Partitions difficile de Musique classique

Written between 1900 and 1901, Suite No. 2 was premiered in 1901 by Rachmaninoff and Alexander Siloti. This virtuosic suite is orchestral in nature and contains four movements. The first movement serv...

This impressive early advanced piano solo begins with a two-page introductory section that is reminiscent of the late Romantic piano writing of Rachmaninoff. Large chords and low octave pedal points c...

This impressive early advanced piano solo begins with a two-page introductory section that is reminiscent of the late Romantic piano writing of Rachmaninoff. Large chords and low octave pedal points c...

This solo begins in G minor with a bold chordal fanfare and sweeping arpeggios. The following lyrical section builds to a faster scherzo-like tempo with descending broken chords over a staccato bass....

This solo begins in G minor with a bold chordal fanfare and sweeping arpeggios. The following lyrical section builds to a faster scherzo-like tempo with descending broken chords over a staccato bass....

Padre Antonio Soler (1729--1783) was a Spanish Catholic monk whose compositions span the late-Baroque and early-Classical periods. A student of Domenico Scarlatti, he wrote over 150 keyboard sonatas....

Each piece of Op. 337 consists of various sections of one to several measures, each concluded by a coda. Czerny's own instructions above the studies read: 'Each repetition should be played 20 times wi...

Perhaps Schumann's greatest large-scale piano work, the 'Fantasie' was written between 1836 and 1838 and dedicated to Franz Liszt. Intensely personal, it contains many melodic references to Schumann's...

Eight contrasing pieces with descriptive titles comprise the 'Fantasy Pieces', op. 12. Although the eight pieces form a homogeneous whole, each can be played individually without loss of effect. They...

Cet ensemble de cinq pièces reflète une représentation intensément personnelle, réaliste et sensible de la vie animale, de la mer et des paysages pastoraux. Puissamment poétique et vivement descriptiv...

One of Debussy's most ambitious Impressionistic sea-pieces for piano, composed in the summer of 1904 when he was visiting an island in the English Channel. Ravel called this piece 'an orchestral reduc...

Two Scriabin compositions are presented here for performance by the left hand only, with performance notes and practice suggestions included. For pianists of advanced proficiency these will represent...

In this edition, Palmer provides fingering and offers suggestions for the performance of ornaments and other markings as revealed through the study of original sources. The introductory material inclu...

Mozart composed only two sonatas in minor keys and it has been suggested that the dark quality of this A minor sonata was influenced by events surrounding the death of Mozart's mother. The three movem...

Rachmaninoff presents here a humorous musical play for the piano which will display a great variety of touches, dynamics and tempos. The composer's own performance of this piece displays a great range...

Maurice Hinson's Masterwork Edition of Liszt's perhaps best-known Hungarian Rhapsody contains historic information and performance notes, as well as alternate cadenzas and ossia notations.

Debussy ne relie pas ses "12 Préludes" du premier volume par un schéma tonal, mais par une chaîne de devises ou de titres associatifs qu'il laisse à la fin de chaque pièce et qui peuvent donner une in...

Trois ans après la publication du premier volume, le deuxième volume des Préludes de Debussy parut en 1913, reflétant l'impression de la musique de Stravinsky. Dans sa nouvelle édition Urtext, le musi...

C'est incontestablement l'œuvre pour piano de Liszt "Les jeux d'eau à la Villa d'Este" qui a inspiré à Ravel l'une de ses œuvres les plus célèbres en 1901. La pièce est formellement conçue comme une f...

Le cycle des "Valses nobles et sentimentales" de Ravel a suscité l'irritation lors de sa création anonyme en 1911 à la Société nationale indépendante de Paris : beaucoup soupçonnaient Satie ou même Ko...

La musique pour piano occupe une place centrale dans l'œuvre de Fauré. Il dédie sa "Ballade", composée en 1879, à son professeur Camille Saint-Saëns. Elle rompt avec la forme épique du genre, tant par...

Les quatre "Valses-Caprices" de Fauré (1882/83-1894) (BA 10843) reflètent les différentes formes de son exploration de la valse en relation avec la forme libre du caprice. Le compositeur s'est donc in...

Avec les deux sonates de son opus 27, Beethoven s'est engagé dans une nouvelle voie formelle au début du 19e siècle. La seconde, nommée Sonata quasi una Fantasia, est devenue immortelle sous son futur...

Beethoven's final three piano sonatas have always been a source of great fascination. Composed in 1820, the Sonata op. 109 opened the door to the future with its extreme expressivity, its abandonment...