Lang Lang - Rachmaninoff : Piano Concerto No 2 in C minor (FULL)

[@thebestofclassicalmusic965]

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[@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5]

Stop loving your own comment,!!!

[@marilyns8497]

@@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5 why? It's not a crime!

[@fredricklenning-copperston8550]

@@marilyns8497 it actually is...

[@prober0325]

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[@ricardonascimento6020]

Espetacular!! O senhor Lang Lang se supera a cada apresentação. Excelente!! O entrosamento com a orquestra está também inigualável. Sem sombra de dúvidas o registro de uma das melhores performances de todos os tempos. BRAVO!!! 👏👏👏👏

[@johannadescenza9792]

The most extraordinary piece of music ever written and Lang Lang's playing was just so magical..it just takes your breath away....

[@TechLoveMusic]

And the orchestra too

[@French-Kiss24]

I am crying! I have never heard anyone play this piece so beautifully since Rachmaninov played it himself. His timing and sensitivity are breathtaking. The orchestra was superb.

[@franciscolobo156]

I suggest checking out Richter’s performance. It’s breathtaking!

[@LiorGotlibovichPiano]

Listen to Alicia de Larrocha

[@evahelen2242]

I was there live....❤unforgettable 🙏❤️

[@GualuGonzálezQuiroga]

The very best for me, Nobuyuki Tsujii

[@consardo]

JANET: I could not have expressed it any better....

[@artwatch-y9j]

Music written by a genius , played by a genius

[@janetboyer2003]

Lang Lang’s playing takes me to a higher place. A beautiful place where only music exists. There is so much feeling in every note. Brilliant in every way.

[@Goshoonkeys]

It's nothing but breathtaking. Lang Lang, this orchestra, the conductor Mr. Rattle. I'm 26 and love Rachmaninoff since I could discover this incredible heritage by the movie 'Shine'. I was 21 back then and went to Sofia, Bulgaria, to live and work there in social work. 2016/17 was a special snowy and freezing cold winter. You can't imagine the feeling of listening to THIS and walking through the snowy pavements of Sofia, which can be very nostalgic and romantic on evenings. The architecture, the language, the evening restaurants, the huge boulevards. In other ocasions, such as during daytime, Sofia reminds one of much uglier realities of poverty, poor economy, abused surroundings and untreated pavements. But those can be found in every city, if searched. Yet I want to highlight the addictive experience of bulgarian style.

[@johnniz13]

Beautiful

[@radiredwolfgirl]

Hii, I'm Bulgarian, and I live in the UK, I'm happy you liked Sofia, I can only imagine what feeling it would have been to listen to this in the cold winter, and the emotions that this piece brings out.

[@alessandraragno8141]

This piece just makes me cry every single time i hear it… and Lang Lang’s interpetation torn my heart apart. I’m in tears. How the hell can people say Lang Lang isn’t a good interpreter? Please, go beyond your prejudices.

[@robertburnett6348]

I am embarrassed to say that I am late to Rachmaninoff. But have practiced easier pieces. But stopped for a couple of years. Ready again. Maybe with a teacher. Thanks.

[@Eric-xt3os]

I find some of Lang Lang’s physical theatrics over the top, think that turns a lot of people off, but they are foolish to close their ears off to his brilliant and passionate sound.

[@shirleyhare6177]

This is my. Idea of heaven, Lang Lang and Sir Simon Rattle! Excellent., there are very good pianists around, but Lang’s interpretation is absolutely the best! I love this !! 👏👏👏❤️❤️🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@bluepearl4348]

He understands so much about the music...He's a "healer" when he plays...♥

[@asafloml1-asaf-yaari]

Maybe jealousy?

[@autumnleaves2766]

This is a wonderful Piano Concerto by the great Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1873 - 1943) who had to leave his beloved Russia behind after the upheaval of the Revolution of 1917. All his music is so soulful, full of the Russian spirit. I also love his orchestral works and pieces such as the Midnight Vespers. One of my favourite composers and I think there are a few recordings of the great man himself recorded towards the end of his 70 year life. Lang Lang plays this beautifully I think, he really gets it. It is not a schmalzy performance at all. Thanks for posting this gem for us all to enjoy.

