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Prelude


Chopin - Prelude No 15 in D-Flat Major - Sokolov, Piano
ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Chopin – Prelude No. 15 (Raindrop) – Sokolov, 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.

Chopin - Prelude No 24 in D Minor - Grigory Sokolov, Piano
Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 24 – Grigory Sokolov, Piano

Prelude No. 24 in D Minor is the last one of Chopin’s 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.


Emile Gilels is playing Siloti's transcription in B minor of Bach's prelude in E minor, from The Well Tempered Clavier, first book
BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Bach / Siloti – Prelude in B Minor – Gilels, Piano

Prelude in B Minor by Alexander Siloti is an arrangement of Bach’s prelude in E-minor from The Well Tempered Clavier, first book. Alexander Ilyich Siloti was a Russian pianist, conductor and composer and Rachmaninoff first cousin.

The pianist Daniil Trifonov is performing Chopin's prelude No 3 in G major
Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 3 – Daniil Trifonov, Piano

The third Prelude, in G major, returns to volatility. It belongs to the category of ‘etudal’ preludes, characterised by a quick tempo, lightness and mobility. It develops a single textural idea.

Bach / Siloti - Prelude in B minor - Sokolov, Piano
BAROQUE MUSIQUE / Piano / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Bach / Siloti – Prelude in B minor – Sokolov, Piano

Alexander Siloti made an arrangement of Bach’s prelude in E-minor from The Well Tempered Clavier, first book, transposing it to B minor.

Andres Segovia plays on guitar a transcription of Chopin's Prelude No. 7 in A major, originally composed for piano
Guitar / Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Chopin – Prelude No. 7 – Andres Segovia, Guitar

Chopin’s Prelude No. 7 is the shortest prelude from 24 Preludes, Op. 28, a set of short pieces for the piano, one in each of the twenty-four keys, originally published in 1839.

Misckey is trying to play Rachmaninov and Liszt in a 1929 cartoon, the first one with Mickey's gloves.
ROMANTIC MUSIC / Cartoon / Piano / Prelude / Rhapsody

Mickey – The Opry House (1929) – Rachmaninov, Liszt

The Opry House was the fifth Mickey Mouse cartoon released by Walt Disney Productions and introduced Mickey’s gloves. You can listen some theme from Rachmaninov’s famous C-sharp minor prelude and Liszt’s 2nd rhapsody.


The pianist Evgeny Kissin is playing Rachmanino's famous Prelude in C-sharp minor
Prelude / ROMANTIC MUSIC

Rachmaninov – Prelude in C-Sharp Minor – Kissin, Piano

Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer’s most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie, …

Rachmaninoff - Prelude No. 5 - Horowitz, Piano
ROMANTIC MUSIC / Piano / Prelude

Rachmaninoff – Prelude No. 5 – Vladimir Horowitz, 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.

Heitor Villa-Lobos is playing his Prelude No 1 for guitar
Guitar / 20th-CENTURY MUSIC / Prelude

Villa-Lobos – Prelude No 1 – Villa-Lobos, Guitar

Prelude No 1 is a guitar piece subtitled Melodia lírica (Lyrical Melody), in E minor. It’s the first of the Five Preludes, written in 1940 by Heitor Villa-Lobos. The others are …

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