It was the ?Slavonic Dances for Piano Duet? op. 46 which brought Antonín Dvorák unexpected international fame. An unerring business instinct led Fritz Simrock, at the beginning of 1878, to ask the Czech composer for some works for piano duet into which Dvorák incorporated musical themes from where he grew up. Following in the footsteps of Brahms?s ?Hungarian Dances?, Dvorák refrained from a literal portrayal of individual kinds of dance. As a result, he created unique masterpieces of European music for domestic use and concert performance.'
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This edition of both series of the ?Slavonic Dances? is based on the ?Complete Edition of the Works of Antonín Dvorák?. The main sources are the first editions published by Simrock.'
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- Separate editions of these works based on the ?Complete Edition of Antonín Dvorák's Works?, vol. V/5'
- New forewords (Cz/Eng/Ger) by Hans-Joachim Hinrichsen and Ivana Rentsch'
- Newly engraved in score format / [Danses Slaves pour Piano 4 Mains Opus 72] / Classique / Partition /

An authoritative urtext edition of Brahms' Hungarian Dances WoO 1 books 1-4 comprising dances 1-21 all written for Piano Duet. Edited by Walter Georgii.

In 1878 Dvorák was commissioned to write something along the lines of Brahms?s ?Hungarian Dances? but using the sounds of his native country. The resulting eight ?Slavonic Dances? led to hisinternational breakthrough. ?Furiant? ?polka? ?soudeská?: all are written with consummate mastery and dazzling formal sophistication. Although the ?Slavonic Dances? also became popularin orchestral arrangement they were originally written for Piano four-hands. Yet the musical text Dvorák released for publication was anything but ideal. Now to honour the centennial of his death we are presenting hisoriginal version with a detailed commentary on the work?s sources and editorial problems. The fingering always a delicate matter in duet playing has been entrusted to Andreas Groethuysen with results that will prove a boon toperformers everywhere.

Béla Bartók's series of piano pieces For Children, based on folk melodies, was written around the end of the first decade of the 20th century. The pieces were published shortly afterwards by the Hungarian publisher Károly Rozsnyai. That first publication was in four volumes, the first two containing a total of 42 pieces based on Hungarian folk tunes, the third and fourth containing 43 pieces based on Slovakian folk tunes.In 1943, whilst in the United States, Bartók prepared a revised version of the collection for the publishers Boosey and Hawkes. The revisions were minimal: two Hungarian and four Slovakian songs were eliminated, there were a few minor alterations incorporating new ideas, some of the pieces previously written with accidentals had key signatures added, a few pieces were rewritten with changed meters - some fingerings were added or changed.The composer prepared the revised 1943 edition by using copies of the first edition on which he marked minor changes - where the changes were more extensive, fresh manuscript was written and a new version engraved. However, much of the engraving of the first edition was preserved in the 1943 edition. Publication took place in 1946, after the composer's death - it is not known if he saw final proofs prior to printing.The revised edition was published in two volumes, which now have been published together as one volume for the first time. / Piano

for 4 violoncellos. Sommarie: 1) Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich: Hymn of the Cherubim 2) Gesualdo, Carlo: Gagliarda del Principe di Venosa 3) Kossovits József: Slow Hungarian Dance (1794) 4) De Swert, Jules: Elegy/ Répertoire / 2 Violoncelles ou Plus

from Hungarian Dances-Dance No. 5 from the famous Hungarian Dances by Johannes Brahms in an arrangement for various wind ensembles.

Cziffra's transcriptions of -- Brahms: Hungarian Dances Nos. 1-6, 8-10, 12-13, 16-17, 19, 21; Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee: J. Strauss: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka; Vecsey: La valse triste; La Fantasie Roumaine (original composition)
'My most important desire and wish was to one day give my experience with the piano over to each pianist, and future young performer. But I have never seen myself as a teacher in the general meaning of the word. Rather I have seen in myself someone who sheds light, one who directs with a small lamp those similar to himself. My intentions may appear presumptuous to some, but it is what I have found my calling to be. ' - Gyorgy Cziffra. / Classique / Partition / Broché /

for Intermediate Piano. BACH: Air on the G String - Badinerie, BWV 1067 - Allegro, BWV 1048 - Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Sheep May Safely Graze - Toccata and Fugue, BWV 565 · BEETHOVEN: Theme from Piano Concerto No. 5 (Emperor) - Theme from Symphony No. 3 (Eroica) - Theme from Symphony No. 5 - Theme from Symphony No. 7 - Theme from Symphony No. 9 · BIZET: Habanera from Carmen · BOCCHERINI: Minuet from String Quintet, Op. 11, No. 5 · BORODIN: Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2 · BRAHMS: Hungarian Dance, WoO 1, No. 5 - Lullaby, Op. 49, No. 4 · CLARKE: Trumpet Voluntary · DVORÁK: Theme from Symphony No. 9 (From the New World) · ELGAR: Nimrod from Enigma Variations - Pomp and Circumstance · FAURÉ: Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 - Pavane, Op. 50 · FRANCK: Panis angelicus · GLUCK: Dance of the Blessed Spirits from Orfeo ed Euridice · GOUNOD: Ave Maria adapted from Prelude in C Major, BWV 846 by JS Bach · GREIG: Anitra's Dance from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Morning from Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 - Norwegian Dance, Op. 35, No. 2 · HANDEL: Air from Water Music, HWV 348 - Allegro from Water Music, HWV 349 - Allegro from Water Music, HWV 348 - The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba from Solomon - Bourrée from Flute Sonata, HWV 363b - Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah - Largo from Serses · HAYDN: Theme from String Quartet, Op. 3, No. 5 - Theme from Symphony No. 94, Hob I:94 (Surprise) · LEHAR: Waltz from The Merry Widow · MASSENET: Meditation from Thaïs · MENDELSSOHN: Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream - Wedding March from A Midsummer Night's Dream · MOZART: Ave Verum Corpus - Theme from Clarinet Concerto - Theme from Eine kleine Nachtmusik - Lacrimosa from Requiem - Theme from Piano Concerto No. 21 - Theme from Symphony No. 40 - Theme from Symphony No. 41 · Offenbach: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann - Can-Can from Orpheus in the Underworld · PACHELBEL: Canon in D · PARRY: Jerusalem · PUCCINI: Musetta's Waltz from La bohème - Un bel dì vedremo from Madame Butterfly - Vissi d'arte from Tosca · RACHMANINOFF: Theme from Piano Concerto No. 2 · RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: Flight of the Bumblebee - Song of India - The Young Prince and the Young Prince from Scheherazade · SAINT-SAËNS: Danse macabre - The Swan from The Carnival of the Animals · SCHUBERT: Ave Maria - Serenade · SOUSA: The Stars and Stripes

?No opus number? is what Johannes Brahms gave his astonished publisher to understand when he offered him the Hungarian Dances for publication in 1869. He placed a great deal of importance on the factthat he had merely ?set? popular Hungarian melodies and not composed new works as such. As true as this reservation is it did not affect the success of these works. The Hungarian Dances are today withouta doubt amongst Brahms? best-known compositions. Brahms himself made an arrangement of the dances 1 10 originally for Piano four hands for solo Piano. Henle are now publishing a revised version of theseimpressive pieces with the up-to-date text in the new Brahms Complete Edition. Rolf Koenen?s fingerings provide the best possible help for mastering these complex works.