Four Preludes

All the preludes and études including many perfectly spun miniatures. Edited by K. N. Igumnov and Y. I. Mil'shteyn. Content : PRELUDES Op. 2, No. 2 in B Major For the Left Hand, Op. 9, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor 24 PRELUDES, OP. 11 Part I No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor Part II No. 7 in A Major No. 8 in F Sharp Minor No. 9 in E Major No. 10 in C Sharp Minor No. 11 in B Major No. 12 in G Sharp Minor Part III No. 13 in G Flat Major No. 14 in E Flat Minor No. 15 in D Flat Major No. 16 in B Flat Minor No. 17 in A Flat Major No. 18 in F Minor Part IV No. 19 in E Flat Major No. 20 in C Minor No. 21 In B Flat Major No. 22 in G Minor No. 23 in F Major No. 24 in D Minor SIX PRELUDES, OP. 13 No. 1 in C Major No. 2 in A Minor No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in E Minor No. 5 in D Major No. 6 in B Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 15 No. 1 in A Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Major No. 4 in E Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 16 No. 1 in B Major No. 2 in G Sharp Minor No. 3 in G Flat Major No. 4 in E Flat Minor No. 5 in F Sharp Major SEVEN PRELUDES, OP. 17 No. 1 in D Minor No. 2 in E Flat Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in B Flat Minor No. 5 in F Minor No. 6 in B Flat Major No. 7 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 22 No. 1 in G Sharp Minor No. 2 in C Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in B Minor TWO PRELUDES, OP. 27 No. 1 in G Minor No. 2 in B Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 31 No. 1 in D Flat Major/C Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in E Flat Minor No. 4 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 33 No. 1 in E Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in C Major No. 4 in A Flat THREE PRELUDES, OP. 35 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in B Flat Major No. 3 in C Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 37 No. 1 in B Flat Minor No. 2 in F Sharp Major No. 3 in B Major No. 4 in G Minor FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 39 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in D Major No. 3 in G Major No. 4 in a Flat Major Op. 45, No. 3 in E Flat Major FOUR PRELUDES, OP. 48 No. 1 in F Sharp Major No. 2 in C Major No. 3 in D Flat Major No. 4 in C Major Op. 49, No. 2 in F Major Op. 51, No. 2 in A Minor Op. 56, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 59, No. 2 TWO PRELUDES, OP. 67 No. 1 No. 2 FIVE PRELUDES, OP. 74 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 No. 5 ETUDES Op. 2, No. 1 in C Sharp Minor TWELVE ETUDES, OP. 8 Part 1 No. 1 in C Sharp Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in B Minor No. 4 in B Major No. 5 in E Major No. 6 in A Major Part II No. 7 in B Flat Minor No. 8 in A Flat Major No. 9 in G Sharp Minor No. 10 in D Flat Major No. 11 in B Flat Minor No. 12 in D Sharp Minor EIGHT ETUDES, OP, 42 No. 1 in D Flat Major No. 2 in F Sharp Minor No. 3 in F Sharp Major No. 4 in F Sharp Major No. 5 in C Sharp Minor No. 6 in D Flat Major No. 7 in F Minor No. 8 in E Flat Major Op. 49, No. 1 in E Flat Major Op. 56, No. 4 THREE ETUDES, OP. 65 No. 1 No. 2 No. 3

Gregory Stone has transcribed these three selected preludes for one piano-four hands. For much of his life George Gershwin sought to integrate the worlds of jazz and classical music. These pieces are not jazz improvisations but they do show something of the style of his own playing. Gershwin had intended to compose a set of twelve a sort of jazz Wohltemperierte Clavier but his unexpected death from a brain tumour at the age of 38 prevented this. At least seven survive (others may have ended up as songs) and this set of three as published form a satisfying unit. The first opens with a blue-note riff which forms the basis of the first theme.Contrasting material follows making use of a distinctive repeated note figure then the first idea reappears in a quasi-orchestral climax. The second prelude shows a curious kinship with Chopin???s A minor Prelude with its eerie accompaniment and hypnotic melody. The third exploits a similar major/minor ambivalence but dextrous syncopation gives it driving rhythmic energy.

