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An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in his piano recital programmes.

An evocative cycle from the early years of the Turkish pianist and composer which appears again and again in his piano recital programmes.

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...

The Hindemith pupil Harald Genzmer (1909-2007) worked with virtually all music genres and composed works for many, even unusual instruments (such as the trautonium). He also wrote compositions for the...

Composed in 1976, the piano work 'Litaniae alla cinque' of the composer from Cologne refers to the famous fifth chapter of the Epistle of James in which the vanity of riches is described in drastic wo...

Piano to go' is ideal for people who practically have no time to play the piano, who just have time to buy a coffee to go, but as long as it is still hot - for two, three minutes - they could well sit...

Wer kennt es nicht, das berühmte Mainzer Fastnachtslied Heile, heile Gänsje. Weit über die Fastnachtsthematik hinaus wurde es zum Trost spendenden Lied, das zu allen möglichen Anlässen gesungen wird....

Arrangements for the piano, transcriptions and opera paraphrases take up a large part in Franz Liszt's complete œuvre. He even arranged scenes from the music dramas of Richard Wagner. The transcriptio...

Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (1800-1880 Paris) was a French pianist, composer and professor of piano at the Conservatoire de Paris. His overall oeuvre comprises more than 300 works. He is known particulary...

The title may be read as an indication of the key and genre, on the one hand, but also as an allusion to a slightly depressive mood, on the other hand. Mozart's Piano Sonata in A minor which may have...

In the last scene of Wagner's opera 'The Valkyrie', Wotan, the father of the gods, punishes his daughter Brünnhilde for her disobedience. He wants to curse her to a deep sleep for her to be helplessly...

The music of small forms was to become the focus of the French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924). In 1874, after many years spent in the 'provinces', the teacher of Camille Saint-Saëns took the posit...

This is a highly virtuosic piano piece with alternating metres and miniature rhythmic elements which are abstract representations of traditional Turkish rhythms.

Building on the tradition of the piano study championed by Chopin, Liszt and Scriabin, Debussy composed his Douze Études in 1915, dedicated 'à la mémoire de Frédéric Chopin'. Each taking a small compo...

Dances of Our Time is a unique collection of new solo piano music featuring a kaleidoscopic array of international piano repertoire of the present day. Prominent composers from 26 countries have contr...

Tim Richards présente - pour la première fois en français ! - les différents aspects harmoniques, rythmiques et mélodiques du blues. L'album se compose de plus de 30 pièces et contient les très célèbr...

The anthology 'Klangspuren' by Barbara Heller contains 76 works for piano which have been written for the Barbara Heller Piano Competition. Each title has its own personal message: Music can show an i...

Die Sammlung Klangspuren von Barbara Heller umfasst 76 Klavierwerke, die für den Barbara Heller-Klavierwettbewerb entstanden sind. Jeder Titel hat seine persönliche Aussage: Die Musik kann ein Bild au...

Maurice Béjart's great admiration for the films of Federico Fellini and their accompanying music prompted the French choreographer to seek the opportunity to collaborate with composer Nino Rota who re...