Rachmaninoff: Symphony no.2 op.27 - Radio Filharmonisch Orkest - Complete live concert in HD

Part of Rachmaninoff's Symphony no.2 was used in the movie Birdman, check it out in our classical music in the movies compilation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B4h0sCHd7Eg

people who don't even try classical music are missing out so bad. I don't know how anyone could dislike this.

The adagio is the most beautiful piece of music ever written. To me nothing even comes close. I can listen to it endlessly.

This may sound crazy, but this piece of music is so emotional that I have to ration myself. When I listen to it, it is spinning around my head for months. Does anyone else feel the same way?

If Rachmaninoff had composed a Violin Concerto we'd have flying cars by now

00:39 Largo. Allegro moderato 21:19 Scherzo (allegro molto) 31:57 Adagio 47:11 Allegro vivace

The third movement is one of the most beautiful things in life

The third movement is absolutely one of the most beautiful things in the world, no doubt about that‼🎶🎵👍😉

The third movement just makes me want to cry it’s so beautiful!

The adagio melts my soul. Everyone should listen to this masterpiece at least once per day. Simply brilliant.

A friend of mine in tenth grade, back around 1967, suggested that I listen to this. I knew next to nothing about classical music since I was a total devotee of rock and roll. This symphony helped transform my life. It expressly sounded forth what I had been feeling in my heart from my youth, though I didn't know it at first. The Adagio remains my all-time favorite piece of classical works. It still takes me to places that are majestic and mysterious, pulling me back to God. He does, indeed, invite us to feel.

Could you imagine sitting in an orchestral hall and listening to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra and listening to Rachmaninoff conducting his 2nd Symphony? I wish I could say I did this, but at 85, I am too young to say I did. This symphony knocks me out and if I want an emotional moment with lots of tears, I will turn this on. Yearning is the word for many moments of this symphony. Rach yearns magnificently! How could heaven contain this yearning human being who is no longer with us except in his music: an eternal yearning!!

No life is complete until you listen (and understand) this remarcable musical work. No words can describe the beauty within and the deep feelings that bring to your soul.

This music is literally the most beautifully written suite in existence. I have actually played this music with my orchestra, the City of Belfast Youth Orchestra, and there was nothing more satisfying than coming in to orchestra every week and getting to play this absolutely monstrous but beautiful piece. It is so difficult to put this suite together, especially when working with people all below the age of twenty or so. We took this on tour with us to Italy and the great sense of pride and accomplishment I took away from our performances of this will stay with me forever. Such a fabulously composed suite, I could not have asked for more of a challenge and more of a beauty to play.

That is Russian soul. True face of God. An incredible journey into world of longings and galaxy. Rachmaninov was late romantic genius. His music is ethernal chat with angels and souls of past. The third movement is just... incredible. It restores faith in humanity. A true treasure of art, poetry and music.  

One of my favorite pieces of all time! Gorgeous! When I was a child growing up in San Francisco, the classical music station, KKHI, used to play the beginning of the third movement as one of their themes. I fell in love with it, and then when I heard the whole thing, I thought I must have died and gone to heaven.

The Adagio is one of the most beautiful things I've ever heard. Absolutely stunning performance!

Never found a more beautiful melody than the 3rd movement in my life.

Classical music needs to be listened over and over again, ideally in a quiet, restful environment. Listening once only is not enough.

Love this symphony since my teens. Fell in love with eternal Rachmaninov since then. I’ m 78 now. Music that justifies to be alive and listen to it.