Prelude in B flat major op.23 no.2- Sheet & Music

[ChrisWatch]

why do all the pianist always play this piece?

[ElFuroCrack]

@ChrisWatch Because it is awesome

[kthorne4]

@liuzhen2006 take it from me, you don't need them

[genericusername337]

Oh but i have a different version, which is better =)

[genericusername337]

i downloaded lots of random classical compositions the other day and was for the first time introduced to Rachmaninoff and this piece stood out to me straight away! adore!

[sregnathan]

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[hellmaniac666]

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[g3org33r3]

1:25 2nd bar. How anyone can play that arpeggio is beyond me D:

i love this prelude. My favorite rachmaninov :)

[snogger6]

@g3org33r3

this is one of the few times where your nose comes in handy when playing classical music

[ruskybalboa]

GENIUS!

[spike2133876]

i reall yhate this interp. sorry but its missing out the maestro. its not like loud,broud, and wide enough for me

[ikemaster9]

Then whose is?

[spike2133876]

gilels all the way

[classicalmusic29]

Just saw this performed by a lady who performed twice at Carnegie Hall and went to Julliard and I absolutely loved it. This looks harder than the G minor prelude that I learned.

[Starbirdy9999]

Rachmaninov should've put this piece in 12/8, so he wouldn't have to keep writing in sextuplets and triplets.

[trynity7]

Welcome to my world!!! Its would be SO much easyer to do octave runs with hands as big as rachmaninoff's!!

[trynity7]

hmm, i need the DNA of rachmaninoff, THEN, I SHALL RUE THE WORLD! I WILL COMPOSE MUSIC WITH STRECHES OF 13 KEYS!! HAHA!! i need bigger hands. (i am only 11.)

[EuphoricDan]

Oscar Peterson has big freaking hands to... Check out some of his work... completely different style (Oscar = jazz) but Sergei could never have played Oscar's music correctly and Oscar wouldn't probably couldn't fuck with this.

Although, personally I would give Oscar the edge in a piano competition.

This piece BTW is retarded hard. "Lets mix 5lets in with duple timing that is almost exclusivley represented in 6lets..."

Fuck you Sergei, fuck you... haha

[EuphoricDan]

Rofl... "Wouldn't probably couldn't"

I wasn't drinking Stolichnaya Vodka, I swear haha

[JOseyIzUrs89]

it looks easy for me to play.

[EuphoricDan]

I found a torrent of all rach's music. Same with Chopin. Got a printer?

[CrazyMan305]

Google it :) you might get lucky

[BrackenClelk]

Holy crap, actual page turns.

[anonymousQ45]

this sounds like shit

[zingthing321]

yeah this was one of the most boring performances of this piece I've ever heard...

[EuphoricDan]

I liked it, although I haven't heard 50 different interpretations. Any good links?

[CrazyMan305]

I have the music for this, but Im afraid to learn it :P

[jojo0222]

same here!! :(

[MIKE1238673]

Which one? The B minor? I've had a go.... I'm ok up to the flurry of right-hand notes after the long chordal section.

If you're talking about the B flat major... even more with you! The left hand in particular is fiendish!

[CrazyMan305]

Im talking about the B flat major :D

[lottoformulier]

@CrazyMan305 haha rofl, me too :D

can u play it nog already? :)

[spacemaneddy]

Ashkenazy's performance of this prelude is the BEST - in my opinion

regards,

andy

[MajorOlly]

Wow... check out that huge chord at 1:18...

[horses1]

Cool page-turning thingy

[vukicevicj]

I'am going to play this peace too :)

[cerzule]

A bold, heroic, vigorous piece - I love it so much! This interpretation is quite good, but I've always liked Ashkenazy's the best.

[jero13595]

Have you heard Gilels'? He's the best for this piece in my opinion.

[cerzule]

Yes - he plays this well, too, but I still prefer Ashkenazy. I want to start learning this piece soon myself!

[horatiodreamt]

Constance Keene's interpretation was excellent also. She recorded all of Rach's preludes about 35 years ago. She was married to Abe Chasins.

[johnnyctba]

Essa musica é magnifica, fabulosa !!!

[supermanifold]

ashekanzy's rendition is by far the best..

[Rachmanenough]

This is a great interpretation. It is closer to how Rachmaninoff would've played it. It reminds me of Richter's interpretation, but of course not as great.

[monthebiff]

i think that this piece is an incredibly poor interpretation of the neoclassical style

[meneltar]

Good, but too dry

[bariguru]

I agree. Kinda lacks that sheer power.

[L1ttl3Karl0s]

excuse my ignorance... but wots sheer power? I rlee dont kno hehe XD

though in my opinion I think it was quite an heroic interpretation

[bariguru]

Sheer power to me is feeling like the piano is going to explode when the performer is done. That's just the interp. I've come to enjoy. This is without a doubt nicely played, it just feels a little too straight foward.

[L1ttl3Karl0s]

ooooooooh! haha thanks now that you say it that way I guess I agree with ya XD

[WENCHINGTON]

Goodness gracious you stupid nigger, that's called banging the piano.

[bariguru]

Yeah, I can see what you mean. I was just referencing from Lungansky that plays Op23 5 and Moment musical #4. He's a great player as well.