Five Piano Pieces Op. 23

SKU: HL.14022974

ISBN 9788759850947. 8.25x11.75x0.137 inches. English.

The purpose of this critical revision of Carl Nielsen's Five Piano Pieces is to present a score which accurately reflects the composer's intentions and musical ideas, and to provide a guide for understanding the composition within the context of Nielsen's artistic and intellectual development. The piece is scored for Piano solo.

SKU: AP.6-411621

ISBN 9780486411620. English.

This unique compilation of the best of Sibelius's piano music features a carefully chosen selection of unjustly neglected compositions for piano, including Sonata in F, Op. 12; Three Sonatinas, Op. 67; Kyllikki (Three Lyric Pieces), Op. 41; Two Rondinos, Op. 68; Five Flower Pieces, Op. 88; Romance in D-flat; and many more. 160 pgs.

SKU: HL.51481614

UPC: 196288206934. 9.0x12.0x0.16 inches.

The Five Piano Pieces op. 23 are a transitional work in which Schönberg made the decisive step from free atonal music to composition based on tone rows, which however did not yet necessarily have to contain all twelve chromatic tones. Begun in 1920 as a contribution to a memorial album for Debussy, the cycle was completed – now as an independent work – only in 1923. The most famous piece in it is certainly no. 5, “Waltz”, an ironic playing with genre traditions that at the same time is a swift-moving piece of music! Our editor, Ulrich Krämer, is one of the most distinguished Schönberg scholars, while the fingerings are provided by specialist Shai Wosner. The clear and neatly set score is an ideal basis on which to explore this fascinating piano universe.

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