Mar 22 2008
Identifying with Sergei Rachmaninov
Rachmaninov has probably got to be one of the greatest recent composers of all time. I don’t know what it is about his music, but for some reason his orchestral arrangements call to me.
My favourite: Piano Concerto #2 in C minor Op.18 1st Movement. This piano concerto was written between 1900 and 1901 and is really the story about Rachmaninov’s depression and his eventual release from it. I first heard it on Nodame Cantabile and have loved it ever since. The story resounds with me a great deal. I don’t claim to know any musical history at all, but that’s what I learnt from Wiki, although I did get a sense of that when I listened at first to its haunting bell-like tolls and its gradual movement towards a victorious melody. I have to admit that I’ve never really been a classical music buff, nor have I been classically trained (I’m eager to learn at this point though). But I’m starting to love it. Quite like the old fogeys.
I’m not sure what inspired this post, but I guess I want to share this with you. (^-^)
