Etudes-Tableaux op. 33 / op. 39

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Karen Shaw

Etudes-Tableaux, Opp. 33 and 39 are sets of solo piano études by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed in 1911 and 1916 respectively. They combine late-Romantic virtuosity, dense harmonic language and vivid orchestral textures adapted for the piano, and occupy a late, mature position in Rachmaninoff's piano output that helped define his lyrical yet technically exacting contribution to the early 20th-century Russian piano tradition.
First released: 2003

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Etude-tableau in F minor, op. 33, no. 1: Allegro non troppo
    2:24
  2. 2.
    Etude-tableau in C major, op. 33, no. 2: Allegro
    2:19
  3. 3.
    Etude-tableau in E-flat minor, op. 33, no. 3: Presto
    1:40
  4. 4.
    Etude-tableau in E-flat major, op. 33, no. 4: Allegro con fuoco
    1:49
  5. 5.
    Etude-tableau in G minor, op. 33, no. 5: Moderato
    4:02
  6. 6.
    Etude-tableau in C-sharp minor, op. 33, no. 6: Grave
    3:41
  7. 7.
    Etude-tableau in C minor, op. posth.: Grave
    4:24
  8. 8.
    Etude-tableau in D minor, op. posth.: Moderato
    2:54
  9. 9.
    Etude-tableau in C minor, op. 39, no. 1: Allegro agitato
    3:09
  10. 10.
    Etude-tableau in A minor, op. 39, no. 2: Lento assai
    6:12
  11. 11.
    Etude-tableau in F-sharp minor, op. 39, no.3: Allegro molto
    3:20
  12. 12.
    Etude-tableau in B minor, op. 39, no. 4: Allegro assai
    3:41
  13. 13.
    Etude-tableau in E-flat minor, op. 39, no. 5: Appassionato
    5:14
  14. 14.
    Etude-tableau in A minor, op. 39, no. 6: Allegro
    2:34
  15. 15.
    Etude-tableau in C minor, op. 39, no. 7: Lento
    6:35
  16. 16.
    Etude-tableau in D minor, op. 39, no. 8: Allegro moderato
    3:27
  17. 17.
    Etude-tableau in D major, op. 39, no. 9: Allegro moderato, tempo di marcia
    3:47

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