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Schumann's 'Arabeske' and 'Blumenstück' were both composed while he was living in Vienna from October 1838 to April 1839, and are thus companions to such major piano pieces as the 'Fantasy in C major'...

Die berühmteste der Fantasien, die 'Wandererfantasie', erscheint auch als Einzelausgabe. Als Schubert selbst einmal die Wandererfantasie im Freundeskreis spielte und dabei ins Stocken geriet, rief er...

The Fantasia in F minor op. 103 - D 940 which was completed in April 1828, the last year of Schubert's life, was followed in May by the equally popular Allegro in A minor op. post. 144 - D 947 and in...

Schubert’s piano sonatas reflect the entire cosmos of his distinctive writing, spanning from an early experimentation with this form to the iconic last three sonatas, which the composer completed in 1...

This album is a special edition not only due to its very affordable price but also because it features a cross section of Bärenreiter's extensive piano catalogue. The pieces and movements range from t...

> 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...

> 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 Five previously unpublished sonatas 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...

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...

Beethoven's Sonata in F major op. 54 was written in 1804, just after the highly virtuosic 'Waldstein' Sonata and before the 'Appassionata' Sonata, and has unjustly stood in the shadow of its predecess...

> 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. 81 'Les Adieux', that Beethoven, then at the height of his popularity during the Congress of Vienna, returned to the piano sonata. The highly lyr...

> 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...

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...

In 1845/46 Chopin composed his bel canto inspired 'Barcarolle' in F-sharp major op. 60, which became a model for subsequent generations of composers. In his evaluation of the divergent and partly even...

Fauré's 'Pavane' was composed for orchestra in 1887, followed by a version for chorus and orchestra in that same year. Three decades later Serge Diaghilev had it choreographed for his Ballets russes -...

A number of questions regarding Beethoven's most famous bagatelle, 'Für Elise', remain unanswered until today: What happened to the complete autograph and who was 'Elise'? The bagatelle was written be...