This is a new piece of music I've chosen to learn. It's quite elegant and refined and requires a different quality of hearing in order to play it well. That ear must be located in the heart because by the end of the piece I find myself very moved.

Quoted from Wikipedia 'Preludes, Op. 23 (Rachmaninoff)'
"The "Russian" quality of the Op. 23 preludes is often noted by listeners: after hearing Boris Asafyev play the preludes, the painter Ilya Repin noted a streak of Russian nationalism and originality in rhythm and melody. At the same recital, Vladimir Stasov praised the characteristic "Rachmaninoff sound" and unusual and innovative bell-like quality of the pieces, and Maxim Gorky simply noted, "How well he hears the silence."