Rachmaninoff is EASY?! 🤨 | Garrick Ohlsson #shorts #rachmaninoff

Garrick Ohlsson talks about an "easy" passage in a cadenza from Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30.

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[Menarecuteaaa]

“Rachmaninoff is almost never easy”
*plays it flawlessly*

[barretthoven]

That’s why Rachmaninoff is so awesome because just about everything he writes is very ergonomic

[carolineseguin-rovt]

It would have been interesting for him to show what he considers difficult in playing Rachmaninoff. I mean to me, it's all very difficult.

[jaegertiger]

Garrick's performance of Chopin Ballade 1 is the BEST one posted on YouTube. His tempo throughout is masterful... especially the Coda.

[olliemartinelli]

I tried learning a section of the 2nd piano concerto just for fun and honestly one of the hardest things for me was memorising the left hand arpeggiated accompaniments that are always embellished with little chromaticisms and so on. You just never have a moment to breathe, eternal inner voicings to deal with

[clydeblair]

He just tosses off everything! An amazing artist. And great sense of humor. See him live.

[BZtaken]

for anyone wondering the piece he played was from the ossia cadenza in the Rachmaninoff piano concerto no.3 1st movement

[gil-evens]

Some of the slow Mendelssohn stuff will give you bigger headaches than a fast Liszt candenza. "Songs without Words" really caught me off guard

[borisjaulmes]

Rach3 Ossia Cadenza 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Even slow, this is a genuine marvel 🤩

[bobetthconzael]

Garrick Ohlsson is great I'm loving seeing more of him on the channel, hes probably my favorite pianist of all time

[shabaazranney]

His recording of the Busoni Piano Concerto is the most underrated recording out there IMO

[drew]

Only heard the first statement but as a previous concert pianist now composer it’s absolutely true.
The things which “blew peoples minds” that I would play on piano were usually easier pieces.
Simple pieces or just certain techniques are harder than raw speed!

Yesterday I was playing piano in a cathedral (beautiful Steinway D) but it was not quite in tune and the action was strange and the sustain infinite.
So I played Satie.
Not because the very slow simple lyrical style would be easy but because it would be so hard.
When you’re playing fast if you don’t play a couple notes PERFECTLY no one even hears it.
If it’s a piece where a slow one note melody is the whole song really then yes one minor error and you’ve devastated the song.
You killed the beauty of the melody.
But when you’re whipping around snot so.
Also consecutive thirds in runs are so much more difficult than say the c# impromptu- it all comes down to the human hand and the Human mind.

[carlhopkinson]

"Dog Paddling"...LOL. You crack me up. Your are the most amusing world class pianist I "know".

[hisukserjeant]

Maestro! U r great pianist !
Always admired his piano music!!!

[Luiss-ixrf]

Prelude op 23-4 in D major /middle section when the melody is in the middle voices. It sounds extremely easy but it tremendously difficult to play: crossed rythms + akward delicateness.

[datsunlambchops]

As a mandolin player, i was humbled by Italian tarantellas. They are not very complicated, but the make them sound "right" and tight, is another matter.

[strawberrymilkshake]

I love Liebesleid arr. by Rach.. really get me in tears..

[Tennisisreallyfun]

Same with the drums. Take any Keith Moon passage, and really all you have is a steady symbol and a steady tom below accented by a bass. There are frills laid on top, but the foundations are quite simple. It’s his sound that makes him a truly master drummer, that deep, rich, textured sound that separates the masters from the everyday.

[Godly_Improvement]

"not for kids to try at home without adult supervision"
bro's a comedy menace AND an awesome pianist.

[John-cwno]

I dont listen to classical but Rachmaninoff sounds like madness. I Love it