Editio Musica Budapest

Zoltán Kocsis (1952 - 2016) was not just a phenomenal pianist. He was also regarded as a musical 'polymath' whose genius embraced the activities of a composer, conductor, editor, instrumentalist, and...

Sonatina for piano was composed in 1915. In the work Bartók used five original Romanian instrumental folk dance melodies which he had recorded during his folk music collecting trips in Transylvania be...

The volumes of the series cover the entire music literature from the early music to now. The material of the individual volumes has been compiled by accomplished music teachers and comprises short, ea...

It s quite rare when a composer s diploma work becomes a successful, popular piece even after 70 years. Frigyes Hidas (1928 2007) Oboe Concerto, written in 1951, is a work that Péter Pongrácz, Lajos L...

Bagpipers is the first movement of the three-movement Sonatina composed in 1915 (1. Bagpipers, 2. Bear Dance and 3. Finale). The composer said of the piece, ''Originally I planned a group of Romanianf...

An Evening in the Village was composed in 1908 as no. 5 of the Ten Easy Piano Pieces. It has become one of Bartók's favorite works, which the composer himself was fond of playing at recitals. As he ex...