Sergei RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)

DON’T MISS LUCY PARHAM’S LESSON ON THIS PIECE

Rachmaninov’s ten Preludes of Op 23 were completed, itself derived from Chopin’s C minor Prelude. It is no surprise, then, that Rachmaninov would take inspiration from Chopin’s precedent and begin composing a set of Preludes of his own. With the addition of the later 13 Preludes Op 32, and the famous C sharp minor Prelude written when he was 19, Rachmaninov continued the tradition of Bach and Chopin by having written preludes in all 24 of the major and minor keys. Lucy Parham plays this track (full details on the back of the album cover).