The Evolution of Rachmaninoff's Music (From 11 to 67 Years Old)

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Enjoy this video showing the evolution of Rachmaninoff's music from age 11 to 67 years old.

0:00 11 Years Old: Piano Piece in D Minor, 1884
0:26 12 Years Old: Romance in A Minor For Violin and Piano, 1885
1:07 15 Years Old: 4 Pieces, IV. Gavotte, 1888
1:44 17 Years Old: 2 Pieces for 6 Hands, I. Waltz, 1890
2:09 18 Years Old: Canon in E Minor, 1891
2:33 19 Years Old: Morceaux de fantaisie, Op.3, II. Prélude, 1892
3:15 20 Years Old: Suite No.1, Op.5, IV. Easter, 1893
3:46 21 Years Old: Romance in G Major, 1894
4:24 22 Years Old: Symphony No.1, Op.13, I. Allegro ma non troppo, 1895
4:56 23 Years Old: Moments musicaux, Op.16, VI. Maestoso, 1896
5:30 26 Years Old: 2 Pieces, II. Fughetta, 1899
6:15 27 Years Old: Piano Concerto No.2, Op.18, I. Moderato, 1900
7:02 29 Years Old: 12 Romances, Op.21, V. Lilacs, 1902
7:36 30 Years Old: 10 Preludes, Op.23, IV. Andante cantabile, 1903
8:22 33 Years Old: Polka italienne, 1906
8:43 34 Years Old: Piano Sonata No.1, Op.28, I. Allegro moderato, 1907
9:09 36 Years Old: Piano Concerto No.3, Op.30, I. Allegro ma non tanto, 1909
9:50 37 Years Old: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op.31, XII. We Sing to Thee, 1910
10:27 38 Years Old: Etudes-tableaux, Op.33, VI. Allegro con fuoco, 1911
11:14 39 Years Old: 14 Romances, Op.34, XIV. Vocalise, 1912
11:46 40 Years Old: Piano Sonata No.2, Op.36, I. Allegro agitato, 1913
12:33 42 Years Old: All-Night Vigil, Op.37, VI. Ave Maria, 1915
13:03 43 Years Old: Etudes-tableaux, Op.39, VI. Little Red Riding Hood, 1916
13:47 44 Years Old: Fragments, 1917
14:31 53 Years Old: Piano Concerto No.4, Op.40, I. Allegro vivace, 1926
15:17 58 Years Old: Variations on a Theme of Corelli, Op.42, XIV. Andante, 1931
15:45 61 Years Old: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op.43, XXIV. A tempo un poco meno mosso, 1934
16:40 63 Years Old: Symphony No.3, Op.44, I. Allegro moderato, 1936
17:11 67 Years Old: Symphonic Dances, Op.45, I. Non Allegro, 1940

Composer(s): Sergei Rachmaninoff

Original Music: Sergei Rachmaninoff © (1884-1940)

[PianoMusicBros]

It's time for some great works by Rachmaninoff! What's your favorite piece by him?

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[JeremyNohrnbergComposer]

If Chopin makes you want to buy a piano, Rachmaninoff makes you want to sell one

[gogpoydi]

There's something about Rachmanioffs music that touches the deepest parts of my heart.

[piacomispl]

Chopin inspires me
Liszt amazes me

Rachmaninoff scares me

[rudraagrawal]

Rachmaninoff has 2 modes: Angry doomer or Deeply in Love

[splooey]

Fun fact: Rachmaninoff's Étude-Tableau Op. 39 No. 6 is actually written alongside with his other Op. 33 Études-Tableaux compositions as Op. 33 No. 4, but it was not published alongside other Op. 33 études, rather, it was revised and published with other Op. 39 études.

[mangomerkel]

FINALLY! My favourite! The composer that evoked so many emotions I had never known...thank you.
On Wednesday, I will play the Scherzando of Rach 3 at a school concert, looking forward to it!

[Cromf]

Rachmaninoff is the composer like no other composer. Sure his compositions have noticeable influence of Chopin, but he also developed the style of his own full of expressiveness, which is why he’s my favorite composer.

[rachguy]

i kinda consider my self as a rachmaninoff mania, but man, there are so many hidden masterpieces

[adrianok]

Piano Concerto No 2 the Adagio Sostenuto is amongst my Top 5 all time favourites... Such an agonizingly beautiful and heart-wrenching piece that you want to cry to ..

And his All-night Vigil, Now Lettest Though moves me to tears everytime... Rachmaninov is a master of touching the souls of those who listen to his music

[weedermann]

The dude was BUSY and BRILLIANT throughout his adolescent years.

[jaygatz]

Concerto #2 was my intro to Rachmaninov and has a special place. I also love Concerto #4, the Paganini Rhapsody, and, thanks to Yunchan Lim, Concerto #3.

[dunsbroccoli]

This visualizer demystifies piano so much. You can really see how a pianist just approaches the task of music making as a kind of self solving puzzle/game instead of some kind of ungraspable miraculous abstraction.

Been really enjoying watching these as an addition to my art history studies. It’s taken me half a lifetime to be able to find a way to find a way to digest this type of creation. Much like classical painting it’s a completely different world for a contemporary person to access, especially if they weren’t raised with a classical education. I feel like I’m finally able to find solid ground amongst these greats through the study of painting, philosophy and mythology. It’s not longer a bewildering but beautiful and impressive chaos, but a dimension set parallel to time and space.

And: These crazy people making these things against all odds, sacrificing normalcy and relatability repeatedly to sit alone and reflect out a mirror for the inhabitants of earth. It’s so wild.

The Roch man a real modernist. His arps just sound like machines and war and cars and talking through wires and people finally flying. You can hear the death of the medieval mind. It’s not all technological salvation, but a loss of something parental and deeply tragic.

[maringtamayo]

He composed such a hard piece at 11!😳😳

[coltonhurley]

Can’t believe he wrote the into to howls moving castle at 12

[pjcpiano]

I'm glad that Rach felt the need to express himself in a neo romantic style. He was so good at it and apparently didn't feel the pressure to create something really outside the box like Prokofiev and some of his other contemporaries.

[Elijah]

I literally just got home from the Rachmaninoff festival/competition, so how fitting that this was posted today!

[brkbrkvjk]

Нечего себе, хронология?) И фотки?) Шикарно

[brianvanderspuy]

Seems to my amateur ear that even at age 12 something of that Rachmaninoff sound was already there. And from there on it just got ever better. :-)

[RTam]

So much work must have gone into creating this. Thank you so much.