This Prelude is celebrated for its rhythmic drive and martial character. It combines a relentless, march-like main theme with a hauntingly lyrical middle episode typical of the composer's Russian style.
Achieving precise rhythmic consistency throughout the march sections is essential while keeping the lyrical passages seamless.
Comparable difficulty and character — good candidates for what to learn next.
Prelude in G minor, No. 5 is rated Henle level 7 of 9 — late advanced repertoire, roughly ABRSM grade 8 and above. In the RCM system it corresponds to about level 10.
You should be comfortable at Henle level 7 — meaning you can already play level 6–7 pieces cleanly. Learning it one level early is possible as a stretch piece, but more than that usually leads to months of frustration.
A typical performance of Prelude in G minor, No. 5 lasts about 4 minutes.
Prelude in G minor, No. 5 is available as free public-domain sheet music on IMSLP — the score is linked directly from this page.
Pieces at a comparable difficulty and character include Prelude in C-sharp minor, No. 2 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Canon by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Variations on a Theme of Corelli by Sergei Rachmaninoff — see the full similar-pieces list on this page.