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I am an amateur classical pianist, 51 years old. I have a particular love for Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata #1. I am no music critic and cannot adequately describe what this music means to me. If I could play it for you the music would do all the talking. The Sonata is elemental, awesome in scope, explosive in its climaxes, and, in places, hauntingly beautiful, like a desert landscape at sunrise on some distant world. |
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If Rachmaninoff had never written any other works this one work alone would be sufficient to make him my favorite composer. But, like many works that critics do not fully appreciate, there's a feeling of power and connection I get when I play this, that I don't get when I listen to my recording of the work by the fine pianist Santiago Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez understands the work - I wonder if he loves it as I do. I suspect that only a person who can perform this work would fully appreciate it how it makes the piano resonate. Anyway, if you are a classical pianist, and you are still searching for your life's work, give this one a try. |
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I am an amateur classical pianist, 51 years old. I have a particular love for Rachmaninoff's Piano Sonata #1. I am no music critic and cannot adequately describe what this music means to me. If I could play it for you the music would do all the talking. The Sonata is elemental, awesome in scope, explosive in its climaxes, and, in places, hauntingly beautiful, like a desert landscape at sunrise on some distant world.
If Rachmaninoff had never written any other works this one work alone would be sufficient to make him my favorite composer. But, like many works that critics do not fully appreciate, there's a feeling of power and connection I get when I play this, that I don't get when I listen to my recording of the work by the fine pianist Santiago Rodriguez. Mr. Rodriguez understands the work - I wonder if he loves it as I do. I suspect that only a person who can perform this work would fully appreciate it how it makes the piano resonate. Anyway, if you are a classical pianist, and you are still searching for your life's work, give this one a try.