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Offline Askenaz7

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Rachmaninoff video
on: April 01, 2004, 08:33:11 PM
Is there any video about Rachmaninoff playing the piano .I have seen some videos but no at the piano,just he was walking around and somebody was narrating his life

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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #1 on: October 08, 2005, 06:54:50 PM
No
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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #3 on: October 08, 2005, 07:34:50 PM
I have seen and read all the info from these two links and there are still no videos of Rachmaninov anywhere in the world (I don't think). I have searched for years and never found any. Somewhere I read that he was too shy to be recorded by video, playing, because he felt his performances were not always as good as his reputation serves.
Ayway - no videos.
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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #4 on: October 12, 2005, 04:19:07 AM
Yes, there is, I just recently saw one but I returned it to my piano teacher. Its in black and white and he plays pieces by chopin and stuff. I loved the video! I'll post again if I remember what it was called

"Rachmaninoff" was in it

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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #5 on: October 12, 2005, 06:32:24 AM
Yes, there is, I just recently saw one but I returned it to my piano teacher. Its in black and white and he plays pieces by chopin and stuff. I loved the video! I'll post again if I remember what it was called

"Rachmaninoff" was in it

  I'm sorry, but this is impossible.

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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #6 on: October 12, 2005, 04:37:09 PM
I agree with Koji - Kaiwin is wrong - there are no video of Rachmaninov - end of story.
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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #7 on: October 12, 2005, 04:59:56 PM
  Technically, there IS a video, but not of him playing. 

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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #8 on: October 12, 2005, 05:06:49 PM
Sorry - that is what i meant - i have three videos of rachmaninov, none are playing the piano.
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Re: Rachmaninoff video
Reply #9 on: October 12, 2005, 05:08:34 PM
  Yeah, and I wish there was sound on that Godowsky video *sigh*.

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