Péchés de vieillesse ("Sins of Old Age") is a collection of 150 vocal, chamber and solo piano pieces[1] by composer Gioachino Rossini, who was best known for his operas.
The collection is salon music, though of a refined order, meant to be performed in the privacy of Rossini's drawing room at Passy.
The Société anonyme de publications périodique, Paris, was among the buyers, who sold publishing rights to the firm of Heugel.
Critical editions of all the albums are in process of publication by the Fondazione Rossini [it], Pesaro, which conserves the original autograph manuscripts; they are distributed by Ricordi of Milan.
The new editions restore Rossini's expressively precise musical notation and offer heretofore unpublished alternative versions of some Péchés.