Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts Society for Leif Oves Andnes who gave the first performance. They are attractive and not too difficult, clearly stamped with Turnage`s lyrical style.

Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered for both the concert hall and the CD! With our issue we are now presenting a largely unknown facet of his work. Because hardly anyone knows that Koechlin turned to film at an advanced age. Although Koechlin was aware that there was no prospect of a cinematic implementation, he even designed a film scenario in 20 scenes in which he himself should appear in a double role! At the age of 66 he saw the actress Lilian Harvey as Princess Marie-Christine in Princesse à in a Parisian movie theater . vos ordres. He was so enchanted that he made the little pieces of Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton for hercomposed & ndash. adorable miniatures that were not written as film music, but triggered by film experiences.
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Of the unfinished compositions Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton, notated on two to four lines, we publish two volumes of twelve piano pieces each. Further booklets in other instrumentation will follow. With the seven planned issues Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton , Charles Koechlin's last unpublished works from the field of film will finally be accessible to posterity.

Finally, the music of Charles Koechlin is no longer an insider tip, but is being discovered for both the concert hall and the CD! With our edition we are now presenting a largely unknown facet of his work. Because hardly anyone knows that Koechlin turned to film at an advanced age. Although Koechlin was aware that there was no prospect of a cinematic implementation, he even designed a film scenario in 20 scenes in which he himself should appear in a double role! At the age of 66 he saw the actress Lilian Harvey as Princess Marie-Christine in Princesse a vos ordres in a Parisian movie theater . He was so enchanted that he made the little pieces Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton for her composed - captivating miniatures that were not written as film music, but drawn from film experiences.
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Of the unfinished compositions Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton, notated on two to four lines, we first publish two volumes with twelve piano pieces each. Further booklets in other instrumentation will follow. With the seven planned issues Le Portrait de Daisy Hamilton , Charles Koechlin's last, as yet unpublished works from the field of film will finally be made available to posterity.

This beautiful anthology of graded pieces, presented in a progressive order includes repertoire new to the graded framework. It contains a wide stylistic range of works, which have been selected to develop a student?s musical and technical facility. The repertoire is suitable for competitions and includes both mainstream and lesser-known works of the period. It works as the perfect progression from Romantic Piano Anthologies volumes 1?3 (ED12912?4). It total, all four volumes contain 94 pieces by 41 composers from 13 countries. Book 4 is suitable for students with 7 or more years? experience: Grades 7?8, and comes with an accompanying audio downloads which demonstrate all the pieces played by Nils Franke himself.

This "Fantasia in G" was only recently discovered among the last manuscripts to be examined in the Nino Rota archive in Venice. Together with the "15 Preludes" (ED 9386), it is one of the few works by this Italian composer for piano solo. It was composed in the oppressive atmosphere of the last years of the war.
The first and closing sections conjure up a feeling of late Romanticism from the distant past, while the middle section is characterised by melancholy melodies typical of Rota.

This edition is a must for pianists: the suite of Fellini's film Il Casanova arranged for piano by Nino Rota himself. Nino Rota's soundtracks for the masterpieces of Francis Ford 'Coppola' (Godfather), Luchino Visconti ('Il Gattopardo', 'Rocco e i suoi fratelli'), and Federico Fellini ('La dolce vita', 'Otto e mezzo', 'Il Casanova', among others) are known throughout the world. For several years, the series of suites with these famous melodies have been performed in concert halls more and more frequently.

Carl Orffs beruhmtes, auf einer Sammlung mittelalterlicher Texte basierendes Werk in einer Klavierversion von Eric Chumachenco. Diese Transkription ist kein Klavierauszug. was Vokalsolisten und Chor singen, wird genauso in den Klang einbezogen wie der Orchesterpart.
Orffs Melos schwingt hier auf Tasten aus. Der archaisierende, neobarbarische Rhythmus verbindet sich mit der pragnanten, mal modalen, mal diatonischen Melodik zu einer pianistischen Siktion, die auch sinnliche Klangfulle nicht scheut. (als CD bei Wergo erhaltlich unter Best.-Nr. WER 6217-2).

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Mauricio Kagel.

Widmung: dediee a Pierre Boulez

Item Number: S9.Q41165

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Volker Banfield.

Item Number: S9.Q41172

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Vincent Meyer

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Ulrich Eckhardt.

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Vincent Meyer.

Item Number: S9.Q41153

Widmung: dediee a Pierre Boulez

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Pierre-Laurent Aimard.

Widmung / Dedication: dediee a Gyorgy Kurtag.