Andrei Gavrilov on Rachmaninoff

(Russian with English subtitles) In his series about great composers (   / andreigavrilovculturechannel  , Andrei Gavrilov, the legendary musician, analyzes the works of masters, introducing us to the world of their music and consciousness. As a result, both the music and the composers appear before us as if they were alive, transforming the listening experience into an insight into the composers' minds. Every musical phrase, sentence, even every tone acquires a clear and understandable meaning, making music not just an aesthetic and emotional experience of the beauty of sounds, but a conscious literary and artistic journey into the composers' inner world. This is a fundamentally new level of understanding music, a different dimension, opening up for listeners the possibility of a conscious journey through time and space through music. (English) In his web series on Great Composers (   / andreigavrilovculturechannel  ) Andrei Gavrilov, a legendary musician talks about Russian composer, Modest Mussorgsky, and explains how “Pictures at the Exhibition” – composer’s self described self-portrait – has encoded author’s philosophy, perception of the world, his thoughts and feelings about the death of his dear friend. Through painstakingly decoding the musical language of the piece and evoking with humor and precision Mussorgsky’s world, Gavrilov creates a mindful, visceral and affecting experience of music, guiding us through the world of this complicated, raw and very visual Russian master.