Advanced Classical Music (Romantic) Sheet Music

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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 composed his 5 impromptus in two distinct periods of his career, in 1881-83 and 1906-09. Inspired by Chopin's example, the brilliant early impromptus (opp. 25, 31 and 34) resemble lyrical études...

This piano sonata was still considered to be by Mendelssohn Bartholdy when it was recorded by Eric Heidsieck in 1972. It was not until 2010, almost 200 years after its composition in 1828, that musico...

More than 20 years after op. 52, Saint-Saëns turned once more to the genre of the concert etude. In 1892, he wrote an etude that was initially intended for publication in a magazine and later was to b...

Saint-Saëns' etudes for the left hand were written in 1912 at the request of his pianist friend Caroline Montigny-Rémaury de Serres, who had suffered an injury to her right hand. These etudes which we...

The transcription of Tchaikovsky's overture fantasia 'Romeo and Juliet' gives pianists the opportunity to experience this wonderful work on their instrument. The young Russian pianist Vyacheslav Gryaz...

In her transcription of Brahms' Symphony No. 4 Idil Biret follows the original score. Sometimes, however, she also notated by ear, thus creating a broad spectrum of timbres and expressions for the pla...

For the first time, Horowitz's best-known transcription appears in an official version. Horowitz never wrote down his transcriptions and so the edition follows the transcriptions of Caine Alder, who c...

With the publication of Chopin’s Rondos, another volume is added to the series The Complete Chopin – A New Critical Edition. Chopin’s Rondos represent an essential part of the composer’s œuvre, with t...

With the publication of Chopin’s Études Op. 25, all of Chopin’s 27 Etudes are now available in the acclaimed series The Complete Chopin – A New Critical Edition. Chopin’s Études occupy a central place...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. 1831 erstmals bei Friedrich Hofmeister erschienen, wirken die 4 Polonaisen...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. Die Romance variée op. 3 waren das erste Werk, dass Clara Schumann Robert...

Nach dem bei Friedrich Hofmeister 1831 erschienen Erstdruck in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Robert-Schumann-Haus neu herausgegeben. Die Walzer knüpfen an die Capricen op. 2 an, zeigen aber mehr Sicherheit i...

As an avowed Schubert fan, Franz Liszt was fond of performing transcriptions of Schubert’s songs in his piano recitals – and indeed to such great effect that publishers began to take notice. Starting...

Chopin's Scherzo no. 3 was connected to his legendary winter in Mallorca in 1838/39, as were his Préludes op. 28. On 22 January 1839, the composer sent the autograph of the latter work to Camille Pley...

Despite its unusual form - a structure with two sections, each comprising two movements that are to be played without interruption - this work from 1875 enjoyed great success from the start. In its ba...

Charles Valentin Alkan's cycle of variations Le Festin d'Ésope derives from his monumental series of etudes op. 39, the 12 Études dans tous les Tons Mineurs, and forms the culmination of that work. No...

In Schubert's cheerful E flat major Sonata, the listener is unaware that the composer struggled for a long time to arrive at its final version. Initial sketches date back to 1817, then still in a thre...

The B major Sonata numbers among Schubert's early piano sonatas. Composed in August 1817, it was not published until long after his death. The unusual key (for its time) shows the young Schubert's del...

Liszt understood a "rhapsody" to signify the highest degree of musical freedom: a constant process of transformation and variation of themes and motifs, all bound up with constant shifts of emotion. A...

Volume I of Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage, entitled Suisse, is based on impressions he gathered during an extended sojourn in Switzerland in 1835/36. The most important piece of the collection, first p...