Your favourite Rachmaninov prelude?

[eddie92099]

Hi all,
Just wondering what is your favourite Rachmaninov prelude - I know which Rachmaninov's favourite was (also happens to be mine), I wonder how many people agree!
Ed

[BuyBuy]

I'm not so sure...

I'd hesitate between op.23 nš5 and op.32 nš12.

[e60m5]

I'm partial to Rachmaninov's Prelude Op.23 no.6 in E flat major.

[ravel]

i am really bad in opus no.s and no.s and all, but as far as i can remember,   i love opus 32 no.10  ( has any one heard horowitz play taht one, it is like double the speed of wht other pianists play)  , i dont know which onw is that prelude but there  is  a story going behind it thta people used to request it every time he used to give a recital and he was really fed up of it haha, well i think its some prelude in c sharp or c , and then ther is opus 23 no.4, no. 7   and lots others but i dont rememebr th no.s unfortunately
sahir

[eddie92099]

The one he was fed up with was op.3 no.2 in C sharp minor. I don't know all the opus numbers, we should talk in keys,
Ed

[allchopin]

ahh, the "bells of moscow"- im kinda sick of it but its interesting.  I like the 12 op. 32 in (i think) G# minor. i have the horowitz in moscow version.

[rachfan]

I've played about half of the Preludes in Op. 23 and 32, and am hard pressed to choose one "favorite" as there is greatness in most of them.  Three that I particularly enjoyed doing were in Op. 32:  Nos. 1 in C,  No. 5 in G and No. 9 in A.

[liszmaninopin]

I am especially partial towards his op. 23 #'s 4,6,7, and his op. 32 #12.

[Leporello]

Opus 32 Number 10 by far.  Opus 23 Number 3 coming in at a distant second.

[zhovey]

Op 23 #5  Classical Russian sound. The middle is very beautiful, but very difficult to get sounding clean and sweet at full speed.

[dj]

ditto to zhovey

[amee]

Definitely the one in G# minor, Op 32 no 12.  I'm learning that right now

[Celeste]

Yes, Rachmanninoff ended up hating the prelude in C#minor, opus 3 no. 2, but that was only because everyone else loved it and he had to play it so much. It's undoubtedly the most famous Rach. prelude, but it's not my favorite because of that. I think it's very beautiful, after all, it's supposed to sound like church bells. Plus, whenever I'm supposed to show off to my parents friends or relatives or whatever, it is a GREAT crowd-pleaser

[eddie92099]

Rachmaninov's favourite (and also mine) was the prelude in B minor, op.32 no.10,
Ed

[Bosendorfer_214]

My favorites are the B minor which was symbollic for Rachmaninov's return... And the B-flat major Op.23 no.2

[eddie92099]

Bosendorfer_214, I wonder, I have you seen the DVD "Art of Piano"?
Ed