27 pieces on the lively sideInstrument : pianoNombre de Pages : 64Animations is a collection of pieces focusing on lively rhythms and sparkling, articulate music ' not all of it at faster tempos. There are goblins and grasshoppers, gypsies and witches; Grieg and Goldschmidt co-exist with Horne and Hummel; there is entertaining and sometimes unfamiliar music by Scarlatti, Schumann and Chopin. There is dance music a plenty, as you would expect in an album devoted to movement, and as well as a waltz and a mazurka, there is a gigue by Reger and a galop by Casella. Piano Moods is an exciting new piano series from Boosey and Hawkes. Each volume is devoted to a particular mood. The pieces chosen draw on Boosey and Hawkes' extensive collection of wonderful music as well as lesser-known gems from the past - some of them from surprising sources - and newly composed works.Content : Schumann: Gypsy Dance (from Drei Klavier-Sonaten für die Jugend op. 118 no. 3/iii) - Dorne: In seven (from Six Short Studies) - Mendelssohn: Song without words op. 102 no. 3 - Copland: The young pioneers - J. N. Hummel: Allegro (from Caprice op. 49) - Reger: Gigue (from Zehn kleine Vortragsstücke op. 44 no. 6) - Prokofieff: Procession of the grasshoppers (from Musiques d'enfants op. 65 no. 7) - C. Ph. E. Bach: Allegro assai (from Sonata Wq 55/II) - Schubert: Minuet no. 23 (from Zwanzig Menuette D 41) - Goldschmidt: Scherzo - Dunhill: A dulcimer tune - Kodály: Children's dance no. 11 - Tchaikovsky: The witch (from Album pour enfants op. 39 no. 20) - Davies: Piano piece no. 19 - Grieg: Tomorrow you will marry (from 19 Norske Fokeviser op. 66 no. 10) - D. Scarlatti: Sonate K 431 - Kullak: Playing in the fields op. 62 no. 4 - Benjamin: Haunted house - Schubert: Minuet no. 11 (from Zwanzig Menuette D 41) - Quilter: Goblins (from Country Pieces op. 27 no. 2) - Casella: Galop final (from Children's Pieces) - Heller: Study op. 47 no. 11 - Hofmann: 'Hungarian' (from Stimmungsbilder op. 88 no. 4) - Bartók: Winter solstice song (from Gyermekeknek (For Children)) - Mozart: Allegro (from Piano sonata K 282) - van Wilm: Butterfly op. 235 no. 2 - Couperin: Air in the Polish style (aus Ordre XX)

Fauré?s piano works are of central importance within his compositional oeuvre. He dedicated his ?Ballade?, composed in 1879, to his teacher Camille Saint-Saëns. Structurally and in terms of its lyrical character the work breaks from the genre?s epic form and takes on the traits of the sonata form. In 1881 Fauré arranged his ?Ballade? for piano and orchestra and the work was premiered in this new scoring.'
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Drawing on the most recent discoveries and comprehensive source research, the work is presented in a scholarly-critical Urtext edition. The publication, which is based on the ??uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré?, includes a detailed foreword and notes on performance practice.'
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- Published on the basis of ??uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré?'
- Incorporates the latest research and findings regarding the sources'
- Scholarly-critical Urtext edition with advice on performance practice'
- Detailed foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger)'
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Christophe Grabowski'
is a pianist and doctor of musicology who studied in Warsaw and in Paris. He edited, among other works, one volume of the ??uvres complètes de Gabriel Fauré?, two volumes of the ?Édition Complète des ?uvres de Claude Debussy?, and was the series editor for the new Chopin Complete Edition. In 2010, together with John Rink, he published the ?Annotated Catalogue of Chopin?s First Editions?. / [Ballade Opus 19] / Classique / Partition / Agrafé /