Bartók is regarded as one of the most important composers of the 20th century. He became famous both as a music teacher and as an ethnomusicologist. Being a trained pianist, his relation to the piano certainly was very special and is reflected in numerous piano works.This comprehensive collection of selected piano works by Bartók is a rich source of his most beautiful pieces, including the two complete volumes For Children. / Piano

Original Piano Melodies for the Eclectic Romantic is the melding of the influences of three generations. 'I've long been impressed by the melodic and harmonic styles of jazz icons Marian McPartland and Dave Brubeck and always believed that a well constructed harmony complements a unique melody.'  - Dennis Leogrande Reeling in the horror of September 11 Dennis   like all Americans sought a way to respond to the unthinkable. Words obviously fail; so did anger. Acting on the belief that the creative spirit transcends both he slowly began to record on manuscript paper theconflicting emotions he was experiencing. Two weeks later this collection was under way. Dennis Leogrande was a music educator and supervisor of music in New Jersey (USA) public schools where he has taught band and string instruments to students ages four through eighteen as well as directed bands jazz ensembles and orchestras. He holds a Masters degree in music education from New York University and a Supervisor of Music degree. In addition to his teaching Mr. Leogrande has published numerous educationall works composed music for animated films and operates a digital recording studio.

Aidant à former des musiciens depuis 1950, Music Minus One fournit des artistes de tous les niveaux d?habiletés, une façon facile d?étudier, de pratiquer et de performer avec des musiciens professionnels dans le confort de leur domicile. Offrant des disques compacts comprenant les partitions de musiques d?accompagnements solos de solistes de renommées mondiales, les albums de Music Minus One offrent une superbe expérience de pratique. Nous avons assemblés quelques uns des orchestres et duos les plus recherchés dans un répertoire des plus facile, et ce, avec l?accompagnement orchestral et l?accompagnement au piano. Oui, les enregistrements du niveau de l?élève existent aussi dans notre catalogue, pour les débutants sur tous les instruments. Parfait pour les auditions, les concours solos et même pour les prestations scolaires. Imaginez la joie de jouer avec un orchestre symphonique complet chez soi? Voici une opportunité seulement imaginée jusqu?à maintenant pour les musiciens et vocalistes de partout. Oui, nous offrons aussi un répertoire d?opéra en plus des plus célèbres musiques de chambre dans cet unique et extraordinaire catalogue que nous appelons Music Minus One. Fondé en 1950, il fonctionne toujours aussi bien! Presque mille albums! / Classique / Partitions CD /

Aidant à former des musiciens depuis 1950, Music Minus One fournit des artistes de tous les niveaux d?habiletés, une façon facile d?étudier, de pratiquer et de performer avec des musiciens professionnels dans le confort de leur domicile. Offrant des disques compacts comprenant les partitions de musiques d?accompagnements solos de solistes de renommées mondiales, les albums de Music Minus One offrent une superbe expérience de pratique. Nous avons assemblés quelques uns des orchestres et duos les plus recherchés dans un répertoire des plus facile, et ce, avec l?accompagnement orchestral et l?accompagnement au piano. Oui, les enregistrements du niveau de l?élève existent aussi dans notre catalogue, pour les débutants sur tous les instruments. Parfait pour les auditions, les concours solos et même pour les prestations scolaires. Imaginez la joie de jouer avec un orchestre symphonique complet chez soi? Voici une opportunité seulement imaginée jusqu?à maintenant pour les musiciens et vocalistes de partout. Oui, nous offrons aussi un répertoire d?opéra en plus des plus célèbres musiques de chambre dans cet unique et extraordinaire catalogue que nous appelons Music Minus One. Fondé en 1950, il fonctionne toujours aussi bien! Presque mille albums! / Classique / Partitions CD /

