S. Rachmaninov. Symphony no. 1 / Сергей Рахманинов. Симфония №1

[@MarfaPetrovna99]

Не могу пройти мимо и не оставить комментарий. Мой любимый композитор Сергей Рахманинов. Благодарю за эмоции, которые проживаешь, слушая гениальное исполнение этого потрясающего произведения. Музыканты такие живые, молодые и красивые. Низкий поклон талантливому дирижеру Платонову, замечательной работе операторов. Спасибо за прекрасные удивительные комментарии. Какое счастье, что когда-то давным-давно я закончила музыкальную школу. Музыка не стала моей профессией, но я научилась ее слушать и слышать, и она стала Большой Любовью моей жизни. Всем мира и добра.

[@uskosandan]

Rachmaninoff is my favorite composer also, this piece is the one i would select if i could only have one piece of music. I fell enraptured the very 1st time i heard it. I,ve done some research but have never found if he revealed what , if anyth i ng specific was on his heart when he composed it. If anyone out there knows, please share it😊

[@ДенисМариуполь]

Конечно раскрыл, причем сполна, вслушайтесь в начальный ритм этого и в ​@@uskosandan

[@ДенисМариуполь]

Девушка в центре на флейте просто выше всех похвал и восторгов!

[@Jim-hf7vf]

Великолепное исполнениие! Умопомрачительная музыка. Сколько несправедливости вынес Сергей Васильевич за эту музыку. Не смогли понять. Да и сейчас мало кто может прочувствовать всё великолкпиие гармоний и переходов. Удивительная музыка и потрясающее исполнение. Огромное спасибо!

[@tarasidis6543]

Ничего, зато в США хорошо потом пожил, дедуля, встретил пенсию достойно очень

[@СветланаРязанцева-й3ч]

он опередил время, все гении провидцы.

[@torin4183]

​@@tarasidis6543типичный комментарий ничтожества

[@Mifms]

Да что тут такого понимать, чай не додекафония какая

[@ИраПопова-б4ю]

Согласен… С какого хера Р-К сделал такую оценку, что вверг человека в жуткие мучения… Это божественно!!!

[@Modus-zd2sh1vn4j]

Потрясающе тревожно,грандиозно,безусловно Сергей Васильевич Рахманинов выразил все свои чувствования...Спасибо Пермскому оркестру театра,низкий поклон дирижёру за талантливое прочтение симфонии,которая не являлась удачей С.В.Рахманинова...Но прошло время и мы с восторгом воспринимаем буйство стихий,звучащих в этом сложном произведении,написанном на заре его творчества...С благодарностью,уважением,и наслаждением каждым звуком.Людмила.Россия

[@Galina-Angel-14]

Я думаю, что Сергей Васильевич сумел уловить то, что уже возникало в пространстве, те предчувствия надвигаюихся бурь всей 1-й половины XX века. Ведь не ругали же Прокофьева за его 7-ю симфонию!

[@TrueSonOfOdin]

This is the most intense performance of Rachmaninoff's 1st Symphony I have heard. Breathtaking. Brilliant.

[@TrueSonOfOdin]

There are some beautiful girls in that orchestra. I hope they're all having little musicians by now. :-)

[@georgealderson4424]

It has taken me a lifetime to hear this brilliant work. Now I know the history is it too late to be angry that SVR suffered so much at the hands of a drunken conductor and an unsympathetic critic? SVR was 40 years younger than I am now when he composed it and I WOULD NOT HAVE A CLUE WHERE TO BEGIN writing anything as moving. May he rest in peace and rise in glory? Peace be upon him and all who appreciate him

[@georgealderson4424]

Yaps You are right! It is just a shame that it is not heard as often as it might be. I like to listen to it each night and think about all the young people who have been knocked down by critics never to stand up again. I am just so happy that SVR managed to overcome the criticism and go from strength to strength and I only hope many young people will learn from his example.

