Klassische Klavierstücke

Chen Yi's exquisite PLUM BLOSSOM is a fantasy on the Cantonese children's song 'Moonlight.' The evocative title is inspired by plum blossoms which in Chinese culture symbolize nobility, elegance, pers...

Richard Wernick's third piano sonata begins as a musical outgrowth of his first; what functioned as the fading away of the earlier work is now the impetus for a whole new piece, with its first movemen...

Wernick's music often exhibits subtle wit underlying a serious exterior, sometimes with warming references to past musical heritage. The title SONATINA evokes works of Clementi and Kuhlau, typically c...

Although TOCCATA was originally conceived for harpsichord, the 6½-minute showpiece is notably pianistic. It is full of pedaling, surging and swelling hairpin dynamics, and dramatic effects in the extr...

Composed as an organ solo by the 17-year-old Ives for his own performance purposes, the beloved Variations on 'America' is a treat for any occasion, whether a holiday concert, a serious recital, or ot...

Three Fantasies is a fantastical escape from reality. The first fantasy ("Prelude") features a luscious and expressive melody accompanied by dark, romantic harmonies. The following fantasy ("Cosmic Lu...

Romantic and rhapsodic to the core, ROMANCE, ETUDE, AND CHORALE is a welcome addition to the piano four-hands repertoire. Although the composer has written numerous pieces for multiple pianos (Daydrea...

African Sketches is a four-movement suite inspired by the composer's childhood years in Nigeria, her father's homeland. "The Village Children at Play," captures the children's joyful energy, "Dusk" is...

Chen Yi’s beautiful and highly-textured tone poem was inspired by ancient Chinese poetry; its melodic ideas were developed from musical phrases characteristic of Chinese opera. Wang Ya’s original vers...

Carter Pann writes, “the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us m...

DUNHUANG FANTASIA is a fascinating 12-minute drama inspired by art from grottoes in the ancient town of Dunhuang in western China. These frescoes preserve images of music and dance scenes, including t...

Carter Pann's three songs of remembrance create freshly new colors and moods, always remaining melodic and idiomatic for the voice. The songs were born of admiration for soprano/poet Meagan Mahlberg's...

The slow opening passages belie what's to come. Restless soon launches into a frenetic and rhythmic exploration of its thematic material, while showcasing the pianist's strength and skill in an impres...

Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nathaniel Dett's piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic...

Best known for his settings of spirituals and influence on Dvorák; Henry T. Burleigh was a celebrated baritone; and a prolific composer of original works. This suite of six atmospheric scenes of the A...

Arranged by Jan Holcman. For Piano. Part.

Arranged by Vincent Persichetti. Piano. For Piano. Performance score. 7 pages.

The complete listings of Vincent Persichetti's works include several compositions that were withdrawn and have remained 'known secrets.' Not mentioned anywhere however, is this brief gem, a family hei...