Masterpieces of Solo Piano: Classical Era

This superb 2CD collection of 40 masterpieces by 10 great composers features performances by the world's leading soloists and orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. The audio CDs are accompanied by a specially produced book containing the same pieces for solo piano. Here is an opportunity to enjoy some of the world's most beautiful classical music, and to then sit down at the Piano and play them yourself using the accompanying folio. So if you're one of those people who feel like playing as well as listening, this is the collection for you! / Piano

Terry Riley, most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music, draws influence from a vast number of sources, including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn, his influence on contemporary composers and music in general is enormous, and with this collection of his Piano Works, you can learn a selection of his fascinating, hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for solo Piano.As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement, Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody, music that, instead of being listened to, immerses and envelops you. His early works, such as 'In C', spearheaded this innovative idea, beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works, this collection of Terry Riley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano, like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano.Featuring an extensive foreword by Terry Riley himself, this is not just a collection of sheet music, it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a genius composer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works, such as Keyboard Study #1 and #2, Be Kind To One Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent, his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence, it's just great. Finally, at the end of the book, a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included, letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand.As well as the foreword, there are introductory performance notes for each piece by pianist Sarah Cahill. These expound the techniques, skills and experience necessary to master each piece, but also simply provide some interesting reading before delving into the harmonic and rhythmic rabbit-hole that is Riley's Piano Works. Aside from the theoretical and academic joy that Terry Riley's music affords, the most immediate pleasure is the universal aesthetic beauty of the sounds that will emanate from your Piano as you play these wonderfully whirling and dynamic compositions.As a collection of sheet music, Terry Riley's Piano Works would make a wonderful addition to your music stand. As a book that will bring endless enjoyment to fans not just of Riley himself, but music in general, the foreword and performance notes combined with the magical music make a fantastic edition of a true master's masterpieces. / Piano

An exciting collection of forty short classical masterpieces for Piano. Including work by J.S. Bach, Haydn, Schubert, Vivaldi, Handel, Beethoven and Mozart, this fabulous assortment of pieces offer ideal repertoire for concert performances or to learn and play from memory. Each of these classical pieces has been written or specially arranged for pianists working at Grade 2 to Grade 3 level. / Classique / Partition /

20 Famous MasterpiecesInstrument : pianoType : edition with CDNombre de Pages : 72In the new 'Classical Highlights' edition, the arranger Carsten Gerlitz invites the most famous classical composers to his piano lounge. In this volume, you will find some of the most beautiful works for classical music with a new, stylishly pop look. With Maurice Ravel's 'Bolero', Schumann's 'Reverie' or Franz Liszt's 'Love Dream', you will take your audience away into the salons of times long gone whilst still remaining up-to-date.Content : R. Schumann: Dreamingt - J.S. Bach: Be Thou With Me - Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria - E. Grieg: Morning Mood - F. Smetana: Vltava - E. Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1 - J.S. Bach: Air - E. Grieg: Solveig's Song - F. Chopin: In mir klingt ein Lied/Etüde op. 10/3 - A. Rubinstein: Melody in F - F. Liszt: Dream Of Love - G. Bizet: Habanera - J. Brahms: Lullaby - L.v. Beethoven: Theme FromPathétique - E. Elgar: Popm And Circumstance - A. Vivaldi: Winter - W.A. Mozart: Romance - M. Ravel: Bolero - J. Offenbach: Barcarole - G.F. Händel: Largo

27 classical masterpieces in a unique and accessible jazz style. Arranger Lee Evans also provides an audio recording of each piece. / Piano

A spectacular collection of blockbusting themes from all your favourite silver-screen classics! From the show-stopping pieces of the compelling Shine, through the seedy Jazz of LA Confidential to the suave Ocean's Eleven and the dramatic Apocalypse Now, who can forget these marvellous music moments that have provided depth and character to such celluloid masterpieces - and this is but a handful of the melodies and themes on offer in this unique anthology. All twenty-five fabulous pieces have been carefully arranged as breathtaking Piano solos for you to enjoy again and again. / Classique / Partition /

The World's Great Classical Music-The World's Great Classical Music. This new book in our World's Great Classical Music series features 36 solo pieces by one of the world's most highly regarded composers. Faithfully transcribed for intermediate to advanced piano it contains many of Beethoven's beloved masterpieces such as Piano Concertos No. 3 and 5 Moonlight Sonata Pathétique Sonata Agnus Dei (Missa Solemnis) the Violin Concerto his popular concert overtures excerpts from all nine of his incredible symphonies and many more works. Includes a biography of this great German master.

Here, in one handsome volume, are the world's favourite classical and popular melodies arranged for the beginner pianist. Includes 125 easy arrangements of famous piano masterpieces, symphonic themes, operatic arias, folk songs, holiday songs and golden hits. / Piano

From The Schultz Piano Library availale here is a superb collection of Classical Hits for solo Piano as compiled and edited by Robert Schulz.

The most popular collection of classical Piano music ever published. This authoritative volume contains over 140 selections covering all fields of Classic Romantic Modern Light Sacred and Operatic music.

Par BRAHMS JOHANNES. This treasury of 38 works for solo piano, spanning forty years of Brahms' long and prolific life, includes the famous 'Edward' ballade; two capriccios; seven Hungarian Dances in the composer's own transcriptions for solo piano; six intermezzos; three rhapsodies; the complete sixteen waltzes, op. 39; Sonata no. 3, the best known and most mature of Brahms' three piano sonatas; and the complete books of two legendary works, the Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel and the celebrated and dramatic Variations on a Theme by Paganini. Sometimes termed the 'Romantic Classicist', Brahms successfully merged the seemingly contradictory qualities of romanticism and classicism, blending poetry with elegance, balance and restraint. A fine, inexpensive compilation of piano classics, reproduced from authoritative scores, this volume will delight intermediate and advanced pianists./ Répertoire / Piano