Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 6 - Constructive feedback please :)

[lowk-_-y]

Hi, this is my performance of Rachmaninoff Prelude Op 23 No 6, its not perfect and has quite a few slips but I would really appreciate any feedback that you could give

[medtnerfan]

Very nice performance of this beautiful piece.

Here is some words of feedback:
For the most part the left hand sounded even in sound, but every now then, like in the beginning you have unintended accents. I highly recommend this accent exercise from Josh Wright:

In bar 11 I think your right hand was released from the notes in the middle of the bar when you switched the pedal for the left hand harmony change. Try to keep holding the right hand for the tie during the pedal change. I find slow practice to be great to solve this, as it allows me to focus on the different things that are going on without getting too overwhelmed.

For the last section of the piece, where the foreground is switching between the different voices, don't accent the first too much. Of course, you're trying to bring attention to it and making sure that it is not drowned out, but you have to also give that voice good phrasing. Think about where the climax of that phrase will be (sometimes it might be the beginning of the phrase too, haha), then go from there. Here slow practice can help.

Also, here is another video from Josh Wright about playing pianissimos, which I think is very helpful for keeping the accompaniment lines in the background. I always apply this exercise as it is useful for any piece. Link:

Keep up the good work

[lowk-_-y]

Thank you for your insights. I also really like josh Wright, didn’t use any of those excercises for this piece but I’ll try and apply those from now.

When you say the last section I’m assuming you mean the very polyphonic bit on the 2nd to last page. If so you’re completely right, I was more focused on bringing out this melody above the other voices but didn’t manage to shape it as a melody. You could be talking about the last page but either way the same thing applies, this section just seems more blaringly obvious listening back to it now.

Yes pianissimos can always be better


Thanks for your feedback