Boris Berezovsky Rachmaninoff Prelude in G minor op. 23 no 5

[sweetcharlie63]

He screws up a few times I hear, but I still like it. Not as good as Valentina Lisitsa

[hadricalifornia]

Love the interpretation, personally. This music is fixing my ears, it's the only way I find to describe it. Instinctive, understandable and powerful. I have no concern with comparison to other interpretations. What he creates here stands on its own and makes sense. Bravo Boris!

[Gusakov]

Феноменальный Музыкант !!!



[lierlierlierleir]

Beautiful

[Chiu19931993]

@Haeronthegreat Agree.Berezovsky has amazing technic but I don't think it is well interpreted.

[hadricalifornia]

My goodness what an interpretation. This man is so precise in what he's saying, I love it

[piano0011]

great playing! I really enjoy this and I think my tempo should be faster. Please feel free to listen to my interpretation of this work!

[mvolkov11]

This is a fascinating performance. After giving Berezovsky a shower of abuse for how he played the B-flat Prelude from this opus, I am quite happy to see he is capable of those very flights of imagination so obviously lacking in the B-flat Prelude's performance. This has "gimmicks" that might start to be annoying after repeated listening, but he shows that he is capable of projecting original musical ideas into an often played piece so as to make it sound fresh again. Well worth posting.

[89hedgehog]

Has anyone heard Rachmaninoff playing 23/5 ? the clip is on you tube :-)))

Have to go with Rach, Gilels and Horowitz on 23/5. All others don't come close being on the same planet !!!

[leothepet]

@89hedgehog I agree about Horowitz and Gilels, with Horowitz's being my favorite. Berezovsky's although somewhat original, has some elements that make you want to dismiss it at first; just as with Cziffra's.

[OverFjell]

@leothepet I must say, 23/5 is one piece I've never liked Horowitz on, thought it sounded horrid, my favourite is either Berezovsky or Richter...

[lison766]

@89hedgehog You must have forgotten Evgeny Kissin!

[keetner]

@89hedgehog

You should check out Nikolai Ligansky's version...it's quite fantastic.

[sseerrgg14]

Though I prefer to keep the rhythm, but it is absolutely beautiful and convincing.

[izzaboutime]

very average

[LoftyProduction]

@izzaboutime to even finish the piece deserves high praise, let alone play it as well has he does.

[linkubusam]

Yeah, rach playing this sounds very lyrical compared to other interpretations. I do like the clear sound of the rendition though.

[tdalman]

Nice one - but I prefer Valentinas version ;)

[snowboarderxzxz]

Is this really Boris? After watching him play the transcendentals perfectly in one sitting I have a hard time believing this is him... maybe it's older? idk

[stilldasayme]

Very good, although the tempo's sometimes unclear. I agree, Gilel's is really the reference for this one, although you could argue that Kissin's version is not as good, but actually pretty interesting.

[LetTheMusicFlow1]

gilels just absolutely owns this piece, its a name thats always tied with this piece.......

[CarapaxSPb]

As for the Prelude, to me it is Richter, Gilels and Lugansky - аnd all others. Richter's interpretation seems most accurate and similar to Rachmaninoff's own, Gilel's just genious as all of him, and Lugansky plays something in between of those two...

[ArturoAlejandroS]

Lol,he calls like Boris Berezovsky,the jewish oligarch who stole half Russia after fall of soviet union

[Mazurka1001]

Yes, unfortunate coincidence, but this luckily is not the GANGSTER.

[graciascomp]

Lugansky's is the best of the best

[vint22]

hm...1 minute applauses and 1 min-silence. why? A think it´s a little bit exagerated in profit of Berezovksy, but not Rachmaninov.But well,now we know,that this man has emotions too)thank you for uploading.

[Matticitt]

Many mistakes and tempo changing. Not very impressive.

[zEXXXY]

yea. because you have to keep the same tempo at rachmaninoff pieces. what a bullshit

[rvn10rvn17]

i have to say that his prelude in g minor is not really good.. ashkenazy, richter, gilels plays better.. still love bere though

[deandusk]

nice description :))

[alexdoulou]

yes...too much pedal for me too ;-)

[Haeronthegreat]

I wouldn't rate it so highly in my opinion, maybe I just feel he loses the sense of the march sometimes. However, I've got to applaud his originality. He's like Rachmaninoff - he makes it sound entirely his own, rather than recycled.

[ghostpianist]

Agree on the originality.

[Haeronthegreat]

Very different, as things usually are with Boris. Maybe too much pedal at the beginning for me. Certainly has a lot of power behind it.