Schott Musik

The popular 'Flight of the Bumblebee' by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov is a welcome opportunity for every musician to demonstrate his or her technical skills. The Russian composer-pianist Alexander Rosenbla...

Die Sammlung enthält Originalstücke von J.S. Bach, W.Fr. Bach, Händel, Rameau, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven und Daquin, und zwar die leichtesten, die von diesen Komponisten bekannt sind. Die Stücke sind c...

Das Thema, das Weber als Grundlage zu den vorliegenden Variationen (Kompositionsjahr: 1804) diente, stammt aus der Oper Samori des Abbé Vogler, bei dem er in Wien von 1803 bis 1804 Schüler war. Die Va...

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 pi...

Amongst the lesser known works by Schumann, his piano pieces evidence of the previous masters that he studied. He was heavily influenced by both Bach and Beethoven. We can clearly see Bach's influence...

In 2012, I composed a set of variations (originally for orchestra and subsequently arranged for two pianos in 2013 ) based on one of Wagner's most inspired and haunting melodies, the 'alte Hirtenweise...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold gave this waltz to his wife Luzi who was a Chopin lover as a present on her 46th birthday in 1949. Since Luzi was a brilliant expert on Chopin's oeuvre, her husband not only im...

The Easy Concert Pieces series presents easy piano pieces for beginners in progressive order. Three volumes have already been published. These pieces are intended to complement a piano tutorial method...

This sonata is articulated in three movements built on Basque themes. The Obertura, presents in a powerful and solemn setting the melody of 'Agur Jaunak'. The Nocturno, is a slow and expressive variat...

Nicolai Kapustin's Piano Sonata No. 8 Op. 77 was composed in 1995. In this single-movement work he develops three contrasting themes: a rhapsodic, Scriabinesque opening section, a quirky, offbeat sche...