[@antoniacorbo4153]

Este concierto que escucho desde ARGENTINA, ME hace estremecer

[@adelezierler1547]

An absolutely fabulous performance. I'll never will forget this one

[@caroledis9738]

Fabulous, fabulous composer, conductor, orchestra and of course Lang Lang. Just sublime.

[@allanpatience73]

Rachmaninoff's genius and Lang Lang's genius fuse brilliantly in this performance.

[@marilyns8497]

Don't forget the orchestra!! They are brilliantly spectacular!

[@willgregory5847]

Rachmaninoff wud have pleased with lang lang performance.

[@CeliaMaria-ph3uu]

E saber que Rachmaninoff nunca tocou essa maravilha e nao valorizou essa obra estupenda !!!!!

[@berthadeffenbaugh4668]

Wrong. Rachmaninoff played it. ​@@CeliaMaria-ph3uu

[@navytoad8152]

i can't find another music that would help me go through anxiety, i can't find another piece of art that would heal me so much and give strength to just keep on

[@mumupipi8414]

Personally, i find the truth in Rachmaninoff's music.

[@shirleyhare6177]

navy toad Hi, Lang Lang is grea isn’t he, I know many other pianists, but this man just oozes music! 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@Jomtek]

Rach's third piano concerto, third movement

[@Eric-xt3os]

Did you know that Rach dedicated this to his shrink that helped get him back to composing after a deep/dark depression?

[@ChescoYT]

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[@Pils_Paniek]

00:00 moderato 12:10 adagio sostenuto 24:37 allegro scherzando

[@ericstoner4916]

Here's what most people miss about Lang Lang's performances:. He is a brilliant pianist And a transcendent ARTIST! He creates the magic that sends the music soaring!!

[@jpp0901]

Well said! You can appreciate his touch and talent even more if you listen to other pianist perform this concerto. They’re all amazing in their own right but Lang Lang’s timing, his touch, his crescendos! He transcends his artistry and you can feel his emotions as he plays! Amazing! Ana Fedorova, in my opinion, is the closest I’ve seen to lang lang’s touch! Bravo!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@arikirinshikato878]

It’s so cool how such a great pianist performs with one of the greatest conductors

[@nugster69]

I have listened to this piece of music literally thousands of times since my father introduced me to it when I was very young. I've never heard it played like this though. Absolutely gorgeous.

[@Eric-xt3os]

Yeah, Lang Lang basically took time to smell all the roses, found every Easter egg Rach tucked into this masterpiece.

[@simonpaxon5649]

I actually cried when he playing the 2nd movement. Such a wonderful playing, enjoy every second of it.

[@jamesmillen9120]

I'm not ashamed to say that weep at the closing of the second movement

[@mariaalcazar1812]

No shame. I cried too.

[@СергейВороненц]

@@mariaalcazar1812 Me too. Who didnt?

[@atelierporcelainistanbulpo6942]

Yes he plays the concerto very sentimentally..Please listen to the same concerto from pianist Alexandre Malofeev too :)

[@alejosierra3471]

Everyone did, at least once!!

[@sannajohanna5579]

I was at this concert! :) It was a dream come true!

[@suzyoung7844]

Sanna Lahti which orchestra is it??

[@marilyns8497]

@@suzyoung7844 Description is Lang Lang on the 19th of January 2015 in Berlin. And if he's in Berlin, there is only one orchestra it could be!!! Berlin Philharmonic of course.

[@IEEMAZ_Convoluted_14.2.8.5]

WHAT?????

[@stephandenis2007]

Lucky girl.

[@josegarciaperez7707]

Very lucky

[@lepingstepp7401]

Lang Lang is so Amazing!!!

[@georgewu5]

I read that Rachmaninoff got depressed when his concerto 1 failed and needed a psychiatrist to help his depression. this concerto 2 is for him to dedicate to this psychiatrist. George Wu, Architect, A.I.A., NCARB 2019-8-24

[@DrDLL99]

I think it was his first symphony that "failed"

[@hyperactiveofficial8096]

@@DrDLL99 Indeed. It was his first symphony.

