Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Anna Fedorova - Live Classical Music HD

Pianist Anna Fedorova and AVROTROS Klassiek are a golden duo: recordings of her previous concerts are one of the most popular ones on our channel. And now she's back! In Het Concertgebouw she performs Rachmaninoff's 'Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini'. Enjoy!
Rachmaninoff: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Anna Fedorova [piano]
Philharmonie Südwestfalen
Gerard Oskamp [conductor]
Recorded: Sunday the 11th of March 2018, during The Sunday Morning Concert in Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam.
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[@1962mano]

Anna Fedorova: a legend in the making.

[@neilsvonzeppelin250]

In the beginning of 2020 what is she up to ?

[@yashbspianoandcompositions1042]

@@neilsvonzeppelin250 she just recently played Rachmaninoff piano concerto no 1 check it out

[@neilsvonzeppelin250]

@@yashbspianoandcompositions1042 Sincere gratitude. She has " the sens of the divine ".

[@swine13]

She would give the best hand and forearm massages, too, i bet. Each one of those fingers can probably lift more than either of my biceps.

[@0GreatMerlin]

@@swine13 Watch the lid of the piano. It's bouncing because of her strikes to the keyboard. And yes, she can put eyes out with those fingers.

[@arminv8169]

The 18th variation is one of the most powerful moments of the romantic music.

[@josephadams2378]

It connects me emotionally to the movie Somewhere in Time, my first viewing of which was a focal point for much of the pain and loneliness and grief and regret and sadness in my entire life, both before that moment and since. It's not really fair, because it is a beautiful work, and does not deserve to be associated with such feelings, even just in my own insignificant mind. It also happens to be one of the very few bits of Rachmaninoff, even within this rhapsody as a whole, that I can say I I think I somewhat understand.

[@kenamick-ij9cs]

Rach and Paganini = sublime.

[@MrRickstopher]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music that has ever been created. 😢😢

[@firiel2366]

That sublime bit from around 16:20 to 19:20 is just 👌. We had it on a CD growing up; it's one of the pieces that made me fall in love with music.

[@sonofzues8414]

damn thank you this was i looking for.

[@ricardonascimento6020]

Espetacular!!! Encantadora!!! BRAVO!!!

[@djarnoldo516]

That sublime bit, my friend, is the 18th thematic variation of 24 in the piece. It is one of the, if not the, most beautiful piece of music ever written, and by itself earned Rachmaninov a place in the pantheon of Russian composers next to Tchaikovsky. When you hear this magnificent piece of music performed live, look around the hall; anyone with a soul in his breast will have a tear in his eye.

[@nfw324]

Also from the soundtrack "Somewhere In Time" with Christopher Reeve

[@joannerichards1750]

When I first listened to Rachmaninoff's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini I immediately recognized the introduction to the Sunday Matinee Theater on WTAE Ch. 4 in Pittsburgh in the late 1950s. It was the beautiful variation no. 18. At that moment I understood that the great classical musical themes are recycled endlessly in our culture and thus will never die.

[@Cromf]

Rachmaninoff is the composer who makes the most beautiful musics. As much as I love Beethoven, Bach, Liszt, Brahms, etc., his compositions are the most sublime I’ve ever heard.

[@hopesonmakokha5217]

Don't forget Tchaikovsky!

[@hopesonmakokha5217]

Check out Rachmaninoff symphonic dances op. 45, it's sooo good

[@Hhhhhhhhhhhha]

He must of been so so in love ❤

[@baldmista1907]

Don’t forget chopin

[@kevintewey1157]

If sublime is interesting, then I agree. 🙈

[@miltonmoore5294]

Artists like this should be paid more than Rock Stars!

[@kenkarapetian4905]

We can make that happen - if we buy classical CD-s and DVD-s, attend classical music concerts...Then (and only then) artists like Anna Fedorova will be paid more than rock stars. However, Aristoteles once said that in democracy, decisions made by poor people will always override decisions made by rich people - simply because there are more poor people than rich people. Similarly, there are more rock music fans than classical music fans. So, for classical music performers to be paid more (and they WELL deserve it) than rock stars - WE HAVE TO BETTER EDUCATE OUR CHILDREN TODAY. Don't you agree?

