If you had any recordings for us to listen to - any work in progress audio... would be really helpful. I think in total I've heard about 12 different recordings of Rachmaninoff's 3rd Piano concerto. My personal favourite would be Olga Kern - god that woman has power in her fingers and some serious pianism. She also makes it incredibly musical - which is what a couple of pianists forget.
Anyway, you should probably do something to help your repeated notes before you tackle the finale.Good luck!
Just by interest... which other concertos did you play before?
It is a bit of a jump from these concerti to the Rach 3.
It is a bit of a jump from these concerti to the Rach 3.Do you not think it wise perhaps to get a couple more under your belt before tackling this beast.??Thal
We get this over on Piano World all the time, believe me. People ask for advice about playing Rachmaninov 3 or Ravel's Gaspard, so what fingering should I use, any advice? Bollocks, any pianist equipped to deal with the Parnassus of the piano repertoire would by now not need any advice on a piano forum. Utterly ridiculous, and at any rate, that is between them and their teacher. So either they are just showing off, or too stupid to understand the difficulties involved, usually the latter.
you should fill all ur technique gasp before you play rach3
Guys, please stop talking about technical problems and things like that, because as i said like 3-4 times on this thread already, i have no problems with that
If you don't want to post supportive posts and just flame others, get your pathetic ass off those forums...(no offence)
Oh calm down. (And you ARE quite offensive.) Piano World has a history of this sort of stuff, so naturally I was a bit skeptical of your OP. Several years back, someone actually posted a YouTube of a completely hapless attempt at the 'hard' cadenza to Rachmaninov 3. And then there have been topics wherein the OP has been studying -often casually- piano for a few years and decides it's time for Rach 3. We are then asked for 'advice'. Wouldn't that bother you? I apologise if I misunderstood, okay?
I'd HIGHLY recommend watching the series of masterclasses Jorge Bolet gives on this concerto. its on youtube. just search bolet masterclass
So you might like to choose the cadenza,and prepare the ending ,you will like to end it extremely powerful so that the audiences might scream,shout,clap loudly