Opus 32 Nr. 5-Sergei Rachmaninov?s second book of Préludes op. 32 was written in the summer of 1910 at his family?s idyllic country house in Ivanovka. This sleepy rural area inspired the composer to this wonderful Impressionistic G-majorPrélude. It is not very difficult and is thus also suitable for advanced amateur pianists. Thanks to the cooperation of the Glinka Archive in Moscow all the autograph sources were consulted for this Henle Urtext edition of thePréludes. As in all of our Rachmaninov editions the fingerings are by Marc-André Hamelin.

2nd Movement-Transcription of the slow movement of Rachmaninov's First Piano Concerto op 1. Programme note by Murray McLachlan: Rachmaninov's first concerto in F sharp minor op 1 was composed in 1891 and dedicated to Alexander Siloti. The work was substantially revised in 1917 with textures made much lighter. The revised version is also more concentrated and disciplined with the material eliminating some of the earlier episodic sections entirely from the score. The second movement is an exquisite 74 bar miniature a nostalgic nocturne that is contrapuntally rich. In this soloversion the use of all three pedals and the middle pedal in particular make it possible to project the multifaceted textures the 'colour counter-point' that along with Rachmaninov's chromaticism enhances his considerable melodic gifts. Was Rachmaninov the 'Russian Bach?' Certainly his genius for 'inner voices' 'inner melodies' and counter-melodies make his music an inexhaustible treasure house of possibility for the creatively charged solo pianist. In Rachmaninov's piano writing there is simply no such thing as 'padding' or anonymous accompaniments- every line can be vocally or orchestrally charged making the music glow with richness and inspiration. This transcription was given its world premiere on April 1- Rachmaninov's birthday- in 2017 in New York as part of a recital for the Lezetizky society. Further performances were given on what was an intense US Easter tour in Washington Texas Boston and Vermont. I've also performed the transcription in Canada and the UK.

Études-Tableaux-In Sergei Rachmaninow's Études-Tableaux some of the most demanding technical Piano tasks are presented in the form of expressive character pieces.Rachmaninow composed two cycles eachoriginally with nine Études-Tableaux; however shortly before Op.33 went to print he removed three of the pieces. Several posthumous editions later reversed this decision.In this Henle Urtext edition theexact original structure is followed with six pieces as laid out by Rachmaninow for publication. The two surviving etudes that were not originally published are reprinted in an appendix to this edition.

Rachmaninov wrote Vocalise for Voice and Piano not setting a text to it unlike the other songs in the Op. 34 set. It immediately became popular and the composer fashioned several transcriptions of the work including one for Piano and another for Orchestra. This edition is transcribed for Piano Solo.

This volume contains all of Rachmaninov's works for Piano solo published after his departure from Russia in 1917.

Versions 1913 and 1931-L?une des plus importantes et significatives pages pour piano de Rachmaninov la Sonate en si bémol mineur est enfin disponible dans une édition Urtext digne de la partition et des problèmes éditoriaux qu?elle pose. Presque vingt ans après l?avoir écrite et publiée le compositeur la trouvait trop longue et trop dense d?écriture et il fit de nombreuses coupures et «allégements» qui continuent aujourd?hui d?être l?objet de critiques de la part des pianistes. Si bien que c?est la plupart du temps la première version qui est jouée ou un mélange des deux versions comme se le permettait par exemple Vladimir Horowitz avec l?autorisation de Rachmaninov. L?édition Henleexploite aussi le manuscrit autographe conservé aux Archives Glinka à Moscou. Comme pour toutes les ?uvres pour piano de Rachmaninov publiées chez Henle les doigtés sont de Marc-André Hamelin l?un des pianistes les plus remarquables de notre époque.

Collection of the most popular compositions newly revised and fingered by Vernon Warner. An excellent introduction to Rachmaninov's Piano music.

Fifteen of Rachmaninov's masterpieces for Piano including six original works and nine transcriptions of the orchestral works of others.

From an earlier Belwin Mills edition, this is Volume 2 of a series of the piano works of the great Russian-American composer. These compositions were written as picture pieces, though Rachmaninoff did not reveal what each piece was to suggest, preferring to leave that discovery to the pianist. This book contains the complete Opus 33 and Opus 39 works. Federation Festivals 2011-2013 selection.

All of Rachmaninoff's Preludes (Prelude in C# minor, Op. 3, No. 2, Ten Preludes, Op. 23, 13 Preludes, Op. 32) are included in this Belwin-Mills edition, and all of the twenty-four major and minor keys are represented in these works. The Preludes are among the finest examples of 20th century romanticism for the piano.