Prelude Op. 23, No. 2

Sergei Rachmaninoff, 1873 to 1943

Prelude Op. 23, No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff: play it with falling notes in your browser, on your computer keys, a touch screen or a MIDI keyboard. It is part of Klaviero Premium, and 49 pieces are free. The chart has 3,157 notes over 3:04, peaks at 21.9 notes per second, and Klaviero rates it tier 5 of 5.

Prelude Op. 23, No. 2 is a prelude by Sergei Rachmaninoff, written in 1903. It is catalogued as Op. 23. It is part of the Romantic repertoire. The Klaviero chart holds 3,157 notes across 3:04. Mutopia's edition is scored for piano. Sergei Rachmaninoff lived from 1873 to 1943. Klaviero holds 10 other pieces by Sergei Rachmaninoff. The engraving it was built from is published by Mutopia under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0.

It averages 17.1 notes per second against a peak of 21.9, so the busiest bar is barely harder than the rest and there is nowhere to recover. The right hand plays 59% of the 3,157 notes and the left 41%. The notes run B flat0 to G7, 6.8 octaves, which is past what a 61-key board reaches at one end or the other. Klaviero rates it tier 5 of 5.

Composer
Sergei Rachmaninoff
Composed
1903
Catalogue
Op. 23
Period
Romantic
Notes
3,157
Length
3:04
Peak density
21.9 notes per second
Difficulty
tier 5 of 5
Access
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