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This ambitious sonata in four movements is a progressive step upwards from Hartmanns first sonata with its more sophisticated treatment of modality and form. The technical range of the piece remains within the grasp of the intermediate pianist but......

Stephen Heller was a Hungarian pianist and composer. His works are praised in particular for their rich melodies and attention to rhythmic detail. 3. Klaviersonate is a suite of three pieces (plus finale) for solo piano, which are full of life, ch......

Stephen Heller was a Hungarian pianist and composer. His works are praised in particular for their rich melodies and attention to rhythmic detail. Bolero is no exception, featuring a wonderful melodic lines, with traditional bolero rhythms permeat......

Siegfried Langgaard was a Danish pianist, composer and philosopher of music. His highly pianistic style and complex harmonic language can be clearly seen within this Romantische Phantasie , inspired by the opening passages of Hans Christian Anders......

Charming and delightful are just two of the adjectives used to describe this Fantasia from the Czech pianist and composer, a true representative of the generation between the Classical and Romantic eras. In adapting Neukomms Midnight Review and Th......

Composer, organist, conductor and pedagogue, Gabriel Pierné achieved success in every compositional style, and championed many important seminal performances of his contemporaries under his conductors baton. The Album für meine kleinen Freunde is ......

The ability of music to tell stories is exemplified in Reineckes Märchengestalten, where the worlds of fantasy and fairytale are evoked from the title itself. Combining the talents of pianist, composer, and teacher, with those of painter and poet,......

Reinecke was a versatile artist in the broadest sense that combined his talents as pianist, composer, and teacher with those of painter and poet. His Ten little fantasies on German Kinderlieder is a charming set of arrangements on popular pieces t......

Tomásek was a Czech pianist, teacher and composer, who wrote a large number of piano works during his lifetime. Tre Ditirambi is a collection of three highly virtuosic, dramatic pieces, exploring a wide range of styles and fully exploiting the ran......

The virtuoso pianist and pedagogue Carl Czerny remembered for his incendiary technical prowess chose the path towards becoming a fully fledged composer early on, turning his back on the glamour of the celebrity lifestyle enjoyed by other virtuosi ......

The Sonata No. 1 in F-major was assigned the opus No.1, and represents the first work of the composer that appeared in print. In the allusion to the aria of Figaro from Mozarts opera Le Nozze di Figaro that Woelfl included in the first movement Al......

The Sonata No. 2 in G-major is part of the oeuvre that was assigned the Opus No. 1, and represents the first work of the composer that appeared in print. In the variation part of the two-movement sonata Woelfl once more stands out as a master of ......

In his adaptation for piano four-hands of Mozarts Requiem dating from 1828, Czerny made his contribution to the heated discussion of the time concerning the authenticity of the original work. He made a clear statement by dedicating the composition......

Capturing the essentially trochaic inflections of Hungarian speech with the knowing temperament of a native (Ms de Toth is full blood Hungarian) she lays out the keyboard songs with the patrician air of an old storyteller at a family gathering. 6......

June de Toth''s interpretation of Bartók''s solo piano music is decidedly her own. She expresses a lyrical and romantic vision of his early poetic works, which were very much influenced by the French impressionist composer Claude Debussy. 27 MP3 ......

BARTOK AS YOU''VE NEVER HEARD IT BEFORE June de Toth performs Bartok''s greatest piano works with an intensity, tonal color, and understanding that are unforgettable. A history making event that is creating international attention. 37 MP3 S......

Modern, fresh, unique NEW AGE electronic synthesizer and acoustic instrumental CD, one hour in length approximately, of 34 short music compositions by modern living USA composer, John David Thomas (John Thomas) from Indianapolis, INdiana 46280-193......

Hot, danceable ragtime 19 MP3 Songs in this album (63:39) ! Related styles: JAZZ: Ragtime, JAZZ: Dixieland People who are interested in Scott Joplin Fats Waller James P. Johnson should consider this download. Details: Ragtime Dance Party Wit......

Delightful Ragtime Songs by America''s top composers 17 MP3 Songs in this album (63:46) ! Related styles: JAZZ: Ragtime, JAZZ: Big Band People who are interested in Judy Garland Ruth Etting should consider this download. Details: Hello, Frisc......

Eclectic Jazz that depicts a world in which paying attention to ourselves,each other and the universe while playing reveals a possibility of beauty meaning and hope for everyone. 9 MP3 Songs in this album (77:06) ! Related styles: JAZZ: Modern Cr......