Chamber Music Piano SKU: PR.UT050417
Composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff. Edited by Jochen Reutter Nils Franke. Score. With Standard notation. Wiener Urtext/Vienna Urtext #UT050417. Published by Wiener Urtext/Vienna Urtext (PR.UT050417). ISBN 9783850557740. UPC: 800522003325.
The Rachmaninov Prelude is one of those classics you can name in three notes. A global success shortly after he first performed it in 1892, the Prelude has become a rite of passage for advancing pianists. Its dynamic chordal passages, slow-building middle section, and clanging finale bring forth the full power of the instrument, solidifying the Prelude's place in the repertoire. In preparing the urtext edition, Reutter and Franke have consulted the autograph and first print, as well as Rachmaninov's own recordings of the piece.