Klassische Klavierstücke

Six small charming piano compositions for children written in 1929 by Helvi Leiviskä (1902-1982), the first distinct FInnish female compose.

Iiro Rantala has composed 10 new jazzy piano tunes for this collection. They are swinging, surprising and mood-creating tunes, with imaginative details spicing up the melodies - rhythmic hooks, playin...

Erkki-Sven Tüür really exploits the potential of the piano in this three-movement sonata for piano (1985). The opening and closing movements are based on flowing, pianistic arpeggios, whereas in the s...

Lauri Kilpiö's (b. 1974) Night Rowing on the Lake (Yösoutu järvellä, 2021) for solo piano was commissioned by the Tapiola Youth Piano Competition and first peformed by its participants in November 202...

Despite Eberl's exploitation of new pianistic techniques, the Toccata (subtitled in one edition “Toccata fugata”) is a conscious nod to the past, and to Mozart's late interest in fugal wri...

These twelve piano miniatures, of increasing difficulty, are a magical distillation of Ming Wang's long-desired encounter with the Alpine landscape: Rustling Brook, Two Marmots, Colourful Clouds, The...

At the Turn of the Year is a revised version (2016) of a set of four short piano studies sketched mostly between December 1991 and January 1992. The work is in four sections, all derived from the open...

Hummel designed the piano part to be playable independently of the other instruments.

George Berg's eight keyboard suites, Op. 5, were published in London around 1760, while the composer was travelling in Italy. They are his most varied and resourceful compositions, following generally...

Haydn's Symphony No. 85, 'La Reine de France', belongs to the set of six 'Paris' Symphonies, Nos. 82-7, composed in 1785-6 to a commission by the directors of the Concert de la Loge Olympique at the i...

Jeremy Arden's three Inventions — 'Ahava', 'Pavane' and 'Farewell' — were written in response to the 2020 pandemic. Locked down at home with no work but wishing to make music, he decided to create pie...

Symphony No. 63 'La Roxelane' the first movement of which re-employs (with reduced instrumentation and some structural adjustment to conform to its new symphonic setting) the overture to Haydn's opera...

aydn’s Symphony No. 101 was first performed on 3 March 1794 at the Hanover Square Rooms under the direction of Salomon as concertmaster with the composer himself at the fortepiano. The work was an ins...

Haydn's Symphony No. 104 - 'The 12th that I have composed in England' as proudly inscribed by Haydn himself on his autograph score - was first performed on 13 April 1795 at the King's Theatre, Haymark...

Mozart’s final three symphonies were composed, according to Mozart’s autograph Verzeichnüß, in the space of a few weeks, from late June to early August 1788. During that year the 11-year-old Hummel wa...

According to Mozart’s own thematic catalogue of his works (the Verzeichnüß), which he kept from 1784 to 1791, his final three symphonies were composed within the space of a few weeks, from late June t...

The Marriage of Figaro was performed in Prague in Mozart's presence, and on the 19th of January 1787 he gave an Academy at the National Theatre at which Symphony No. 38, since universally known under...

Mozart's final three symphonies were composed, according to Mozart's autograph Verzeichniss, in the space of a few weeks, from late June to early August 1788. During that year the 11-year-old Hummel w...

Chiming is a rather ornamental, contemplative nocturne, the use of piano resonance, together with the way pitches are repeated within the same harmonic fields, suggesting the technique of change ringi...

Mozart's best-known opera - now available in the popular series 'Get to Know Classical Masterpieces'. With explanations about the composer, the opera, persons and contents of the story. Easily playabl...