For my assessment programme I'm playing three Rachmaninov Preludes. Only now do I know which ones I will play. I already knew I was going to play Op. 32 No. 10, B minor and No. 12 G sharp minor. So the 3rd is No. 5 G major. Gorgeous! It's completely clear melody floats over a rippling accompaniment. It grows in an unsettled manner and then finally comes to a shimmering close.
Mr Rachmaninov composed it in just one day (in the summer of 1910) along with two other preludes from his Op. 32 (No. 7 & 8).
Fortunately we even have a recording of the man himself playing it!
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