Fragment I-IV was composed between 1959 and 1961. I premiered the piece myself on February 12 1962 at a concert where Fragment V for violin and piano and Fragment VI for six orchestra groups were also performed. The four piano pieces contain the first audible results of my preoccupation with the fractal “infinity series” discovered in 1959. “Fractal” designates the property of for example visual form patterns that appear in a process of infinite “microscoping” where the figures reappear for the spectator in constantly enlarged segments of the original fractal form. In much the same way thescore-reader as well as the listener can follow how in for example Fragment III the six notes of the first measure reappear in a much slower figure an octave lower in the left hand (that only manages to get through these six notes in the course of the entire movement) analogous to the zooming-in on a visual fractal form. Each Fragment has its own defining appearance: Fragment I consists of two staccato melodies (with built-in rests) that are tied to a distinct third melody. Fragment II stammers and stutters its way through various shorter note values that are almost identical to boot (for instance they include isolated triplet notes that come immediately before or after notes of another equally short duration). Great demands are thus made on the pianist’s scrupulous attention to the details of this fine-grained universe of rhythms! Of the four pieces Fragment III offers the most directly accessible demonstration of this composition technique – as mentioned above its opening measure fractally projects itself six times as slowly and an octave lower in the left hand through the rest of the movement. Fragment IV is a kind of shadow that reproduces – in a vague “dreaming” manner – all the melodic notes from Fragment III but

Music Minus One Piano Deluxe 2-CD Set-Here is Mozart's first large-scale concerto for keyboard and orchestra written in 1773. Ironically this 'first' concerto was his greatest hit during his life. It shows that the 'little genius' even at age seventeen had learned the art of combining beautiful and lasting music with something that the crowds would eat up like candy. It is quite simply a big crowd-pleaser and you cannot help but be swept away by its joy and magic. The Rondo with Variations KV382 was written years later as an alternate Rondo for the KV175 concerto and may be also be performed on its own as a concert-piece. Perfect for intermediate-level pianists. Includes Mozart's own cadenzas. This deluxe newlyexpanded 2CD set includes a 2nd compact disc containing a slow-tempo practice version of the accompaniment to help you as you learn the piece. Includes an authoritative newly engraved music score printed on high-quality ivory paper and a compact disc containing a complete reference recording in digital stereo with soloist followed by a second version in digital stereo of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist and a second compact disc containing a full-speed version of the complete version followed by a -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes. Performed by Sung-Suk Kang piano Accompaniment: Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov

Hungarian Fantasia S123-Performed by Neill Eisenstein piano Accompaniment: Stuttgart Symphony Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn Liszt transformed the whole concept of the concerto when he cast his A-major concerto in one single movement using the idea of thematic transformation. A poetical masterpiece both serene and glitteringly exciting which stands at the very pinnacle of Romantic piano literature. Liszt used his own Hungarian Rhapsody No. 14 as the basis for the Hungarian Fantasia the second piece featured on this MMO release. With its triumphal themes sparkling cadenzas and breathtaking finale this single-movement mini-concerto is a sparkling musical gem! A wonderful eminently accessiblepiece due to its relatively short length. Includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in split-channel stereo (soloist on the right channel); then a second version in full stereo of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist.

This superb 2CD collection of 42 all-time favorite classical pieces features performances by the world’s leading soloists and orchestras including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. Theaudio CDs are accompanied by a specially produced book containing the same pieces for intermediate solo piano.

This volume collects four of the most important keyboard masterpieces by Johann Sebastian Bach?the 'Goldberg' Variations Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue Fantasia Contrappuntistica and Concerto for Piano andOrchestra in D Minor?in arrangements by celebrated pianist and composer Ferruccio Busoni for his 1919 Breitkopf & Härtel edition. Additional features include Busoni's original systemof keyboard notation demonstrated vis- -vis the Chromatic Fantasy. An important composer in his own right Busoni ranks among history's most celebrated pianists. His controversial 25-volume edition oftranscriptions of Bach's keyboard music includes side-by-side discussions of Bach's music with arrangements by Busoni and his pupil Egon Petri. Adapted for the modern resources of the grand piano thetranscriptions include plentiful doublings of voices for higher and lower ranges of the keyboard that did not exist on Bach's clavier in addition to analytical re-shapings of the music itself. This volume marks asignificant collection of rarities that merit greater attention among performers and listeners. Dover Original.

Thirteen well known themes from 20th century classics all arranged for solo Piano by Christopher Norton. A terrific collection which includes: Britten's 'A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra' Rachmaninoff's 'Theme from Piano Concerto No 2' (first movement) Copland's 'Hoe Down' and more. Christopher Norton has provided sympathetic and pianistic arrangements which we are sure will be useful and enjoyable for many years to come.