Aus dem Vorwort:

The 24 preludes and 17 etudes-tableaux of Serge Rachmaninoff include what are possibly his finest compositions for solo piano. Each of these masterly works is included in this complete collection, reproduced from recent, authoritative Russian editions. They include:

Prelude, Op. 3, No. 2 Ten Preludes, Op. 23 Thirteen Preludes, Op. 32 Eight Etudes-tableaux, Op. 33 Nine Etudes-tableaux, Op. 39

Among these are the enormously popular C-sharp minor prelude, Op. 3, No. 2; the...

• Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2 (from Morceaux de fantaisie, 1892)

TEN PRELUDES, Op. 23

(1903; no. 5, 1901; dedicated to Alexander Ziloti)

• 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
• No. 8 in A-flat Major
• No. 9 in E-flat Minor
• No. 10 in G-flat Major

THIRTEEN PRELUDES, Op. 32 (1910)

• No. 1 in C Major
• No. 2 in B-f...