Rachmaninoff's Symphony No. 2 / Vasily Petrenko / Oslo Philharmonic

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  @ruslannuriyev · 5 years ago (edited) · pinned

  After listening to many versions of this piece, I'm strictly convinced that maestro Petrenko's version cannot be surpassed. The Oslo Philharmonic and Petrenko are some of the best duos of our time. Everything they produce is utterly beautiful and divine. And one more thing, Petrenko is one of the rarest conductors that can take a piece out of its standard and usual form and flex it to his own ideas. This requires an incredible amount of encouragement.

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  @edwardkarek · 1 hour ago

  The passion of the playing from the Oslo strings is beyond belief - and believe I saw the greatest in the 80s when Russia toured so many groups to Toronto.

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  @sergeirachmaninoff9811 · 5 years ago

  I'm the best.

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• LO

  @loualcaraz6497 · 6 years ago

  I want to thank my high school music teacher ms. Lee for introducing me to this incredibly beautiful piece of music. Ms. Lee if you are still with us, from the bottom of my heart I will forever be grateful. You don’t know how much you changed this boy from the ghetto’s life.

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• RA

  @rationalthinker-2024 · 7 months ago

  Nobody understands the meaning of life; perhaps this is one thing we will never be able to answer as humans. However, when you listen to music like this, you really wonder if the meaning of life is to appreciate beauty in all its forms, and this symphony is definitely the pure definition of beauty.

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• PE

  @peterartboy · 6 years ago

  I&apos;ve never before seen a conductor with such control over whole orchestra. &nbsp;He uses his hands and fingers<br>as of he was playing a very large and complex instrument, &nbsp;everyone was in sync so the harmony was crisp and clear. &nbsp;Brilliant.

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• DA

  @davidjared3402 · 5 years ago

  Isn&apos;t the Adagio one of the most beautiful movements in all classical music?! Thank God for this season of working from home. I&apos;d scarcely listened to Rachmaninoff beforehand; now I&apos;m profoundly impressed with the soul and genius of his music. And I love Maestro Petrenko&apos;s conducting too. Bravo!

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• FR

  @frankreedy6437 · 2 years ago

  I’ve heard dozens of symphony orchestras perform R2, both in live performances and all up and down YouTube. &nbsp;One thing is clear: the brilliant orchestrator and harmonist Rachmaninoff transcends anyone and everything that presents his beautiful music.

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• JO

  @joshliam1967 · 6 years ago

  The Adagio at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=1770">29:30</a> is pure magic

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• CH

  @chihiroogino9491 · 6 years ago

  I. Largo - Allegro Moderato <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs">0:00</a><br>II. Allegro molto <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=1158">19:18</a><br>III. Adagio <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=1770">29:30</a><br>IV. Allegro vivace <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=2674">44:34</a>

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• AK

  @akaniagbaje6668 · 11 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=2168">36:08</a> - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBy_ACHvEJs&amp;t=2194">36:34</a> absolutely heavenly

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• RE

  @realdocphil · 6 years ago

  The Adagio movement is my FAV.

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