[@miltonmoore5294]

@@kenkarapetian4905 Certainment! For the reasons you stated the founding fathers of the United States of America set up the government as a republic, rather than a democracy. And a sui generis example of how dumb folks are is that even though the citizens of the USA are taught to memorize the "pledge of allegiance," which reads; "I pledge allegiance to the flag of United States of America. And to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all", most folks STILL will refer to the USA as a democracy (mob rule), rather than a republic, the most prominent group being government officials and politicians THEMSELVES! Now that is the sui generis example of "dumb" and a most profoundly illutsratative indicator of how there is no hope for classical music ever at least matching the popularity of even the lowest common denominator of any other genre of music. With gratitude for your kind support, and with appreciation for the magnetic eloquence of your writing.

[@jchong]

Aren't rock stars artists too?

[@kenkarapetian4905]

True - rock stars are artists, too. However, rock stars (most of them anyway) do not spend years in training, mastering an instrument (piano, violin, etc.). Classical music performers dedicate their lives to perfect their art of playing an instrument… and then they bring the pearls, the treasure, the brilliance of Bach, Mozart, and Rachmaninoff to us, the modern generation. Classical performers connect generations; more than that - they connect ages. Rachmaninoff’s piano concerts would have been long forgotten if it was not for the classical performers. Mozart’s Requiem, which many find the crown jewel, the Everest of human achievements in the history of music - they would have been lost and forgotten if it was not for these hard-working, dedicated, devoted classical pianists, violinists, conductors, flutists, and oboists, etc., etc., etc. Don’t you agree? And then there are a few - just a handful of brilliant rock-stars like Stevie Wonder, - who is not just a “rock-star” per se, but a genius composer, songwriter, instrumentalist, poet-lyricist, singer, producer…He thus will become another CLASSICAL musician. Not much different from Mozart or Beethoven. Classical music (including Stevie Wonder) stays in history, rock music is “Here Today & Gone Tomorrow”, paraphrasing the beautiful song by Earth, Wind & Fire.

[@miltonmoore5294]

@@kenkarapetian4905 A very impressive analysis, although I would not group Stevie Wonder with the immortals of classical music because he is not from that period, and doesn't possess the awesome level of genius gifted to so very few men. He is a genius no doubt. His level of genius has been possessed by thousands of song writers and musicians in pretty much all genres of music, but I cannot envision much or any of their music being performed in huge concert halls hundreds of years from now. (I never considered Stevie Wonder a "rock star." I cannot recall even one of his songs featuring the words "rock" or "roll." Wonder's best song for me was ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE, as recorded by Shirley Bassey.) Since you are a connoisseur of music, be sure and google Leroy Anderson's piano concerto in C, on the 22zotyka22 channel, and the third movement on the Ensemble Vivant channel. Also Google Leroy Anderson's SERENATA on the Felixbautista ch. I have comments under the user name Mookiespindlehurst on these videos. Talk about genius! Leroy Anderson was fluent in 9 languages!

[@mandoman6786]

I like how at the end of variation 18 a few people are crying while playing. Even after hours and hours of hearing it, it still gets them when heard with the entire orchestra in person.

[@ripvanwinkle9592]

After my teens I never liked the 18th variation in E major. I always look forward to its end and the relief provided by the brilliant 19th variation in a minor, my favorite of all 24, and the intense drama and brillisnt pianism which follows to the end of the rhapsody. I tired of the 18th in my youth and Rschmaninoff was already in his late 60's when he composed this masterpiece, only composing the 18th in order to obtain public appeal in which he certainly succeeded. Richarc Sot Facebook & Messenger

[@bcing75]

No other theme ever written to have been inverted, slowed down, and transposed from minor into the major key is as marvelous as this 18th variation. Beauty at its finest!

[@TheMelopeus]

What was the original theme?

[@negan2266]

Paganini's Caprice I believe

[@FranciscoCunha2004]

It wasn’t “transposed from minor to major”, the inversion itself makes it major. But yes it was transposed down a semitone from D Major to D flat Major

[@LSSYLondon]

Ukrainian pianist Anna Fedorova is truly remarkable. I saw her at Carnegie Hall years ago and it was one of the most remarkable experiences of my life.

[@brucewayne5496]

Anna Fedorova is one in millions. What an extraordinary talent. She is dropping greatness in this performance! 🔝

[@guslama9130]

This beautiful woman makes so many people around the world so happy. Thanks, from the bottom of my heart.

