Prelude in D

I keep coming back to Alexis Weissenberg's recording of Rachmaninoff's D-major prelude (Op. 23, #4); I like to play or listen to it atleast once a month.  It is a short, serene work that is never sentimental but sometimes tender; the piece is colorfully layered into 3 voices, with triplets often competing against two eighth notes.  There's rarely a pause in the music because notes always seem to be gently dropping somewhere.  The lack of unison is its genius. Last year I wrote Weissenberg to share my enthusiasm and even hoped to get a few of his thoughts on the work.  His wife--or some female relation I can't remember-- thanked me and said that Alexis was on tour and would respond at a later time.  I never heard back from AW and suspect that he probably thought my note was a little nutty--such is a drawback of fawning.  See what I'm nuts about and buy the disc for yourself.  Happy Holidays! and I'll be back after Christmas.