Chopin – Prelude No. 9 – Yuja Wang, Piano
In the Prelude No 9 in E major we hear the gravity of loftiness and depth. It is often called a march-hymn prelude, and it does indeed display hymn-like elements and a gravity and sublimity of character.
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Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 5 – Yuja Wang, Piano
Rachmaninoff’s Prelude No. 5 in G minor, was completed in 1901. It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes, despite having been written two years earlier than the other nine.
Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 12 – Grimaud, Piano
Thirteen Preludes Op. 32, is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910. The prelude No 12 in G-Sharp Minor is one of the most famous.
Chopin – Prelude No. 4 – Khatia Buniatishvili, Piano
Chopin’s Prelude No 4 in E minor is one of the 24 preludes opus 28 for piano. By Frédéric Chopin’s request, this piece was played at his own funeral, along with Mozart’s Requiem. Hans von Bülow called the prelude “suffocation”, due to its sense of despair.
Chopin – Prelude No. 25 – Argerich, Piano
Prelude in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 45 (sometimes listed as Prelude No 25), was composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1841. It was dedicated to Princess E. Czernicheff (Elisaweta Tschernyschewa).
Chopin – 24 Preludes for Piano – Yuja Wang
Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Frédéric Chopin wrote them between 1835 and 1839, partly at Valldemossa, Majorca, where he spent the winter of 1838–39.
Chopin – Prelude No. 16 – Martha Argerich, Piano
Chopin’s 24 Preludes Op. 28, are a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839. Chopin’s Prelude No 16 in B-Flat Minor, Presto con fuoco, is certainly the most difficult of the set.
Raindrop Prelude (Chopin) – Grimaud, Piano
One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major, nicknamed “Raindrop”, strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C sharp minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.
Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 12 in G-Sharp Minor – Horowitz, Piano
Thirteen Preludes Op. 32, is a set of thirteen preludes for solo piano, composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff in 1910. The prelude No 12 in G-sharp minor is one of the most famous, especially under Horowitz fingers.
Chopin – Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) – Wang, Piano
One of Frédéric Chopin most famous masterpiece, the Raindrop prelude strikes one at first as an oasis of peace and calm. However, the transition from the bright key of D-Flat Major to the tenebrous C-Sharp Minor brings dark, gloomy, disturbing sonorities.