[@TheMarcHicks]

I recall having to memorize pieces of music back in High School....but those were usually no more than 6 minutes in length. So I stand in amazement of artists who can play over 20 minutes of music from memory. Their muscle memory must be phenomenal!!!!

[@jarrodmartin3630]

I really appreciate that she never rushes through any piece. I can actually hear all her notes.

[@joangibb7480]

Yes!!!!

[@kevinkeene5608]

With a name like Anna Fedorova she deserves to be the queen of the piano.

[@petermaddams6071]

In my view nobody does Rachmaninov better than Anna Fedorova. A supremely talented pianist.

[@LeizeLeize]

Lugansky is very talented too

[@georgzillner]

Valentina Lisitsa

[@TheSchmidt62]

Don't forget Vladimir Ashkenazy!

[@dearfriday5448]

Alexsander malofeev

[@samuelngumii]

Have you seen Alexis Weissenberg? He's rendition is a beauty.

[@marzettiful]

What a bloody miracle.... A wonderful performance.... Thank the lord we still have people who can do this!!!

[@zoeforbes4169]

0:04 - intro 0:12 - var 1 0:30 - theme 0:49 - var 2 1:08 - var 3 1:33 - var 4 2:04 - var 5 2:33 - var 6 3:45 - var 7 4:54 - var 8 5:28 - var 9 6:01 - var 10 6:54 - var 11 8:14 - var 12 9:45 - var 13 10:20 - var 14 11:05 - var 15 12:14 - var 16 14:03 - var 17 16:25 - var 18 19:22 - var 19 19:55 - var 20 20:31 - var 21 20:57 - var 22 22:42 - var 23 23:35 - var 24

[@CatfishGumbo23]

THANKS BRUH!

[@ashleighdowling8266]

YOU'RE AMAZING BRUH

[@lottaart7848]

24 variations for 24 caprices!

[@finnfuchs879]

This must have took hours

[@zoeforbes4169]

@@finnfuchs879 hahaha nah it took me like half an hour max cos i had the score with me

[@juanpablobernal5767]

IMHO this is the best version of this concert aviailable on KZbin. Anna Fedorova's passion perfectly complements Rachmaninoff's. I return to this concert over and over. At the end I feel like I need to stand up, aplaud, and cheer!!!

[@kevintewey1157]

( agree) Imagine something you can still somewhat enjoy with a migraine ( VERY RARE )

[@billgaetz337]

What an honour to share this planet with the genius of Anna Fedorova, how she taps into and allows the music to flow through her from that source that has no name , besides the countless hours of practice , to watch that music course through her and manifest through her hands is like watching a miracle manifest right before your eyes.

[@edwardkonowicz2135]

I love that you, Anna, helped to keep Rachmaninoff's vision of sustaining beautiful music alive. Thanks!

[@marceloleiva2093]

No matter how many times I listen to this masterpiece, each time I do I discover something awesome...

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

A classic. Fedorova and her interpretation of Rachmaninoff's music will never grow old.

[@wotringjjiv]

Who on Earth give this a thumbs down? I pity such individuals who can't comprehend or enjoy the beauty and magnificence of this music and the artists performing it.

[@wwssviewer]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever composed.

[@kevinmccloud8]

Ditto : ) ❤⛅🕺🏻🤸🏾‍♀🎤👌🎹☮

[@gothamelliott]

Yes it is! Excruciatingly beautiful!

[@wisskier]

Variation 18 gets me every time!

[@thebluerobin]

Children need to be played classical music in the crib, and through early childhood so as to learn and appreciate this wonderful music at an early age.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

Agreed. To grow up without this music would be tragic. What a blessing it is to those who have found it.

[@mastopakya]

I learned my love of classical music as a child, watching Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons, when animation was a beautiful art form, and the music was integral to the telling of the story. Go back and look at some of the classic cartoons from the 40's and 50's, and you will see what I mean. Aahh.........the good ole days.

[@GBAusmeierAussie]

Tell that to the criminals who are trying to jab the kids instead!

[@darylharvey2865]

My dad did that. And Mom played contemporary jazz for me as well. To this day, I can't live without hearing an uplifting piece of music to start my day. Thanks, Mom & Dad.

