Don't kill the messenger!....but

This old warhorse, arguably Rachmaninov's "greatest burden" (in that he wished he never composed it), can be played any way you see fit, and everyone will love it!

When you analyze the piece it is just a "jolt" that initiated a marvelous career for one of the finest, and final, great Russian Romantic composers!
This prelude might intrigue you today, but look towards the 2 sets of Preludes, a romantic pianists dream on the page.
PS: In Rachmaniniov's later years he was reported to hate the audiences pleas to perform this (now dreaded) piece. My parents were in one of those audiences.
