zygis on Apr 10th, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major
By Nikolai Lugansky
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Van Cliburn
By Vladimir Sofronitsky
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
By Grigory Sokolov
Prelude Op. 23 No. 6 in E flat major sheet music
zygis on Apr 10th, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major
By Nikolai Lugansky
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Grigory Sokolov
By Sviatoslav Richter
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
Prelude Op. 23 No. 4 in D major sheet music
zygis on Apr 10th, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 3 in D minor
By Nikolai Lugansky
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Grigory Sokolov
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
Prelude Op. 23 No. 3 in D minor sheet music
zygis on Apr 10th, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor
By Nikolai Lugansky
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Sviatoslav Richter
By Grigory Sokolov
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
Prelude Op. 23 No. 1 in F sharp minor sheet music
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 8 in C sharp minor
A big, loud piece with prevalent patterns of leaps in the left hand, creating a huge roar. The piece has grand dissonances but also contains a gorgeous romantic interlude. There are two references to the Prélude in C-sharp minor; could this piece be a venting of his anger and frustration at the public’s fascination with and demand for him to play that early prélude?
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 7 in G minor
A melancholy piece whose sixteenth note accompaniment interweaves between hands. The main difficulty of the piece is facilitating smooth alterations with the hands without affecting the fluency of the melody.
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 6 in E flat major
Nicknamed “Scene at the Fair” as confessed by Rachmaninoff himself to Respighi, the piece conjures a playful and vibrant atmosphere, with its blaring fanfare opening thirds and wild alternating chords. The middle section poses a great pianistic problem with huge leaps of the hand that lead to chordal actions, which at points are 10th chords, rendering playing the figures at the correct tempo much more difficult. The piece requires strength, precision,endurance, rhythmic control, and dynamic and tonal balance.
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 5 in E flat minor
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Sviatoslav Richter
By Vladimir Horowitz
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
By Nikolai Lugansky
Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 5 E flat minor sheet music
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 4 in D minor
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Nikolai Lugansky
Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 4 D minor sheet music
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 in C major
By Abdel Rahman El Bacha
By Hélène Grimaud
By Vladimir Ashkenazy
By Vladimir Horowitz
By Nikolai Lugansky
Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 2 C major sheet music
zygis on Mar 31st, 2009Sergei Rachmaninov Etude – tableaux Op. 33 No. 1 in F minor
This piece is a study on alternating hands and syncopations. The piece shifts unsteadily throughout in time signature from 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 5/4, and 3/2. Some find parallels between this piece and Chopin’s Etude Op. 25 No. 4, jestingly saying that Rachmaninoff played it while writing this etude
