Rachmaninov prelude op.32 n. 12 G#minor

[elenka]

Hello!

I'm going to start this prelude by Rachmaninov, I find that it is beautiful and challenging, concerning interpretation aspects and sound. Technically it's quite hard but I think that it's less about the technical difficulty but the more about learning notes and fix all passages, jumps...
Is it a grade 10?

[jogoeshome]

I wouldn't play rachmaninoff unless I was a russian. You have to understand what you're playing a great deal, especially with difficult pieces or else it is just a big waste of time and mental effort and then you have a breakdown like David Helfgott.

[elenka]

I really like Rachmaninov music indeed at first listening It's not so complicated to understand. I think that to understand modern music you should have mastered what came before, I mean I can understand very well Bach polyphony and the classic period music. My teacher is Russian and she will help me for sure to learn it well David Helfgott breakedown it's beacuse his personal problem and stress not for music. I know about young pianist who played Rachmaninov and they're all ok...personal problem and issues mostly are not related to music.