Martin wrote:

>...Prokofiev is considered a 20th century composer not Rach even if he
>is from this century.  Rach is considered as a low profile composer (I
>am sorry about that) not Prokofiev.  Rach didn't do something really new,
>Prokofiev did it.  Rach was a terrific pianist without sense of humor,
>very tragic, very nostalgic...  Prokofiev's music laughs, is so vivid so
>imaginative.  He's a devil!  You always can recognize Prokofiev (even if
>you do not know the work), his stamp is everywhere...  Rachmaninov (I like
>his music) is less personal...  Two Sergeis, one very conventional, the
>other a great deal a big child!

In your point of view,i think it's a matter of priorities.  I really
like both composers.Even if i like Prokofieff a little bit more than
Rachmaninoff,and i know he is (prokoffieff) a "devil",i don't think
Rachmaninoff music is less personal.Why? because his language is
Romantic?.Well if we speak about the "personal" of the language of these
two composers,both two are very personal in their respective contexts.Only
as an small example: The richness of the use of harmonies in the
Rachmaninoff music is very distinctive.Of course his music is very
nostalgic,sentimental,maybe tragic,but sincere.Prokofieff is another
story,he touch other "spheres",which belong to a some kind of methaphisical
context,as Scriabin did too.  Best:

Gerardo:.