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Sergei Rachmaninoff

Études-tableaux, op. 33

1911

Total duration: 22' (with 3 and 5) or 14' (without 3 and 5)

1. (1.) F minor
2. (2.) C major
3. C minor
4. A minor
5. D minor
6. (3.) E-flat minor
7. (4.) E-flat major
8. (5.) G minor
9. (6.) C-sharp minor

Rachmaninoff originally wrote nine études-tableaux for this collection, but chose only six (nos. 1–2 and 6–9) for publication. Nos. 3 and 5 were published posthumously, whilst no. 4 is lost, but was revised and published as op. 39 no. 6.

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1. (1.) F minor

Duration: 2' 30"

Difficulty: 4

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 1. (1.) F minor

2. (2.) C major

Duration: 2'

Difficulty: 4

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 2. (2.) C major

3. C minor

Duration: 5'

Difficulty: 4

4. A minor

This étude is now lost, but was revised as op. 39 no. 6.

5. D minor

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 5

6. (3.) E-flat minor

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 5

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 6. (3.) E-flat minor

7. (4.) E-flat major

Duration: 1' 30"

Difficulty: 4.5

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 7. (4.) E-flat major

8. (5.) G minor

Duration: 3' 30"

Difficulty: 3.5

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 8. (5.) G minor

9. (6.) C-sharp minor

Duration: 3'

Difficulty: 5

Études-tableaux, op. 33; 9. (6.) C-sharp minor