Pieces II

For the first time, Rachmaninoff's complete works for piano solo are published in eight volumes. The practical urtext editions with unreduced musical text from the Rachmaninoff Critical Edition contain detailed information on the history of the compositions, world premieres and publications as well as notes on the editorial principles and the characteristic features of Rachmaninoff's piano notation.Volume 2 of the practical urtext editions of the complete works for piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff contains his piano compositions from the 1890s, based on the unreduced musical text from the Rachmaninoff Critical Edition: Morceaux de Fantasie Op. 3, Morceaux de Salon Op. 10 and Six Moments Musicaux Op. 16. Appendix I contains second versions of individual pieces, Appendix II the Fugue in D minor (SR 14.5), an early version of the composer of Moment musical Op. 16 No. 4 in E minor.The edition also contains a detailed preface, information on the history of the compositions and colour facsimile reproductions of autograph manuscripts.