Rachmaninoff Prelude op.32 no. 13 Des-dur

[@Fenglorp]

Amazing! Of the twenty renditions of this piece available on KZbin, I find this one to be the most compelling. It is stately at the outset, with clarity through the cluttered midsection, and the inner voices always speak out. His rubato toward the end builds to an inexpressibly intense drama. Bravo!

[@reallynigga9088]

My favorite prelude brought to perfection

[@paulprocopolis]

Excellent - passion and intelligence combined!

[@arthurtwoshed]

I always come back to this version...

[@markteague8889]

Bravo! Bravissimo!!!

[@muhchung]

Very good. This is a performance I would like to return to.

[@aramtorosyan8803]

Bravooooo

[@matthewmetcalf1270]

Well played! You have brilliant technique

[@paolofranceschi6874]

Bravo!

[@user-sn4fj5el2b]

The only pianist I found that got 3:45 right

[@mattklammer5232]

Very good indeed!

[@smb123211]

I have heard this piece numerous times over the years and many have been disasters - too slow, too fast, unclear, lack of phrasing, missing / missed notes, lack of that "rachmaninoff inner voice", etc This interpretation would be, for many, too slow but I can imagine the composer playing it like this. It made me slow down in the two "angelic" lines near the end (3 vs 2). Bravura performance!!!

[@RozarSmacco]

Rachmaninov played very fast quite often. Listen to his recordings.

[@smb123211]

@@RozarSmacco I know (I am a pianist). His recording of the C Major Etude Tableaux is still the one I attain to match. [Ironically my dad attended his last concert in Knoxville on a "sailor's pass".) The problem is when velocity hides the beauty and inner melodies in the onslaught of notes. It's actually rather simple to play things fast but when we remember great artists we do so not for just velocity but for their interpretive / emotional power. When Van Cliburn play the Etude Tableau in E Flat Minor as an encore for out Symphony the talk was not of the ungodly technique but the structure, tone, emotion and interpretation. Have a nice day

[@iamwhatiam6281]

too slow? it’s one of the fastest

[@jesika7869]

Still prefer Santiago Rodriguez on this. There is a video of Ashkenazy, Rodriguez and Berezhovsky for comparison. Gugnin has too much pedal and not enough lower velocity moments, gets muddy.

[@preci0us838]

зачем выворачиваться наизнанку когда играешь один аккорд?