[@Bevsworld04]

Var 11 6:54 is extremely underrated imo. When I hear the first opening notes, I imagine a desert oasis with seagulls flying overhead. A clear, blue pond surrounded by palm trees under an equally blue sky.

[@leesutcliffe7493]

\\\’ llt]hititgosontolon]

[@laiyinquan8355]

I love that interpretation! I never was able to express the euphoria I feel whenever I hear this variation, but you really captured that feeling

[@BRNRDNCK]

Lol how is it underrated, where was it ever “rated” for your comparison?

[@Bevsworld04]

@BRNRDNCK everyone talks about var 18, when I kinda perfer 11 in a weird way

[@sidisura]

At the 10 min, and 20 seconds in.....🥲🥲 God I love this piece. BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL!!! It evokes such deep feelings within me. I literally cry listening to it. I could listen to this all day. Gosh, music can be sooooo deliciously beautiful.

[@paulaepstein9051]

Rach always evokes tears...

[@kelkabot]

8:14, leading into 8:57 with the entrance of the strings--I die every time. Brava Fedorova, and a thousand thousand honors heaped on the glorious head of Rachmaninoff.

[@russhamer]

omg...so so beautiful!

[@ArtStringsEnsembles]

Awesome pianist and wonderful musician - she truly delivers the very meaning of this masterpiece by Rachmaninoff.

[@aoempreendedor]

Wonderfull...

[@Hhhhhhhhhhhha]

I love anna

[@LC-cu6oc]

Once more I'm transported into another era and I love it! Played beautifully, powerful and as always, Anna is so passionate. How she plays for long periods and no music sheet, unbelievable memory; I see it in all her concerts, amazing! Thank you to Anna, the Orchestra and Avrotros for posting sublime piano concerts. ❤🎼🎶

[@hellimancini5299]

Anna Fedorova's performance created a reference work. I'm so grateful to her, thank you.

[@carpballet]

About a hundred years ago, while at school, I decided to take intro to classical music. We got discounted tickets so I bought two, took my mom. This was on the bill. It was the first time I’d ever heard it. Immediately fell in love with it. Anyhoo, mom died recently and it made me sad. As an aside, I occasionally work for the local symphony, medium stature. As I was setting stands and lights the guest pianist was practicing on stage. Something was tickling the back of my brain but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. By the time he approached the 18th I knew exactly what was coming. Memories of mom and our trips to the symphony and opera and ballet came flooding into my head and at the exact same time a gust of wind must have blown a bunch of pollen into my eyes because they just started squiring water out and I had to run offstage.

[@hspina]

I can totally relate !

[@1014p]

So your about 110 years old then? Guessing based on 100 years ago and school comment likely early teens point muddle school. As a child likely not able to remember a whole suite this big nor its numbers. This does not seem accurate..

[@carpballet]

@@1014p You sound like a mathematician and/or logician. Are you?

[@xaviotesharris891]

My momma gave me Rachmaninoff a hundred years ago when I was a child, and I come back here often. I lost her three years ago, and coming back here is comforting. Like you, I am also not a mathematician. 🤗 (@1014p - I did not actually lose her. I meant she died.)

[@helioxdiver]

May your mother's memory be a blessing.

[@leoinsf]

Anna, a true soloist who can also blend with the orchestral sound which is so true of this composition. Her technique is obvious, but her tonal control is also very obvious as she plays. This is one of the best interpretations I have heard. Brava, Anna! Come to America: San Francisco Symphony soooon!

[@MrAMusicPlace]

I rarely hear rubato managed so well as it was hers in variation 17. Outstanding musicianship.

[@XO.Studio]

I can’t believe I actually cried a bit to this piece 😅 this is truly something else, it just hits differently. 😢

[@sidisura]

I totally agree with you.

[@XO.Studio]

Listen to it 2 months later and yup hasn’t changed cried again 🥹

[@matzek.9119]

Thank you Anna Fedorova for this Masterpiece!

[@Metasisic]

This is one of my favorite videos on youtube, it is almost an impossibly perfect performance that really captures the extremely riveting emotional nature of the composition.

[@fazlulkader7849]

I have watched rachmaninoff 2 and 3 performed by Anna.Her performance is outstanding and incredible.I think she is best pianist of our time.Bravo Anna.

[@galegreyson4196]

Brava Anna!

