Like Chopin before him, and even more closely Scriabin, Rachmaninoff yielded to the temptation of writing his 24 Preludes, assembling this emblematic number in three stages. It began with a youthful work: the famous Prelude in C-sharp minor. From this root, music deeply anchored in Russian soil, imbued with the Slavic soul to which the composer, later exiled, would remain forever attached, there would spring, a decade later, the Opus 23 set, followed seven years on by Opus 32. These Preludes are like images in an album that Jean-Baptiste Fonlupt invites us to leaf through, sonic paintings whose authentic colours of memory he poetically restores. Far from his native land, which he left for good, Rachmaninoff would never write this way again.

Tracklist:

1. Prlude Op. 3 No. 2 en Do dise mineur (in C sharp minor). Lento
2. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
3. Largo en Fa dise mineur (in F sharp minor)
4. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
5. Maestoso en Si bmol majeur (in B flat major)
6. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
7. Tempo di minuetto en R mineur (in D minor)
8. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
9. Andante cantabile en R majeur (in D major)
10. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
11. Alla marcia en Sol mineur (in G minor)
12. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
13. Andante en Mi bmol majeur (in E flat major)
14. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
15. Allegro en Do mineur (in C minor)
16. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
17. Allegro vivace en La bmol majeur (in A flat major)
18. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No.
19. Presto en Mi bmol mineur (in E flat minor)
20. Dix Prludes Op. 23~No. 1
21. Largo en Sol bmol majeur (in G flat major)
22. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
23. Allegro vivace en Do majeur (in C major)
24. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
25. Allegretto en Si bmol mineur (in B flat minor)
26. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
27. Allegro vivace en Mi majeur (in E major)
28. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
29. Allegro con brio en Mi mineur (in E minor)
30. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
31. Moderato en Sol majeur (in G major)
32. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
33. Allegro appassionato en Fa mineur (in F minor)
34. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
35. Moderato en Fa majeur (in F major)
36. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
37. Vivo en La mineur (in A minor)
38. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No.
39. Allegro moderato en La majeur (in A major)
40. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No. 1
41. Lento en Si mineur (in B minor)
42. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No. 1
43. Allegretto en Si majeur (in B major)
44. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No. 1
45. Allegro en Sol dise mineur (in G sharp minor)
46. Treize Prludes Op. 32~No. 1
47. Grave en R bmol majeur (in D flat major)

UPC: 3760419360412
Label: La Dolce Volta
Release Date: 11.21.25
Format: CD