ok last one - Rachmaninoff prelude

[noambenhamou]

Thanks to awesom_o and steve who were critical in my last thread about this prelude. I just didn't get it...

Rachmaninoff is more of a blank canvas than I'm used to with Chopin who is mainly what I play.

With all these meno mossos and accelerandos, it's been difficult to allow myself to utilize them and be creative with it.

Now that I've digested and understand that I am allowed to make my own music with this prelude, I think I achieved a better performance. I am actually pretty happy with it.  I think it was for the best even though it was difficult to digest.


Now I took a much more free approach to tempo, which also allowed me to interpret this piece as a much more melancholy feel to it than previously. I like this prelude much more now hahaha

[stevenarmstrong]

Immediately so much better! Seriously, wow. You immediately set the tone and kept it up. I knew right from the first bar that this was going to be good. Well done Noam! Seriously, what an improvement! So much more personal, I felt you were so much more connected with it and it was so much more lyrical. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. Great job man! Keep striving for that delicate descending passage at the very end...still a little too much drive but way better

[liszt1022]

I like this prelude and I think you've got a nice sound for it.
Too many recordings play this too fast for my taste.
I wouldn't call it Prelude no. 12, since that groups all the preludes. The 12th one would then be op. 32 no. 1. So perhaps op. 32 no. 12 would fit better.

[awesom_o]

Great!

My only comment: when dynamic levels go up beyond F and into FF territory, make sure that you are producing the maximum possible musical sonority, and that you are never simply playing your loudest for a second or two.