[@lagarkando1]

@@galegreyson4196 Bravissima!!!!

[@gildasiooliveira7921]

Deal!

[@Mr.Rachmaninoff]

He was the greatest genius of all time!

[@kristinajansondpm]

I have never heard the piano played so well in this piece. Wow. Made me cry it was so good.

[@0GreatMerlin]

I could listen to this every day. But I don't really like ground hogs.

[@user-tc7vl2dl7r]

电影時光倒流七十年也用这个曲子🌹💕

[@frankieroberson3398]

Yes, Amazing especially pianist Anna Fedorova

[@ginnyli2913]

the last three notes are just heavenly

[@dosterix6034]

This is a gem, not necessarily a hidden one but still a gem

[@tombarnes7196]

Spectacular performance, a new gold standard. Bravo, Anna!

[@zf5214]

17:11 gave me chills. so beautiful

[@skymarshallmarz5573]

Brought tears to my eyes. Incredible musicality and understanding.

[@crewelocoman5b161]

Great to see Anna on absolutely top form in this difficult and challenging piece. Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!

[@marisac.5303]

She's magnificent! really enjoyed it!

[@Tony-Thompson]

I've just listened again to this incredible performance. I am - truthfully - wiping away tears of joy. She is a wondrous talent. What a privilege it is for us to hear this.

[@alicegriloferreira2953]

I feel like every composer is a genius. How can one write such sublime masterpieces. Rachmaninnoff and all the other composers were geniuses from another planet.

[@frankreedy6437]

So spectacular leaves one breathless. Listen to it over and over. Can’t hear it enough. Her piano concerto performances rise to the top of human accomplishment.

[@leonaldobrum]

This was IMPRESSIVE Rachmaninov would feel proud!

[@wheresteamlives]

One of the greatest pieces of music, period. And that ending, with the giant crescendo and then just a few notes on the piano -- beyond sublime. Along with getting goosebumps even just thinking about it, I practically burst into tears every time I hear it -- I cannot name the emotion that I feel, but I feel it DEEPLY, every time. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

[@MrTullomania]

A truly brilliant interpretation. I felt the chill in my spine in the 17th variation, more than usual, which I was hoping for. You went in deep into its darkness and melancholy and then brought us out into the radiance and beauty of the 18th which you owned with unsurpassed passion and emotion. You played the difficult 24th with sheer artistry and aplomb and made it look all too easy, which it is definitely not! You are a treasure. I will experience this wonderful performance over and over again and work to find an opportunity to experience your marvelous artistry in person...some day. Thanks to Avrotros for a excellent camera work and editing. No nice to see closeups of musicians at critical moments. This was a masterful production! Thank you!

[@tbu1mi]

I'm such a peasant, Russian by lineage no less. I just dream and grunt out " This is nice". I can analyze circuits but music eludes me that way.

[@diegomontecino101]

the problem: with headphones, it is full of coughs... coughs and coughs. Control yourselves!!!!

[@g.defreestlarner772]

@@tbu1mi The best thing about music - you get to enjoy it any way you want...

[@simonjohnson1257]

i think the 17th is so underrated.. the suspense is incredible! Such wonderful composition.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

Mark, I hadn't seen your comment, and posted precisely the same thing. #17, the eeriness there that is often missing. Nothing perfunctory about #17 in THIS performance.

[@jollosaify]

Anna Fedorova is back again with this difficult Rachmaninov piano work. As always, she met our expectation. Congratulations to Miss Fedorova and to her high artistry. The orchestra was up to her too. Thanks to the AVROTROS production team: a 10.

[@elizabethschaeffer9543]

It is amazing when all these elements come together to produce this awe-inspiring music. Definitely a ten.

[@varunsathya1912]

@@elizabethschaeffer9543 more like an eleven :D

[@jwilliam2255]

@@varunsathya1912 or 12.

[@jbrkive]

Absolutely stunning. Awesome technique on the piano. A privilege to listen to Anna Fedorova.

[@UnstoppableYaris]

My musical tastes may have changed somewhat over time, but I will never give up my punk, Grateful Dead and Rachmaninoff

[@billh2567]

This melody always makes me stop what I am doing and daydream

[@bettysides1422]

Anna Fedorova is a living miracle, just amazing, mesmerizing & passionate, I gush!!!

