All the preludes and études including many perfectly spun miniatures. Edited by K. N. Igumnov and Y. I. Mil'shteyn. Content : PRELUDES Op. 2, No. 2 in B Major For the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor 24 PRELUDES, OP. 11 Part I No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor Part II No. 7 in A Major No. 8 in F Sharp Minor No. 9 in E Major No. 10 in C Sharp Minor No. 11 in B Major No. 12 in G Sharp Minor Part III No. 13 in G Flat Major No. 14 in E Flat Minor No. 15 in D Flat Major No. 16 in B Flat Minor No. 17 in A Flat Major No. 18 in F Minor Part IV No. 19 in E Flat Major No. 20 in C Minor No. 21 In B Flat Major No. 22 in G Minor No. 23 in F Major No. 24 in D Minor SIX PRELUDES, OP. 13 No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 15 No. 1 in A Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Major No. 4 in E Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 16 No. 1 in B Major No. 2 in G Sharp Minor No. 3 in G Flat Major No. 4 in E Flat Minor No. 5 in F Sharp Major SEVEN PRELUDES, OP. 17 No. 1 in D Minor No. 2 in E Flat Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in B Flat Minor No. 5 in F Minor No. 6 in B Flat Major No. 7 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 22 No. 1 in G Sharp Minor No. 2 in C Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in B Minor TWO PRELUDES, OP. 27 No. 1 in G Minor No. 2 in B Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 31 No. 1 in D Flat Major/C Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Flat Minor No. 4 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 33 No. 1 in E Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in C Major No. 4 in A Flat THREE PRELUDES, OP. 35 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in B Flat Major No. 3 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 37 No. 1 in B Flat Minor No. 2 in F Sharp Major No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 39 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in D Major No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in a Flat Major Op. 45, No. 3 in E Flat Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 48 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in C Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in C Major Op. 49, No. 2 in F Major Op. 51, No. 2 in A Minor Op. 56, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 59, No. 2 TWO PRELUDES, OP. 67 No. 1 No. 2 FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 74 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 ETUDES Op. 2, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor TWELVE ETUDES, OP. 8 Part 1 No. 1 in C Sharp Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Minor No. 4 in B Major No. 5 in E Major No. 6 in A Major Part II No. 7 in B Flat Minor No. 8 in A Flat Major No. 9 in G Sharp Minor No. 10 in D Flat Major No. 11 in B Flat Minor No. 12 in D Sharp Minor EIGHT ETUDES, OP, 42 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in F Sharp Major No. 4 in F Sharp Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor No. 6 in D Flat Major No. 7 in F Minor No. 8 in E Flat Major Op. 49, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 56, No. 4 THREE ETUDES, OP. 65 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3

Par BERTINI HENRI. The Etudes op. 29 and op. 32 are among Bertini’s best-known and most influential tutorial works. For aspiring pianists there is much to discover: Pieces with interesting harmonies in keys with up to four sharps or flats display various musical characteristics using a range of different rhythms, articulation and dynamics. With teaching notes by editor Ruth Taneda. When Henri Jerôme Bertini, born in 1798 in Lyon, developed into a child prodigy who at the age of twelve was already performing in concerts in Paris and other major cities. Concert tours to the Netherlands and Rhineland region followed. After spending some time in England and Scotland, in 1821 he settled in Paris, where besides teaching piano he performed as a pianist at Parisian salons and went on extended concert tours of the provinces in the summer months. Bertini’s teaching activities through to 1848 inspired his ‘Méthode de Piano’ and a wealth of Etudes (op. 29 and 32, op. 66, op. 100 as well as a Nouvelle Collection d’Études in ten volumes varying in degrees of difficulty). In about 1848 Bertini stopped working as a pianist, composer and teacher, left Paris and retired to the Dauphiné in southeastern France. He died in Meylan near Grenoble on 30 September 1876./ Etude / Piano