Terry Riley, most commonly associated with the minimalist and experimental schools of music, draws influence from a vast number of sources, including jazz and Indian classical music. In turn, his influence on contemporary composers and music in general is enormous, and with this collection of his Piano Works, you can learn a selection of his fascinating, hypnotic and simply stunning compositions for solo Piano.As one of the founders of western music's minimalist movement, Riley's works have been acclaimed as forays into ever-expanding loops of rhythm and melody, music that, instead of being listened to, immerses and envelops you. His early works, such as 'In C', spearheaded this innovative idea, beginning a career unmatched by other avant-garde composers. With The Piano Works, this collection of Terry Riley sheet music finally brings together some of his best-loved and most acclaimed works for solo Piano, like The Philosopher's Hand and Two Pieces For Piano.Featuring an extensive foreword by Terry Riley himself, this is not just a collection of sheet music, it's almost a work of art: a brilliant publication featuring some beautifully engraved music along with words by a genius composer. Riley gives a vast amount of fascinating biographical and compositional information about his included Piano Works, such as Keyboard Study #1 and #2, Be Kind To One Another (Rag) and The Heaven Ladder Book 7. At times humourous and always eloquent, his foreword tells the story of this composer's journey from humble Piano lessons to masterpieces and an unfathomable influence, it's just great. Finally, at the end of the book, a selection of facsimiles of Riley's own handwritten scores is included, letting you see what the music looks like from the man's own hand.As well as the foreword, there are introductory performance notes for each piece by pianist Sarah Cahill. These expound the techniques, skills and experience necessary to master each piece, but also simply provide some interesting reading before delving into the harmonic and rhythmic rabbit-hole that is Riley's Piano Works. Aside from the theoretical and academic joy that Terry Riley's music affords, the most immediate pleasure is the universal aesthetic beauty of the sounds that will emanate from your Piano as you play these wonderfully whirling and dynamic compositions.As a collection of sheet music, Terry Riley's Piano Works would make a wonderful addition to your music stand. As a book that will bring endless enjoyment to fans not just of Riley himself, but music in general, the foreword and performance notes combined with the magical music make a fantastic edition of a true master's masterpieces. / Piano

This superb 2CD collection of 40 masterpieces by 10 great composers features performances by the world's leading soloists and orchestras, including The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra. The audio CDs are accompanied by a specially produced book containing the same pieces for solo piano. Here is an opportunity to enjoy some of the world's most beautiful classical music, and to then sit down at the Piano and play them yourself using the accompanying folio. So if you're one of those people who feel like playing as well as listening, this is the collection for you! / Piano

An essential addition to your Piano library, this collection includes some of the greatest masterpieces by Hollywood and Broadway composer George Gershwin , arranged for solo Piano. The Essential Collection: Gershwin Gold includes songs from the much-loved musicals Porgy And Bess, Girl Crazy, The Goldwyn Follies, A Damsel In Distress and more. The book includes a Download Card, giving you instant online access to full recordings of each piece. / Piano

Twenty-nine evocative Piano solos to soothe, inspire and uplift your spirit, including popular hits of today and great classical masterpieces. All composed about water, enjoy tinkling away with your well-known favourites. / Piano

47 pieces by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Beethoven, Burgmüller, Chopin, Grieg, Gurlitt, Heller, Kuhlau, Kullak, Liszt, MacDowell, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Schumann, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the intermediate level in a slim, affordable volume. Includes - JS BACH: Invention #8 in F Major, BWV 779 - Prelude in C Major from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846 - BEETHOVEN: Six Variations on a Swiss Song, WoO 64 - BURGMÜLLER: L'adieu from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100, #12 - CHOPIN: Prélude in E minor, Op. 28, #4 - GRIEG: Arietta from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, #1 - HELLER: The Avalanche from 25 Melodious Etudes, Op. 45, #2 - LISZT: Gray Clouds - MACDOWELL: To A Wild Rose from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, #1 - MENDELSSOHN: Song Without Words in A Major, Op. 19, #4 - SCHUMANN: About Strange Land and People from Scenes from Childhood, Op. 15, #1 - TCHAIKOVSKY: Sweet Dreams from Album for the Young, Op. 39, #21 / Piano

PIANO SONATA NO. 4 from the years 1962?1964 is dedicated to the memory of Fiser?s friend, the pianist Antonín Jemelík, who died tragically. As a tribute to their friendship the composer incorporated into the introduction a quotation from their favourite work, Piano Sonata No. 10, Op. 70,by Alexander Scriabin. The tragedy of the death of the composer?s friend pervades the emotionally intense passage of unison octaves which follows the three-bar quotation. From a compositional point of view this work is a masterpiece of the mid-Sixties. Written as one movement, the piece is divided into numerous mutually contrasting segments which themselves are clearly grouped into two sections, exposition and development. The individual themes are introduced in the first section and thematically expanded in the second section. The motif treatment lies almost exclusively in the fragmenting or curtailing of the theme, or in the use of a combination of several themes, for the most part brief and eloquent. This compositional method, together with a clear-cut manner of execution, mainly semitonal melody and sharply contrastive dynamics, lends force and transparency to the piece. Piano Sonata No. 4 was completed in 1964 together with Symphonic Fresco, Concerto da camera for piano and orchestraand Fifteen Prints after Dürer?s Apocalypseand has earned its rightful place alongside them as masterpieces of Fiser?s ?uvre. The work was first performed by Pavel Stepán in Prague?s Rudolfinum in 1965. The new setting for this piece is based on the single edition to date (Panton, 1969) only with regard to a few inconsistencies in the score was it necessary to consult the composer?s manuscript (kept at the National Museum ? Czech Museum of Music, acquisition number 297/2006). H 7988, ISMN 979-2601-0447-1

