Sonata No. 1 and Other Works for Solo Piano

by Rachmaninoff, Serge

• ISBN13: 9780486418858
• ISBN10: 0486418855
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-05-22
• Publisher: Dover Publications

Summary

This compilation of works by one of the 20th century's most important figures includes Rachmaninoff's Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 28, notable for the exquisite melancholy of the slow movement, in addition to three character pieces: Melodie, Op. 3, No. 3;Polichinelle, Op. 3, No. 4; and Nocturne in A minor, Op. 10, No. 1. Also included are the very popular Six Moments Musicaux, Op. 16, and Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op. 22. Reproduced from early authoritative editions.

Table of Contents

Elegie in E-flat minor (Op. 3 no. 1)	1	(5)
From Morceaux de Fantaisie (1892)
Melodie in E major (Op. 3 no. 3)	6	(4)
From Morceaux de Fantaisie
Polichinelle (``Punch'') (Op. 3 no. 4)	10	(8)
From Morceaux de Fantaisie
Nocturne in A minor (Op. 10 no. 1)	18	(4)
From Morceaux de Salon (1894)
Six Moments Musicaux (Op. 16) (1896)	22	(40)
Andantino in B-flat minor	22	(8)
Allegretto in E-flat minor	30	(9)
Andante cantabile in B minor	39	(3)
Presto in E minor	42	(7)
Adagio sostenuto in D-flat major	49	(3)
Maestoso in C major	52	(10)
Variations on a Theme of Chopin (Op. 22) (1902-3)	62	(38)
Sonata No. 1 in D minor (Op. 28) (1907)	100
Allegro moderato	100
Lento	122
Allegro molto	130