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elleng

(141,926 posts) Thu Nov 28, 2024, 06:04 PM Nov 2024

Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, Op. 18

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Sergei Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto #2 in C Minor, Op. 18 (Original Post) elleng Nov 2024 OP

Thank ou for this. defacto7 Nov 2024 #1

The drama/emotion CAN'T be beaten!! elleng Nov 2024 #2

I totally agree. defacto7 Nov 2024 #3

I couldn't agree with you more, comrade. WheelWalker Nov 2024 #4

defacto7

(14,162 posts)

1. Thank ou for this.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 06:29 PM

Nov 2024

It's such a beautiful and haunting piece. I played it in my late teens. The first movement has a very unusual and deceptive start, beginning with wide but pianissimo F minor chords dominating, then builds in moments to a dramatic fortissimo changing abruptly to C minor. Powerful, and it never lets you go afterward.

elleng

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2. The drama/emotion CAN'T be beaten!!

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #1)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 06:39 PM

Nov 2024

defacto7

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3. I totally agree.

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Thu Nov 28, 2024, 06:43 PM

Nov 2024

WheelWalker

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4. I couldn't agree with you more, comrade.

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Thu Nov 28, 2024, 07:24 PM

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