Rachmaninoff - the 20th century's great romantic
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How to Play the Second Concerto of Rakmaninoff
Rakmaninoff could play it from above, but you have to stretch a little bit. But I stopped stretching. It's enough I can play the opening chords of the second concerto. He actually breaks the chords for musical reasons. So I suggest also to students not get obsessed about it. And let's listen to Rakmaninoff carefully, who does arpeggiate a lot of chords because it sounds nice - not because of limitation of stretch.
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