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Topic: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)  (Read 5308 times)

Offline rob47

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rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
on: January 07, 2009, 03:33:20 PM
some mistakes but i felt ok about it in the end.

rob
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Offline pianowolfi

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 07:23:52 PM
You definately have a good hand for Rachmaninoff :) You let the melody freely sing and breathe, the chords and arpeggios give a rich and full ground. Very good buildup to the climax! You realise what a teacher once said to me: A good pianist has always time. One of my all time favorite Rach pieces, wonderfully played :)

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 10:55:24 PM
Hi rob,

I also have a recording of this prelude posted on Piano Street, so know the music very well.  I believe you've offered a very commendable rendition here.  Excellent playing!

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #3 on: January 09, 2009, 07:36:05 AM
Rob, you play beautifully and with real presence.  I hope we hear more from you.
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Offline rob47

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #4 on: January 11, 2009, 09:34:19 PM
thanks for listening and giving kind words I really appreciate it.

I may re-record this on my home piano "phenomenon 2"  8) along with some other things.

Someone ask me what phenomenon 1 is 8)
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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #5 on: January 12, 2009, 03:34:59 AM
OK rob, we're bracing ourselves and are prepared to be enlightened! ;D
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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #6 on: January 12, 2009, 04:23:56 AM
Someone ask me what phenomenon 1 is 8)

What is phenomenon 1?

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 08:41:17 PM
Great music and playing, I hope to play this someday too.

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #8 on: November 14, 2009, 01:12:33 AM
That was very good! congratulations!
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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #9 on: November 14, 2009, 03:53:02 AM
I'm surprised this thread has been bumped after so many months... but I can't believe I missed this recording when it first was uploaded... and I've been with this forum for years.

That was actually beautiful... The shaping was almost concert professional. I'd love to hear more of your recordings...

I knew a couple of people at uni who weren't brilliant at tackling hard & fast pianistic pieces, but they could nail any slow, beautifully melodic piece any day. I envied them for a while until I managed to develop my shaping and melodic skills in playing.

This was lovely.

Offline michel dvorsky

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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #10 on: November 16, 2009, 03:31:14 AM
Moving performance.

Rob is quite gifted...nobody should be surprised.
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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #11 on: November 25, 2009, 07:03:52 AM
who cares about the mistakes? what matters is the music and you played beautifully!







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Re: rachmaninoff prelude op. 23 n.4 (live)
Reply #12 on: November 25, 2009, 12:06:05 PM
Overall very nice performance, the melody comes out nicely.
Maybe you should watch your pedalling abit, on some places it gets too blurry to my taste. Also i think that you might have missed the melody on 1:06 and 2:04, you could have a look at that and concider playing it abit differently.

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