Partitions difficile de Musique classique

Roslawez (1880-1944) studied composition and violin in Moscow. He was one of the leading figures in musical life in the 1920s. Later increasingly marginalised by the political regime to the point wher...

Carl Orffs berühmtes, auf einer Sammlung mittelalterlicher Texte basierendes Werk in einer Klavierversion von Eric Chumachenco. Diese Transkription ist kein Klavierauszug; was Vokalsolisten und Chor s...

Immerse yourself in fascinating sonic landscapes with "Monument - Selbstportrait - Bewegung" (Three Pieces). This masterpiece for two pianos, four hands sets extraordinary pianistic standards, unfoldi...

Viktor Ullmann a présenté son cycle de variations sur la quatrième des célèbres 'Six petites pièces pour piano op. 19' de son professeur, Arnold Schönberg, dans trois instrumentations à la fois - pour...

Ein wuchtiges altes Stadttor, wiedergegeben durch einen kraftvollen Hymnus mit Glockenschlägen - wer kennt Das große Tor von Kiew aus Mussorgskys Werk Bilder einer Ausstellung nicht? Der französische...

István Szelényi (1904 - 1972) studied with Kodály and later taught composition at the Budapest conservatory. His output consists mainly of pieces written for teaching purposes, including works for you...

Alles klingt hier zunächst ganz leicht. Die Töne hüpfen durch- und übereinander wie von einem Zauberer beschworen. Doch so ganz glatt läuft es nicht, hier und da hakt es, Noten kommen sich in die Quer...

With the Concerto Op. 43 for Piano and Small Orchestra, Schott Music presents a captivating musical gem of timeless freshness. This delightful and rewarding work elegantly blends the shimmering sonic...

Despite its seemingly sparse texture, this is a large-scale, virtuosic concerto in an expressive tonal idiom, full of memorable rhythmic detail. It waspremiered in 1992, 32 years after its composition...

Shchedrin, son of a composer and music teacher, underwent a thorough musical training in Moscow. His versatility and dazzling competence across a wide variety of musical genres are surely a result of...

Le premier volume de cette série renferme la dite Arabesque du Danube du pianiste polonais Adolf Schulz-Evler, fameuse pour sa virtuosité.

Le pianiste et compositeur finlandais Olli Mustonen reprend le motif de départ de Bach et en fait un coup de maître, bref, fortement distancié sur le plan de l'harmonie, brillant, et d'un haut niveau...

Early on in his remarkable career as a concert pianist Glenn Gould composed a few works of his own: a String Quartet (ED 8764), Piano Pieces (ED 8319) and the Sonata in two movements presented here. W...

Les enregistrements par Glenn Gould de ses transcriptions de Siegfried-Idyll, Morgendämmerung et du Voyage sur le Rhin de Siegfried, extraits du Ring des Nibelungen de Richard Wagner, sont déjà légend...

With the prelude to the Mastersingers we now publish the second of three Wagner transcriptions already made legendary by Gould's 1973 recording. Gould brought Wagner's 'brilliant counterpoint' to life...

With his five piano concertos, sonatas and 24 preludes and fugues Rodion Shchedrin is one of the most prominent composers for piano of our time. A gifted pianist, he has given the first performances o...

Tchaikovsky wrote his second piano sonata in 1878 and dedicated this 'Grande Sonate' to the notable pianist Karl Klindworth, his colleague at the Moscow Conservatoire, who prepared the manuscript for...