Chopin's piano works are all absolutely essential in the repertoire of any aspiring pianist. The Preludes and Etudes are exquisitely beautiful examples of his genius. Features 52 pieces in all, including 25 Preludes — Op. 28, Nos. 1-24; Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 45. 27 Etudes — Op. 10, Nos. 1-12; Op. 25, Nos. 1-12; and Trois Nouvelles Etudes. Content : Twenty-four Preludes [Vingt-quatre Préludes pour le pianoforte] Op. 28 Prelude in C Major, Op. 28, No. 1 Prelude in A Minor, Op. 28, No. 2 Prelude in G Major, Op. 28, No. 3 Prelude in E Minor, Op. 28, No. 4 Prelude in D Major, Op. 28, No. 5 Prelude in B Minor, Op. 28, No. 6 Prelude in A Major, Op. 28, No. 7 Prelude in F-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 8 Prelude in E Major, Op. 28, No. 9 Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 10 Prelude in B Major, Op. 28, No. 11 Prelude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 28, No. 12 Prelude in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 13 Prelude in E-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 14 Prelude in D-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 15 (Raindrop) Prelude in B-flat Minor, Op. 28, No. 16 Prelude in A-flat Major, Op, 28, No. 17 Prelude in F Minor, Op. 28, No. 18 Prelude in E-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 19 Prelude in C Minor, Op. 28, No. 20 Prelude in B-flat Major, Op. 28, No. 21 Prelude in G Minor, Op. 28, No. 22 Prelude in F Major, Op. 28, No. 23 Prelude in D Minor, Op. 28, No. 24 Prelude Op. 45 Prelude in C-sharp Minor Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 10 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 1 Etude in A Minor, Op. 10, No. 2 Etude in E Major, Op. 10, No. 3 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 10, No. 4 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 5 (Black Key) Etude in E-flat Minor, Op. 10, No. 6 Etude in C Major, Op. 10, No. 7 Etude in F Major, Op. 10, No. 8 Etude in F Minor, Op. 10, No. 9 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 10 Etude in E-flat Major, Op. 10, No. 11 Etude in C Minor, Op. 10, No. 12 (Revolutionary) Twelve Etudes [Douze grandes Études] Op. 25 Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 1 (Aeolian Harp) Etude in F Minor, Op. 25, No. 2 Etude in F Major, Op. 25, No. 3 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 4 Etude in E Minor, Op. 25, No. 5 Etude in G-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 6 Etude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 25, No. 7 Etude in D-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 8 Etude in G-flat Major, Op. 25, No. 9 (Butterfly) Etude in B Minor, Op. 25, No. 10 Etude in A Minor, Op. 25, No. 11 (Winter Wind) Etude in C Minor, Op. 25, No. 12 Three New Etudes [Trois Nouvelles Études] Etude No. 1 in F Minor Etude No. 2 in A-flat Major Etude No. 3 in D-flat Major

Par NOURSE NANCY. The four preludes included in this collection are each based upon a tune associated with a particular time of the church calendar. The Lenten prelude, Meditation upon 'Forty Days and Forty Nights', likewise employs a theme with interpolations approach. The hymn tune, Heinlein, is most closely associated with the English text, 'Forty days and forty nights, Thou wast fasting in the wild'. However in the midst of this piece occur short musical representations of the three temptations. In the case of the Variations on an Old French Carol, its association is with both Easter in its text of 'Love is Come Again' and in its Christmas text of 'Noel Nouvelet' (or as sung in English, 'Sing We Now of Christmas'). The advent prelude, Meditation upon a Sarum Plainsong, uses the 7th century plainsong chant Conditor Alme Siderum as its basis, with frequent trope-like interpolations occurring between the phrases. Even more simply conceived, the rendering of the Victorian Christmas hymn, Once in Royal David's City. The first verse is played sweetly and simply, while harmonic material is added for verses two and three./ Répertoire / Flûte Traversière

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: Nikolai Kapustin (b. 1937) is an excellent jazz pianist arranger and composer. His piano sonatas are now published by Schott Music for the first time. Suitable for pianists looking for technically demanding pieces between modern and jazz music which sound like highly skilled yet notated improvisation. Kapustin's monumental set of Preludes and Fugues Op.82 completed in 1997 may well be the most important work written for piano in the genre since Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier and Shostakovich's 24 Preludes and Fugues Op.87. In this sprawling collection Kapustin combines his complete mastery of jazzidioms with a thorough assimilation of contrapunctal techniques like canon imitation inversion and augmentation. Ingenuously each prelude and fugue pair share their motivic material.

Edité par Alicia Zizzo. A definitive edition of all the Gershwin preludes. Also contains three extremely rare compositions. Prelude I - Prelude (Melody No.17) - Prelude (Rubato) - Prelude II (Blue Lullaby) - Prelude (Novelette in Fourths) - Prelude III (Spanish Prelude) - P (Used as 3rd movement of Concerto in F) - Prelude (Sleepless Night)

First performed in 1839 the Preludes by Chopin are among the most loved studied and performed of all Piano literature. In these brief works Chopin displays his poetic genius in capturing awide range of human emotions.A wide range of difficulty (intermediate to advanced) allows pianists to grow with the music over years of study. The spacious layout and practical fingerings are just two elements that makethese Keith Snell editions outstanding for use by students and amateur pianists.

The Well-Tempered Clavier Part I-The Well-Tempered Clavier was the title given to the book of twenty-four preludes and fugues in all the major and minor keys which was composed and compiled during Bachâ??s appointment in Kothen in 1722. Bach later wrote afurther twenty-four preludes and fugues and so the forty-eight preludes and fugues eventually became collectively known as the Well-Tempered Clavier Parts 1 And 2.Bach composed the Well-Tempered Clavier Part1 â??for the profit and use of musical youth desirous of learning and especially for the pastime of those already skilled in this study.â?? Even today these forty-eight preludes and fugues remain a necessity to all advancingpianists wishing to develop secure and perfect technique and technical control.The Well-Tempered Clavier is a major work of great breadth and depth and musical aesthetic and psychological diversity andcomplexity. This Urtext edition edited by Ernst-Gunter Heinemann and fingered by Andras Schiff provides you with an accurate realisation of the composerâ??s original intentions with thorough and detailed editorial markings andsuggestions.

Composed by Federico Mompou  Préludes Pour Piano is a set of four pieces with two hands for upper intermediate players. It covers the Preludes n°1 to 4 written in 1928. Each of these preludes is written on one to four pages and can be played separately. The first one is short to be played like a romance with chords only. The second one lasts longer and features distinctive parts starting with an energetic section followed by a sudden musical burst the rest of it being slower until the animated close. The third prelude is quite slow and very expressive while the last piece of this book is quite short and simple. Federico Mompou was a Spanish pianist and composer. He composed numerous pieces for Piano and some songs.