Dover Classical Piano Music Près de la Mer and Other Collected Suites for Solo Piano, (Paperback)

The elegant Romantic piano music of Anton Arensky served as the foundation of works by his students, Rachmaninoff and Scriabin.

This compilation of short piano solos features etudes, caprices, and other pieces.

Characterized by editor Sara Davis Buechner as "elegant Romantic salon music of the Russian school, subtly genteel, with early impressionistic shadings," the piano music of Anton Arensky formed the foundation of works by Rachmaninoff' s idiomatic pianistic style and Scriabin's impressionistic array of musical color.

This collection of short works for solo piano contains the title suite as well as Six Canonic Pieces, op.

1; Three Esquisses, op.

24; Six Essais sur les Rhythmes Oubilées, op.

28, Four Etudes, op.

41, Six Caprices, op.

43; and Scherzo, op.

8.

The star of the collection is the beautiful and gracious set of pieces titled Près de la Mer, op.

52.

Rarely printed in its entirety, the suite offers a sensitive and opulent evocation of the seaside.