Schott Musik

In this series, Schott presents demanding piano transcriptions of well-known works. The series comprises 14 editions, all volumes of which have been compiled with great care and given a special cover....

The Turkish pianist and composer Faz?l Say has from the age of six begun each day with the performance of a keyboard work by Bach; his concert programmes include both numerous original compositions an...

Friedrich Zehm, pupil of composition with Harald Genzmer, primarily wrote chamber music for music lessons, easy recital pieces and piano music. He was less interested in the practising of playing tech...

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...

Rainer Maria Rilke gives the well-known Orpheus myth a surprising turn: when Orpheus turns around, Eurydike does not recognise him (any more). In his piano piece composed as a compulsory piece for the...

'Circle of Life' was commissioned for the International Piano Competition of the Wiesbaden Music Academy. At its centre is a Toccata which can also be played separately. In contrast, with regard to it...

With his five piano concertos, sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues, Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most outstanding piano music composers of our time. As he is an excellent pianist himself, he was able...

Bach transcriptions have always been popular for the musical brilliance of the Baroque master opens up a vast field, for composers and performers. Even the pianist and composer Emile Naoumoff who bega...

The piano pieces by Nikolay Andreyevitch Roslawez selected here and published for the first time complement the already published piano sonatas (ED 7941, ED 8391, ED 8392) and individual pieces (ED 79...

This first print is a rarity: the highly virtuoso, evocative 'Nocturne' owes its creation to an instrument that has only survived as a museum piece. Gustave Lyon, the director of the French instrument...

The so-called 'little works of great masters' play an important role in piano lessons. But how to practise such pieces systematically? How can the teacher get the students to not just play through the...

The French organist and composer Jean Guillou (*1930) calls his own cycle 'Colloque' in which the grand seigneur among the virtuoso organists wants to present an exchange of ideas, while juxtaposing c...

'Alaiki'ssalaam' (Peace be with you) is a Maronite Marian hymn which is developed in a setting of 7 variations here. From melismatic design via variations with rhythmic ostinatos, a march or a habaner...

During her time at the Munich Youth Music School in the 1960s, the composer Barbara Heller, born in 1936, wrote numerous piano works for beginners and advanced pupils. Being an experienced teacher, sh...

The richly varied concert piece shows how well the composer, himself a brilliant piano player, knows how to use the instrument. His polyphonic, complex compositional style gives way to various possibi...

The first songbook by Abdullah Ibrahim contains 15 atmospheric songs for piano. African Songs - draws on pulsing rhythms, bluesy melodies and evocative ballads.Abdullah Ibrahim was born in Capetown. H...

The fun and fascination with disguising oneself to be someone else for a moment has been expressed many times in music through compositions such as Un ballo in maschera, Masquerade or Carnaval. In the...

Widmann's Intermezzi are influenced by the famous cycles of Johannes Brahms (Op. 116 - Op. 119) which are cited quite frequently. In the preface of the edition, Widmann hints at its 'unsettling reduct...

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...

Der 1956 in Moskau geborene Alexander Rosenblatt absolvierte am renommierten Konservatorium seiner Heimatstadt ein Klavier- und Kompositionsstudium. In seiner Tonsprache verbindet er klassische Elemen...