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imbetter

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rachmaninoffs octaves

on: April 21, 2007, 12:04:10 AM

i listened to a recording of rachmaninoff playing chopins 3rd scherzo and his octaves are INSANLY fast.

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Re: rachmaninoffs octaves

Reply #1 on: April 23, 2007, 06:06:24 PM

A question re Rachmaninoff's recording of the Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor. Is this a studio recording or a piano roll transfer?

Lyn Bronson

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Re: rachmaninoffs octaves

Reply #2 on: April 23, 2007, 07:32:10 PM

As far as I know it's a studio recording.

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Re: rachmaninoffs octaves

Reply #3 on: April 24, 2007, 01:24:52 AM

Quote from: lynbron on April 23, 2007, 06:06:24 PM

A question re Rachmaninoff's recording of the Chopin Scherzo No. 3 in C-sharp Minor. Is this a studio recording or a piano roll transfer?

Lyn Bronson

studio recording

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Re: rachmaninoffs octaves

Reply #4 on: April 25, 2007, 02:10:01 AM

The fact that it's a studio recording is irrelevant because Rachmaninoff recorded in the days before editing.

Incidentally, Rachmaninoff supposedly said towards the end of his life that he regretted playing as fast as he did. He said that it was the one aspect of his playing in which he over-indulged, and he felt that the music suffered.

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Re: rachmaninoffs octaves

Reply #5 on: April 25, 2007, 07:51:12 AM

Is this recording on that Russian site that was linked here frequently a while ago?

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