[@rhejamphi]

Been listening to this concerto for 20 years and it has always rekindled my overwhelming awe for music and creative skill as well as centering me personally to the grand scheme of life. Those of you feeling personally attacked by the ads; maybe pay for content. KZbin premium is not that expensive. I haven’t seen a KZbin advert in years. The time saved alone is worth the dollars.

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[@carmenridiche6099]

Indeed Indeed,well said but it would be better if they should this adds or before beginning or at the end of post It,s pitty for this remarkable interpretation!,

[@carmenridiche6099]

Even aren,t expensive,let,s respect the huge work of great interpreters and the equipe of realizators of of this overwhelming posts!,

[@СергейВороненц]

Earlier, when I listened to Rachmaninoff's second concert, I was terribly angry that some of the audience coughed in the pauses. Only then did I realize that it was they who were struggling to hold back their tears and stifle their sobs. And it's not that the music is minor or depressive. On the contrary, it is like a May storm, cleanses the soul and causes tears of joy and delight.

[@jandarling8817]

I had a friend who really needed to cry about a tragedy in his life. I put this piece on, and it did the trick.

[@madogsioux5636]

Brilliant, magnificent, majestic - notwithstanding. In a few lone notes, Lang Lang can take us to the edge of the vast unknown beyond existence, in a realm of awe, beauty and humility.

[@madogsioux5636]

Lang Lang, consummate artist, seamless, in tune with himself and his play in what I can only describe as Love and Poetry :)

[@kathng8354]

LL musicality is perfectly He pointed out the melodies CLEARLY. Just a such beautiful piece ❤❤❤

[@ilexcookii2627]

Most beautiful Piano concert I ever heard.

[@СергейВороненц]

We are all different. We can be the basis of their pragmatic, cynical, optimistic, pessimistic, anyone. But this music awakens in each of us a young romantic, open to spring and love.

[@hoon_twar]

That circle of fifths progression in the third movement at 30:24, I'd never heard anyone play the melody with octaves in the right hand like he did until that moment and it's one of the most beautiful sounds that has ever graced my ears.

[@philipmierisch6518]

Absolutely beautiful. The pace that it should be played at and with such emotion. Shame about the coughers who seem to wait for the quiet parts to cough their lungs out!!

[@marilyns8497]

That's just the hazard of playing to a 'live' audience!

[@dianewilson2330]

You probably just can't hear them during the loud parts 🤪

[@nugster69]

I couldn't agree more. When you hear younger pianists play this they tend to rush through it. This is played with a clear passion and understanding of the the majesty of the piece.

[@yahyaajinah9833]

!!!!

[@Ash1nerTV]

@@nugster69 I mean yeah, especially cause usually Lang Lang rushes everything lmao

[@mgy992002]

I happened to hear this piece live 16 years ago when he was a 20-year old young man

[@harkile1264]

12:18 mvmnt. 2 24:35 mvmnt. 3

[@stephandenis2007]

This cat is my current favorite pianist. He plays with such authority, control and ease.

[@kathleensasnett6054]

I cannot tell you how many times I have listened to this magnificent performance. Such visceral beauty. Breathtaking. It evokes such passion and angst and longing in me, and always tears. Thank you Orchestra! THANK YOU Lang Lang!

[@johndorch2333]

I really appreciate how Rattle doesn't do a dance on the podium... he is for helping the orchestra, not selling tickets.

[@geometrydashbayve5004]

35:17 to the end is truly something to behold, oh my god

[@hafizlemot]

What a genius rachmaninoff was, this piece influence many artists today...

[@AKOutback]

Written sometime between 1900 and 1901, now being 2022, means this was written about 122 years ago. Yet sounds fresh .

[@paulanthonyhaggerty]

Over sixty years ago this piece gave me great comfort for a lost unrequited love and has from time to time revisited my life. This rendition by Lang Lang has simply astounded me and made feel the true beauty of the music as expressed by him and Simon Rattle , my favourite Composer

[@pierredufour5664]

I have seen many great renditions of this concerto and Lang Lang's is my favorite. He truly understands how the melodic beauty of this piece should be delivered.

