Chester Music

Witold Lutos awski was a preeminent Polish musician during his last three decades and one of the major European composers of the 20th century. In the political whirlwinds of the second half of the cen...

Work for Piano composed in 1944.

These variations are based on the concept of Beethoven's 32 variations in C Minor. In Beethoven's work, all the variations are eight bars long, without any changes in tempi or time signature. Each var...

The King Of France is a set of variations on the tune El Rey De Francia. There is a hint of the tune's Spanish background in the dry, brittle textures of some of the the later variations. The work was...

Crystalline' was commissioned by Tomoko Yazawa, who gave the first performance in 1988. The piece comprises of seven short sections. B flat and E are used as axes throughout the work. , and a glassy,...

Masterpieces of the 20th century arranged for piano solo, including Barber's 'Adagio For Strings' and Holst's 'Venus' from The Planets.

Masterpieces of the 20th century arranged for piano solo, including 'Nimrod' from Elgar's Enigma Variations and Falla's 'Ritual Fire Dance'.

Masterpieces of the 20th century arranged for piano duet, including Stravinsky's 'Ragtime' and Holst's 'Jupiter' from The Planets.

Over 100 pages of all-time favourites including 'Chanson De Matin', 'Arrival Of The Queen Of Sheba', 'Golliwog's Cake-Walk' and many more.

Peter Maxwell Davies wrote this set of six short pieces in 1993 as a gift for a friend (a double bass player and composer from the BBC Philharmonic)who was celebrating the birth of his daughter. Despi...

The second of two albums of piano music by Manuel de Falla, including a range of original piano pieces as well as Falla's own arrangements of his best-known works. Suitable for advanced pianists.

A selection of sensual, romantic music from the CD. Seventeen piano solos from the great composers. Includes the music of Debussy, Ravel, Satie and Chopin.

Written by Robert Saxton in 1988 for piano, left hand only. 'The Chacony was commissioned by the Aldeburgh Festival and first performed there in 1988 by the American pianist Leon Fleisher. In rising t...

A complex and challenging Piano Sonata composed by Carl Vine for the Sydney Dance Company in 1991. The piece was first performed by Michael Harvey in North Melbourne in June 1991. The music is full of...

A selection of beautiful and inspiring movements from the world's greatest piano works. Some of the most beautiful piano music in the world is to be found in introspective slow movements, nocturnes, e...

This volume reflects two aspects of Lord Berners' work. Firstly his solo piano pieces from the period of the First World War, and secondly the applied music for films, plays or ballets of his later ye...

This work was commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. It was first performed on 7th November 1997 at the Royal Conference Hall, Nottingham, by Kathryn Stott and the Royal Philharmonic Orches...

Dichtotomie was intended to be composed in the January 2000 as a surprise new work for Gloria Cheng in Los Angeles, but wasn't finished until the following summer. It lasts a total of 17 minutes and i...

The official ITV World Cup 2002 Theme. Taken from Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly', this aria has been given a reworking by popular classical stars the Opera Babes, and used for the television coverage of...

Play the world's most dynamic and spirited classical and film music specially arranged for the Solo Piano. Includes the 'Finale' from 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky and 633 Squadron. For Intermediate le...

Written originally for the Russian Piano teacher Wladimir Horbowski, the manuscript for this piece has been missing from Henze's archives for any years before being rediscovered in 2003. The piece is...

A selection of original music from the 'Three Colours' movie trilogy, arranged for Solo Piano.

Released in 2005, the album Once Around The Sun is the outcome of Joby Talbot 's residency with Classic FM. During his year in residence, Talbot composed a new piece of music each month, scored for up...