[@ZeldaMarshall]

Are you referring to César Cui as the "unsympathetic critic"? I would agree, & I would even go so far as to suggest that much of Cui's review had been written in advance of hearing a single note of the symphony. In other words, I think Cui was biased against Rakhmaninov & condemned the symphony in advance. The reason is that Cui represented the new "Nationalism" in Russian Music. Not only was he a member of the Mighty FIve (Borodin, Balakirev, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky, Cui), he established the group & gave it its name, & hailed it as the way of Russia's own music, ready to throw off the shackles & restraints of the heavily German-based Conservatory tradition. So of course, as a critic, he would have been especially harsh on composers who stayed true to Conservatory traditions & German-based forms -- composers such as Anton Rubinstein, Pyotr Chaikovski (or "Tchaikovsky" if you follow the French tradition of transliteration of the Cyrillic alphabet), & of course, Rakhmaninov. So as I said, since Rakhmaninov stayed true to the Conservatory tradition, & Cui was fiercely defensive of the new Nationalism movement, I would suggest that Cui hated Rakhmaninov's symphony before he even heard it.

[@georgealderson4424]

@@ZeldaMarshall Interesting. Furthermore, of the composers you mention, I would venture to say that CC is the least well known, if indeed known at all, by the general public. Thank tou for your comnent.

[@ZeldaMarshall]

@@georgealderson4424 Indeed, this is the victory that history gave Rakhmaninov over Cui: Rakhmaninov's compositions are remembered, whereas Cui's are not (not in the West, anyway). Rakhmaninov himself might have been more inclined to reconciliation, judging by his relation with Glazounov, the composer who also conducted the première of this symphony # 1 while (allegedly) drunk. And then years later, when Rakhmaninov offered Glazounov a copy of his 4th piano concerto for feedback, Glazounov deliberately abandoned the score in a taxicab that he rode. But one of Glazounov's last compositions was a concerto for saxophone & orchestra, & Rakhmaninov included a significant passage for saxophone in his own last composition, the Op. 45 Symphonic Dances, supposedly in a posthumous gesture of reconciliation to Glazounov (who had died in 1936 -- Rakhmaninov's Op.45 dates from 1940).

[@georgealderson4424]

@@ZeldaMarshall Thank you Zelda. Your information about SVR "holding out the olive branch" (repeatedly) to Glazounov just puts him even higher in my estimations! I have a perhaps weird fantasy of meeting him as a young man at his lowest ebb and encuraging him in his life aa he has in mine though he obviously managed without my help this time!

[@paulbeard4218]

Closing one's eyes, you'd never think this was an orchestra of younger musicians. Their performance is that of a seasoned, most capable orchestra .

[@Modus-zd2sh1vn4j]

Абсолютно согласна!Очень тонко,грамотно,проникновенно.Восхищена!

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

Another visit, and STILL...Marvelous in ALL ways. The 1st movement, incredibly muscular, yet never lacking the melodic, rhythmic and and dynamic subtleties of the Master. Remarkable sound considering the tight venue. Entertaining video presentation...but most off all, perhaps the best video version of this highly underrated symphonic masterpiece. Beautifully propulsive, but never rushed. Lovely close to the 2nd movement. The 3rd movement showcases several of the musicians, and all stepped up beautifully. This movement can be at times difficult to "hold together", due to the almost ad-lib nature of the tempo changes, rubato, etc. The dynamics are varied and in this case beautifully judged, There is no lack of the almost "spooky element" Rachmaninoff injects, similar to his "Isle of the Dead." Towards the end of the movement, lovely contributions from the Concertmaster and several others.Marvelously conducted and performed. Bravo!!

[@aleksandrkarlshoffer-ruden6291]

Великолепно! До мурашек! Сергей Васильевич такой пласт оставил

[@georggeiersdorf1077]

Пробирает до слёз. Гений, слов нет, невозможно описать, одни чувства...Ну и конечно исполнение..

[@islamsaleh4697]

I do not play a single musical instrument and my knowledge about orchestras is -10...I only enjoy listening to orchestras while studying, but I can tell, this Maestro is more than a genius and the each person in this band is more than talented...I wish I was a millionaire and I would pay for them to play only for me ... Awesome amazing phenomenal concert.... Respect

[@annaluna9280]

Спасибо Рахманинову за гениальную, актуальную как никогда музыку и отдельно Валерию Игнатьевичу!🙏 как всегда на пределе эмоций и Вашей неуёмной энергии!!! Брави!!!👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@vazgenharutyunyan8553]

написать такое в 23, больше чем гениальность

[@irinaermolova2232]

Какой молодой оркестр, но так проникновенно и чисто исполняет. Дирижер высочайшего класса!

