Canadian starpianist Jan Lisiecki showcases the kaleidoscopic world of the prelude. Taking the notion of the prelude as meaning something “that comes before”, Lisiecki asks: “Can a recording project be composed entirely of such introductions, then, one leading directly into the next, and still be profound?”

Tracklist:

LP 1
Side A

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
1. Prélude in A-flat major, B. 86

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
2. Prelude No. 1 in C major, BWV 846

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
3. Prelude in D minor, Op. 23 - No. 3

Olivier Messiaen (1908 – 1992)
4. Préludes pour piano, No. 1
5. Préludes pour piano, No. 2
6. Préludes pour piano, No. 3

Frédéric Chopin (1810 – 1849)
7. Prélude in C-sharp minor, Op. 45

Side B

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
1. Prelude in C-sharp minor, Op. 3 - No. 2

Henryk Górecki (1933 – 2010)
2. Preludes Op. 1, No. 1
3. Preludes Op. 1, No. 4

Johann Sebastian Bach (1685 – 1750)
4. Prelude No. 2 in C minor, BWV 847

Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943)
5. Prelude in G minor, Op. 23 - No. 5

LP 2
Side C

Frédéric Chopin (1810 - 1849)
1. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 1
2. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 2
3. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 3
4. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 4
5. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 5
6. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 6
7. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 7
8. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 8
9. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 9
10. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 10
11. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 11
12. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 12
13. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 13
14. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 14

Side D

1. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 15
2. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 16
3. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 17
4. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 18
5. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 19
6. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 20
7. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 21
8. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 22
9. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 23
10. Préludes, Op. 28, Nos. 24