I'm beginning to think it's not a really hard piece after all, as compared to say a chopin etude. The more you practice it, the more you realize how amazingly pianistic it is... it's almost as if the composer meant to play it himself...
it's not at all the most difficult piece ever written...
can you think of a more difficult piece?
Op. Clavicum..
I hope nobody is going to suggest "Opus clavicembalisticum" ...
mound - Jackie is an amazing pianist, I haven't heard him do Rachmaninoff but if you have the opportunity to hear him then do, you won't regret it.
It seems to me that many people just love to talk about how difficult Rach 3 and consider it as the epitome of virtuosity.
I doubt among those people only a few actually cared to look at the score and try to play it.
Having played the 1st movement myself (of course, rather crappy performance), I can tell you it's not the most technically demanding piece I've ever seen.
However, just playing through the entire piece poorly will prove to be physically challenging for the majority of people.
Furthermore, at the same time, just like Jk said, you have to pay attention to orchestra and your own performance, as well.
Rach 3 is definitely not for the average pianists.
i'm sick of all those forum members who think that almost every piano piece is easy!THAT'S IT! and little kids who think that after 1 year of playing the piano they can play rach3 flawlessly!RACH 3 IS SUPER DIFFICULT, and unless you are a really really great prodigy u can't play it after a year of playing the piano..
It is a hard peice to play. I can play a good amount of the 3rd movement, and much of the 1rst movement. I'm talking about the Rach 3. Anyway, you really should go see it.
yes, i have very large hands. i play a lot of liszt, so it really works your hands to prepare you for very difficult pieces. and i sort of am a prodigy. (can't even spell it) but thats because of the countless hours i spend each day trying to make myself better. the way i see it, there is no goal in music. it is continuous.
I'm beginning to think it's not a really hard piece after all, as compared to say a chopin etude.
I think, Jeremy C., you are looking for a different forum. "Pathological Liars Anonymous."You have done nothing but brag from your first post. You learned the fantasie-impromptu when you were 11? I have been looking at your posts, and they all smell the same -- suspiciously improbable. I find it hard to believe that you can be learning the 2nd and 3rd concerto at the same time! You played the fantasie-impromptu at 11? And you also can play the Beethoven 3rd? Which you learned in two weeks? And you have a ------ CD out? Would you be kind enough to tell me where I can find/purchase this CD? Besides all this, you are self-taught? Bullshit. Please back up all your outrageous statements.
I am sort of a prodigy.
I learned the Beethoven concerto in just 2 weeks.
i was playing that when i was 11.
thierry13, I do not know exactly what you are trying to say. What I am trying to say is, how credible is Jeremy C.? I want to see some proof: has he posted in the Audition Room? No. Has he ever told us where we can get a sample of his playing? No. How willing are you to believe somebody who says: I don't buy that. It's like Kim Jong-Il saying, "I am the world's greatest golfer." He is referring to the fantasie-impromptu. I am supposed to believe this when he says, "I was self-taught"? I don't think I'm being unreasonable. I will rescind all my disbeliefs and comments if Jeremy C. can prove all of this. But to me it seems like a lot of self-glorification and hollow bragging.
Learning Beethoven's 3 in 2 weeks is an okay time, if you put the time in it.
If playing FI at age 11 normal, then Im about 5 years worth of study behind.As for Jeremy . BIG FAT LIAR