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What an enjoyable thread! I'm inspired to practice. Maybe Rachmaninoff today. I was thinking the same. Maybe I should visit the middle section of the C-sharp minor Prelude.
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I've seen most of the photos above, but a few I've never seen anywhere before. Thanks to all for posting them. I have a few of Rach myself and will try to add them at some point. Did I read that someone said Rach 3 is basically a repeat of the 2nd? Ummm, hello! The 3rd blows everything else clean out of the water and the 2nd doesn't even come close.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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Brahms 1 and 2?? Beethoven 4??
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Brahms 1 and 2?? Beethoven 4?? Ok, so I should have maybe chosen my wording a little more carefully. Rach 3 is my favorite concerto...ever. It doesn't blow EVERYTHING else out of the water, but there isn't another concerto that I know of that will take it's place for me. I suppose it's because I became attached to Rach 3 (with Horowitz) when I was still very young (about 13). I wore out that recording and to this day there are only a few pianists who have convinced me with their take. It does, however, blow Rach2 out of the water...sorry 2 fans.
"And if we look at the works of J.S. Bach — a benevolent god to which all musicians should offer a prayer to defend themselves against mediocrity... -Debussy
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I guess the same is with me and Brahms 1, because I first heard it when I was not much older than that. I really shouldn't be learning it now (it's too daunting for me to actually play it well), but I can't help it. Many of my friends say the second is superior, and as much as I do love the B flat, and maybe it is superior, but... They can have fun with that, I'll have fun with the D Minor. 
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I've seen most of the photos above, but a few I've never seen anywhere before. Thanks to all for posting them. I have a few of Rach myself and will try to add them at some point. You are welcome! If You have a chance, please do! We will all be most gratefull to You!
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![[Linked Image]](http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/4610/46468276.0/0_61064_e07d7c25_XL.jpg) One more rather rare photo!
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What a great thread with some very cool pics and some very cool information. Thank you all for the postings! Rach is my favorite composer. His music is just so powerful and moving.
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...so this one is among them and is very rare: ![[Linked Image]](http://cs1534.vkontakte.ru/u987929/49861350/x_1483b220.jpg) I wish I knew where and when it was taken... Any ideas? That photo was taken at a concert at Wellesley College in Wellesley, Massachusetts in the 1940s. There is a pic of Rachmaninoff before the concert in the Green Room warming his hands with an electric heating pad and greeting some of the Wellesley girls in the booklet that comes with the "Earl Wild's Legendary Rachmaninoff Song Transcriptions" CD. You can download the booklet here: http://www.ivoryclassics.com/releases/74001/and direct link to pdf: http://www.ivoryclassics.com/releases/74001/pdf/booklet.pdfThere are some great photos of Rachmaninoff in the booklet. And of course the CD is wonderful. ![[Linked Image]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/519F6YAG2JL._SS500_.jpg) A bargain at $9.50 from Amazon sellers: http://www.amazon.com/Earl-Wilds-Legendary-Rachmaninoff-Transcriptions/dp/B00022LJ4CBeautiful music by Rachmaninoff, and fantastic transcriptions and passionate playing by Earl Wild. Mel
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These wonderful original transcriptions Wild wrote of the Rach songs are among the most beautiful piano recordings I have ever heard!
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