pianist, very thoughtful playing
I love that too. I think her version is one of the best, including versions from the greats, from many years back. Also this is a great sounding piano. I think many of today's top pianists strive for speed over expression. I've heard some versions of La Campanella that are so fast that they obscure the intricate details that make the piece so delightful (and difficult). I disagree with Greenred above. I think this is way better than just pretty good I think it's really, really excellent.
i concur. her chopin concerto no.1 is perfect pace and dynamics.
I understood that her dad told her to always tell a story when you play. frankly, I think that's some of the best advice you can get. Many players can easily go down the anxious road (yes, i watched inside out 2 just now haha) and play as quickly as possible to impress a gullible audience. you don't have to like her interpretation, but every bit of this feels... lyrics. rachmaninov meant it to be similar, i'm sure. the depth and quality is just great. thank you!
It's refreshing to hear a performance in which the pianist understands that not every note is written staccato, where the performer doesn't feel the need to dive-bomb the lower register, and also where the performer doesn't play the work as though the last train of the evening is leaving in a few minutes.
To many who have listened to the more bravura interpretations of others, this may sound plodding and overly deliberate. It's not; it's another way to interpret the work, and it's actually harder for an accomplished pianist such as Ms. Scheps to play this in a more controlled way than it is to try to win the "Fastest Performance of Day Award" or make the instrument heard ten blocks away. There are nuances and subtleties of tempo and dynamics that aren't found in most other performances of this piece. In the reintroduction, the tempo and sound increase smoothly and gradually, instead of doing so choppily and/or in stages.
Sometimes it's good to be different, and this is one of those times. This is an intelligent, well-performed interpretation of this Prelude, and easily in the top ten of the 300 or so I've listened to.
Tom Barrister It's the only version of this I've heard that I've enjoyed listening to.
Who’s no1?
Wonderfully articulated.
dontzenyourselfout - It's just a comment, guy, chill. I don't know how he allegedly listened to 300 though lmao, pretty ridiculous.
I completely agree with you, in general many performances, in my humble opinion, are ruined because I am left feeling e hausted by the sooed in which a piece has been played by some of the many well-known pianists of today. We all know how talented they are so as you said, it doesn't always have to be a competition for who can play the fastest with the fewest nistakes.
I find her voicing to be exquisitely nuanced compared to others' renditions.
Has a lot to do with the audio quality though. This recording plainly contains more information of the sound.
I agree
@@poorlittlesheep4098 Her version 2010 is not good for me, but this one yes!
Yeah, tons of finesse all over it. So, so musical. Nice bright, clear tone, always, never harsh. Middle section is a tad slow for my taste, but still definitely one of my favourite versions out there.
This is the best version of this piece I've ever heard so far (I've heard dozens or hundreds of these by the way). She does not play too fast as a lot of other pianists. I think this piece is played too fast by many other aritst which make it really less hunderstandable. The way she use pedale is also very interesting because she use it longer than other ones which chop the song too often. She makes the song smoother and more enjoyable for me at least. For me, it is like this that this piece should be played by Rachmaninov itself because it touches me way better this way.
I agree...
^..^~~
max - it's not a song. It's a piano piece... A song is, by definition, SUNG! Yes, it's a great rendition. But it's not a song.
Joan Hammond - there are songs without words though admittedly this is not one of them
Andrei Brănescu thats what i want to say！！👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
she is great，but Gilels is suuuppperrrrrrr！Please listen to Emil Gilels's,the middle part is soooooo beautiful ❤️❤️
Finally, a rendition with the PERFECT TEMPO! Bravo 👏👏👏
This prelude is extremely hard to play yet it's extremely beautiful. Thanks Olga. You delivered it in a way that the composer would be proud of you. ❤❤❤
This edition is the best one ever heard before
Her calm and focused approach brought up many details that composer wanted us to hear.
This has been the type of interpretation I've been looking all over the internet for. Thanks again Olga.
