Composé à l'origine pour piano solo, 'Melody' de Rubinstein OP 3/1 est le oeuvre la plus connue écrit par le compositeur russe. Grâce à la mélodie simple, mais tendre et son harmonie expressive, le nom du compositeur se souviendra pour toujours. La pièce a fait un excellent encore pour un concert. / Flûte Traversière Et Piano

Everybody's Favourite Series #7. A collection of classical piano duets. Includes works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Rubinstein. / Rép Classique / Recueil / Piano 4 Mains

'Six Pieces' Op. 19 is the first collection of piano pieces by Tchaikovsky which contributed significantly to his growing renown as most important Russian composer apart from Anton Rubinstein. Famous contemporary pianists like Nikolai Rubinstein and Hans von Bülow performed Rêverie du soir (Op. 19 No. 1) or Thème original et variations (No. 6) in their concerts in the 1870s. Commissioned by his Moscow publisher P. I. Jurgenson Six Pieces Op. 19 was composed by Tchaikovsky in the summer and autumn of 1873 i.e. during his time as professor of theory at the Moscow Conservatoire.Bülow had entered 'little changes' in his own copy of the first edition ofVariations Op. 19/6. There is however no documentary proof which of Bülow's changes Tchaikovsky eventually included in the Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée par l?auteur of Op. 19 published only in 1890. The present new edition therefore contains both versions of the Variations. Tchaikovsky's version of the first edition can be found in the appendix of the present volume Bülow's version expressly adopted by Tchaikovsky is presented together with Nos. 1-5 in the main text of the volume on the basis of the Nouvelle édition revue et corrigée par l?auteur from 1890.

3 Mouvements de Pétrouchka 3 Sätze aus Pétrouchka-Stravinsky's goal in arranging Petrushka for the piano was to attempt to influence Arthur Rubinstein into playing his music. In order to gain the latter's attention Stravinsky ensured that Rubinstein would find the arrangement technically challenging but musically satisfying. Trois mouvements de Petrouchka reflects the composer's intentions and unsurprisingly it is renowned for its notorious technical and musical difficulties.

Fauré's four 'Valses-Caprices' (1882/83'1894) demonstrate various forms of his treatment of the waltz in combination with the free form of the caprice.'
The composer drew his inspiration for his 'Valses-Caprices' in the first place from works such as Liszt's 'Valse-Impromptu' and his 'Valse à capriccio' and the famous 'Valse-Caprice' by Anton Rubinstein.'
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These important groups of works are now made available in scholarly-critical Urtext editions based on the ''uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré' and reflect the latest state of research. Detailed forewords offer information on the genesis and significance of the compositions as well as valuable suggestions on historical interpretation.'
All the available manuscript and printed sources as well as piano rolls containing recordings by the composer have been taken into consideration, leading to new discoveries particularly regarding the 'Valses-Caprices'.'
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''Based on the ''uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré''
''Based on the latest research findings and extensive source studies'
''Informative forewords with advice on performance practice (Fr/Eng/Ger) / Classique / Partition / Agrafé /

Scène rustique russe-Tchaikovsky composed the Russian rural scene 'Dumka' in just a few days in late February 1886. 'Dumka' is originally the name of an epic and historical South West Slavic folk song of a melancholy nature. In Tchaikovsky's Op. 59 the elegiac andante cantabile forms the framework of the fast middle section in which brief formulaic thoughts newly varied and increasing in virtuosic intensity display fireworks of pianistic brilliance. Being his only 'Morceau de Concert' this piece occupies a special place among the piano works of Tchaikovsky. As a pianist who rarely gave concerts and occasionally complained about the lack of interest from the keyboardtitans of his time (Franz Liszt Hans von Bülow and the brothers Anton and Nikolaj Rubinstein) in his music. Tchaikovsky certainly regarded the piece as a chance to make his music known outside of Russia. So the French subtitle of the piece may rather be understood as a concession to the French audience.

36 Original Piano Pieces-The music teacher and pianist Monika Twelsiek adds a new selection of piano works around the subject of Night and Dreams to the Piano Classics series. At any time the night was a theme in literature art and music. 'Night' and 'Dream' are emotional images which evoke vastly different emotions in different people. The night is a place of peace and security of longing and love of secrets imagination and dreams. But night also means strangeness loneliness fear danger and crime. The collection 'Night and Dreams' with works from the Romantic piano literature to new contemporary sounds tries to capture all of these nightly emotions. Apart from aplethora of folk-song-like lullabies numerous fantastic dream pieces and descriptions of dangerous night scenes have been added to the collection. An alluring mixture of imagination and reality for advanced piano pupils and lovers of piano music.Content - P. Zilcher: Lullaby op. 93/4 - G. Nevada: A Little Dreamy - A. Gretchaninoff: Lullaby op. 98 - C. Gurlitt: 4 Reverie op. 210 - R. Volkmann: Night Song op. 17 - R. Schumann: Lullaby op. 124 - J. Senfter: Lullaby - F. Burgmüller: Lullaby op. 109 - P. Tschaikowsky: Sweet Reverie op. 39 - R. Fuchs: Lullaby op. 32 - E. Satie: Lullaby - K.-H. Pick: Sleeping Beauty is Sleeping - H. Regner: Phantasmagoria - B. Heller: Evening Flower - G. Nevada: When Paris Dreams - J. Turina: The Village Sleeps - E. Pütz: Sleep Well Blues - J. Kember: Midnight Blue - G. Nevada: Starry Dome - E. Grieg: Lullaby op. 38 - A. Gretchaninoff: Bed Time op. 109 - Nightly Event op. 115 - K. Slavicky: The Evil Dream - B. Martinu: The Cats' Procession in the Solstice Night - R. Schumann: Reverie op. 15 - Child Falling Asleep op. 20 - A. Rubinstein: The Night op. 44/1 - L. He: Lullaby - E. Pütz: Night of Love - J. Field: Nocturne B major op. 9/2 -