Khatia's Rachmaninoff Cadenza. 2 Minutes of Solo Piano That Justify the Entire Concerto

There are moments in a concerto when the orchestra stops and a single pianist is left alone on stage with everything they have.

This is one of those moments. And Khatia Buniatishvili uses it like a confession.

The cadenza of Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 arrives at the peak of the first movement: an unaccompanied solo passage that demands total mastery and total vulnerability simultaneously. Most pianists play it with precision.

Buniatishvili plays it with urgency, as if she has something to say and not enough time to say it.

Two minutes. One piano. No safety net.
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