Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.2 op.27 - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest - Complete live concert in HD

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Rachmaninov: Symfonie no.2 op. 27
Radio Filharmonisch Orkest o.l.v. Eivind Gullberg Jensen
Opname/recorded: 3 oktober 2010, in het Concertgebouw te Amsterdam.

1. Largo. Allegro moderato - 00:35
2. Scherzo (allegro molto) - 21:06
3. Adagio - 31:33
4. Allegro vivace - 47:00

[avacesarski]

people who don't even try classical music are missing out so bad. I don't know how anyone could dislike this.

[loualcaraz]

The adagio is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. To me nothing even comes close. I can listen to it endlessly.

[maxcgerer]

00:39 Largo. Allegro moderato
21:19 Scherzo (allegro molto)
31:57 Adagio
47:11 Allegro vivace

[bmudallal]

The third movement is one of the most beautiful things in life

[tadaootsuka]

The third movement is absolutely one of the most beautiful things in the world, no doubt about that‼🎶🎵👍😉

[stevestirrup]

This may sound crazy, but this piece of music is so emotional that I have to ration myself. When I listen to it, it is spinning around my head for months. Does anyone else feel the same way?

[whatif]

If Rachmaninoff had composed a Violin Concerto we'd have flying cars by now

[zevnikov]

That is Russian soul. True face of God. An incredible journey into world of longings and galaxy. Rachmaninov was late romantic genius. His music is ethernal chat with angels and souls of past. The third movement is just... incredible. It restores faith in humanity. A true treasure of art, poetry and music.  

[michaelpatterson]

A friend of mine in tenth grade, back around 1967, suggested that I listen to this. I knew next to nothing about classical music since I was a total devotee of rock and roll. This symphony helped transform my life. It expressly sounded forth what I had been feeling in my heart from my youth, though I didn't know it at first. The Adagio remains my all-time favorite piece of classical works. It still takes me to places that are majestic and mysterious, pulling me back to God. He does, indeed, invite us to feel.

[tancreddehauteville]

Classical music needs to be listened over and over again, ideally in a quiet, restful environment. Listening once only is not enough.

[luciamalhotra]

The adagio melts my soul. Everyone should listen to this masterpiece at least once per day. Simply brilliant.

[Thomasthedreadengine]

06:00-09:00. Possibly the most beautiful three minutes of music ever written. Everyone always talks about the adagio with this piece, but for me the hidden gem is the largo.

[LisaMcCrissican]

This music is literally the most beautifully written suite in existence. I have actually played this music with my orchestra, the City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, and there was nothing more satisfying than coming in to orchestra every week and getting to play this absolutely monstrous but beautiful piece. It is so difficult to put this suite together, especially when working with people all below the age of twenty or so. We took this on tour with us to Italy and the great sense of pride and accomplishment I took away from our performances of this will stay with me forever. Such a fabulously composed suite, I could not have asked for more of a challenge and more of a beauty to play.

[Discovery_and_Change]

0:40 begins | 2:59 beautiful | 3:47 | 16:29 gentleness | 17:08 gentle string build up | 22:38 | 23:09 beauty/romantic
28:24 magical/awe/tender | 28:57 beauty/romantic | 32:00 romantic piece begins | 36:54 flying playing | 37:32
38:16 string struck | 38:32 pause | 38:34 climax | 43:41 mountain 46:00 realization end | 54:29 Awaken to last section
57:03 circus | 58:16 circus | 1:00:05 moment | 1:00:37 building up | 1:01:06 explosion | 1:01:26 Final happy piece begins
1:01:39 | 1:01:43 trumpet note

[rezzotch]

The third movement just makes me want to cry it’s so beautiful!

[stelline]

Never found a more beautiful melody than the 3rd movement in my life.

[davesmith]

37:30 through 39:47. The genius of the Rachmaninoff long build up of tension and crescendo, then climax, and relaxation. Miraculous.

[leoinsf]

Could you imagine sitting in an orchestral hall and listening to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and listening to Rachmaninoff conducting his 2nd Symphony?
I wish I could say I did this, but at 85, I am too young to say I did.
This symphony knocks me out and if I want an emotional moment with lots of tears, I will turn this on.
Yearning is the word for many moments of this symphony. Rach yearns magnificently!
How could heaven contain this yearning human being who is no longer with us except in his music: an eternal yearning!!

[AccentGrave]

The Adagio is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Absolutely stunning performance!

[gabrielmeruelo]

Rachmaninoff never bores. It's always a flow of melodies and ideas. The possibilities are infinite. Gabe Meruelo.