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Written in 1917, the Études-Tableaux (literally, study pictures) Op. 39 are the second set of piano études composed by Sergei Rachmaninoff.

Structure

The Op. 39 set comprises nine études:

No. 1 - Allegro agitato in C minor - "The Sea"
No. 2 - Lento assai in A minor - "The Sea and the Seagulls"
No. 3 - Allegro molto in F♯ minor
No. 4 - Allegro assai in B minor
No. 5 - Appassionato in E♭ minor
No. 6 - Allegro in A minor - "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"
No. 7 - Lento lugubre in C minor
No. 8 - Allegro moderato in D minor
No. 9 - Allegro moderato. Tempo di marcia in D major

Recordings

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Rachmaninoff recorded Op. 39, No. 4 (piano roll only), and Op. 39, No. 6 (electrical recording and piano roll).
Evgeny Kissin recorded Nos. 1-2, 4-6, and 9 on the RCA Victor Red Seal label, May 16 and 17, 1988, in Watford Town Hall. The recording also includes the Piano Concerto No. 2, Opus 18, with the London Symphony Orchestra and Valery Gergiev conducting.
Another recording of the Op. 39 Études-Tableaux is by Alexander Melnikov on the Harmonia Mundi label. Other works are the Op. 38 songs and the Variations on a Theme of Corelli.
The Op. 39 also has been recorded by several other pianists, including Nicholas Angelich, Vladimir Ashkenazy, and John Ogdon.