A must for the meticulous study of Rachmaninoff's preludes!Volume 4 of the practical urtext editions of the complete works for piano by Sergei Rachmaninoff contains Etudes-Tableaux on the basis of the unreduced musical text from the Rachmaninoff Critical Edition with detailed preface and colour facsimile reproductions of autograph manuscripts.- First publication of versions 1 and 2 of 9 Etudes-Tableaux Op. 33 with special appendix devoted to the reconstruction of the cycle- Appendix with first publication of version 1 of Etude-Tableau Op. 39, No. 1 in C minor and early variants of individual text fragments of Etude-Tableau Op. 39, No. 3 in F sharp minor.

Preface - Publishing principles - Facsimile: Etudes-Tableaux op. 33, nos. 1-2, 5-6, 8-9, autograph, manuscript, separate pages - Facsimile: Etudes-Tableaux op. 39, nos. 1, 3, 6, 8, autograph, manuscript, separate pages - Facsimile: Etudes-Tableaux op. 33, first edition (1914), title page - Facsimile: Etudes-Tableaux op. 33, second edition (1916), title page - Facsimile: Etudes-Tableaux op. 39, first edition (1917), title page - . - 9 Etudes-Tableaux op. 33/1 (1st Version). F minor, C major, C minor A minor (hypothetical reconstruction), D minor, E-flat minor, E-flat major, G minor, C-sharp minor - 9 Etudes-Tableaux op. 33/2 (2nd Version): F minor, C major, C minor, A minor (scholarly reconstruction), D minor, E-flat minor, E-flat major, G minor, C-sharp minor - 9 Etudes-Tableaux op. 39: C minor, A minor, F-sharp minor, B minor, E-flat minor, A minor, C minor, D minor, D major - . - Appendix: - Etude-Tableau op. 39, no. 1 in C minor (1st Version) - Etude-Tableau op. 39, no. 3 in F-sharp minor (early Variants of separate text fragments)