[@ladyofawesome8572]

Literally got chills in the 18th varation

[@seanhallahan14]

Way to rock it Anna and Avrotros! Rachy left us such a gift. Thank you.

[@srx214]

Another wonderful performance by Anna Fedorova on a beloved classical music.... truly enjoyable.

[@Tom-xe9iq]

Anna is such an incredibly talented pianist that I got very emotional with her interpretations of this music.

[@Desireyso58]

ANNA, So Talented, So Beautiful!!!

[@chuckkay]

Fantastic performance of an iconic piece of music. Rachmaninoff was a genius. Love all his compositions. Great job by Ann Fedorava and the orchestra.

[@paulaepstein9051]

Indeed...my favorite among the Russian composers... with Stravinsky right behind

[@bramhuysen5907]

WOW, WOW, WOW ! Anna will go down in history as a legend.

[@donna30044]

Artistry of the first order. One of my favorites pieces played by one of my favorite pianists and a top tier orchestra.

[@mayamalloy2403]

Greatest piece of music ever written and Anna plays it with utter perfection. Rachmaninoff was a true genius.

[@95070kwong]

Lovely piece, incredible performance and superb camera shooting of orchestral action and Fedorova's virtuoso play!

[@timmellin2815]

Yes....but I think they should have had more tight close ups of her face right on, while she was playing the famous adagio; instead the director just held the side view.....that's the most famous part of this work, and it was begging for a tight close up during that portion. Too bad.

[@renaudlemieux6178]

Beaucoup d'énergie et de la fougue plein les oreilles... Douceur et violence musicale. On ne se fatigue jamais d'écouter ce Rhapsody de Rachmaninoff! Très belle interprétation.

[@vebjrngilberg1422]

*The plane takes off* Me: If I die now, at least I die listening to Rachmaninoff.

[@DAVEDIKIAN]

The same for me. For the moment I live, and I want to live listening to Rachmaninov more and more !

[@uskosandan]

My desert island music

[@rbarnes4076]

This is precisely how I feel about Rachmaninoff. A genius' genius.

[@billding7073]

You and Salvador Dali.

[@silviastay7696]

Me too

[@eurekayess]

My mother shared Rachmaninoff's Concerto 2 with me probably since the 1960s. Likewise, although I've known variation 18 of this Rhapsody for many years, I was late in hearing the entire piece. Each time it keeps getting better, and I can listen repeatedly. There are not many comparable masterpieces.

[@caseybarnes2082]

How she plays this 100 percent from memory is absolutely incredible

[@miajc6606]

I wouldn’t say that is a problem as practicing a piece consists of playing the same passages OVER AND OVER.

[@gothamelliott]

Casey, It is not a problem at all if you are truly a musician. I was what is known as a "child prodigy", having started to learn the piano at the age of three. I could learn and repeat long works of music by the age of 6. It's no different than an actor learning a play, or an opera singer learning an opera. I'm not boasting. It's simply the way it is. It is a gift.

[@davidmackie8552]

Absolute genius . . . Composer and musicians. Anna understands Rakhmaninov

[@Drinkthedamncocoa]

This piece makes me want to cry it's so damn beautiful.

[@georgehemingway3476]

This work and the piano make heavy demands on the performers and this lady compliments the orchestra as the orchestra compliments her. Well Done!

[@joselopes2293]

What a magnificent interpretation. One of the best I’ve heard so far. Anna Fedrova is an amazing pianist with an incredible sensitivity. Bravissimo for this divine music and recording.

[@stefangrohser8249]

Danke und Bravissimo für Deine Interpretation: "Rapsodie über ein Thema von Paganini" liebe Anna!!!!! Du und Rachmaninov seid mein Lebenselixier und das schönste auf dieser Welt!!! Danke!! Bitte komm nach Wien, ich möchte Dich sehen und hören! Dein Verehrer und Bewunderer aus Wien Herzlichst Stefan Grohser

[@orlandorobertoneto289]

This musical piece is too beautiful, as well as the mastery with which it is performed. I listen to it every weak.

[@kevinpflug5846]

Incredible performance! Absolutely outstanding.

[@alinelemaitre1391]

magnifique, autant l'oeuvre que l'interprétation !

[@joannerichards1750]

Anna Fedorova slays me every time I watch her play Rachmaninoff.