[@richardvolpe7664]

And all those other fine pianists out there are presumed to have no idea of how the melodic beauty of the piece should be delivered?

[@pierredufour5664]

@@richardvolpe7664 No Richard they are not. It's all very subjective isnt it. All I said was that it was my favorite, not that it should be everyone else's.

[@andreswang6666]

The first movement was just epic, it leaves me speechless. I know that some might be sensitive about clapping between movements, but I think for such a great piece with such a passionate ending, more importantly, the two movements are not really closely connected, the performers wouldn't mind some applause to acknowledge their efforts. Just personal opinion.

[@ccflute]

well when you are truly awed to the deep down of your soul, you forget to clap or remark or shout. you become frozen when you encounter absoluteness of something, be it beauty or cruelty. so greater respect through silence than clapping.

[@karinevers4846]

In fact, the performers do appreciate it! Applause 👏 👏

[@kevinyangBadminton]

the more I listen to this piece the more I love Rachmaninoff ..

[@TECMAGA1]

The hands that fly. Lang Lang is unreal.

[@reneschoon8428]

Best performance I have heard so far. Absolutely magnificent! Drama but not too much, great tempi and dynamics. Love Lang Lang's interaction with the (fantastic) orchestra. Thanks for posting.

[@gambounet]

I agree!

[@houdoh]

Quels beaux moments vous nous offrez. La communion ou le dialogue entre l'orchestre et le soliste sont renversants. Merci de nous offrir tant de beauté. Clo

[@LV-og5gy]

Thank you Lang Lang , you are fantastic !

[@JeniJY1243]

Listened with eyes closed. Oh my God.....Probably he is THE best pianist who plays Rachmaninoff's piano concerto No 2 at present. Absolute beauty.

[@stephenanastasi748]

I have heard many different pianists play this. This is the best.

[@emiliabenessere5317]

Agree!

[@toivonencresto]

I don’t think you’ve ever heard Rachmaninov and Rubinstein playing this, to remember just the first two names that gets in my mind. It’s not even the best of modern pianists interpretation.

[@Goatzies]

Well, it is Lang Lang, after all. His musicality and interpretation is quite out of this world.

[@ScarRach]

In my opinion Lang Langs interpretation is very good. However my favorite is Kissins. It sound like every single note is important for the piece. For me, Lang Lang sometimes does too much rubato (However this is just my opinion).

[@zerashkgulida2251]

@@toivonencresto That's really ridiculous because Martha Argerich did not even record this concerto, her Rach 3 is famous but she never gave a recording of Rach 2.

[@elizabethmaedammann5283]

Extraordinary performance! Atomically small details brought to life. Sensual, energetic, passionate. One of its kind performance.

[@richardvolpe7664]

To elizabethmaemmann: You're smitten, to put it mildly, with this well-played (and VERY thoroughly acted out) performance, but do you have any idea, any idea at ALL, how many (perhaps close to a hundred) superb interpretations of this popular concerto have been offered to the public? Lang's performance being described as 'one of its kind' - - well, I'm not sure how to respond to such a remark, except to say that his wide selection of embarrassing 'faces' and physical 'gestures' can definitely deserve to be called 'one of a kind.' I would earnestly hope that after Lang's light begins to dim (and it will!), another such flamboyant, audience-obsessed pianist won't appear from the holy clouds above.

[@joandebruin3847]

Thank you Lang Lang for your dedication to classical music and the beautiful rendition of this masterful work of Rachmaninoff.Amazing that he usually plays totally from memory.

[@mayneubauer8008]

Beautiful❤

[@richardvolpe7664]

And what about other pianists - - do they waltz across the stage, holding bunches of music sheets?

[@kenrel1065]

The most soulful version of Rachmaninov concert No.2

[@matthiasmitchell4801]

You know it was good when the applause last for 3 minutes

[@cookee02]

His style fits so well to this piece

[@delacruzneili]

the conductor ever so graceful!!!!

