Rachmaninoff, Suite No. 2, Op. 17 - II. Waltz

[BrentAudi]

Why so fast? How fast we can play it is not important.

Takes away from the beauty and adds the mistakes we hear here.

[oldschoolchartist]

@BrentAudi This is a very good tempo for this work.  If it is good enough for Ashkenazy/Previn then it works for me.

[BrentAudi]

@oldschoolchartist Ashkenazy/Previn do NOT play this Waltz this fast!

[oldschoolchartist]

@BrentAudi Here's the actual math...

The Ashkenazy/Previn performance runs 5:50 with a few seconds of ambient silence at the end. This YouTube performance starts at 0:56 and ends at 6:54, making the entire performance run 5:58. That means Ashkenazy/Previn are overall at a brisker pace. A/P take a broader approach to the secondary theme group but are noticeably brisker with the main thematic material. Wet hall acoustics are probably partly to blame.

[madhatter1622]

how long did you work on this piece?

[secretaznman14]

@madhatter1622 haha, not as long as we'd like...maybe 5-6 weeks or so. theres definitely some mistakes in there.