Intermediate Piano

This character piece is still firmly rooted in the Romantic tradition of descriptive musical imagery. An early work, its formal structure is characterised by onglike thematic phrases, softly flowing m...

Inspired by Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin (1898-1937) worked on a collection of 24 preludes bearing the title 'The Melting Pot'. Three of the preludes were performed for the first time at the Roose...

The reputation of the Bohemian composer Zdenek Fibich (1850-1900) has always been somewhat overshadowed by that of Bedrich Smetana and Antonín Dvorák. This is a pity, for Fibich, though he died young,...

In the 19th century, the Christmas celebrations increasingly moved from the church to the family home. The delicately woven Christmas Sonatina by Carl Reinecke (1824-1910) testifies to that. Motifs fr...

Clair de lune gilt als die bekannteste und meistgespielte Komposition aus der Suite bergamasque von Claude Debussy. Der dritte Satz dieser berühmten Klaviersuite steckt voller bildlicher Inspiration u...

Written at the same time as the composer's Piano Concerto (The Solway Canal), Bryars' Ramble on Cortona is the first piece the composer has penned for solo piano in his esteemed career. Like his piano...

The compositions of Friedrich Zehm (1923-2007) are characterized by the desire for clarity, conciseness and general comprehensibility. His freely tonal works are influenced by elements from various ep...

Anyone who hears the name of Scott Joplin immediately thinks of the ragtime which is inseparably connected with this composer, particularly since the film The Sting has triggered a real renaissance of...

Songs for Piano' is an exclusive selection of music from Mikis Theodorakis` song cycles, ballets and films such as 'Zorba the Greek', and from the oratorio 'Axion Esti'. Inspired by ancient Greek myth...

What do these bagatelles want, what are they supposed to do? As a matter of fact, only that they are played as well as possible and that they are listened to as well as possible. They want to be good...