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:.