SKU: PE.EP11381B

ISBN 9790014127053. German.

Following the successful first volume, Piccolo Paganini Vol. 2 contains 30 original intermediate-level pieces for violin and piano. Violin experts Christiane Schmidt and Gudrun Jeggle focus on musically sophisticated and rarely-heard concert pieces by composers ranging from Handel and Elgar to Pauline Viardot García and Grazyna Bacewicz. This appealing and attractive repertoire will help every little Paganini shine— a real treasure trove for teaching, performance, and competitions.

30 intermediate-level compositions for violin and piano (mainly 1st and 3rd positions, but going up to 5th position).

Appealing and musically rewarding repertoire pieces.

Ideal for developing fluency, bowing , and basic double-stop playing.

With performance notes and short biographies.

For teaching, performance, and competitions.

SKU: PE.EP73225

ISBN 9790577015675. 232 x 303mm inches. English.

Violinist Simon Fischer, renowned throughout the world for his highly praised string methods, now presents brilliant and idiomatic transcriptions for violin and piano of famous works from the classical repertoire. Perfect as encores or as part of a mixed recital, these arrangements of pieces by Dowland, Purcell, Rossini, Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Chopin and Johann Strauss II will delight audiences and provide satisfying playing material for violinists.

• Eight highly effective violin transcriptions, repertoire fromJohn Dowland to Johann Strauss II
• Idiomatic violin parts demonstrating virtuoso potentialof instrument
• Ossia alternatives for technically challenging moments
• Video performances by Simon Fischer are available online