Rachmaninov from Preludes Op. 23 No5 in G minor Alla Marcia

[@koshersalaami]

I’ve listened to well over a dozen eminent pianists here on KZbin play this, including Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev on piano rolls. There are some good ones in that list, certainly Rachmaninoff himself. Cziffra’s is certainly original. This remains my favorite performance and it is not the first I heard. There are a few candidates for second place but none others for first. Richter finds more in it than anyone else.

[@ronstriebig2749]

He always brings out the inner soul of the piece He is beyond comparisonn

[@MayaNature113]

Love it. Brilliant. Nobody plays is better than Richter

[@MiguelGutierrez-wg8dz]

Makes me wanna play the piano at the front of the soviet forces during WWII (fun fact: Emil Gilels did it). PS: Richter's playing has always been mesmerizing to me. The dude was a beast at the piano.

[@rickithibaut5341]

master！

[@EnliveningJustice]

Gorgeous

[@christopherbonds9553]

Richter is my first choice for this piece, Horowitz second (for the mid-section). Of course, Richter was my introduction to it, so one has to consider that. (The Law Of First Hearing-“Anchoring”). Richter is Rock of Gibraltar, with feeling.

[@NPipsqueak]

My first experience of this piece was by Lang Lang but of all the interpretations that by Richter is my favorite.

[@verocimil]

Reference!

[@danielkim325]

good~

[@김믈밍]

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[@erberlon]

Better than Rachmaninoff himself

[@coleb.t.6905]

You can’t say that. Rachmaninoff wrote it. He is the only one who truly knows how to play it correctly.

[@Ronan266]

Cole B. T. I think there can be better representations of playing it but Rachmaninoffs way of playing it is the definitive way

[@taiteyard3567]

⁠@@coleb.t.6905 piano performance is an incredibly technical art. Many composers actually weren’t all that good at their instruments. Rachmaninoff was of course a pretty good pianist, but his genius was in his compositions, not performance. You can’t say out of principal that Rachmaninoff is the only one that can play it “correctly” when there are better recordings out there such as this one. Richter has probably more than 30,000 hours practicing for performances, whereas Rach might’ve only had a few thousand. Even IF Rach is the only one that “knows” how the piece should sound, it doesn’t mean that he could properly demonstrate it.