[@iyakemelmakher5713]

Именно из-за из-за не трезвого дирижёра, который не смог передать сути написанного , первое исполнения этой душевно не лёгкой симфонии , потерпел фиаско . Я обожаю творчество Рахманинова ! Сама много исполняла его произведений-творений ! Если бы я не знала , что это его симфония , то не догадалась бы вообще ! Иногда , слушая замысловатые произведения , я пытаюсь понять , что было у композитора в голове и чувства на сердце . Ведь весь этот перечень эмоций нужно ещё и на нотный стан переложить . Не легко было СВ Р в 23 года вообще ! Благодарю канал за предоставленную возможность увидеть и услышать , прочувствовать и задуматься ! Благодарю оркестр за прекрасное исполнение ❤. Браво !

[@naturalroyalflush]

I wish I had written such a “failure”

[@Классик-б5я]

For me, the so great symphony.

[@IMAWriterRobJ]

Quite simply, AMAZING!. Rachminoff at it's highest level. Dedicated, focused, musical playing by every member of this tremendously gifted collection of musicians. Platonov's interpretation of this symphony is among the best I've ever heard, maybe 30 in my long life, as "Previn-ish" as anyone could ever want...a tribute to Maestro Platonov. IMO, he made this symphony as important, vital, and touching as the more famous and loved 2nd Symphony. Just a little note that, for me that "rush" to the Chinese gong was just plain thrilling. You KNOW it's coming, but Platonov was RELENTLESS, and his musicians responded with great gusto. Wonderful, as was every second of this performance. Special mention for the intonation of the horns, always spot on, the duo flutes in perfect sync, spectacular percussion, and beautiful string tone. Actually, every section of this orchestra was ON from the first downbeat. Though somewhat re-written by the composer years after the original performance, one hopes the so-called "critic" of the PREMIER, César Qui is rotting in Hades. That said, the subsequent breakdown and restoration of Rachmaninoff by Dr Dahl (paraphrasing)"You will write a GREAT Concerto" may allow me SOMEDAY to forgive the critic. It was refreshing to hear a DRY venue, which gave this performance a feeling of being there. The mic-ing is intimate, and almost seems inside the orchestra. If you attend a concert, generally the sound is more mono than the artificially wide stereo heard on CDs and live performances. For me, this gave the performance even more impact. Kudos to the engineers. I would obviously be a fool if I didn't mention that this as a spectacularly good looking bunch of musicians.Yes, easy on the eyes, for sure. However, this is an IMPORTANT performance MUSICALLY, especially for those who have not given the NO1 much of a listen. Listen to THIS one! Bravo!!!!!

[@sibprof5684]

Robert Jason Rachmaninov purposed to rework this symphony, but never did. This is it.

[@vladmirhoopnagle1170]

You gave an excellent review of this fantastic piece of work and the highly talented musicians and conductor. I feel the same way about Mr. Qui. He must've had too much vodka before he came to the concert and besides was jealous of Rach's brilliance compared to his pathetic mediocrity. He ruined 4 good years of a composer who was light years ahead of him. For this I will not forgive him.

[@daph0307]

@@vladmirhoopnagle1170 besides Cui was annoying. Also critizised Tchaikovsky, but I feel he really had not the right to humilliate them with his bombastic prose, given he doesn't show to me a pinch of greatness.

[@malvinabutov754]

прекрасная игра и дирижер замечательный ВАЛЕРИЙ ПЛАТОНОВ

[@witoldstrom1115]

Не замечательный , а как человек , и тем более дирижёр , просто Д Е Р Ь М О .