Left hand beautiful…every note clearly articulated …A supremely gifted artist💥😇😍🙏
Olga Scheps is amazing! A stunning performance every time! 👏👏👏🎼🎶🎹
I've listened to at least 15 or 20 different pianists perform this amazing piece and I like this the best.
the truth is that Evgeny Kissin plays the prelude better than anyone
Nah Gilels plays better
Watch Valentina Lisitsa's perform then judge
cruz manuel salomon ignacio Kissin is a god but I think he plays it too fast
valentina is the best
Perfection, absolutely beautiful ❤
truly astounding performance! I'm currently working on this piece right now, and I'm sure i can use your performance as a good example!
she really felt rachmaninoff's piece. Love it!
Quân Lưu her Name is OLGA
I never knew a piano play can be seen from so many angles . What is ' her ' interpretation mean ?
Best interpretation of this masterpiece EVER ! 😍😍😍 her tempo is just perfect and her voicing so powerful !
Bellísimo preludio de Rachmaninov ..Genial interpretación de Olga Scheps ..
I dont know how many times i listened this... Maybe it is not be correct that Mrs Scheps performance is the best but it is the one I like the most... Congrats...
Better than most pianists, pretty good job on the middle part. Talking about middle part... I still prefer RIchter - that's absolute perfection. Most players absolutely fail on multi voiced middle part, you did a great job!
I prefer Gilels, both for the middle part and the rest of the piece! Such a contrast of rough and sweet with a proper conversation between the voices in the middle bit
Richter? Absolutely! Gilels? Alzo Absolutely! And, their differences prove the genius of Rachmaninoff's composing. Both are terrific performances. Gilels may be a tad more expressive. But, so what?
@@oleflogger6828 just fun to talk about I guess. No doubt this is a spectacular performance, amongst the best even.
@@oleflogger6828 what about kissin, yuja, lang lang, etc? I think their performances of this piece is definitely up there as well.
Amazing!!! Olga, Thank you. The amount of feeling and expression you put into your playing is inspirational and astounding.
This is my favorite version of this prelude on YT. The march like qualities followed by the more lyrical midsection where Olga does such an excellent job of phrasing and bringing out all the voice lines. Just wonderful!
This is the piece I broke my only ever piano string on when I was in my teens. I was hammering the keys unnecessarily I still remember the anger & judgement on the face of the piano tuner who replaced the string for me. This is a controlled & musical interpretation very different to the Andrei Gavrilov version I once tried to emulate. Sometimes less virtuosity is for the better
Wow this is so different from Yuja Wang's interpretation, and yet just equally stunningly amazing. I almost stopped breathing...so much life
Yes just awesome
I don't care what others prefer. This was amazing. Brava!
This piece is a intricate and fragile blend of chaos and calm. It wants to shout sometimes and whisper others. It requires care, respect and patience to approach correctly. Olga does so perfectly. Bravo.
She can't deny her roots with this superb russian technique, the way she plays this prelude remindes me of Richter's performance, and yet, her special touch, excellent articulation, precise accentuation and phrasing, combined with the perfect tempo in my opinion, makes this interpretation really outstanding, unmatched certainly. ¡I am sorry 'Slava'! Olga will give us much more in the future, I am eager to listen at her when she is more mature, pianistically speaking, than she is already now. Can you imagine? ¡Brava Olga, maestro!
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Brava , anzi BRAVISSIMA MAESTRO OLGA
Marco Rotondi
She's German lol
How so if she was born in Moscow? Moscow is in Germany?
peter maguire German does she speak Russian too?
1:19 Heart melts. OMG. That is truely one the great melodies of our times, and played so beautifully. Magical.
1:19 gave me goosebumps. The most beautiful interpretation of Rachmaninoffs I have heard. I wish i knew about this earlier
Quelle classe ! Et surtout quelle compréhension d'une partition devenue ultra célèbre ( trop, peut-être ...? ) et qui incite à la surenchère technique !
Dire qu'une interprétation est "la meilleure" n'a aucun sens : cela relève du "non mesurable", mais au cas présent cette jeune et talentueuse pianiste a su éviter tous les pièges tendus consciemment ou non par Rachmaninoff, et rendre à ce prélude, que l'immense S.Richter qualifiait de génial, sa grandeur, si souvent occultée par un excès de virtuosité : elle est une des rares à trouver le tempo idéal, notamment lors de la vénéneuse accélération que requiert la reprise du thème initial...Merci, belle Olga, le grand Serge a du se réjouir de vous entendre..;
Exceptionnel dans la rythmique, le toucher subtil, et la musicalité en plus. Tout y est. Félicitations!
