PARTITIONS GRATUITES :
- 3 Hungarian Sketches

Edited by Denes Agay. For piano. Format: piano solo book. With fingerings, introductory text, biographical sketches of composers and glossary of musical terms. Romantic period. 244 pages. 9x12 inches. Published by Yorktown Music Press.

Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ14505A

Suppl. 10. By Adrienne Kaczmarczyk_Ágnes Sas. By Franz Liszt. EMB New Listz Edition. Book Hardcover. Composed 2014. 224 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ14505A. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (BT.EMBZ14505A).

English-German-Hungari an.

Of the early versions of works included in this volume the first versions of the notably popular Consolations cycle and Grand solo de concert (published in 1850) are of particular interest. In the first version of Consolations the third movement was a style hongrois piece whose thematic material was later used by Liszt in his Hungarian Rhapsody No. 1 (published in 1851). The first version of Grand solo de concert shows that the work did not originally include a slow middle section to be recapitulated towards the end as seen in the final version. This is a characteristically Lisztian feature that would reappear a few years later in his Sonata in B minor. A detailed preface inHungarian, English, and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles, and critical notes, makes this volume of the New Liszt Edition an important publication of immense scholarly value. Along with the cloth-bound Complete Edition, a paperback version for practical use has also been published. This edition's contents are identical to those of the hardcover edition with the exception that the critical notes are not included.

Of the early versions of works included in Supplementary Volume 10, particular interest is expected in the first versions of the notably popular Consolations cycle and the monumental Grand solo de concert of 1850. In the first version of Consolationsthe third movement was a style hongrois piece whose thematic material Liszt used again later in the first piece of the Hungarian Rhapsodies published in 1851. The first version of the Grand solo de concert shows that the original concept did notinclude the slow “movement” that would be placed in the middle of the work and recapitulated towards the end in the final version - a characteristically Lisztian feature that would reappear a few years later in the Sonata in B flat minor.A detailed preface in Hungarian, English and German, including new research results, numerous manuscript facsimiles and critical notes make this volume of the New Liszt Edition a specially important publication of scholarly value. Simultaneously withthe Complete Edition volume in colth-bound, its paperback for practical purposes is also published, the contents of which, except for the critical notes, is identical with the Complete Edition volume.

Von den im vorliegenden Band veröffentlichten Werkversionen dürften der außerordentlich populäre Consolations-Zyklus sowie die Erstfassung des 1850 entstandenen Grand solo de concert (Großes Konzertsolo) auf besonderes Interesse stoßen. In der ersten Fassung der Consolations stand an dritter Stelle noch ein Stück im ungarischen Stil, dessen Thematik Liszt später im 1851 herausgegebenen 1. Stück der Ungarischen Rhapsodien verwendete. Die erste Version des Großen Konzertsolos belegt, dass der in der Mitte der Komposition angelegte und kurz vor Ende rekapitulierte langsame Teil, welcher zum typisch Lisztschen Element der endgültigen Fassung des Konzertsolos - und einige Jahre späterauch der H-Moll-Sonate - wird, noch kein Bestandteil der ursprünglichen Konzeption war.

Composed by Bela Bartok (1881-1945). Edited by Hywel Davies. BH Piano. Classical. Softcover with CD. 52 pages. Boosey and Hawkes #M060131998. Published by Boosey and Hawkes (HL.48023789).

Piano

SKU: BT.EMBZ1765

Composed by Bela Bartok. Book Only. Composed 1955. 12 pages. Editio Musica Budapest #EMBZ1765. Published by Editio Musica Budapest (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).

By Bela Bartok. For Piano. Piano Collection. Kalmus Edition. Masterwork. Book. 104 pages. Published by Alfred Publishing.

The Piano Bench of Easy Classical Music arranged by Amy Appleby. For Piano Solo. Music Sales America. Classical. Softcover. 400 pages. Music Sales #AM967549. Published by Music Sales