[@christopherdandeker6122]

One year on: still not a better live performance than this. Terrific in every way

[@tomstarzeck7137]

Just recently came to know and relish this remarkable symphony of the highest caliber. Bravo 👏 👏 thanks for posting!🎉❤

[@Glinkaism1]

Superb camera work. I've never seen an orchestra concert with such outstanding camera work! The clarinets showing just the hands. Then an extraordinary non-jerked pan. And then an occasional wide shot.

[@vladmirhoopnagle1170]

I noticed that as well. He must have been very familiar with the score to be able to focus in on the musicians that would be coming in.

[@stephenhall3515]

The greatest performance of this mighty symphony I have EVER heard.

[@pilatesmark]

Awe-inspiring music, wonderful performance. There is nothing in the whole symphonic repertoire that combines power and pathos, tenderness and tragedy in such an organic way. The final movement - OMG! A headlong rush towards a catastrophe, followed by the emergence of some overwhelming power. The transition to the major key at the conclusion gives us some reason for optimism in a dark world. One might be excused for thinking that Rach had a premonition about the cataclysm of war and revolution that was soon to engulf the world, and his own country, in particular.

[@Cesar_SM]

I had'nt appreciated the real meaning of this work until today, and your description fits what I feel about it.

[@TheVaughan5]

It's taken far too long but at last the genius of Rachmaninov is being recognized and he can rightly take his place among the greatest of composers. For an early work this symphony is amazing, full of energy and drama and very individual. "Isle of the Dead" and the "Symphonic Dances" both remain for me two of the finest musical compositions of all time.

[@cheincito]

i like "island of the dead"

[@GJYYNGII]

***** Although "Symphonic Dances" is his last piece, it's still one of my favorites.

[@steveburrus9347]

I don't know offhand what MUSICAL WORLD that you are living on but much of Rachmaninoff's music has been widely recognized and PRAISED for many years now! His 1st symph. was much better in quality than many other composers' 1st symphonies.

[@paullewis2413]

@@steveburrus9347 Yes, the popular works like the 2nd piano concerto and to a slightly lesser extent the 2nd symphony but much of his work was neglected for many years including of course the lst symphony. It wasn't so long ago that Rachmaninov was considered a great pianist but not exactly in the first rank of composers.

[@ralphcasale7453]

Robert Simpson, the great 20th century English composer stated in a book he edited titled "The Symphony": "If a symphony of Rachmaninoff is to be remembered, then it should be No.1" Though No. 2 is more mature and is the more popular, one cannot dismiss the overwhelming power of number 1.

[@robertfrankgill5962]

I know that article by Simpson. One of the most condescending loads of crap I've ever read. Much as I admire Simpson as a COMPOSER.

[@Olga-gd6ci]

прекрасна музыка, прекрасно исполнение и музыканты. спасибо.

[@marclevy9315]

Still the best reading and recording of this fiery Rach 1 on the internet or lp, tape, or cd mediums. I would love to hear Platonov & the Perm musicians perform this symphony with Ormandy's glockenspiel addition in the first movement -- ah . . .to hear real Russian artists glorify the Russian Orthodox quotation so regally. There is more to this Gypsy flavored, heraldic symphony than Rach scholars are telling us!

[@константинкнига-ч7г]

Прекрасно. Супер. Все молодцы, приятно слушать

[@Мария-ф8к2о]

Не Питер, не Москва, Пермские музыканты! Бравр, великая " периферия"! Браво, прекрасный дирижер!

[@MsSpirit12345]

This recording is a gem

[@alexkije]

Since I started using headphones, music sounds so much better. Speakers, no matter how refined always produce harmonics and a jagged wave form.

[@271250cl]

For me, the best of Rachmaninov's symphonies in a very exciting performance.

[@FertChervu]

1. Grave-Allegro non troppo: 00:24 2. Allegro animato: 14:50 3. Larghetto: 23:50 4. Allegro con fuoco: 35:18

[@PeterLunowPL]

very impressed by Mr. Platonov, he makes these beautiful young people work:-)! The result is exciting and yes: a very underrated symphony. I enjoy this performance immensely

[@ediccartman7252]

The final is too fast IMHO.....Listen to Pletnev....

[@JohanHerrenberg]

Bravo! And what a terrific timpanist!