Fantastic. Ms. Scheps is the perfect age and skill to play this piece. I don't know what Rachmaninoff was thinking when he composed this, but I feel like I know exactly what Ms. Schep was feeling. She is so transparent. The ending is perfect, and she seems to need a few seconds to come back to reality. I love how she was lost in this piece.
Really good interpretation. Not too fast and very expressive, but the tempo keeps it going.
Bravo
fantastic ... I admire you Olga ... you are talented with exquisite technique and very beautiful
Gorgeous Rachmaninoff. her tremendous musicianship allows her to get inside every thing she plays, from Chopin to Rachmaninoff. I eschew comparisons, and focus on whether I was moved. In this case, without a doubt. .
This is my favorite interpretation of this magnificent piece. I played it (not so well) as a teenager. I stopped playing piano as an adult, and just recently took it up again. My dream is to relearn this piece, one of my very favorites, but notoriously difficult.
I am in exactly the same situation! I'm finding i am amazed at both how much i have forgotten, and how much i remember. The very best of luck to both of us.
She looks a lot like Evgenia Medvedeva, a Russian figure skater. I love this interpretation. I’m learning this piece right now, and I finally found one that seemed the about right speed. Lots of recordings in my opinion are way too fast for the piece like Valentina Lisitsa’s. Olga’s version is definitely one I will use as an example.
Jonathan M. Yes I agree! I live Evgenia also
You are stunningly amazing my dear. I've listened to hundreds of pianists over the years in countless concert halls all over the world. You are the best of them all.
She nailed it and she knew it. Very intense woman. I like her.
Best interpretation I've seen. Perfect tempo, beautiful voicing and dynamics. Rachmaninov would have been proud 👍
É sempre um grande prazer ouvir o seu tocar este tema no piano é perfeita em todos os compaços a sua expreção é sem igual parabens!!
Восхитительное исполнение и эмоции красивой девушки, просто прелестно!) Спасибо, прям кайф) Я влюбился в это исполнение, и в девушку) Одолжу пожалуй эту манеру исполнения себе!) Спасибо Ольга, вдохновляете!)
강약조절 미쳤다. 지금까지 들은 것 중 가장 원곡에 가깝네 멋지다
Super . Both pianist and music are matched in perfection !
This is my favorite performance. I’m learning this. Working on voicing now.
My personal favourite video from Olga. And easily, at least for me, best video performance of this title
vous venez nous donner une magnifique interprétation; merci madame.
I love the look you give the piano when you complete the piece.
Absolutely glorious ! Thank you , Olga Scheps !
gotta love these comments. I realy admire people who understand the music they're listening to. I love music, listen to it almost 24/7 but to me all these performances are exquisit and awsome.
I never heard such a fantastic performance of my fav Rachmaninov's op23N5 . I would say its hard work to play that opus in the right way and not every even virtuoso can play it without little fails. Brava Olga !! You're pretty amazing!
Absolutely wonderful, awesome pianist, awesome composer!
4:02 that facial expression after practicing your craft thousands of times before and performs perfect execution just as you have planned and prepared hundreds of times before followed by... explosion of applause as expected
She is fantastic!!!!
This piece is so dear to me...takes me right back to when I was playing it myself....
She beautifully conveys the monumental and dreadful march of fate in this piece.
I really love the way Olga constructed the dynamics in this rendition. Beautifully build crescendo from ppp after finishing the middle section. Controlled and balanced performance 👏
Thank you so much for this arrangement. Very well done. Thank you!
I cannot remember how many times i've watched this. Simply brilliant. As a 17/18 year old (20+ years ago) i made it through this from start to finish maybe twice - and that represented several months of combined pain, frustration, joy, and wonder... But i just couldn't deal with those left hand arpeggios... Pretty sure if any part of it ever sounded like this, it's was purely accidental. Bravo!
