There's 'good music,' and then there's the Rachaminoff Piano Concertos

[Det_Nosnip]

Seriously. No.2 in C minor? Freaking ridiculous. I mean...really...what the hell? I'd listen to something else now, but then...why bother? It's going to suck compared to this. :p

Other than Mahler's 9th, of course.

[Rams]

Piano concert no. 3 is the best. Well, besides Sonata no. 2.

[Det_Nosnip]

I like No. 2, but then I'm a C minor whore.

[NuclearRabbit]

Hay guys, what's C minor? Seriously, sometimes I get asked to play something in C minor/D major etc., where on my fretboard (bass) is that?

Besides that, got any youtube films for these pieces of classic music?

[Det_Nosnip]

lol. C minor is a key/scale. It includes the notes C, D, E flat, F, G, A flat, and b flat. My advice would be to invest a little time learning your theory...at the very least your scales.

Oh...looks like there's a video of a performance of the piece:

Part 1:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdHO5yvZza0

Part 2:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPBl0SIV3Do

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-w_Aajycppc

Part 4:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5y53dmY8OB4

I kinda liked Vladimir Ashkenazy's version better though, TBH.

[Mazeppa]

Great piece. Had a go playing the opening bars of the piece, and those are some hand stretching chords right there. I can about reach them though.

[Ollie The Drumming Legend]

Rachmaninoff is The Man, though there are so many other composers who are also The Man. I wish I could play his piano concertos, they sound amazing, and are amazingly incredibly very difficult. I played his C sharp minor prelude (you know, the really famous one) for a recital about 2 or 3 weeks ago, and now I'm starting on the B minor prelude.

:)

I was really wanting to watch those videos, but my computer has decided that is doesn't like youtube... it says you don't have flashplayer, so I download and install it, then it says the same thing, or that it's switched off or disables somehow. No matter, I kind of like listening to recordings as the quality is higher than youtube generally.

[Det_Nosnip]

Of course, but listening to things on youtube is probably better than not listening to them at all. :)

[SaintAndrew]

number 2 has always been my personal fave as well. i've listened to it hundreds of times.

[Cocaine]

I'm downloading it now. I love what little Rachmaninoff I've heard, so I'm expecting good things.

[aria]

boring

[PianoDan]

Yeah, Rachmaninov was quite something. I recently was able to see his 1st Piano Concerto for free in Melbourne... it's not as well known as 2 or 3, but I think it deserves to be up there.

I've only heard his 4th PC once, and I can't find it on CD anywhere...