* The piece closes with a brief seven-measure coda which ends quietly.
== ReceptionCritica ==
TheIl preludepreludio becamedivenne oneuna ofdelle Rachmaninoff'spiù mostfamose famouscomposizioni compositionsdi Rachmaninoff. HisSuo cousincugino [[Alexander Siloti]] wasrese instrumentalcelebre inil securingbrano thenel Prelude'smondo success throughout the Western worldoccidentale. InNell'autunno the autumn ofdel 1898, heRachmaninoff madefece aun tour ofin [[Europa occidentale]] ande thenegli [[Stati Uniti d'America|Stati Uniti]], withcon auna programscaletta thatcontenente containedil the Preludepreludio. SoonPoco afterdopo, le testate di [[Londra]] publishersfecero broughtuscire outdiverse severaledizioni editionscon withtitoli titles such ascome ''The Burning of Moscow'' (il rogo di Mosca), ''The Day of Judgement'',and(Il giorno del giudizio) e ''The Moscow Waltz'' (il valzer di Mosca). L'America followedfece suitla withmedesima other titlescosa, suchcon titoli ascome ''The Bells of Moscow''. (Le campane di Mosca)<ref name="z" />. Tale Itbrano wasdivenne socosì popularpopolare thatda it was referred to asdiventare "TheIl Preludepreludio" ande audiencesil wouldpubblico demandquando itchiedeva asla anreplica encoredel at his performancesbrano, shoutingurlava ''"C sharpdiesis!"'' {{cn|Some}} say Rachmaninoff came to hate the work for this reason. Most, however, agree he would simply shrug in resignation and play it.
Rachmaninoff recorded the piece both electrically and on Ampico [[piano roll]]s.
