24 Preludes

Album by Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff & Ian Hobson

24 Preludes is a set of piano preludes by Sergei Rachmaninoff, composed between 1892 and 1910 and completed in 1910. The cycle spans all 24 major and minor keys and features late-Romantic harmonies, sweeping melodies and virtuosic piano writing that chart a development from his earlier works to his mature compositional voice.
First released: 1st June 1991

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Prelude in C-sharp minor "Bells of Moscow", Op. 3 No. 2
  2. 2.
    Prelude in F-sharp minor, Op. 23 No. 1
  3. 3.
    Prelude in B-flat major, Op. 23 No. 2
  4. 4.
    Prelude in D minor, Op. 23 No. 3
  5. 5.
    Prelude in D major, Op. 23 No. 4
  6. 6.
    Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 No. 5
  7. 7.
    Prelude in E-flat major, Op. 23 No. 6
  8. 8.
    Prelude in C minor, Op. 23 No. 7
  9. 9.
    Prelude in A-flat major, Op. 23 No. 8
  10. 10.
    Prelude in E-flat minor, Op. 23 No. 9
  11. 11.
    Prelude in G-flat major, Op. 23 No. 10
  12. 12.
    Prelude in C major, Op. 32 No. 1
  13. 13.
    Prelude in B-flat minor, Op. 32 No. 2
  14. 14.
    Prelude in E major, Op. 32 No. 3
  15. 15.
    Prelude in E minor, Op. 32 No. 4
  16. 16.
    Prelude in G major, Op. 32 No. 5
  17. 17.
    Prelude in F minor, Op. 32 No. 6
  18. 18.
    Prelude in F major, Op. 32 No. 7
  19. 19.
    Prelude in A minor, Op. 32 No. 8
  20. 20.
    Prelude in A major, Op. 32 No. 9
  21. 21.
    Prelude in B minor, Op. 32 No. 10
  22. 22.
    Prelude in B major, Op. 32 No. 11
  23. 23.
    Prelude in G-sharp minor, Op. 32 No. 12
  24. 24.
    Prelude in D-flat major, Op. 32 No. 13

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