Rachmaninoff Prelude in G Minor, Op. 23 no. 5

Prelude in G Minor
by Sergei Rachmaninoff.
Anthony Feldman, age 14
Piano: Petrof Model III

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Music

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• Sergei
• Rachmaninoff
• Prelude
• Minor
• Op.
• 23
• piano

[dhfeld]

BTW, here is a slightly different interpretation, recorded a few months later:

youtube.com/watch?v=im7bLktmjL­A

[kimchiballers]

this sounds suspiciously fake I think he fast forwarded the video and made another soundtrack

[dhfeld]

@kimchiballers You are kidding, I presume.

[slayerarethebest86]

ive been playing piano seriously for about 2 years and overall about 7 or 6 and have just started learning this piece and was wondering how long it took u to learn and how much time you practiced it for when u did, great interpretation by the way very intresting to lisen to!

[dhfeld]

@slayerarethebest86

I learned this piece in about 4 or 5 months, I don't remember the exact dates. I really don't remember how much I devoted in daily practice time to this piece, but you shouldn't be looking for a specific amount of time. When you start your daily practice pick a passage and learn in cold, not just notes but phrasing and intonation. Even if you just learn one bar a day if you learn those bars to perfection then you don't have to revisit them every day.

[bigev9424]

great job overall, few pointers, dynamics are big in this peice, when you come back into the modgelations when you go from d to g to c and then the 16th g minor repeated notes keep the tempo moving dont just settle into a temp, start out slow and keep progressing that gives the peice more of a thrill along with the dynamics, also feeling, dont just fly through it slow parts down and other parts emphasize, great job though 5/5

[dhfeld]

Thank you. BTW, we've got another recording of this one, done live in recital. The middle section was done very differently. More slowly and without the slight offset in the left and right hands. But how many videos should one put up before becoming a pain. :-)

[dhfeld]

Why don't you show us what you can do with the piece.

BTW, I didn't do it all the time, and I agree that it's not the best practice. This recording was made two years ago after only six years of piano training.

[Thunderflower367]

yea no kidding

[stopen009]

harry potter is playing there look!!!!

[tigerater1]

I don't have big enough hands to play this piece

[Splattomat]

0.o till the last moment i thought he is asian^^

[lithiumissick42]

i think u need to work on the tempo a lil more

[Chrisjuchniewicz]

@dhfeld This link just brings me back to the homepage..

[cdawgjones]

wow you're such a talented pianist!

[Dorm2003]

I know it is not the composer's instruction, and not his intention (as can be heard in his own recorded performance). I do however, personally, like the middle section played half the speed, possibly even slower, with rubato, enjoying the beauty of both the melody/harmony and the abundant arpeggios.

[radiantsunx]

Way too "poppy"...I don't think the end of every chord should go UP like that. Otherwise, great interpertation