Four Preludes

pour deux harpes-French harpist composer and teacher Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) wrote important repertoire for the Harp which expanded the harmonic and technical possibilities of the instrument. His Four Preludes for Two Harps is no exception. Published in 1921 Four Preludes is still performed and recorded by harpists. The second volume comprises the third and fourth preludes in which tonality and rhythm are sublimely experimented with as well as uses of harmonics. Tournier's Four Preludes is suitable for all intermediate to advanced Harp duets seeking to explore varied repertoire on the instrument.

This collection of twenty-four preludes by York Bowen contains pieces in all the major and minor keys for Piano solo.

All the preludes and études including many perfectly spun miniatures. Edited by K. N. Igumnov and Y. I. Mil'shteyn. Content : PRELUDES Op. 2, No. 2 in B Major For the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor 24 PRELUDES, OP. 11 Part I No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor Part II No. 7 in A Major No. 8 in F Sharp Minor No. 9 in E Major No. 10 in C Sharp Minor No. 11 in B Major No. 12 in G Sharp Minor Part III No. 13 in G Flat Major No. 14 in E Flat Minor No. 15 in D Flat Major No. 16 in B Flat Minor No. 17 in A Flat Major No. 18 in F Minor Part IV No. 19 in E Flat Major No. 20 in C Minor No. 21 In B Flat Major No. 22 in G Minor No. 23 in F Major No. 24 in D Minor SIX PRELUDES, OP. 13 No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 15 No. 1 in A Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Major No. 4 in E Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 16 No. 1 in B Major No. 2 in G Sharp Minor No. 3 in G Flat Major No. 4 in E Flat Minor No. 5 in F Sharp Major SEVEN PRELUDES, OP. 17 No. 1 in D Minor No. 2 in E Flat Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in B Flat Minor No. 5 in F Minor No. 6 in B Flat Major No. 7 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 22 No. 1 in G Sharp Minor No. 2 in C Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in B Minor TWO PRELUDES, OP. 27 No. 1 in G Minor No. 2 in B Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 31 No. 1 in D Flat Major/C Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Flat Minor No. 4 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 33 No. 1 in E Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in C Major No. 4 in A Flat THREE PRELUDES, OP. 35 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in B Flat Major No. 3 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 37 No. 1 in B Flat Minor No. 2 in F Sharp Major No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 39 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in D Major No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in a Flat Major Op. 45, No. 3 in E Flat Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 48 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in C Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in C Major Op. 49, No. 2 in F Major Op. 51, No. 2 in A Minor Op. 56, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 59, No. 2 TWO PRELUDES, OP. 67 No. 1 No. 2 FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 74 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 ETUDES Op. 2, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor TWELVE ETUDES, OP. 8 Part 1 No. 1 in C Sharp Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Minor No. 4 in B Major No. 5 in E Major No. 6 in A Major Part II No. 7 in B Flat Minor No. 8 in A Flat Major No. 9 in G Sharp Minor No. 10 in D Flat Major No. 11 in B Flat Minor No. 12 in D Sharp Minor EIGHT ETUDES, OP, 42 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in F Sharp Major No. 4 in F Sharp Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor No. 6 in D Flat Major No. 7 in F Minor No. 8 in E Flat Major Op. 49, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 56, No. 4 THREE ETUDES, OP. 65 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3

Chopin's piano works are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. Features 52 pieces in all, including 25 Preludes — Op. 28, Nos. 1-24; Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45. 27 Etudes — Op. 10, Nos. 1-12; Op. 25, Nos. 1-12; and Trois Nouvelles Etudes. Content : Twenty-four Preludes [Vingt-quatre Préludes pour le pianoforte] Op. 28 Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1 Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Prelude in D Major, Op. 28, No. 5 Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9 Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10 Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11 Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 12 Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13 Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 14 Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 (Raindrop) Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 16 Prelude in A-flat Major, Op, 28, No. 17 Prelude in F Minor, Op. 28, No. 18 Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 19 Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22 Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23 Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24 Prelude Op. 45 Prelude in C-sharp Minor Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 10 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 Etude in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2 Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 (Black Key) Etude in E-flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7 Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10 Etude in E-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11 Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 25 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2 Etude in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 (Butterfly) Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind) Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12 Three New Etudes [Trois Nouvelles Études] Etude No. 1 in F Minor Etude No. 2 in A-flat Major Etude No. 3 in D-flat Major

Kapustin’s Twenty-Four Preludes op.53 were written in 1988. Clearly influenced by Chopin in their key scheme and brevity they present us with a great variety of jazz styles: blues (prelude 11) ballad (5 & 9) jazz waltz (18) swing (17 & 19) jazz funk (7 & 12) and even an allusion to Take Five (13). In many of them the composer states a theme and then “improvises” a new melody over the underlying chord structure. The whole set projects an ebullient spontaneity and it is fast becoming one of Kapustin’s most popular works. The composer himself performing no. 11:

Gregory Stone has transcribed these three selected preludes for one piano-four hands. For much of his life George Gershwin sought to integrate the worlds of jazz and classical music. These pieces are not jazz improvisations but they do show something of the style of his own playing. Gershwin had intended to compose a set of twelve a sort of jazz Wohltemperierte Clavier but his unexpected death from a brain tumour at the age of 38 prevented this. At least seven survive (others may have ended up as songs) and this set of three as published form a satisfying unit. The first opens with a blue-note riff which forms the basis of the first theme.Contrasting material follows making use of a distinctive repeated note figure then the first idea reappears in a quasi-orchestral climax. The second prelude shows a curious kinship with Chopin???s A minor Prelude with its eerie accompaniment and hypnotic melody. The third exploits a similar major/minor ambivalence but dextrous syncopation gives it driving rhythmic energy.

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled yet notated improvisation. Kapustin's monumental set of Preludes and Fugues Op.82 completed in 1997 may well be the most important work written for piano in the genre since Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87. In this sprawling collection Kapustin combines his complete mastery of jazzidioms with a thorough assimilation of contrapunctal techniques like canon imitation inversion and augmentation. Ingenuously each prelude and fugue pair share their motivic material.

Written by Marcel Tournier, Féerie – Prelude Et Dance is a piece for Harp dedicated to Alphonse Hasselmans and to be played on the Pedal Harps. This piece would fit the skills and abilities of advanced Harp players and the technical difficulties encountered are numerous: hand-crossings, numerous arpeggios, natural harmonies, many accidental alterations as well as some pedal changes. Marcel Tournier (1879-1951) was a French harpist and teacher. He studied with Alphonse Hasselmans at the Paris Conservatoire and composed numerous pieces for Solo Harp: ' Russian Lullabies', 'Six Christmas', 'Four Preludes' and 'Three images, suite 1, Op. 29' among many others.

The seemingly endless invention of the 24 Preludes for Piano follows the key scheme employed by Bach in The Well-Tempered Clavier through a landscape of harmonic subtlety and craftsmanship of the most refined sort.York Bowen wasa British composer whose fifty-year career musical career spanned much of the 20th century. Bowen was not only a prolific composer he was also a pianist conductor Organist Violinist and Horn player. He premiered manyimportant works and his own music was featured many times at the Proms among other concert series and he had a host of critical champions. Sir Henry J Wood for instance believed Bowen had never received proper recognition andCamille Saint-Saens regarded him as the ‘finest of English composers’ early in his career. His compositional style changed little throughout his life so that his later oeuvre was less celebrated than his earlier works as musicfashion had moved on.