Rachmaninoff Prelude in G Major, Opus 32 No. 5 - Svetlana Belsky

[jamesnpiano]

I just loved your performance dear Svetlana. I'm working on this prelude right now and your rendition has inspired me greatly! This prelude is pure magic...one listens to it and becomes capable of traveling far, far away. :)

[weirdywithabeardy]

I couldn't stop watching...

[enolte52]

She plays beautifully, but she trips and almost falls off the keyboard when the opening theme returns at measure 28. She gets lost, inserts a confused measure in which she starts to play the double notes that appear in the right hand at measure 37, then ambles back to the right place. Everybody makes mistakes in live performance, but in a recording she should take the time to give a rendition that is not so flawed. A teacher should set a better example for her students.

[bartlettgiles]

@enolte52 Everything needs context. She had worked a full day, then came and performed at a meeting of the Audio Engineering Society (where she performed brilliantly) until late, and then after that, when it was very late, she indulged the impromptu request of Bob Schulein to allow him to make a recording with his system. This performance was about Schulein's system. Had it been about her, this is not when the recording would have been made.

[chuannenglee]

@bartlettgiles Thank you for this insight.

[Wat3rm3lons]

so. hard. to. memorize. this. freaking. piece. :(

[samkorskinator]

This was a sensitive and very individual interpretation and a true joy to listen to! 

[FreddysHamster]

Very lovely playing and interpretation :-)

[shilloshillos]

Little sense of continuity or melodic direction and gross misuse of rubato, Very unsatisfying performance. Compare to St. Osborne's, Dora Jakovina's etc.

[FreddysHamster]

@shilloshillos Harsh/ridiculous comments normally equal no uploads or talent of their own, I see you are no different pmsl

[shilloshillos]

@FreddysHamster so one is not entitled to an opinion? maybe you are the one without talent, having failed to see my point and simples244's. I don't know why you are defending this performance. Have you listened to the ones suggested? But maybe you couldn't tell the difference, in which case I would not waste any more time with you.

[FreddysHamster]

@shilloshillos Everyone is entitled to an opinion that's true, I only see your points as completely pointless derogatory remarks. And as with all posters of such comments your own channel has nothing on it, you're happy to slag others off but won't put yourself out there to to be judged? at least not on youtube. I'd guess my best achievement be my fantasiestucke which is on my page, why don't you criticise it :-) I'll look forward to seeing your best efforts at something on your page maybe?

[shilloshillos]

@FreddysHamster One does not need to be a concert pianist to be able to criticize an interpretation. There are other qualifications that render such a criticism valid. And most of the time I praise people playing on youtube. Only on occasion I complain, and for the most part I don't even bother with amateurs. I listen to professional players. I have listened to your schumann interpretation. Only thing I will just say is that I despise electric pianos.

[FreddysHamster]

@shilloshillos I totally agree! Electric pianos are the devil and are such hideous disgusting things! You really aren't worth typing to.....

[whateveritsnoyes]

@shilloshillos

Not everyone can afford an acoustic piano. Why despite digital (electric) pianos? They clearly aren't real pianos but they sound decently similar to them and almost feel like them. And they are ESSENTIALLY the same thing.. A digital piano doesn't cease to be piano because it doesn't have strings. Sorry, it's your opinion and I respect it, I just don't understand or agree with it. It seems an unnecessary thing to despise.

[whateveritsnoyes]

@shilloshillos

This I unfortunately agree with. I say unfortunately because her interpretation doesn't bother me much but it lacks the depth and character of Richter's and the faithfulness of performances like Horowitz's. Then again, this woman isn't Richter or Horowitz. It is unfair, in a sense, to compare her at all. But still, 'little sense of continuity and melodic direction' is spot on.

[simples244]

Too many mistakes for a coordinator. Second melody note missed . A mix up with entry with that on last last page at 3.33 . various splashes and aberations on last page . Too messy. spoilt a nice overall feel and sound quality. needs a retry.

[davidovich00]

(L)

[JHJackson]

Nice not to hear it rushed through like a sprint.

[dencolitis]

Oh, this was so beautiful

[tacsmoker]

beautiful