[@robeadie1]

Rachmaninoff. What did this wonderful and talented person hear and see in his life That he could create such absolute beauty In sound That makes you want to 'Oh God' Almost weeping in ecstasy as each note caresses your ears and heart And as usual Lang Lang intensifies the sound In a way that Rachmaninoff would have always aimed for

[@r.mtz.1669]

An outstanding interpretation of our favorite piano concert that my late wife and myself enjoyed it setting in front of the bast ocean and enjoy the serenity,,,,❤️🌹🦋🙏,,,amén.

[@mirellasuadoni7113]

Non c'è ancora il vocabolo per definirti....l'emozione che trasmetti è indescrivibile..!!!!

[@toivonencresto]

Mirella, il concerto è una delle cose più belle che essere umano abbia mai creato, ma la sua interpretazione non è niente di eccezionale (contestualizzato, ovviamente, a quei livelli). Se ascolti Rubinstein, la tua anima si scioglierà.

[@pm4229]

Lang Lang is the greatest pianist of all time! Period!

[@hdiego2309]

Have you heard the same concert from Yuja Wang, o Helene Grimaud?

[@west-coast6890]

Yuja and Helene they were drowned out a bit by orchestra. The Orchestre is too great.

[@reimakousei793]

@@hdiego2309 check out his newest performances, he's changed a lot, in a good way too

[@teddythemlgcorgi7309]

Hell no what about Martha Argerich?

[@willgregory5847]

@@teddythemlgcorgi7309 She was better than lang lang.

[@JoaoGuilherme-uu4co]

19:02 and the next few seconds. For sure one of the best parts of this concerto.

[@songwrite]

Don't forget 19:59 the fingering there sure looks hard

[@Amourtendresse]

Sublime interprétation, la profondeur, l'intensité des sentiments du Maestro Rachmaninoff y est.. Frissons garantis! 👏🙏🎶💓🎶✨

[@africanzionflo]

This was so beautiful that it bought tears to my eyes.

[@verona1008]

Flo Hawkins yup, that second movement gets me everytime😭

[@johndee4519]

what a beautiful piece of music!! such vast emotional feel! So many visions of wonderful reflections this brings. I can go on but i want to listen. God bless

[@thesmallthingsoflife8538]

Incredible pianist as a performer and teacher such an inspirational musician

[@нурзадаканатова]

Божественная музыка! Браво пианисту! Браво оркестру!

[@mikvadesigner]

it simply doesn't get better than this - Lang Lang is known for his expressive dynamics, he teaches this in his master classes - in this case even the conductor followed suit and was on top of the strings perfectly ranging and mirroring LangLang's pianissimos and fortissimos - i haven never seen anything like it - Lennard Bernstein and Riccardo Mutti can do that, but it haven't see it in unison with a pianist like this!!! simply perfect!!!

[@elizabethmaedammann5283]

Magic carpet journey of sheer beauty, excellence and mastery.

[@liina6799]

Such a polite and modest and kind young man. Applaudes for the orchestra and shared flowers ... Gorgeously played!

[@linpark2186]

섬세하면서도 강렬하고 많은 이야기가 담겨 있는 멋진 연주. 오늘 감상한 여러 편의 연주 중에서 가장 훌륭한 연주.

[@jean-raphaelfelus3038]

Great piece delivered by a master! Thank you

[@masayoshifujimoto5499]

I cried when he played this. I don't even have any knowledge of music. Damn

[@pugmalion14]

masayoshi, you are not alone!!

[@Goatzies]

That's the power of music right there

[@helenaskiraj]

Me too...

[@ivancaragia9993]

Masayoshi Fujimoto this concert dehydrated me.. 🙏🏼❤️ peace and love

[@elliotshen161]

这就是音乐的力量

[@ummglick]

he is wonderful

[@HalinaJazwiec]

Cudowny RACHMANINOFF i cudowne wykonanie koncertu dziękuję wszystkim muzykom i dyrygentowi

[@A1justAgift]

the best one i've ever hear

[@kennylannard5517]

Awe-inspiring moments 3:01 7:10 9:51 22:58 30:57 35:02

[@vickyli1901]

The ending is beautiful

[@KenHJones]

Just Amazing playing of a beautiful piece

[@MickCorgi]

Lan Lan’s always insane but for this live piece he’s very much restrained. He pulled it off the triplet, cadenza...flawless...

