Death and Rachmaninov

[sawyl]

I'm currently embroiled in Ngaio Marsh's Overture to Death, a novel in which the central murder is triggered by the third bar of Rachmaninov's prelude in C# minor. So here, then, is Emil Gilels essaying the mighty piece in all its Romantic glory:

ETA: On finishing the book, I'm pleased to say that my theory about the murder was almost entirely correct. However, on the negative side, I've had the prelude stuck in my head all day and I'm starting to get slightly sick of it.