Three Impromptus

Par KAPUSTIN NIKOLAI. Nikolai Kapustin composed 3 Impromptus Op. 66 in 1991. The first Impromptu is alternately declamatory and playful with frequent changes in mood and tempo. No. 2 ('Allegro meccanicamente') starts with a highly syncopated section which leads to a big main theme. The third piece is characterized by the three jazz improvisation sections that follow the opening theme. / Niveau : Avancé / Répertoire / Piano

D. 946-These three little known pieces are often referred to in catalogues as the Drei Klavierstücke which Schubert apparently intended to be part of another group of Impromptus. Whilst all are lively and bright they contrast sharply and deserve to be placed amongst Schubert's finest works.

Sonata for Piano N 5 /Three Romances Without Words op. 17 N 52 / Mazurka N 8 / Prelude [and Fugue] N 17 / Gavotte N 14 / Short Pieces op. 84 N 147 / Mazurka op. 32 N 75 / Five Impromptus. Par FAURE GABRIEL. Centering on the important series of the “Impromptus”, the collection of “Pièces brèves”, and the “Trois Romances sans paroles”, the present volume also gathers piano works by Gabriel Fauré that are either unpublished or little-known. It is of additional interest insofar as it draws attention to a series of pieces dating from his earliest creative period. The young composer’s progress can thus be followed, from his student work at the “École de musique classique et religieuse” to the earliest masterpieces for piano born between 1875 and 1880. These scores show Fauré’s ability to imitate styles of the past, crafting preludes and fugues, a sonata in the Viennese tradition, and character pieces deriving straight from Mendelssohn, Schumann, and Chopin. Through them, a musical personality emerges little by little: its signs are tenuous in the “Sonate”, in the early versions of the “Fugues”, and in the “Trois Romances”, but they are more in evidence in the “Mazurke”, the “Gavotte”, and the “Prélude” in E minor. Of his early compositions, Fauré, to be sure, retained only what is included in this volume, namely those pieces which he deemed most personal and suitable for publication. All of these compositions are remarkable for their individual flavour. Despite the diverse origin of its constituent parts the contrasted “Pièces brèves” collection is unjustly neglected, as it forms an ensemble of high quality, with a search for concision that anticipates the “Neuf Préludes”. Next to the “Nocturnes” and “Barcarolles”, the five “Impromptus”, vigorously crafted between 1881 and 1906, show a composer with ever increasing creative powers who crosses borders in the pursuit of his artistic ideas. Beside the first versions of the 3rd “Romance” and two “Pièces brèves”, the appendices to the present volume include the interesting piano solo version of the “Pavane” doubtlessly penned by the composer, as well as the cadenzas to piano concertos by Beethoven and Mozart which he wrote for his students and, later, for the pianist Marguerite Hasselmans. These cadenzas’ originality has aroused the interest of pianists again and again./ Recueil / Piano

Book/CD Pack-Book/CD Pack. This collections for Bassoon was personally selected and performed by world-famous performing artist and educator Leonard Sharrow. On the accompanying CDs the first track features the solo performance with piano accompaniment and the second track is the piano accompaniment only. Edited by Linda Rutherford. Contents: Two Sketches (Siennicki) · Chanson Triste (Tchaikovsky) · Arioso and Humoreske (Weissenborn) · Three Baroque Dances (Boismartier) · Sonata No. V (Galliard) · Romanze (Siennicki) · Menuetto (Beethoven) · Two Impromptus (Siennicki).

Description Twenty-Three favourite Pieces in Piano arrangements. Fun-to-play, pedagogically sound arrangements include the theme from the 'Raindrop' Prelude, 'Minute' Waltz, the charming 'Lullaby', and melodic highlights from the most familiar Preludes, Mazurkas, Waltzes, Impromptus and Etudes. Songlist A Late Nocturne (Op.55 No.1) An Early Nocture (Op.9 No.2) An Elegant Chopin Melody (Prelude Op.28 No.7) Ballade No.1 In G Minor Op.23 Ballade No.2 In F Op.38 Etude (Carcassi, Matteo) Etude Op.10 No.3 Fantasie-impromptu Op.66 'heroic' Polonaise Op.53 Lullaby (Berceuse Op.57) Marche Funebre From Op.35 Mazurka In C Op.33 No.3 Mazurka In F Op.68 No.3 Mazurka In G Minor Op.Post.67 No.2 Military Polonaise (Op.40 No.1) [Chopin, Frederic] Prelude In A Op.28 No.7 Prelude In C Minor Op.28 No.20 Prelude In D Flat 'Raindrop' Op.28 No.15 Scottish Dance Op.72 No.3 Troisieme Mazurka Waltz In A Flat Op.69 No.1 Waltz In A Minor Op.34 No.2 Waltz In D Flat (Minute Waltz) Op.64 No.1

The Composer Portraits series offers unique and original monographs on individual composers. Text and music introductions written by experts are combined with carefully chosen selections of newly-engraved music to give a concise but informed overview of the life and work of each composer. This edition focuses on the life and works of the English composer Lennox Berkeley . With notes by Michael Berkeley and Peter Dickinson. / Piano