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Rachmaninov plays his famous prelude. Recorded in 1919 on Ampico system. Ampico was the most advanced version of piano roll's systems which contained also track with recorded dynamics in hexadecimal code. In 90's it was transfered to PC and reproduced by Boesendorfer 290SE piano. You can see that piano here on my previous post http://www.youtube.c om/watch?v=k-rqOJDo0 -8
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Rachmaninov was of course the brilliant virtuoso we all know, but as a genious composer he has as well his place in the standard classical repertoire. Here we hear him play the adagio sostenuto from his second piano concerto. This unique recording with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski was made for RCA in 1929.
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PT 1a. http://youtube.com/w atch?v=WlVKTRy7Mto
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30
1. Allegro ma non tanto (excerpt)
Philadelphia Orchestra
Conducted by Eugene Ormandy
Sergei Rachmaninov, piano
Note: Rachmaninoff made two rather brief cuts of 4 and 2 bars in the first movement, 13 bars of the Intermezzo and made two large cuts, 23 and 13 bars, in the Finale.
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Rachmaninov was of course the brilliant virtuoso we all know, but as a genious composer he has as well his place in the standard classical repertoire. Here we hear him play the moderato from his second piano concerto. This unique recording with the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra directed by Leopold Stokowski was made for RCA in 1929. At request, I'm now uploading the first movement.
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Hey people, the sound quality is A LOT better if you put &fmt=18 after the url of the video.
You have to try it, it's amazing
Elegie by his composer (October 1928)Subscribe!!!
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I had been considering this upload for several weeks when I got a specific request. So here it is: an unforgettable interpretation of Edvard Grieg's violin sonata no. 3, by violinist Fritz Kreisler, accompanied by Sergei Rachmaninov at the piano. This video features the second movement, allegretto espressivo alla romanza. Recording was made for Victor on September, 14th and 15th, 1928.