Question by Loveartistry: What are some good Rachmaninoff preludes?
What are some good Rachmaninoff preludes besides the prelude in C# minor and prelude 23 no. 5?
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Answer by Malcolm D
What do you mean “good?” They are all good, what specifically are you looking for?
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inferno says
op 32 nos 10 and 12 are well recognized. Just listen to them all, as well as the etudes-tableaux.
La Pianista says
Listen to them all, perhaps off YouTube (and please, for the *life* of me, do not watch some guy playing an electronic keyboard, sporting shorts and a t-shirt, with poor quality video, and more wrong notes than can be counted on one hand). Listen to some of Sviatoslav Richter's recordings; though the term "definitive" is widely abused and hackneyed, Richter's interpretations come as close to that as can be.
The definition of "good" is highly subjective, so the only two instruments that can tell you what is "good" are your left and right ears.
They all are my favorites, but if I had to pick one, it would be the b minor, Op. 32 no. 10. It has been said that it was Rachmaninoff's personal favorite as well. "Exile" is the only word I can use to describe it (for what purpose does music have if it can be described in words?!).
*cough* I ramble, but when someone asks me about Rachmaninoff, I am bound to get a bit over my head. 😉
TK says
Here are my favorite preludes :Op. 23 Nos. 4-5-6-8-9 & 10, Op.32 Nos. 12 & 13.