For Rachfan.....MM3

[slow_concert_pianist]

This is not a contest, but two likeminds who appreciate Rachmaninov's genious.

Here is my effort with the Momment Musicaux 3 I hope it "adds some" for you. The improvisation was to cover a stuff-up....quite allowable for traditional salon piano

https://www.box.net/shared/m81fe12yqe

[alessandro]

I won't interfere since this post is meant for Rachfan, but I have nothing against some contest (for this Moment Musicale Rachfan wins).  I do admire some flirting with slowness.   My favourite interpretations of pieces are often on the slow side (I do admire for example a lot of Richter's Bach just because of that stretched, slow, deserted sound).   On the other hand I'm often unmoved when one crosses the line of the "exact" tempo of enjoyable slowness.  On the other side of that line music can quickly become boring, or worse repulsive, sometimes pedant...  Thanks anyway for your version 'slow concert pianist', but I think I can only enjoy this Moment Musical when played a tiny bit faster.
Kindly.

[pianisten1989]

If you'd appreciate the genius of rachmaninov, beethoven ,or any other composer you've been slaughting, you'd stop play them the way you do...

[prongated]

Hey slow, take it whichever way you want, but I'm just trying to be helpful here in any case, I suppose you are not interested in other comments...

I actually agree with your underlying tempo! That is how fast I'd play it myself! What I don't like is the random stop-and-go in many places. Actually, it just sounds as though you're trying to figure out what the notes are, rather than intentional pauses!

Of all the things I've heard you play, this is the most promising. So I really hope you stop with some of your nonsensical ramblings in the forum and get on with practising your pieces