Klassische Klavierstücke

> First complete critical edition of Dusek's sonatas > Previously hard to reach repertoire > Trilingual Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) > Easy to moderate difficulty The Czech comp...

The Czech composer František Xaver Dušek (1731-1799) was one of the most important figures in Prague's musical life in the second half of the 18th century. He was an outstanding pianist, composer and...

> First complete scholarly-critical edition > Five previously unpublished sonatas > Foreword (Cz/Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentary (Eng) > Easy to play and suitable for teaching purposes The Czech comp...

Smetana's piano sketch Macbeth, also known as Macbeth and the Witches, after William Shakespeare's tragedy, originated in 1859 while the composer was living in Sweden. Some scholars believe that it wa...

This Urtext edition of Janácek's works includes lesser-known piano pieces and miniatures from his late years. They complete our picture of Janácek the piano composer, best known for the cycles 'On an...

Johann Joseph Rösler (1771-1812) was a composer, conductor and pianist who was active in Prague and Vienna. Later he was in the service of Prince Franz Joseph von Lobkowitz. His Piano Concerto No. 2 i...

Otilie Suková was the daughter of Antonín Dvorák and the wife of Josef Suk. A gifted musician, she played the piano and wrote several compositions of her own, inspired by her musical surroundings. Fou...

The leading Czech pianist Ivo Kahánek has long devoted himself to training young musicians. With this album of recital pieces he offers young pianists quite easy pieces by well-known Czech composers....

Leopold Koželuch (also Koželuh) was among the leading musical figures of 18th-century Vienna, well-known in his day as an excellent pianist and piano teacher. Six delightful sonatas have been selected...

Leopold Koželuch (also known as Koželuh), who lived in Vienna, was one of the leading figures in 18th century music and was also known in his time as an outstanding pianist and piano teacher. Six deli...

The sonatas for piano and harpsichord by Josef Myslivecek (1737-1781) are scattered throughout Europe in numerous copies, which testifies to their popularity at the time (among others, W. A. Mozart me...

This new piano album by the acclaimed Czech pianist, teacher and composer Jakub Metelka (born 1986) contains 15 recital pieces - short, witty, characteristic compositions with flawless melodic, harmon...

These pieces, known as the Kurfürsten Sonatas, were composed in 1783 while Beethoven was still studying with Christian Gottlob Neefe in Bonn. 'He will certainly become a second Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...

> Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship > New readings > Based on an evaluation of all available sources > Reader-friendly layout and practical page turns > Informative...

> Scholarly-critical Urtext edition at the cutting edge of scholarship<br>> Optimal page turns<br>> Informative Introduction with valuable suggestions on period performance practi...

It was not until 1814, five years after the Sonata op. 81a ("Les Adieux"), that Beethoven composed a new work in this genre at the height of his popularity during the Congress of Vienna. The extremely...

> New critical performing editions at the cutting edge of scholarship > Optimum page-turns > Introductions with valuable notes on historical performance practice (Eng/Ger) and Critical Commentaries (E...

Owing to severe illness, Beethoven had to wait for over a year after completing op. 109 before beginning work on the second piece in his triptych of late sonatas: the Piano Sonata in A-flat major op....

Mit Hinweisen zur Aufführungspraxis von Jonathan Del Mar und Misha Donat

At the end of 1821, Beethoven began work on op. 111, his last piano sonata, which has been regarded as the pinnacle since its publication and to which Thomas Mann dedicated a literary monument in Dr....

> Scholarly-critical Urtext editions at the cutting edge of scholarship<br>> Practical page turns<br>> Informative Introductions with valuable notes on period performance practice...

Published in 1784, Mozart's Sonata in A major 'for clavier solo', with its famous 'Alla Turca' finale, is one of the most popular works in the entire piano literature. After a section of the lost auto...

Mit Fingersatz und Hinweisen zur Aufführungspraxis von Paul Badura-Skoda

Chopin's "Berceuse" is one of his most frequently performed works and was regarded by subsequent composers as the prototype of the instrumental lullaby. This piece that Chopin initially named "Variant...