First Edition
Bach's six quintets op.11 belong today to the 'cultural heritage' of this genre, hardly to be overestimated in their importance. They are dedicated to the Elector Karl Theodor of the Palatinate. Can a...
Theodor Kirchner's 16 Preludes op. 9, 'dedicated to Frau Clara Schumann', are his most demanding piano works in terms of density of expression and harmonic boldness.
With these piano miniatures, Kirchner succeeds in congenially upgrading traditional songs to art songs through harmonic interplay. Fascinating teaching material for school and home.
Already during Kirchner's lifetime, the Caprices, in their 'humoristically charming' form, were among the most popular pieces of 'the highly gifted, subtle artistic nature', whose Nos. 1, 5 and 6 were...
Deliberately conceived as studies, the melodic invention of these trifling piano miniatures is abundant, and they are excellently suited both for teaching and for performance.
Kirchner's late pieces, outlined as 'warm and intimate, full of musical beauties', do not make great technical demands on dexterous players.
The sonata is found as the 6th piece in Albinoni's famous Opus 6, the 'Trattenimenti Armonici', long cultivated as a repertoire sonata, now available again.
Cobett's trio sonatas op. 4, which contain mainly dance movements 'composed on All the New Gustos', are among the finest that recorder players can perform in terms of balanced playing, even in mixed i...
