Prelude
453works
2,520pressings
1914first year
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| Format | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
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| Vinyl | 33% | 87% | 97% | 84% | 54% | 6% | 3% | 9% | 24% |
| CD | · | · | · | · | 29% | 84% | 84% | 63% | 44% |
| Box Set | · | 6% | 3% | 7% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 5% |
| Cassette | · | · | · | 6% | 11% | 6% | · | · | · |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | · | 2% | 12% | 18% |
Sounds like
EtudePianoNocturneFantasiaSoloSonataDancesSuiteKeyboardRhapsodyTheme With VariationsLate RomanticImpressionistCapriccio
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concêrto N° 2 Para Piano E Orquestra, Em Dó Menor, Op. 18 / Seis Prelúdios | Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1971 | 136 |
| Snowflakes Are Dancing | Tomita | 1974 | 92 |
| 24 Préludes Op. 28 | Frédéric Chopin | 1975 | 47 |
| Préludes • Volume 1 | Claude Debussy | 1978 | 45 |
| Horowitz In Moscow | Vladimir Horowitz | 1986 | 39 |
| 10 Mazurkas · Prélude Op. 45 · Ballade Op.23 · Scherzo Op. 31 | Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli | 1972 | 38 |
| 24 Préludes Op. 28 · Polonaise As-dur Op. 53 | Frédéric Chopin | 1959 | 37 |
| Concerto No. 2 / Three Preludes For Piano | Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1960 | 37 |
| International Piano Festival, A Benefit Concert | Claudio Arrau | 24 | |
| 24 Préludes, Op.28 · Préludes Nr.25, Op.45 · Nr.26, Op. Posth. | Frédéric Chopin | 1977 | 24 |
| Favorite Classics For Piano | Leonard Pennario | 1956 | 23 |
| At Carnegie Hall | Emil Gilels | 1969 | 23 |
| The 24 Preludes | Alexander Brailowsky | 1960 | 22 |
| Récital Claude Debussy | Samson François | 1962 | 22 |
| Chopin Recital | Frédéric Chopin | 1981 | 22 |
| The Well-Tempered Clavier (Books I & II) = Das Wohltemperierte Klavier | Johann Sebastian Bach | 2014 | 22 |
| 24 Preludes | Sergei Rachmaninoff | 1976 | 21 |
| Concerto No. 2 In C Minor / Prelude In C Sharp Minor / Prelude In E Flat Major | Byron Janis | 1960 | 20 |
| Untitled | Родион Азархин | 1971 | 20 |
| Symphonische Dichtungen, Les Préludes, Orpheus, Tasso, Ungarische Rhapsodie Nr.5 | Franz Liszt | 1988 | 20 |
| Ouvertüren & Vorspiele | Richard Wagner | 19 | |
| 26 Préludes · Barcarolle · Polonaise As-dur · Scherzo Nr. 2 b-moll | Frédéric Chopin | 1986 | 19 |
| 1812 Overture / Russlan And Ludmila Overture / Lohengrin Prelude To Act 3 / Night On A Bare Mountain | London Philharmonic Orchestra | 1970 | 18 |
| Complete Preludes | Frédéric Chopin | 1974 | 18 |
| Sonata No. 3, Op. 23 / 16 Preludes | Alexander Scriabin | 1956 | 17 |
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