Gilels plays Rachmaninoff Prelude Op. 23 No. 5
This prelude is awesome 
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25 comments
To be honest Ihave never heard anybody doing this
I know what you mean. She plays it faster, but not nearly as musically. I strongly believe that if Rachmaninoff were alive today, he would like Gilels’ interpretation of this piece the most. Better than Lisitsa’s, Kissin’s, or even Horowitz’ interpretation.
I’m very glad because of your opinion about Richter! So, I think that Gilels and Richter are the best performers of this piece, but I think that Lugansky’s performance is good too and also Rachmaninov’s and Prokofiev’s.
richter is a very good pianist and richter is a human who understands the music he play but in this piece he play it to slow I think.
but richter is also world class!!!!
His power of tone is incredible!
Rip
and what do you think about Richter’s performance?
I happen to love 7-UP
better than prokowjew, rachmaninov himself, lang lang, lisitsa and horowitz!
WOW!
You’re right. I agree with you. It’s like comparing 7UP to Dom Perignon.
Yeah…
He is such a great piano player,
i really appreciate the way of his playing look at those hands its undescrible,
its looking so much naturally i love that on gilels way of playing he plays like a undescribeable, natural humanbeeing, like it would be not a running piece just it comes from bottom of his heart. i love that.
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That’s the proper interpretation — not briliant but modest
Now that’s how you have a meltdown at the piano.
I’m relearning this piece at the moment — it’s uber tough. Hard to believe that I used to know it off by heart and performed it at a family concert.
sometimes it seems like he´d fall from his chair very soon
ALRIGHT GUYS. So I just put up a video of myself playing this piece. I want opinions…if anyone here’s nice enough to see all my hard work I’ve been doing for about two weeks (started learning it two weeks ago I mean) then please click on my username and watch the featured video. Or go to the playlist “Clay Dubberly’s Performances” right under the featured video. Thanks.
How can anybody say, that Valentina Lisitsa is better than Gilels!!!!!!!!???????
google
lol yeah right.
anyone know where i can find sheet music for this piece
Pity the bald pianist.
Brilliant performance. What must it be like to sit at a concert grand?
I used to make jokes about getting an arrow to the knee/finger, then I got laid.…
This is the best Rach Prelude I ever heard.