46 pieces by CPE Bach, JS Bach, Bartók, Beethoven, Burgmüller, Clementi, Ellmenreich, Grieg, Gurlitt, Handel, Heller, Kullak, Petzold, Reinecke, Schumann, Streabbog, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the early intermediate level in a slim, affordable volume. Includes - ANONYMOUS: Musette in D Major, BWV Appendix 126 - BARTËK: Slovak Youth Dance from Ten Easy Pieces - BEETHOVEN: Sonatina in G Major, Anh. 5, #1 - BURGMÜLLER: L'arabesque from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies - CLEMENTI: Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, #1 - GRIEG: Watchman's Song from Lyric Pieces, Op. 12, #3 - SCHUMANN: selections from Album for the Young / Piano

The Bartók Performing Editions-Instruktive Ausgaben von Béla Bártok. Par BARTOK BELA. Bartók probably first played pieces by Domenico Scarlatti in public in 1911. During the next two decades he featured them in his piano recitals more than 60 times. His dedication to Italian and French Baroque music is also illustrated by the fact that in 1920, he signed a contract with the Budapest publisher Rozsnyai to edit seven volumes of Baroque keyboard music. His plan was to select compositions by Couperin and Rameau in addition to pieces by Scarlatti, but during the 1920s it ended up being only two volumes of Couperin and another two comprising ten compositions by Scarlatti. In editing these masterpieces, Bartók's aim was primarily to counterbalance or even overshadow the works by the 'Mendelssohn-Schumann epigones' used in primary and secondary musical education. The present single-volume collection comprises Bartók's two Scarlatti volumes, complete with an editorial preface, his detailed performing instructions, and his commentary. The editor recommends these compositions for pianists with at least five years' experience, and give practical recommendations for the grouping of individual items to form charming 'sonatina-like' sets of pieces./ Répertoire / Piano

Par DIVERS AUTEURS (ARR.HEUMANN HANS-GUENTER). Following the success of the first volume of Best of Piano Classics (ED 9060), Schott now presents another collection with a selection of 40 arrangements of popular classical masterpieces for the discerning amateur pianist to use over the years. The contents include great works from Bach to Gershwin, ranging from chamber music, symphonies and concertos through to opera. This selection of musical favourites presents the best known and loveliest pieces of classical music from the Baroque era through to the 20th Century, from 'Air' to 'Rhapsody in Blue'. With fingerings, tempo and pedal suggestions added, these appealing arrangements for advanced players are in easy to read modern printed scores. Recommended not only for tuition purposes, but for all those who enjoy playing the piano in their leisure time./ Répertoire / Piano

Have some fun jazzing up some Bach on your keyboard! As only he can, Phillip Keveren presents 15 unique interpretations of Bach masterpieces in this collection. Titles include: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147 - Menuet in G Major, BMV Anh. 114 - Musette in D Major, BWV Anh. 126 - Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BWV 847 - Sheep May Safely Graze, BWV 208 - Sleepers, Awake, BWV 140 - Toccata and Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565 - Two-Part Invention in a Minor, BWV 784 - and more. / Piano

The most popular collection of classical Piano music ever published. This authoritative volume contains over 140 selections, covering all fields of Classic, Romantic, Modern, Light, Sacred and Operatic music. / Rép International / Recueil / Piano

28 pieces by JS Bach, Bartók, Chopin, Debussy, Grieg, Liszt, Mendelssohn, Satie, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky. All are at the upper intermediate level in a slim, affordable volume. Includes - JS BACH: Prelude in D minor, BWV 935 - BARTÓK: Bear Dance from Ten Easy Pieces - CHOPIN: Prélude in D-flat Major Raindrop, Op. 28, #15 - Waltz in B minor, Op. 69, #2 (Posthumous) - DEBUSSY: Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum from Children's Corner - Rèverie - GRIEG: March of the Trolls from Lyric Pieces, Op. 54, #3 - LISZT: Consolation #3 from Consolations, MENDELSSOHN: Song Without Words in F-sharp minor, Venetian Boat-Song #2, Op. 30, #6 - SATIE: Three Gymnopédies - SCHUBERT: Moment musical in A-flat Major from Six moments musicaux, Op. 94, #2 / Piano

Reproduced from authoritative sources, this modestly priced compilation presents favorite piano works of the Romantic era. Unlike many other anthologies of music from the period, which vary widely in the quality of their content, this collection features works of consistent excellence. Intermediate and advanced pianists will find these carefully chosen pieces a splendid representation of Romantic keyboard works. Selections include Chopins Ballade No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 23, as well as Fantasie-Impromptu in C-sharp Minor, Op. 66 - Two Pieces from Tannhäuser and Lohengrin by Liszt: Rachmaninoffs Polichinelle from Morceaux de Fantaisie, Op. 3, No. 4 ('Punch'), and Sonata No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 28: and Schumanns Variationen über den Namen Abegg, Op. 1, and Studien nach Capricen von Paganini, Op. 3. / Piano