[@dmitryluzin6884]

Валерий Игнатьевич-здорово!Прекрасное исполнение.Я эту симфонию поставил в один из своих первых концертов с Алтайским оркестром.Ещё в 2013.

[@macrobius]

This is a fantastic performance! Спасибо.

[@kathydayphd]

This has always been an underappreciated work. It is moving and beautiful. This is a lovely rendition. I suspect it will become the standard that other orchestras try to meet.

[@dieterbarkhoff1328]

THis is a great performance of a great work....

[@maitreyeeye4737]

superb! S.V.R - the ever best composer on Planet

[@davetaylor3852]

Why do KZbin have to interrupt with adverts in the middle of a movement - ads for male incontinence control don't really add to the mood of this great work.

[@vanhouten64]

Sir, I must kindly recommend a software called "Adblock". It is a free program and will block nearly all advertisements, including those abominations which interrupt music. I have used it for many years and could not imagine doing without it. Good day.

[@fredericchopin6445]

i hate when someone says those ads are annoying. come on, you downloaded youtube for free, didn’t u?

[@michaeldunlap2693]

Enjoying this performance so much. Glad to see a number of the musicians are enjoying it too (i.e. the principal flautist)

[@claudiomahle1688]

Just WOW! Incredible performance!

[@herzi10kater]

Danke ! - Ich liebe diese Symphonie seit 199? Damals hörte ich die ersten Minuten im CD-Laden und seit dem bin ich verliebt in diese Symphonie ! Diese CD habe ich gekauft und diese liebe ich innigst !

[@charlesmatthewbriggs6045]

I must have heard 80% of the available recordings and most of the live concerts recorded here on KZbin. This gets my vote for the best. Everyone else seems to miss one vital element or another, whether the details are slurred over in the excitement at a tempo which is just a little too fast (Ashkenazy and Svetlanov, his first one on Melodyia/Angel) or by someone who adores the details, brings them out successfully, but loses the excitement of the whole (Litton and others.) Ormandy, Previn, and others seem content to stand outside of the music and present a generalized, somewhat passionless, charcoal sketch of this sprawling, colorful epic. Dutoit and Maazel come maddeningly close to capturing the work but contain serious blemishes - especially in the finale. Jansons, Kogan, and Petrenko are all good but linger behind the best of the best. (Usually, it's just one or two aspects of the score that just don't work - as if the conductor can't quite get this head around the whole score. They and even Pawel Przytocki with an average but well-drilled Polish Orchestra will do if you aren't a perfectionist.) But THIS is the one. This is the keeper. Somebody needs to ship these fine young players and their conductor to a better hall and record them in this work for posterity.

[@alexknezevic8327]

You haven't listened to Genady Rozhdestvensky : kzbin.info/www/bejne/jaixh5-Ged57jZo

[@marclevy9315]

Right on, so true! This begs for a high quality transfer to cd & lp. Any smart Russians up the task??

[@charlesmatthewbriggs6045]

@@alexknezevic8327 I have - and it's a maddening one. I love everything about it until the finale -- and then several measures of music are shaved from the beginning of the fourth movement. I don't know if the tape was damaged, there was a mistake in uploading to KZbin or if Rozhdestvensky is using a different edition of the score. I'll re-listen to the link you provided. Perhaps it is a different upload. (In any event, you've got to love the well-drilled perfection of the orchestra!) (BTW, KZbin never notified me of your reply. Hence the long silence. My apologies.)

[@brandonscherrer]

I don't understand why this is a failure, I mean, it's just great!

[@maxwellmorris]

What a wonderful symphony full of power & energy, the last movement is outstanding & so uplifting.

[@josepmariacomajuncosas1875]

Wow what a treasure I just came with. This is a magnificient performance of a somehow underrated yet absolutely wonderful masterpiece. Superb, very intensely expressive. Bravo.

[@mrmikecrocodile4238]

My intoduction to Rachmaninov many decades ago. Powerful stuff.

[@TheNamsproc]

An example of his greatness. A former clarinetist.🎶🎵🎼

[@iansambell158]

I don't pretend to know anything of the technicalities of this piece, I am just content to savour this recording and feel no need to yearn for anything better. The best things in life are free... Thank you Perm and Rachmaninoff.

