Preludes opp. 23 & 32

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Vladimir Ashkenazy

Preludes opp. 23 & 32 is a collection of solo piano preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed between 1901 and 1910. They exemplify Rachmaninoff's late-Romantic harmonic language and pianistic writing, featuring sweeping arpeggiations, dense textures and expansive melodies, and occupy an important place in his output by bridging his earlier and later compositional periods.
First released: 12th March 2001

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prelude in C-sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2
    4:38
  2. 2.
    Prelude in F-sharp minor, op. 23 no. 1
    4:21
  3. 3.
    Prelude in B-flat major, op. 23 no. 2
    3:28
  4. 4.
    Prelude in D minor, op. 23 no. 3
    4:08
  5. 5.
    Prelude in D major, op. 23 no. 4
    5:36
  6. 6.
    Prelude in G minor, op. 23 no. 5
    3:56
  7. 7.
    Prelude in E-flat major, op. 23 no. 6
    3:00
  8. 8.
    Prelude in C minor, op. 23 no. 7
    2:27
  9. 9.
    Prelude in A-flat major, op. 23 no. 8
    3:14
  10. 10.
    Prelude in E-flat minor, op. 23 no. 9
    1:51
  11. 11.
    Prelude in G-flat major, op. 23 no. 10
    3:57
  12. 12.
    Prelude in C major, op. 32 no. 1
    1:21
  13. 13.
    Prelude in B-flat minor, op. 32 no. 2
    2:54
  14. 14.
    Prelude in E major, op. 32 no. 3
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Prelude in E minor, op. 32 no. 4
    5:12
  16. 16.
    Prelude in G major, op. 32 no. 5
    3:18
  17. 17.
    Prelude in F minor, op. 32 no. 6
    1:24
  18. 18.
    Prelude in F major, op. 32 no. 7
    2:12
  19. 19.
    Prelude in A minor, op. 32 no. 8
    1:47
  20. 20.
    Prelude in A major, op. 32 no. 9
    2:54
  21. 21.
    Prelude in B minor, op. 32 no. 10
    6:00
  22. 22.
    Prelude in B major, op. 32 no. 11
    2:07
  23. 23.
    Prelude in G-sharp minor, op. 32 no. 12
    2:28
  24. 24.
    Prelude in D-flat major, op. 32 no. 13
    5:52

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