SKU: BT.EMBZ1765

'This music, moving even in its bleakness, is characterised by the complete absence of ornamentation. The arc of all four pieces [1. Adagio, 2. Andante, 3. Poco lento, 4. Assai andante] is similar: after beginning softly they reach a fortissimo climax, then sink back into numbing grief. Only the decidedly important melodic and harmonic elements are heard, pared down, occasionally reinforced with octave doubling. In the Adagio of the Second Piano Concerto Bartók was to return to this peculiar piano instrumentation. The lyricism and Hungarian turns of phrase of the second movement differ a little from the series: he orchestrated it with the title 'Melody' in 1931 as thecentral piece of the five-movement 'Hungarian Sketches'.' (HCD 32525 Bartók New Series Vol. 25, Somfai László).

SKU: FJ.H1023

ISBN 9781619282902. UPC: 241444411612. English.

Expertly edited and beautifully engraved, this is a new edition of Beethoven's four easiest sonatinas and sonatas. It preserves the intent of the original editions while adding a judicious amount of editing for the developing pianist. Includes: Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, No. 5; Sonatina in F Major, Anh. 5, No. 6; Sonata in G Minor, Op. 49, No. 1; and Sonata in G Major, Op. 40, No. 2.

SKU: BK.100-035-167

This present edition of Quatre Evocacions is a revision of a collection of four pieces for piano that I composed during the autumn of 1995. The work was awarded with the second prize at the Frederic Mompou Competition convoked by Juventuts Musicals of Barcelona and it was performed for the first time by Quim Bonal in August,1998 in the setting of the Peralada Festival (Girona, Spain). At that time the pianist was able to find, with great success and feeling, the poetics appropriate to the aesthetics of this work. Each piece has its own personality, with a fresh and spontaneous character and an improvisatory mood predominating in each of them.

SKU: HL.14003425

ISBN 9780711922778. 12.0x9.0x0.125 inches.

Arrangements of 26 favourite nursery rhymes with full colour illustrations and fascinating information on the pieces' origins. Specially designed for young children to be able to play themselves rather than just be played to. Suitable for pre-Grade 1 to Grade 1 pianists. Contents: Baa, Baa, Black Sheep * Girls and Boys Come Out to Play * Hey Diddle Diddle * Hot Cross Buns * I Love Little Pussy * Jack and Jill * Little Bo-Peep * London Bridge * London's Burning * One, Two, Three, Four, Five * Pop Goes the Weasel * Rock-a-Bye, Baby * Sing a Song of Sixpence * This Old Man * Three Blind Mice * Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star * Yankee Doodle * Lavenders Blue * Little Jack Horner * Pat a Cake * Polly Put the Kettle On * Pussy-Cat, Pussy-Cat * Hickory, Dickory Dock * Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush * Ring-a-Ring o Roses * Humpty Dumpty.