[@ВескаГанчева-к6е]

Красива музика, вълнуващо изпълнение. Благодаря!

[@andrewbaker4035]

Absolutely brilliant rendition of my favourite (along with Mahler's Sixth) symphony. All human life is in this piece and, to my mind, this is an excellent interpretation by an orchestra that looks as though it is actually feeling the music as well as playing it.

[@waynelutton4634]

This is probably the finest performance on KZbin! A great ensemble. I wish I had been in the audience. Thanks for posting.

[@kh23797]

Thank you, Valeriy, for posting such a good, live performance of the 1st symphony. Sound quality was admirable for a live theatre concert. This increasingly rehabilitated piece cries out for empathy and accuracy and got just that, and to think that Rachmaninov composed this wonderful (if ill-fated) work when only 23, around the same age as many of these players.

[@TheNamsproc]

Invigorating performance! Please find more.outstanding Wonderfull examples of how great his music.is. Louis I. Piatetsky(a clarinetist in my past) 🎼🎵🎶

[@jksteven1]

I wonder how much inspiration Shostakovich took from this powerful tour de force? I have heard this symphony from a number of recordings, but none of them hove the sheer impact of this performance!

[@HarmoniaHattu]

Many thanks, wonderful to have this symphony in full in KZbin!

[@davidunseth9179]

Absolutely the best performance of this piece I have ever heard. Bar none.

[@АндрейГубинский-н1ъ]

примерно с 35;20 - фанфары. Просто великолепно. Мощь !

[@Elenakruzhilina]

Очень красиво

[@mr.thickey1820]

Dear Lord Almighty, what an ULTRA FINE PERFORMANCE of an ULTRA FINE SYMPHONY by an ULTRA ULTRA FINE COMPOSER!!! WOW! What a bunch of outstanding young(er!) musicians whose hearts were really really "into" the music!!! That fine oboe player looked like he could have been an "Olympic weight lifter", & yet he beautifully played such a "delicate" instrument!! Russians playing Rachmaninov- what could be finer!!! "Ach du lieber, mein schatz"!!!!!

[@davidparrish2534]

Loved the final movement. Very exciting!!

[@piano345]

Great symphony and inspired performance - moments of haunting beauty, energy and exuberance. Tchaikovsky admired Rachmaninov's early work but died suddenly and so was unable to fulfill his promise to conduct his compositions.

[@Someonece]

Imagine if Tchaikovsky lived to conduct this. He would've saved Rachmaninov from suffering so terribly after Glazunov butchered it.

[@foryourlifeonly]

We are grateful for that. Rach's depression led him to write his piano concerto number 2 which is the most prominent work now according to classicfm hall of fame.

[@davidj.7779]

Excellent point but IMHO, the first piano concerto is darker and more interesting...

[@paullewis2413]

@@foryourlifeonly "Prominent work" is not a description I would use if you are using Classicfm's judgment, most popular would be more accurate.

[@ediccartman7252]

@@Someonece whispers said Tchaikowsky wasn't very good conductor either....

[@erikeinarlarsen9061]

Ich bin deutscher. Mein Vater war U-Boot-Offizier. Ich habe 1975 den Wehrdienst verweigert, weil ich die russische Musik tief in meinem Herzen habe. Ein Volk, das so großartige Musik erschafft, kann niemals schlecht sein. Auch wenn momentan Krieg ist, liebe ich euch. Я немец. Мой отец был офицером-подводником. Я отказался от военной службы в 1975 году, потому что глубоко в моем сердце русская музыка. Люди, которые создают такую ​​прекрасную музыку, никогда не могут быть плохими. Даже если сейчас идет война, я люблю тебя.

[@olgaerler4111]

Diese Musik hat Rachmaninow komponiert. Russische Musikkritiker und russisches Publikum haben sie gehasst und verrissen. Rachmaninow war sehr betroffen und wollte nicht mehr leben. Er war 3 Jahre in psychischen Behandlung deswegen. Im Moment ist russisches Folk schwer krank. Es unterstützt seinen Diktator. Was hat bitte schön Rachmaninows Musik mit der aktuellen Bevölkerung in Russland zu tun. Wo ist der Zusammenhang? Ich bin Russin und entsetzt, angewidert und tot traurig darüber, was Russland jetzt macht.