Don't know a lot about the classics - but that was well worth 4 minutes 25 seconds of my life ....big thumbs up from me !!!
After listening to dozens and more of renditions of this piece, Olga's still is the best I've ever heard
I loved how you were able to play very softly when needed then rise to forceful strength again when needed. Amazing dynamics. Thank you i enjoyed the recording very much
It is wonderful how Olga can play rough and elegant at the same time. Always in control. Such a marvelous young pianist. :)
No doubt about it. Olga in full bloom. Her version is very high pie in the sky. Just imagine all the sequels... Thank you with all my heart.
Superb, superb! No other words, especially her expression during the transition piano part
Bravo! One of the very few pianists to perform this wonderful prelude without missing a trick. Most impressive was the slow build up near the end which starts pp and accelerandos to FF.
This is singlehandedly the most beautiful piece of music I've ever heard.
As a recent listener to classical music, I couldn't help but notice, the excellent clarity of the notes in this piece, as interpreted by Olga Schepp, so beautifully. the tempo, with the ebbs and the flow, along with the right amount of intensity, chosen to heighten the emotions of this fantastic piece by S. Rachminonoff..! bravo Olga..!!
Olga is so good in playing Rachmaninov that I never loose the grip of her playing. She is always there to make Rachmaninovs piano the best.
So brilliant that I could not resist at the end.I fainted.
woahh. did you?
@@SpontaneityJD almost
Stop talking about tempo. You people do not know what it means. You cannot play common time any faster or slower than it is intended.
Thank you Olga! You bring joy to our lives!
She performed it so beautifully! She is living Music, understanding the moods, transfering the moods. Great!
Olga: Sie sind eine großartige Künstlerin und eine wunderschöne Frau!
Gott segne Sie heute und immer!
I like how this version is rhythmically differing slightly from Yuga Wang's popular youtube version.
am 4.12.2019 in der Münchener Philharmonie live erlebt, ein Wahnsinns-Konzert.....danke, Olga
Olga it's an impressive performance. Thank you. 🌠💒💠
Kissin messed this piece completely up at the Proms, most play it too fast without the necessary intonation. This version is very probably the best I have ever heard. Super performance, Mrs Scheps.
I don't know about that. I think he played the first and third sections better (actually with a bit of brutality and urgency) but I think this woman plays the mid section better.
Still, I prefer Kissin though.....
Dude, kissin's performance that night rocked the audience! That was the best one ever!
She is wonderfull , not only by her music ! Her hands ... her arms ... her face ... her hair... her lips...her sweet expression , make her special ! It is very dificult not fall ( mentaly) in love with her !
Absolutely the best I have heard this prelude!
A magnificent rendition of one of my favorite pieces. Rocky, Freddy and Frankie are my 3 favorite composers, and i always get chills from good Rachmaninov. Wonderful pacing control. Just phenomenal.
Amazing how modern she made it sound, great work!
This piece of music is part of my life since I was a young teenager. This is one of the best versions I know.
I wouldn't know where to start commenting this... No matter how much of a perfectionist she is, probably even her would agree that this was almost perfect. In every way...
Dearest Olga,. A superb interpretation of a Romantic Classic which you bring new vibrancy to. Bravo, Morton Dark
I know nothing of this kind of music but. This is so beautiful and to my untrained ear seems perfectly played.
I think your ear is better than you realize. A classics lover, I have listened to this piece by scores of pianists. You're right, it's perfect!!!!
Lyrics excellent - smooth - mentally understandable.
Wow! That left hand! The accurate definition of each voice is mesmerizing! Maravillosa Maestra! Bravissimo.
Best interpretation I have ever experienced on this part. Exquisit!
This is by far my favorite interpretation of this piece ever. There's just nothing that compares to the clarity and musicality of her playing, despite there being so many repetitive and fast chords in this piece. I always struggle with the pedaling, as holding it down for too long will make it sound unclear. This right here, though, is perfection!
Wonderful interpretation of Rachmaninov. Thank you so much for this emotions.
It’s like she knows instinctively and rehearses for when she’s solo. She’s filling in the gaps for an entire orchestra… so amazing!