Looking for Rachmaninoff pieces

[stockyrocky]

I'm looking for some Rachmaninoff pieces, given he is one of my favourite composers.

I'm Grade 7 standard, so if anybody could suggest any pieces around this or a bit harder (I intend on starting them after my exam), it would be greatly appreciated.

[prestoconfuocco]

I'm looking for some Rachmaninoff pieces, given he is one of my favourite composers.

I'm Grade 7 standard, so if anybody could suggest any pieces around this or a bit harder (I intend on starting them after my exam), it would be greatly appreciated.

Rachmaninoff has a piece (That most people never heard about) called "Delmo". it's a bit harder than grade 7, but it's as easy as Rachmaninoff gets (And still sounds great). It's a great Rach starter piece.
Here it is:

And here's a link to the sheet music:
https://imslp.org/imglnks/usimg/4/42/IMSLP39594-PMLP86880-Rachmaninoff-Pe__a-Fantasia-Op-Post.pdf

Good luck!

[ianw]

The Piano Syllabus app on Google  Play lists two pieces at grade 7 - Fragments, and the 18th variation of Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini (there is no detail on what arrangement this is).  There's another two at grade 8 - Opus 3 no 3 and no 4.

[rachmaninovian]

Since a lot of Rachmaninoff's works sit around amus or beyond, it is relatively hard to find many under this level of difficulty, at least some of his greater pieces anyway. Based on my own knowledge and looking at the music from his preludes I'd suggest op. 3 no. 2, maybe op. 23 no.1, no. 10, op 32. no. 7, and no. 11. You might also like to try the piano arrangement of vocalise (I prefer Zoltan Kocsis's version), or perhaps his serenade op. 3, obviously his early works do not display the level of compositional development as his later works do, and most of his technically and musically easier works happen to be written earlier on in his career.

[nocturnetr]

I have no idea what grade 7 is. But still 3/2, 23/5, 32/7, 32/12 and 32/10 from the preludes are not too difficult. From the etudes I'd say 39/2 and 33/3.