[@waynelutton4634]

I just watched this performance again. It really is top-notch! Fine orchestra responding to a fine conductor. Great audio-visuals. Thanks, again, for posting. Hope all involved are doing well today.

[@donross7820]

This is my favorite interpretation of this masterpiece! Thanks so much for making it available.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Great performance. Rachmaninoff - PROUD OF RUSSIAN CULTURE.

[@AnneSoFruits]

That rendition was SO gorgeous! Best ive seen hands down!

[@MaryamaFarah]

Beautiful...I thoroughly enjoyed this

[@dasha_true_piano]

Наконец я ее послушала! Читать критиков, сопереживать одному из любимых композиторов за провал - это одно, и другое дело, после прослушивания понять, что провал был закономерным, наверное если бы ее приняли, не родился бы подлинный Рахманинов, с его ярчайшим мелодизмом и масштабным драматургическим мышлением. В этой симфонии нету ярких тем, которые запоминанются и которые хочется напеть, много перекличек среди разных групп оркестровых инструментов, обрывки мелодий, невнятные секвенции, такое ощущение что это набор упражнений для начинающего композитора, которые каким то образом соединились воедино. Спасибо дирижеру за такую возможность познакомиться с редко исполняемым произведением!

[@RozaLinda59]

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[@kolya362]

Очень грустно за Вас.

[@christopherdandeker6122]

beautiful not least the last minutes of the slow movement

[@christopherdandeker6122]

Back again - I have still not heard a better performance of this under-rated symphony. Glazunov was reportedly drunk when he conducted the first performance. Perhaps Rachmaninov forgave him as there are some lovely phrases from the saxophone in Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances - perhaps a fond gesture towards Glazunov's very good saxophone concerto

[@hsiehrachel]

Christopher Dandeker Rachmaninov forgived Glazunov not so long after the premiere. Rachmaninov even lended money to Glazunov while he was in America.

[@bomcabedal]

Let's not forget that at this point Glazunov was going through his own crisis, from which he never recovered (and which contributed to his alcoholism). The real villains, in my book, are the orchestra, who didn't rehearse this complex piece and were quite content to let it all go to ruin.

[@walshamite]

Well done, the Perm - I found myself applauding loudly at the end!

[@sibprof5684]

This is the best recorded performance of this symphony I know. Sad that I've not been able to find any commercial CDs of conductor and orchestra. Thank you for this!

[@DrgnTmrSirGawain]

Still the best, in 2021

[@sentagustafsson7204]

inaspettatamente ottima esecuzione davvero ! bravi !

[@johnniejohn-jack7610]

Thanks be to Rachmaninov! Thanks be to all the great artists for this! Thanks to you Валерий Платонов ! ....But No Thanks to you pundits! You are the barnacles on the ship of life!

[@hayden1188]

Ahoy there shipmate.

[@robertfrankgill5962]

I really love the 2nd movement. It sounds as sultry as some of Rachmaninov's _much_ later works, such as the 4th Piano Concerto, the 3rd Symphony and the Symphonic Dances.

[@jvranjes]

Incredible performance. Thank you.

[@DEL0G]

Splendid !! A performance full of life, thanks for sharing :) Musicalement

[@Taurungames]

14:15 I can't articulate, but this is one of the most perfect crescendos I have ever heard

[@waynelutton4634]

I watched a video of Nikolai Lugansky soloing in the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #1 and then decided to make an evening of it by viewing Rachmaninoff's Symphony #1. I keep returning to this performance. Thanks for posting and all the best to the ensemble of that time!

[@junebrindle6001]

That was one of the best performances I have ever heard of the first symphony conducted was brilliant superb x jj

[@robertotramarin5442]

Really wanderfull!!! Bravo!!!

[@gsthree9534]

Without question the finest rendition of this symphony of all time. Thank you for many hours of joy.

