Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 - III. Allegro scherzando (Rachmaninoff)

Finally fulfilled a 12 year dream of recording this whole concerto. There's nothing quite like piano concertos. Rach 3, Chopin 1, Grieg, Var on Paganini, Prokofiev 3, Rhapsody in Blue, Tchaikovsky 1, Brahms 2 - all tell wonderful, timeless stories in their own ways. My favorite, Rach 2, tells the tale of struggle and reflection before triumph in the internal world, thus enabling success in the external world.
The visuals were deliberate, but it's really up to interpretation.
As this is multi-piano, I took liberties with the orchestral part in some places.
This movement was several times harder than the first 2. Besides the most challenging soloist parts in the whole piece, coordinating the orchestra and making it seem like a concerto were very hard. Some places could still be improved but this is a good place to leave this. Maybe I'll revisit this, hopefully with a real orchestra.
Official for now, unless I change my mind and re-upload.
Thank you to my online and IRL supporters!
Special ありがとう to the beta testers, Tani and Louis.

[@Roescoe]

This movement takes the most skill of any of them, really well played. I'm very impressed by the duet blending in this one.

[@ChrisLuan]

Thanks! I agree the 3rd movement is the most challenging musically and technically!

[@orfrisbee2121]

Chris you are amazing

[@ChrisLuan]

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[@YayaPiano1]

DUDEEEE I've just now come back to listen to this and what I can say is that it is absolutely masterfully played man🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 Hope everything is going okay my dude❤️

[@ChrisLuan]

Heyyooo welcome back!! Hope things are going well for you. Rach 2 def still my fav concerto, gotta go ham for the finale

[@willisbadatpiano]

Yes I have been waiting for this! Tremendous job as usual. Rach 3 next? ;)

[@ChrisLuan]

Rach 3 :poopedmax: Not yes or no, but a matter of when. :copege:

[@jonathanh9734]

Finally you've completed the concerto no 2! Congratulations!

[@ChrisLuan]

Tyty

[@littleporcupinepianocovers4525]

Such an impactful and emotional performance! It's an honour to be your beta tester 😉

[@ChrisLuan]

Honestly, having a good pair of ears and a friend to bounce ideas off of helps a ton.

[@LouisR56]

Oh my god

[@ChrisLuan]

Thanks for the thumbnail inspiration. Borrowed the layout, minus the portrait lol

[@LouisR56]

@@ChrisLuan Ahah nice ! Always my favorite part before uploading lol

[@sveltopiatti4221]

Hi Chris, where did you found this immage?

[@ChrisLuan]

Google images

[@HayashiStudios]

🥜

[@ChrisLuan]

waku waku day 7: i realized i made a grave mistake. I'm just so used to your Discord name kekcry

[@kano1458]

catthonk

[@ChrisLuan]

🐈🤔