Robert Schumann: Selected Works For Solo Piano - Volume 2: Piano: Instrumental

SKU: BT.EMBZ13543

Each book in series presents a composer trough a selection of brief pieces. The first volumes help the young pianist to become acquainted with the music of Händel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, J. S. Bach and Weber. Most of the works are dance movements, although some sonatinas or sonatas have also been included. All the books contain a variety of compositions easy to play but of undoubted musical value. The selection is the work of four well-known music pedagogues, Magda Csurka, Gábor Kováts, András Héra and József Sármai.

Deutschsprachi ge Ausgabe: Meisterwerke der deutschen Romantik (2008-14-400 M)

German Romanticism (Chefs-d’œuvre du romantisme allemand) rassemble un choix de morceaux signés des plus grands compositeurs de ce style, parmi lesquels figure en termes d’histoire de la musique l’Autrichien Franz Schubert. Avec Carl Mariavon Weber, il représente les débuts du romantisme, tandis que Felix Mendelssohn et Robert Schumann appartiennent l’apogée de la période romantique. Richard Wagner, Carl Reinecke et Johannes Brahms représentent la fin du XIXe siècle.
Sur le compact disc inclus, vous trouverez deux versions de chaque pièce : une version intégrale et une version où ne subsiste que laccompagnement.

< I>German Romanticism raccoglie opere di alcuni dei più importanti esponenti di questo stile, cui appartiene storicamente anche il compositore austriaco Franz Schubert. Accanto a Carl Maria von Weber, Schubert rappresenta il primo Romanticismo,mentre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy e Robert Schumann ne sono il cuore. Richard Wagner, Carl Reinecke e Johannes Brahms rappresentano l’ultima parte del 19° secolo.
Il CD incluso propone lincisione completa di ogni brano, seguita da una traccia con il solo accompagnamento del piano per consentirvi di eseguire la parte solista.

SKU: BR.CHB-5234-02

ISBN 9790004411537. 7.5 x 10.5 inches. German.

Madame Hensel, Mendelssohn's sister, whose eyes speak intelligence and profundity''. This diary entry made by Robert Schumann in June 1843 succinctly but fittingly characterizes Fanny Hensel, without a doubt the most significant woman composer of the 19th century. Born in Hamburg on 14 November 1805, she was the eldest sister of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy and the granddaughter of the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn. In 1829 she married the Prussian court painter and occasional poet Wilhelm Hensel (1794-1861). After her sudden death in Berlin on 14 May 1847 as a result of a stroke, the music journalist Ludwig Rellstab poignantly wrote that she shared the brotherhood ef talent with her famous sibling.Fanny Hensel was given the same excellent and comprehensive musical training as her precocious brother, including composition lessons with Goethe's friend Carl Friedrich Zelter. Felix and Fanny not only loved each other tenderly, but they also maintained an intensive, life-long exchange of ideas which proved musically profitable to both of them. However, it was only in 1846 that Mendelssohn gave up his resistance to Fanny's publication plans. And so, just shortly before her death, she was able to publish a carefully selected sample of her songs and piano pieces.Not only these pieces, but also a few orchestral and chamber-music works (e.g. the String Quartet in E flat major, KM 2255) and, in particular, choral music occupy an important position in her oeuvre. Most of her choral works were written in 1846, and she was able to rehearse them with the chorus she conducted at the famous Sunday Concerts in the Mendelssohn home. She had six of these choral songs published in a revised version under the title Gartenlieder Op. 3 by the Berlin music publisher Bote & Bock. The title of the Gartenlieder brings to mind Mendelssohn's well-known Lieder im Freien zu singen (Opera 41, 48, 59; ChB 4763-4780), published before 1846. But, as far as the quality of their melodic writing, the compositional technique, and the choice of texts are concerned, as well as the perfect balance between folk-like simplicity and polished design, they are as outstanding as the works of her brother.

Fanny Hensel's choral works not only stand up to comparison with any of the rich and varied choral works of the Romantic era - they also rank among the best. Very likely to become hits! (Musica).

SKU: HL.50511525

ISBN 9790080135433. UPC: 073999329988. 9.0x12.0x0.115 inches. Robert Schumann; Magda Csurka.

Each book in series presents a composer trough a selection of brief pieces. The first volumes help the young pianist to become acquainted with the music of Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, J. S. Bach and Weber. Most of the works are dance movements, although some sonatinas or sonatas have also been included. All the books contain a variety of compositions easy to play but of undoubted musical value. The selection is the work of four well-known music pedagogues, Magda Csurka, Gabor Kovats, Andras Hera and Jozsef Sarmai.

A collection of classical and romantic piano works, selected and annotated by Felix Swinstead