This set of virtuoso etudes by Marc-Andre Hamelin, one of the world's leading pianists, was composed over a span of 25 years. It includes both original character pieces and also works that incorporate elements of, or refer back to, works by well-known composers.

Contents

• No.1 in A minor "Triple Étude after Chopin"
• No.2 in E minor "Coma Berenices"
• No.3 in B minor "after Paganini-Liszt"
• No.4 in C minor "Étude à mouvement perpétuellement semblable (d'après Alkan)"
• No.5 in G minor "Toccata grottesca"
• No.6 in D minor "Esercizio per Pianoforte (Omaggio a Domenico Scarlatti)
• No.7 in E- minor "after Tchaikovsky (for the left hand alone)"
• No.8 in B- minor "Erlkönig (after Goethe)"
• No.9 in F minor "after Rossini"
• No.10 in F+ minor "after Chopin"
• No.11 in C+ minor "Minuetto"
• No.12 in A- minor "Prelude and Fugue