These alluring and varied preludes exhibit the compositional skill, expressiveness and innovation that is characteristic of Rachmaninoff's works. Editor Murray

These 24 preludes and 17 etudes-tableaux include what are possibly Rachmaninoff's finest compositions for solo piano. Reproduced from authoritative Russian edit

Contents: * No. 1 in F-Sharp Minor * No. 2 in B-Flat Major * No. 3 in D Minor * No. 4 in D Major * No. 5 in G Minor * No. 6 in E-Flat Major * No. 7 in C Minor *

(Piano Collection). For advanced players, this is Rachmaninoff Complete Preludes, Op. 3, 23 and 32.

The six "Musical Moments" Opus 16 are a set of separate solo works for piano composed by Rachmaninoff in 1896. They present forms characteristic of previous mus