SKU: AP.12-0571542506
ISBN 9780571542505. English.
Jóhann Jóhannsson: Piano Works presents transcriptions of the late composer's best and most-loved piano works, brought together in a stunning high-end cloth-bound hardback limited edition book. Featuring 30 accurate transcriptions of piano works from across his albums and films, including the soundtrack for The Theory of Everything, Free the Mind and Flight From the City. Suitable for intermediate pianists, it also includes a wealth of striking photographs and a specially commissioned introduction from American composer, Dustin O'Halloran.
SKU: FP.FSC05
ISBN 9790570504169.
Cyril Scott’s music is currently the subject of major revival, having lain largely ignored for much of the 20th Century. Once described as 'the father of modern British music' by Eugene Goossens, and admired by Claude Debussy, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky and his lifelong friend Percy Grainger, he composed four hundred works including: four Symphonies, three Operas, two Piano Concertos, four Oratorios, Concertos for Violin, Cello, Oboe and Harpsichord, several Overtures, Tone Poems, many Chamber works and innumerable songs.There is a story that when Bernard Shaw commented to Elgar on the (then) daring harmonies of his Second Symphony Elgar replied 'You mustn’t forget, it was Cyril Scott started all that!'.'a pioneer of British piano music, producing more piano works in the period 1903-1914 than any other British composer and any other international one, with the exception of Scriabin... (He) was a key figure before World War I in helping Britain to break away from musical conservatism and the prevailing Germanic influences.' (Lisa Hardy, The British Piano Sonata 1870-1945).
SKU: AP.0034B
ISBN 9781576239483. UPC: 029156607673. 9x12 inches. English.
This volume in our new series features 29 compositions by Claude Debussy, including such famous pieces as 'Clair de Lune,' 'Reverie,' 'The Girl with the Flaxen Hair,' 'Golliwogg's Cake Walk,' and others. It includes pieces from the French master's wealth of piano compositions, including the 'Arabesques,' PETITE SUITE, CHILDREN'S CORNER SUITE, both books of 'Preludes,' and individual pieces. A wide variety of music from the French impressionistic genius! 29 titles on 160 pages.
SKU: HL.49046022
ISBN 9790001167970. UPC: 841886033832. 9x12 inches.
This book presents pianists and ambitious amateur musicians with unfamiliar, surprisingly flamboyant and often witty compositions. These piano works are by one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth Century, one of the most recent all-roundmusical grand masters: Alexis Weissenberg, who was born in Sofia on 26 July 1929 and died in Lugano on 8 January 2012.This first edition includes all Weissenberg's surviving completed piano works, apart from those written for two pianos and for pianoduet, stage works and the Romance for piano and violin. Fingerings and pedal markings by Alexis Weissenberg are printed in italics (fingerings and allocation of notes between hands, too) or in large type (pedal markings); recommendations added by the editor are shown in roman font (fingerings and allocation of notes between hands) or in smaller type (pedal markings).
SKU: AP.0040B
ISBN 9781576239896. UPC: 029156616842. English.
The piano music of the Viennese Classical master Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the focus of this book. The selections represent many of his Sonatinas, Minuets, Sonatas, and Variations, as well as a few shorter works from his vast repertoire. The pieces include fingerings and expression marks for a perfect performance. The selections cover a variety of Mozart's writing styles and feature works from his younger years to later in his life. 36 selections on 176 pages.
