Prelude in G minor, Op. 23, No. 5, is a piece of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, completed in 1901.[1] It was included in his Opus 23 set of ten preludes, despite having been written two years earlier than the other nine. Rachmaninoff himself premiered the piece in Moscow on February 10, 1903, along with Preludes No. 1 and 2 from Op. 23.[1]
In 1895, Rachmaninov began work on his first substantial piece, the Symphony No. 1 in D minor. It was premiered in 1897 and was conducted by the famed musician Alexander Glazunov. The performance was a disaster and the resulting critical reception robbed Rachmaninov of his confidence to compose for some 3 years. With the help of Dr Nikolai Dahl, Rachmaninov finally regained faith in his compositional prowess and started writing his second piano concerto. This proved to be a phenomenal success. In 1901, the year the concerto premiered, Rachmaninov composed the Prelude in G minor, now No. 5 of his set of Op. 23. No.5 was actually the first prelude of the set, with the other 9 preludes being composed in 1903. The fifth Prelude encases melting lyricism (meno mosso) within a militant energy (alla macia).
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