[@HalinaJazwiec]

Nie moge przestac sluchac wykonanie koncertu genialne utwor genialny magia!

[@ivancaragia9993]

This is the soundtrack of my life!

[@pm4229]

Lang Lang is the greatest pianist of all time!

[@inlandchris1]

No, Rachmaninov and Horowitz were. Lang Lang is the greatest current pianist today, not for all time.

[@migueljimenez8594]

This music reminds me to my father passed away. He used to play the LP. named Concert Under the stars performing Leonard Pennario.

[@corneliaalbering712]

Lang Lang & Maestro Simon are superbly ONE❣️They compliment each other👏

[@vahankervanbachian2918]

This is already the voice of the soul, a brilliant technique, a deep human feeling and thought reflection entirely in the language of music. (can’t help but express, share my feelings), Thanks for being there.

[@johncoppola8105]

Lang Lang is so good, he plays with playing Rachmaninoff.

[@silviastay9542]

Magnifica interpretación de un concierto que amo!!! Bravo Lang Lang!👏😊

[@mbaudio2574]

Why would you choose to embed commercials in that type of video???... It's very disturbing.

[@henrydenner5448]

Zen Audio I agree! It was so irritating!!! 🤢😤

[@nathanhammer6328]

Zen Audio right!! Put them at the beginning. Don’t interrupt the video with them. It’s the worst.

[@elenirum2020]

how can someone put the commercials at the beginning? Could you plz explain how?

[@billdutnall5311]

If you download the video to your own file, the commercials disappear.

[@marilyns8497]

Money! of course.

[@isaacchang1222]

I just love Lang Lang’s interpretation

[@Amelia-s]

I love Lang Lang‘s interpretation.

[@Bbbgrange]

My Dad would play this . Always reminds me of him. Your playing it so beautifully.

[@paulshi2821]

Beautiful interpretation.

[@javiermontiel8857]

Omg... perfection note by note

[@joopmeinshausen8196]

This is one of the best Piano Concertos i have Ever Heard except chopins Opus 11 no.1

[@paulm3965]

Perhaps one of Rackmaninoff's finest pieces of music excellent.

[@zoink5484]

i didnt know he had large breasts too!?!?

[@sosta1364]

This and the third concerto. Also his second piano sonata.

[@aycakangal7155]

woow; this is one of kind; ı am just speechless

[@TrombusSantiagoRojo]

Maravillosa la música en esta época tan dramática de guerra. Grande la orquesta y Grande Lang Lang. Vaya joya para youtube. Gracias por compartir

[@josegarciaperez7707]

Thanks, Lang

[@ethanwilson6515]

Why does lang lang make playing look so easy

[@加藤恵美子-e4g]

ランランの大胆なかつ溢れる様な感性豊かな繊細な演奏に第一音から涙が溢れました！指揮者、オーケストラ、ソリスト、三位一体の類い稀なる演奏にはただ、ただ、感涙しながら聴きました💧💧💧 身体が宙に浮いて宇宙旅行に誘いました！ これ以上の演奏は望めませんね！

[@TeresitaMorin]

The Best Ever! ❤❤❤love it!

[@maxearly2602]

Also wow for Simon Rattle - understood and always there to direct the beauty . Totally the best that could be.

[@leodracula546]

AMAZING !

[@Eric-xt3os]

Wow, the eerie pacing towards the end of the 1st movement was really cool, a sense that Lang Lang felt that music was precious, as it is! Overall, I love the slower tempo they took because Rach’s music is so dense. It’s just too easy to plow over a listener, so many subtle ideas lost in a fog of notes. Here, every idea carefully articulated and phrased. Counter-melodies beautifully complimenting each other, not tripping over each other. Lang Lang squeezing out every ounce of brilliant nuance. Also, I can’t think of another concerto that involves the orchestra so much, all the other solo features mixed in.