Rachmaninoff Had Big Hands

November 21st, 2008, at 11:05 a.m.

I don’t want to get into the habit of posting videos, but having played a lot of Rachmaninoff when I was younger—including Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3, No. 2—this video had me in hysterics:

For the record: when I last played the piece, I couldn’t play the full chords, either.

(Courtesy of The Old New Thing)

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