I realized I had better continue to share great music with all of you on this blog before letting it completely slide into oblivion. During a lesson this morning, Qing pointed out in her Rachmaninoff Prelude (Op. 23 No. 10 in G-flat) that she could hear the influence of J.S. Bach. I was struck at how insightful this was, mainly because the composers are at two different ends of the spectrum. It became very apparent to me that the writing was very contrapuntal and ingeniously designed. We went on to discuss how prolific of a composer Rachmaninoff is and despite his tour de force approach to the piano, the music is meticulously calculated. Below, I've posted a few video clips of Ashkenazy playing two Preludes from the same opus. I've juxtaposed these to illustrate the breadth of the compositional style of Rachmaninoff even within the same published work. The first is the B-flat Prelude from opus 23 and the second is the Prelude in G-flat from the same opus. The third is a video recording of Kissin playing the B-flat Prelude live.
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