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pianoplayjl

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Favourite preludes/sets of preludes

on: February 20, 2012, 11:25:31 PM

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Re: Favourite preludes/sets of preludes

Reply #1 on: February 21, 2012, 02:19:39 AM

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pianoplayjl

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Re: Favourite preludes/sets of preludes

Reply #2 on: February 21, 2012, 09:08:54 AM

Seeing that no one replies to this thread I would say that my favourite sets of preludes come from Scriabin op 11 especially no 14 which I dropped after a few days for being too hard for me to learn despite being mentioned as 7th grade standard in one exam board. I find there is a lot of disparity in Chopin's preludes, IMO. There are preludes that I downright hate so much and it is most of them, but there are preludes that I love so much I play them all the time. So Scriabin gets my vote.

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Re: Favourite preludes/sets of preludes

Reply #3 on: February 21, 2012, 09:25:48 AM

For me these are definitely Preludes by Debussy.

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Re: Favourite preludes/sets of preludes

Reply #4 on: February 21, 2012, 12:50:20 PM

i think as a set in terms of overall well constructed and very pretty and i don't get tired of listening to them, probably the Mendellssohn Op 35 Preludes and Fugues (no 1 in e minor being tops in the set imo).

if i just pick a favorite prelude, way on the other end of the scale its probably the kapustin o 40 no1 ("Prelude" even though it is technically an etude it functions as a prelude for the set )

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