[@christopherdandeker6122]

Have not heard /seen a better live performance, Andrew Litton and Bournemouth Symph is an excellent recording

[@lynton09]

This has always been my favourite Rachmaninov symphony, really moving. Never understood why it was so badly received and has languished as a poor relation. A reappraisal is long overdue.

[@samuelrappaport6162]

ts cause the conducter was drunk

[@Peechiness]

no no compared to symphony no.2, symphony no.1 is horrible. sounds like the kind of stuff you'd hear in a movie score. Storm or Tornado scene.

[@bridgiderrington3527]

@@Peechiness Rubbish! It's just very different. Not as "great" as no. 2, agreed, but far from horrible! I have yet to hear a film score written by an 18 year old as good as this! Wish I could!

[@daph0307]

@@bridgiderrington3527 this was not composed by the eighteen-year-old Rachmaninoff...

[@bridgiderrington3527]

@@daph0307 Sorry! You are quite right. I think he was about 24 when he composed it. Still pretty impressive!

[@tehaueter]

What an outstanding live performance!! It proves that a conductor and orchestra with heart and soul can breathe life into a great, but often-neglected work of such a romantic genius as Rachmaninov....Unfortunately, I've just experienced a live performance that was so "virtuosic, athletic and rushed" that it missed the mark completely...Thanks for uploading this truly memorable performance!!!

[@ЛюдаЖуравель-ь6б]

Браво! Рпхманинову, дирижеру, оркестру. Браво браво браво

[@karstensandleben3666]

That is some fine playing.Never expected that from a Theater-Orchestra.

[@karstensandleben3666]

Oh I feel like such an idiot now. I just read up on the orchestra... of course they are exceptional, I have heard of them before. That explains why are the exceptionally good.

[@Елена-ы6и4л]

На земле счастье не запланировано,оно бывает вопреки всему секунды,минутки

[@robertwesterman922]

The Pinnacle ... of symphonic perfection. V. Russian!

[@galacticfed4583]

great SYmphony and brilliant performance.

[@hovalp3506]

Symphony No1 - I listened this work the most, more than symphony 2 or 3. Bravoooooo!

[@Alice131319]

第一樂章 00:25 第二樂章 14:49 第三樂章 23:49 第四樂章 35:19

[@rkentburke]

GLORIOUS!

[@richarderrington2023]

What a truly exciting build up to the cataclysmic coda in movt. 3 - and one of the few performances where the tam tam is given a proper whack just before it! I love the look of excitement on the face of the young cymbals player! This is almost on a par with Ormandy's classic 60s recording (still the best!).

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

But that's just the point. The tam-tam should not be given a proper whack. It's marked mezzoforte in the score. Anyone who plays it differently plays it just for show. But after hearing the performance I think they did it out of necessity. The Tam-Tam they have is just too small to played for an effective mezzoforte at that moment.

[@rockhill609]

I agree that the 60's recording with Ormandy is standard for this piece. My life was genuinely shaped by three recordings as an 18 year old. The Ormandy recording of this symphony, his recording with Philippe Entremont of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and the George Szell/Cleveland Orchestra recording of Brahms "Variations on a Theme by Haydn Op. 56A" All majestic, but this piece left the greatest impression and inspiration.

[@bridgiderrington3527]

@@rockhill609 That's funny - I was 18 when I was wowed by the Ormandy recording whilst at RMCM in 1969!

[@bridgiderrington3527]

...by the way, that should be Richard, not Bridgid! I'm on her tablet!!

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Esta gran sinfonía del maestro Rachmaninoff es raramente incluida en los programas de concierto de las diversas orquestas, sin embargo se interpretan otras obras de mucho menor valor.

[@helenshu7095]

Because its very very difficult music

[@АлёнаПопова-в3в]

Bravo!!!!

[@MichaelSydneyJones]

Very interesting to hear this with the smaller string section. I'm hearing more detail in the winds which adds an extra dimension. At times it needs more strings though. Brilliant tempi and structural design in this interpretation.

[@horsemeattball]

That crescendo at 4:57 is awesome!

[@ВладимирИванович-б3у]

Феноменально!

[@НаташаМусаибова]

Спасибо

[@TomAngPhoto]

Good one!!