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Zsigmond Szathmáry was deeply impressed by the vibrant colors and expressiveness of the mosaic paintings in the apse and altar area of the late antique church of San Vitale in Ravenna. The composer wa...

Scriabin's artistic development is reflected in the piano sonatas more than in almost any other genre. The Sonatas Nos. 6, 7 and 8 collected in this edition were composed by Scriabin between 1911 and...

Scholarly-critical Urtext edition including the latest research findingsAll autograph sources consulted, including sketches and draftsFor students, pianists and teachersDetailed foreword (Ger/Eng) and...

Inspiriert wurde das Werk, das die Komponistin zu ihren Lieblingsstücken zählt, durch Biographie und Schaffen von Marguerite Duras. In deren gleichnamigem Theaterstück geht Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts...

Marsyas is a character from Greek mythology. A master of the aulos, he was the adversary of the lyre-playing Apollo. When Apollo ordered musicians to accompany themselves when singing, Marsyas' fate w...

This collection follows the tradition of important etude cycles, which are not so much about training pianistic technique, but rather explorations of composing for the piano, thus entering into a cont...

Leokadiya Kashperova (1872–1940), hitherto consigned to a footnote in musical history as Stravinsky’s piano teacher, is undergoing rediscovery. A double graduate of the St Petersburg Conservatoire, sh...

Symphonic Dances was Rachmaninoff’s final major work. Inon Barnatan comments, A few years ago, I came across a unique recording from 1940: a rough, private capture of Rachmaninoff playing through his...

Characterized by impressionistic and modal elements with far-ranging moods, from a whimsical carnival first movement to a sad soul-searching second movement, followed by a cheery, fairytale-like third...

Characterized by impressionistic and modal elements with far-ranging moods, from a whimsical carnival first movement to a sad soul-searching second movement, followed by a cheery, fairytale-like third...

The first movement has a dreamy and dramatic impressionistic quality, whereas the second movement is deeply melancholy and religious sounding. The third movement is playful with pulsating rhythms, whi...

The first movement has a dreamy and dramatic impressionistic quality, whereas the second movement is deeply melancholy and religious sounding. The third movement is playful with pulsating rhythms, whi...

A bold and invigorating first movement, a mysterious and tender second movement and a third movement with several mood shifts from lyrical to highly rhythmical. In 1971, Lane wrote his Piano Sonata 3...

A bold and invigorating first movement, a mysterious and tender second movement and a third movement with several mood shifts from lyrical to highly rhythmical. In 1971, Lane wrote his Piano Sonata 3...

Persistently melodic, with constant forward movement, accompanied by densely chromatic harmonies and many polyrhythmic sections, creating an intensely dramatic work. In 1975 Lane composed his Piano So...

Persistently melodic, with constant forward movement, accompanied by densely chromatic harmonies and many polyrhythmic sections, creating an intensely dramatic work. In 1975 Lane composed his Piano So...

Sami's Piece was written for a jazz musician, and should be played with a jazz feel (and a nod to polyrhythmic Balkan folk music). It's an exuberant work, relatively short, but dizzying, full of surpr...

Sami's Piece was written for a jazz musician, and should be played with a jazz feel (and a nod to polyrhythmic Balkan folk music). It's an exuberant work, relatively short, but dizzying, full of surpr...

In her Impromptu, Helena Winkelman conjures an atmosphere of timelessness, employing musical elements variously meditative and percussive, punctuated by shadowy accents in the contrabass register and...

In her Impromptu, Helena Winkelman conjures an atmosphere of timelessness, employing musical elements variously meditative and percussive, punctuated by shadowy accents in the contrabass register and...

Each movement of my suite 'Illuminations' was inspired by a poem by Arthur Rimbaud (1854-1891). The first movement ('...vieilles fanfares d'héroïsme') opens the suite in a festive manner; the second (...

This work is a free transcription of the aria Wer Bist Du? Frage Dein Gewissen from J. S. Bach's Cantata No 132 Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn. First performed by Nicholas Hodges at the British...