Rach's Prelude in g minor

[lagin]

Okay, so here's the deal.  I posted a recording of Rach's g - prelude 5 weeks ago, and promised everyone that I would post it again when I was done working on it.  A month after I posted it I did my exam and played it.  It went pretty well, though it never was 100% under my fingers.  Then I took a week off from piano almost entirely, and am just now posting the finished product.  HOWEVER, since I took that week off, I'm all rusty again.  So I was debating, do I put up an okay performance of it from a week or two before my exam, or do I put up a rusty performance of it after my exam (which i just recorded ).  I decided to put up the "after" one because a couple days before my exam my teacher changed a bunch of stuff, so I feel like the rusty one is more true to the interpretation we were aiming for even if it's a bit slower and the notes lack accuracy a bit more than before.

 Part 1.  http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/laginn/?action=view&current=MVI_0137.flv
 Part 2. (I accidentally deleted the second half and had to go back and refilm it so I noticed that it's a tad bit faster (maybe one or two clicks on the metronome) than tempo 1 in the first file.  Sorry about that!  I don't feel like refilming it again, though, and this tempo IS closer to the original, so I could just refilm the first part faster, but it would take a very long time to upload, so I'm just going to leave it.  I hope you guys don't mind!  http://s131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/laginn/?action=view&current=MVI_0127.flv

P.S. if you leave a comment that you want me, personally, to read, please pm me and let me know because I'm afraid I'm going to be rather busy over this next week and then I'm off to university, so I might not see it.  But if you pm me, it will show up in my emails and I'll know to look here.  Thanks guys! 

P.P.S.  I'm thinking of keeping this piece at university and continuing to work on it because even though my exam is over, I feel like I could still really improve my accuracy - though it did go much better in the exam than in these 'rusty' videos. 

[mattgreenecomposer]

Well I feel bad no one has commented....

It takes guts to post, and mega guts to post Rachmaninoff.  I think you play nicely.
I would "clean it up" a bit if you can/wrong notes.  I think the tempo is good so I wouldn't slow it down if possible.
Less pedal in general -especially on ff
take your time before the middesection (the piano d notes_)
I think the middle section could use more right hand, or less left hand, when the opening melody is introduced.
Once the middle voices come, play with them as a contrapuntal device with the main theme.
Thats my 2 cents, but nice job!  I think your energy and articulations for the A section are great.

[lagin]

Hey, thanks Matt!  Actually I did get one reply, but by pm, which is why I'm here checking   I should be reading, though.  Gotta finish these books so I can not be distracted by them when I need to practice!