La précoce Sonate pour piano op. 4 offre des aperçus intéressants sur l?évolution en tant que compositeur du jeune Chopin. Il l?a probablement composée alors qu?il poursuit ses études au Conservatoire de Varsovie. Le compositeur, alors âgé de 19 ans, présente sa sonate hautement appréciée par lui-même aux fins de publication à l?éditeur Tobias Haslinger, à l?occasion d?un voyage à Vienne. Cependant celui-ci temporise, faisant prendre patience au jeune compositeur encore inconnu à l?époque. C?est seulement quand Chopin est arrivé au faîte de sa notoriété que Haslinger voit la possibilité d?une bonne affaire, mais cette fois c?est Chopin qui refuse. En conséquence, sa première sonate ne sera jamais éditée de son vivant. Restée jusqu?ici réservée aux seuls initiés, cette ?uvre est désormais accessible, pour la première fois, selon la qualité Henle / Classique / Editeurs: Sarah Gerbracht, Norbert Müllemann / Partition / Carton / Plat de carton /

The Czech composer Antonin Rejcha (also Anton Reicha, 1770?1836) was famous as both an experimental composer and as a teacher and theorist. His ?36 Fugues for Piano? testify to this experimentalism; they can be seen as a type of
?Well-Tempered Piano of the new ages?, basing the traditional Baroque fugue on radical new fundaments.

The first edition of this unusual collection was produced in 1803 in Vienna by Reicha?s own publishing company ?Au Magasin de l?Imprimerie chimique?. It included both a dedication poem to Joseph Haydn and a comprehensive foreword in which Reicha identifies the characteristics of his compositional style. The second edition (Vienna 1805) included a short theoretical text ?Über das neue Fugensystem? (?On the new fugal system?) in the form of a polemic, reacting to his critics, one of whom was Beethoven. Six fugues are based on the themes of other composers (Haydn, Bach, Mozart, Scarlatti, Frescobaldi, Handel).

The musical text is a corrected reprint of the edition by Václav Jan Sýkora from 1973, which itself was based on the referred to edition from 1805 as well as on the later edition by Tobias Haslinger (Vienna, c. 1828).

- Works historically important to the development of the fugue
- New foreword by Roman Dykast (Cz/Eng/Ger) / [36 Fugues Pour Piano] / Classique / Partition / Broché /

Par ALEXANIAN DIRAN. The Classic Treatise on Cello Theory and Practice. An unabridged republication of Diran Alexanian's 1922 classic, Traite Theorique et Pratique du Violoncelle, this volume represents one of the most thorough explorations of cello playing and technique in the literature. It reprints the orginal dual-language edition, featuring French and English instruction side by side on the page, complemented by numerous photographs, diagrams, and music examples. Student and growing professionals alike will find it superb compendium of instruction. / Pédagogie / Livre / Livre Musical