I am reluctant to post an opinion, because of my ignorance of the vast history of classical music. but you hit the sweet spot: Horowitz’s Rachmanioff 3rd Concerto, stirs so much emotion in me, I wait for snow storms before I will listen to it. it is like a movie in my head. It rouses me, and gives me a great confidence in the future.
That is probably a stupid comment, but I can’t express in words the scene in my head when I listen to it. I wish I knew what it meant.
I meant to post to # 1…sorry
Nothing ignorant about your comment at all. Great art tells you more about yourself than it does about the artist.
“I wait for snow storms before I will listen to it. it is like a movie in my head...”
Beautiful comment.
To me it means the perfection of European civilization prior to the first world war.
It's a shame to have to wait for a snow storm to hear Rachmaninoff's Third - I was listening to it just yesterday afternoon on a cloudy day in south Jersey - the music paints the images in my head, taking me to some amazing places......