[@joolsadlington7250]

So beautiful

[@TheMichael2737]

I'm gonna start a petition to hand out cough drops at the doors to these performances.

[@firebir11]

😂

[@kalayaskitchen]

yes indeed, Novochok laced hankies, these idiotic selfish people dont bring anything to cover their stupid bloody mouths, the sound recording engineering of a full orchestra is extremely difficult, and so mikes pick up many audience "special effects", close miking is usually not an option - The performer may be said to get a feeling from having an audience there that lifts the perfomance. I doubt it, she has an orchestra. Get rid of the limited grey haired old farts of an audience and just remember (as in her Rach 2) that a 'net "broadcast" can accrue MILLIONS of plays. So therefore a perfectly timed annoying cough can spoil all this - globally. Perhaps some people do this on purpose, for "fame", and if they want to cough they should hold back until the louder parts are being played too.

[@topenglish6674]

@@kalayaskitchen Ban all smokers from entering the concert hall

[@zipojama]

yesterday I listened to that piece in repeat mode, and I was enjoying it a lot, but now I've read your comment, and I can't unhear all the coughs, especially on the quieter parts :/

[@alanc6781]

Ah, the joys of a live performance. And, do you know, when I go out driving or I go to the shops or get on an aeroplane there are always people there to annoy me. When I listen to music I rarely hear people coughing. I am just tuned into the music. I bet you people would even moan if your bum was on fire.

[@emastrovito]

Magnificent performance by Anna (and the orchestra)!

[@fthornberry3032]

Such an elegant pianist. Best wishes from the US

[@borisromantchic2067]

just a ravishing interpretation of a Masterpiece…

[@suzannehettinger5198]

Such a luscious piece of music and so artistically played!

[@steveturpin4242]

I hope the audience appreciated such a brilliant performance!.......

[@antonyirvine9338]

What a gift to the world this young woman is!

[@sailorgeer]

Such a wonderful performance, full of passion and nuance. I first heard this piece more than 30 years ago as a university student when the university music majors put on a free performance on campus. It instantly became my favorite piece of classical music and has remained so ever since. So much emotion and longing is expressed in this piece and a masterful interpretation like this makes it even more poignant. There is a section in the middle , around 17:50 or so when the full orchestra comes in that always makes shivers run down my spine and this rendition is no exception. The stage direction for the camera work is also extremely well done and highlights the dedication and concentration of the whole ensemble. Well done Ms. Fedorova and orchestra, you touched my heart (again).

[@robertwells460]

I agree with every poi t made in the previous comments.

[@darylharvey2865]

The engineer didn't get paid enough. Best recorded version of this piece in existence, IMO.

[@alexsherban7556]

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[@krskampuchea]

Big admirer of Anna, since she played Rachmaninoff's so called "5th concerto" (2nd symphony piano interpretation). In here, played everyone's favorite melody 16:24 wonderfully slowly, to give us mere mortals time to savour and appreciate.

[@williamstrother6027]

Anna fedarova is an great pianist

[@miguelangelosornio5800]

What a wonderful performance for this difficult concerto!!......congratulations Anna you really moved my soul..... Impecable playing.... Pasion is the key word and Anna has a lot!

[@getenlightened]

Rachmaninoff was truly a genius. Anna is such a gift, truly inspirational! She makes me want to be better - at life. Grateful to the orchestra and to all of the luthiers that make such a performance possible. Bravo, bravo.

[@glennaharris9497]

The entire piece is magnificent especially when played by Anna Fedorova, but the three and half minutes in mid piece is what has made this composition one of the most famous in the world's category of music. I have to admit that little slice is phenomenal, but with Anna at the piano the entire Rachmaninoff piano concerto shines. Rachmaninoff is up there with Beethoven and Tchaikovsky as my top composers of all time.

[@johnadams4153]

Well watching such TALENT in Anna she controls this piece and mixed with younger muscians within such a tallented ochestra as a veiwing public we are all blessed and what a joy to see. Thanks , Anna and members of the orcherstra well done.

[@yveskrahenbuhl7734]

Anna est une artiste exceptionnelle qui recrée instant après instant l'essence même d'une oeuvre. Je pourrai dire: j'y étais! Quel honneur et surtout quel bonheur! Gloire à elle à so engagement et à son exceptionnel talent!