Rachmaninoff Prelude in D major Op. 23 no. 4 // Henrik Kilhamn

Recorded in Göteborg, Sweden 2023
Audio and video edit and mix: Henrik Kilhamn
Analysis video: • The ACHING BEAUTY of R...

[@ElenasBarre]

So beautiful !!! ❤️🔥👏🙏

[@nickk8416]

Man, that's really good! Great camera work and sound too. It's so good this might be my go to performance of this piece. After Rach 2 this is the most beautiful piece along with his 18th variation for my taste. Profound beauty. Masterfully played. I must watch your other videos. I've had trouble with this piece with fingerings and hands under/over etc. I know I must play it. Thanks.

[@HKilhamn]

Thank you so much! :)

[@kenelliott8944]

As with most Rachmaninoff, this piece is technically more difficult than it sounds - there are some grueling stretches and chords, but I always loved this piece because it always seemed like a clearing in the storm where the clouds parted and this beautiful calmness came down out of no where. Well played!!!

[@isaacbaron2]

Absolute talent. Love watching your analysis videos as well. Thank you for inspiring and always bringing new pieces to light

[@goktanokay7212]

Great Music and Great Performance! Congratulations!

[@notsodivinemsm8936]

His analysis of the composition is quite compelling also. A definite watch!!

[@moradnadimi7952]

Pure bliss. Amazing rendition with so much passion

[@pottedrodenttube]

Beautiful performance 🎉

[@myriangomide5427]

Meu sonho era ter um piano de cauda. From Brasil.

[@magicyandereaxe]

Wonderful performance! That's all the inspiration i needed to dive deeper into learning rachmaninoff's piano music. ❤️‍🔥

[@margarethansen7480]

Fantastic, inspiring vídeos, nice work Greetings from Brasil, and Thanks a lot!❤❤❤

[@Blimey2342]

Very well done, I'm inpressed!

[@smitty78787878]

Bravo Sir. Exquisite.

[@anngrogan6343]

Thank you for your great analysis then this wonderful gift! The more I listen and watch the more I am developing my rather newbie musical ear for my fave composer- for the reasons you in part, uncover for me.

[@SlimShady40]

Absolutely beautiful. Wonderful performance. Bravo ❤

[@pieden5731]

Amazing! I watched it at least 15 times already.

[@darkside1928]

Henrik, I'm blown away by the new visual style! Simply beautiful. And that one angle where part of the key action is showing 😲 It looks so nice. Did you put a light inside the piano?

[@HKilhamn]

Thanks Serdar! :) Yes, It's a LED light strip inside the piano, placed high up some way in, in order to not get reflections from angle above!

[@darkside1928]

I love it, it's so pleasing to the eyes. It really shows that you spent a lot of time perfecting the colors and lighting. Thank you for all your efforts!

[@alexandercarroll9707]

How do you light up your keys like that?

[@HKilhamn]

It's a LED light strip inside the piano, I've removed the lid and placed it quite some way in, in order to not get reflections from above!

[@Franz_Liszt_Korean]

!

[@alexdeckerdk]

I can not for the life of me reach the full chord at 1:07. Do you both play the lower C# and D, or just one of them?

[@yondertz]

Great rendition of one of my favorites. Very clear and thoughtful. Why didn’t you upload this in your Sonata Secrets channel? It’s you, right? Btw, i subbed here, as well.

[@Paroles_et_Musique]

Those are the most unusual fingering I ever saw ;) 5th finger of the first FA diez of the theme, thats something I would not use ever, it has so little cantabile potential.

[@SuperKripke]

Great video! What fingering do you use on the insane C#-D-A-C# chord in the first section? I try to hold the first two notes with my thumb and then use fingers 4 and 5 for the last two notes.

[@cychloryn]

I find it surprisingly comfortable to play the C# with my thumb knuckle and the D with the tip of my thumb. My hands are too small to play it with 1-2

[@SuperKripke]

@@cychloryn Yeah I saw that Henrik uses fingers 1 and 2 for the C# and D while the fourth finger hits the A right at the edge of the key! I found a solution that works for me. I have hitchhikers thumb so I use the inside thumb knuckle for the D and the thumb tip for C#. It works so far but I have to practice to make the top C# sing. Thanks for your comment!

[@valentinvanderkelen6051]

1-2-4-5

[@marygrace3088]

1/2. 3. 5

[@roberrrisk177]

Beautifully played! I’m working on this at the moment and find myself brainwashed by this magnificent Rachmaninoff, morning and night! Finding the hands side somewhat difficult! Should I persevere?

[@SuperKripke]

There's a Siloti version on IMSLP which doesn't have a lot of hand changing.

[@roberrrisk177]

@@SuperKripke Thanks, most interesting.👍

[@virginiacalabrese478]

You, Sir, made me cry. Thank you

[@Ncherpelis]

Yamaha C2 or C3?

[@HKilhamn]

C3