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Zoltán Kocsis (1952 - 2016) was not just a phenomenal pianist. He was also regarded as a musical 'polymath' whose genius embraced the activities of a composer, conductor, editor, instrumentalist, and arranger. In the last capacity, he added some 150 works to symphonic, chamber, song and piano repertoire. He gladly adapted music of the turn of the 20th century, as appears from his transcriptions of Richard Strauss, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Enescu, and above all, Debussy. (Many of these are distributed by Editio Musica Budapest.) 'In Debussy's case, (...) I was always interested in works that offered possibilities beyond the bounds of the piano, possibilities for orchestration.Just as with Liszt it was often possible to see that certain of his works had been written for piano for publication purposes, so with Debussy it is clear that mainly his song accompaniments exceeded the bounds of possibility for the piano,' Kocsis stated in one interview. Perhaps that recognition also encouraged him to arrange the popular piano work Valse romantique (1890) for clarinet and piano. The arrangement superbly pinpoints the sensitive, almost ingratiating tunefulness of the Waltz, adding a piece that sounds great and is rewarding to perform to the clarinet repertoire. Mit dem unlängst verstorbenen Zoltán Kocsis betrauert die Nachwelt nicht nur einen phänomenalen Pianisten, sondern auch einen 'Polyhistor der Musik': Sein außergewöhnliches Talent entfaltete sich ebenfalls in seiner Tätigkeit als Komponist, als Dirigent, als Herausgeber und nicht zuletzt auch als Arrangeur und Bearbeiter organisch. Durch letztere Aktivität bereicherte er die symphonische, Kammer-, Lied- und Klavierliteratur um etwa einhundertfünfzig Werke. Sehr gern adaptierte er die Musik aus der Zeit der Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert, wie auch seine Richard-Strauss-, Ravel-, Rachmaninov-, Enescu- und vor allem Debussy-Transkriptionen belegen. (Mehrere davon werden auch von unseremVerlag vertrieben.).
SKU: HL.51481156
ISBN 9790201811567. UPC: 888680749705. 9.25x12.25x0.07 inches.
In his youth, when still searching for his own personal style, Debussy composed a series of short, stand-alone piano pieces. He took traditional genres such as the ballade, mazurka, nocturne and waltz, but in general used each of them just once, as if trying them out. One such was the “Valse romantique”, published by Choudens of Paris in 1891 and thus written at the same time as his famous piano works “Two Arabesques” and the “Suite bergamasque”. This charming waltz is of moderate difficulty and thus ideal either as a pedagogical piece or for concert performance. Our collected volume “Debussy: Piano Pieces” (HN 404) offers numerous other short piano pieces of modest difficulty for those who find that this practical, stand-alone edition awakens in them a desire for more.
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SKU: HL.50601093
ISBN 9790080150610. UPC: 888680739355. 9.0x12.0x0.063 inches. Claude Debussy; Zoltan Kocsis.
Zoltán Kocsis was not just a phenomenal pianist. He is mourned also as a musical polymath, whose genius embraced the activities of a composer, conductor, editor, and not least instrumentalist and arranger. In the last capacity, he added some 150 works to the symphonic, chamber, song and piano repertoires. He gladly adapted music of the turn of the 20th century, as appears from his transcriptions of Richard Strauss, Ravel, Rachmaninoff, Enescu, and above all Debussy. (Many of these are distributed by Editio Musica Budapest.) This arrangement pinpoints superbly the sensitive, almost ingratiating tunefulness of the Waltz, adding to the clarinetist's repertoire a piece that plays well and is rewarding to perform.
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ISBN 9782897372545.
SKU: BT.BVP878
SKU: HL.50511501
ISBN 9790080085349. UPC: 840126939712. 9.0x12.0x0.184 inches. Hungarian, English, German. Zoltan Kocsis.
Claude Debussy: Valse romantique - arranged for clarinet and piano by Zoltan KocsisZoltan Kocsis, who died recently, was not just a phenomenal pianist. He is mourned also as a musical 'polymath', whose genius embraced the activities of a composer, conductor, editor, and not least instrumentalist and arranger. In the last capacity, he added some 150 works to the symphonic, chamber, song and piano repertoires.
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SKU: M7.BRP-878
SKU: LM.26713
ISBN 9790230967136.
DUVERNOY J.B. : Etude - PROKOFIEV Serge : Matin - GOEDICKE Alexander : Etude - SCHUMANN Robert : Allegro grazioso - BERENS Hermann : Etude - ZIPOLI Domenico : Sarabanda - ALLERME Sophie : Air romantique - GURLITT Cornelius : Etude - ALLERME Sophie : I can do it - CLEMENTI Muzio : Etude - CHOSTAKOVITCH Dimitri : Valse lyrique - HELLER Stephen : Etude - BACH Johann Sebastian : Invention - BERTINI Henri : Etude - SCHUBERT Franz : Impromptu - BERTINI Henri : Etude - BEETHOVEN Ludwig van : Menuet - BERTINI Henri : Etude - BRAHMS Johannes : Valse - BERTINI Henri : Etude - DEBUSSY Claude : Golliwogg's cake walk - BERTINI Henri : Etude - MOZART Wolfgang Amadeus : Variation - BERENS Hermann : Etude - BACH Johann Sebastian : Invention - BERTINI Henri : Etude - FRANCK Cesar : Piece - BERTINI Henri : Etude - KABALEVSKI Dimitri : Ballade - BEETHOVEN Ludwig van : Sonate au clair de lune - BERTINI Henri : Etude - BRAHMS Johannes : Valse.
