This generous compilation of Rachmaninoffâ??s Piano music reflects the 'best of the best' â?? selected shorter works that have been most often performed and most frequently recorded by such great Keyboard artists as Horowitz Richter Gilels Cliburn and Rachmaninoff himself. Offered here for the first time in a single collection are the Prelude in C-sharp Minor; three exquisite Etudes-Tableaux from Op. 33 and 39; seven best-loved Preludes from Op. 23 and 32; three Moments Musicaux from Op. 16; the Barcarolle and Humoresque from Morceaux de salon Op. 9 and the charming Polichinelle from Op. 3.

Selected Highlights from the Solo Piano Works-Rachmaninoff: The Authentic Collection for Piano is a songbook containing classics from the early 20th-century Piano repertoire by Kabalevsky Prokofieff Rachmaninoff and Stravinsky.Rachmaninoff: The Authentic Collection for Piano is a series of beautifully produced authentic editions with introductions and performance notes. Conatins highlights from the Authentic Editions of Rachmaninoff's finest Piano works including selections from Preludes Etudes-tableaux Moments Musicaux Morceaux de Fantaisie and Morceaux de Salon.Russian paintings from this period arefeatured on the cover in full colour.

This compilation of works by one of the 20th century's most important figures includes Rachmaninoff's Sonata No. 1 in D minor Op. 28 notable for the exquisite melancholy of the slow movement in addition to three character pieces: Melodie Op. 3 No. 3; Polichinelle Op. 3 No. 4; and Nocturne in A minor Op. 10 No. 1. Also included are the very popular Six Moments Musicaux Op. 16 and Variations on a Theme of Chopin Op. 22.Reproduced from early authoritative editions.