Lang Lang — Chopin, “Raindrop” Prelude

 

Dank je wel voor het delen, lieve Marian S.

 

“It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.” ― Frédéric Chopin

Steinway Artist Lang Lang performs Frédéric Chopin’s Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28: No. 15 “Raindrop” on the Steinway & Sons Spirio | r, the world’s finest high resolution player piano, capable of live performance capture and playback. Chopin took inspiration for the “Raindrop” following a waking dream at the keyboard at a monastery in Majorca. According to George Sand, who interrupted the composer’s reverie when she returned to the monastery during a rainstorm, the composer saw himself drowned in a lake, while heavy drops of water fell in a regular rhythm on his chest.