Editor: Dominik Rahmer Fingering: Marc-André Hamelin With his Études-Tableaux Rachmaninoff continued down the path that Chopin and Liszt had already set out on with their concert etudes: the most demanding technical tasks are presented in the form of expressive character pieces. Rachmaninoff composed two cycles, each originally with nine Études-Tableaux; however, shortly before Opus 33 went to print, he removed three of the pieces. Several posthumous editions later reversed this decision. However, in our edition we follow the exact structure with six pieces as laid out by Rachmaninoff for publication. The two surviving etudes that were not originally published are reprinted in an appendix to our Urtext edition. Étude-Tableau f minor op. 33,1 Étude-Tableau C major op. 33,2 Étude-Tableau e flat minor op. 33,3 Étude-Tableau E flat major op. 33,4 Étude-Tableau g minor op. 33,5 Étude-Tableau c sharp minor op. 33,6 Étude-Tableau c minor op. 39,1 Étude-Tableau a minor op. 39,2 Étude-Tableau f sharp minor op. 39,3 Étude-Tableau b minor op. 39,4 Étude-Tableau e flat minor op. 39,5 Étude-Tableau a minor op. 39,6 Étude-Tableau c minor op. 39,7 Étude-Tableau d minor op. 39,8 Étude-Tableau D major op. 39,9 Appendix Étude-Tableau c minor (op. 33) Étude-Tableau d minor (op. 33)