SKU: MB.WBM70M

ISBN 9781733716949. 8.75 x 11.75 inches.

These 27 short etudes were composed to provide music suitable for study or the concert stage.  The etudes present a colorful palette of moods and musical textures and incorporate various picking techniques and lush harmonies.  They are extremely useful in developing tone and a lyrical feeling to a guitaristâ??s style.  These etudes will work well as concert preludes or encores or may be played in groups to create more extended performance repertoire.  They are guitaristic and highlight the beauty of the plectrum/flatpick guitar style.  The etudes are written in notation and tablature. Includes access to online audio.  

SKU: M7.RMP-3001

ISBN 9783795716585. English Russian.

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943) was a pianist and composer of international stature and one of the towering figures of early 20th century music. He left behind an ouvre consisting of some 170 works, many of which await discovery or are known only in forms far removed from the composer's intentions. Sergei Rachmaninoff : Critical Edition of the Complete Works (RCW), a project issued by Russian Music Publishing, is the first complete edition of Rachmaninoff 's music prepared in accordance with scholarly criteria while meeting the demands of performers. It catalogues, explores, and annotates every available musical, literary, and iconographic source on Rachmaninoff 's music. The RCW is published under the scholarly auspices of Dr. Valentin Antipov. The editorial standards of the RCW satisfy the most discerning criteria and are safeguarded by an Editorial Board of internationally acknowledged authorities in Rachmaninoff scholarship. Alexandre Rachmaninoff (1933-2012), the composer's grandson, has been retained as a special advisor. The RCW is furthermore realized in close cooperation with the Glinka State Central Museum of Musical Culture, which houses one of the most extensive collections of Rachmaninoff autographs worldwide. All sources are consulted for the first time and all compositions are presented in their authentic form with all existing versions from the composer.