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Cuando Mendelssohn se enteró por su editor Nikolaus Simrock de que iba a recibir un honorario adicional por una parte de sus "Lieder ohne Worte", le agradeció efusivamente este regalo. Sin embargo, el...

Although it was only published in 1905, Debussy made it clear that this was an early work by writing the date of composition '1890” on the proofs. He had sold the manuscript, now lost, to the publishe...

This 'little Suite” was published in 1908 and was dedicated to the composer's then three-year old daughter: 'To my beloved little Chouchou with the tender excuses of her father for what follows below”...

After several single pieces and several smaller piano cycles, in 1910 the recently composed Préludes, Premier Livre was published. The title draws on a traditional form, following Chopin's example. In...

Alexander Scriabin occupies a special position among the Russian piano composers around the turn of the 19th to the 20th century. Already in his early works, he went beyond the Chopinesque traditions...

Bach's Six Partitas form what is presumably the most famous and challenging collection of suites in music history. Bach was aware of the weightiness of his cycle as he initially had these multi-moveme...

The genesis of one of Mozart's best-loved piano works, his Fantasy in d minor, is still shrouded in darkness. Even Mozart's sister, who came across the work in 1807 through the first edition, was asto...

In 1735 Bach published the Italian Concerto, presented here in a revised separate edition, together with the French Overture in the second part of his “Clavier Übung”. The two works were intended to r...

The first Prelude from volume I of the Well-Tempered Clavier is among the most-played pieces in the piano repertoire. Though it seems easy to play, this is misleading since the performer must build up...

In spring 1865 Brahms surprised his friends and acquaintances with 16 little waltzes for piano four-hands. He informed his friend the well-known critic Eduard Hanslick about this in April 1866, saying...

Johann Nepomuk Hummel fue uno de los pianistas más famosos de su época, capaz incluso de rivalizar con Beethoven. Entre sus numerosas composiciones para piano solo, destaca especialmente la Sonata en...

La «Serenata andaluza» de Manuel de Falla fue compuesta hacia 1900 y ya muestra el estilo característico del joven compositor: melodías inspiradas en el folclore español y ritmos andaluces animados se...

In 1836 Chopin introduced the term 'ballad' into piano music with the publication of his Ballad op. 23, although up to then it had only been used in literature and in vocal music. Indeed, all four of...

Fréderic Chopin's stay with George Sand on Mallorca in the winter 1838/1839 was ill-fated. Yet Chopin still managed to finish his 'Préludes” there which he had begun to compose in Paris. Today's inter...

Blue skies ahead for all music dealers and pianists: this new publication from the House of Henle follows up the huge success of its Jubilee Piano Album. For a highly affordable retail price this cros...

Compuesta en 1915 para la soprano coloratura Antonina Nezhdanova, la «Vocalise» sin letra de Rachmaninoff, con su tema fluido y melancólico, se convirtió rápidamente en un éxito mundial. Numerosos arr...

Tras la primera edición de la Serenata op. 8 para trío de cuerda de Beethoven, de 1797, surgieron en pocos años numerosos arreglos para una amplia variedad de formaciones que hoy en día son en gran pa...

Con el Concierto para clarinete en La mayor, K. 622, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart creó una de sus obras más íntimas y maduras: un legado tardío lleno de esplendor, calidez y profundidad lírica. El galardon...

The circumstances in which these poetic 'Soirée Pieces' (thus their original title) came into being are quite surprising. In 1849 Dresden was seized by violent political turmoil that ultimately forced...

Cualquiera que adore la Sonata para violonchelo de Rachmaninoff, tarde o temprano descubrirá a Nikolái Myaskovsky, una de las figuras más destacadas de la música soviética de principios del siglo XX....

A few years ago we published the 'Elephant' from the 'Carnival of the Animals'. The curtain now rises for a further performance: the proud and elevated solo of the 'Swan'. Charles-Joseph Lebouc organi...

Robert Fuchs (1847-1927), apodado en tono jocoso «el zorro de las serenatas» (fox significa «zorro» en alemán) por sus contemporáneos, como Johannes Brahms, es hoy en día un nombre prácticamente desco...

Los epítetos populares de las obras clásicas no suelen provenir del compositor, pero en el caso de la Sexta Sinfonía de Beethoven es diferente: «Sinfonía Pastoral o Recuerdos de la vida en el campo. «...

Along with Robert Schumann's identically titled op. 73, the Fantasiestücke of 1864 by the Danish composer Niels Wilhelm Gade are an essential part of the repertoire of all clarinettists. Gade lived in...

The circumstances in which these poetic 'Soirée Pieces' (thus their original title) came into being are quite surprising. In 1849 Dresden was seized by violent political turmoil that ultimately forced...