Rachmaninoff's Op.32 Preludes- sorry, another ranking

[phil13]

As far as I know, only the Op.23 preludes have been ranked. I want to learn, within the next year, Op.32 No.5 in G, No.10 in Bm and No.12 in G#m. Where are they in order of TECHNICAL difficulty along with the other preludes of Op.32? Musically is no problem.

Phil

[vers la flamme]

Those three....This is just my personal preferance

32/12 G sharp minor
23/5 G minor
32/10 B minor

I'd say the G minor is just as hard as the G sharp minor, but the B minor is about another rank above those two.

The G minor is the hardest musically though, B minor Technically.

[phil13]

Those three....This is just my personal preferance

32/12 G sharp minor
23/5 G minor
32/10 B minor

I'd say the G minor is just as hard as the G sharp minor, but the B minor is about another rank above those two.

The G minor is the hardest musically though, B minor Technically.

Thanks for the info on 32-10 and 32-12.

I'm not playing the g minor though, the one I'm looking at is Op.32 No.5 in G major. It's the one with a whole bunch of 5-on-3 and 5-on-4 polyrhythms and a spookily beautiful theme, quite the opposite of the g minor rhapsodic march.

How much more/less difficult are the other preludes of Op.32?

Phil

[leonthewolf]

I read somewhere, and I noted it to be true when I played Op 32 No 12 that , in the final few bars, there is a sequence of chords echoing a sequence in Op 23 no 1 and, hence, coming full circle.  Has anyone noted this or read it?

Also I think it is true that it also completed a series of 24 preludes in all the keys like Bach and Chopin before him.   I seem to remember it was not the last thing he wrote, though, and that in fact this was the Variations on a theme of Corelli.  Is that true?

I do not think of the main theme as spooky.  It is certainly very simple and beautiful - perhaps almost religious in nature if one can use that term; maybe hymnal - and is surrounded by an increasingly complex filigree of notes.  I find it quite inspiring to play but the first few bars on the final page need a lot of work to get the melodic balance right.

Leonthewolf

[kriskicksass]

You're thinking of Opus 32 No. 13, which is a clever rewrite of Opus 3 No. 2 in the major mode. There's a website somewhere that has a really cool analysis of the two side-by-side.

[harmelodic]

As far as I know, only the Op.23 preludes have been ranked. I want to learn, within the next year, Op.32 No.5 in G, No.10 in Bm and No.12 in G#m. Where are they in order of TECHNICAL difficulty along with the other preludes of Op.32? Musically is no problem.

Phil

This is difficult, because they are really close in terms of technical difficulty (at least for myself), but here is how I would rank them:

No.10 in Bm
No.5 in G
No.12 in G#m

I could easily switch the first two...