Universal Edition

Universal Edition presents two sets of demanding piano works by pre-eminent and prolific post-war German composer Wolfgang Rihm. Telos Records notes that . . . Rihm's music is unpredictable, with wide...

Ten new pieces for piano inspired by masterpieces in the Louvre

The Mauricio Kagel Composition Competition was held for the second time in 2013. Its goal is to solicit the best in contemporary writing for piano, yet within reach of young piano students. 258 compos...

It has always been a challenge to write educational piano pieces that can stand on their own and be appreciated as musical works of art in addition to their pedagogical purpose. The aim is to combine...

The present edition 'K2019' was realised in cooperation with the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Edited by Johannes Marian and Albert Sassmann it publishes three remarkable composition...

In a moving piece for piano the Luxembourgian pianist and composer David Ianni bids farewell to Grand Duke Jean of Luxembourg. As a tribute, Ianni has woven the Grand Duke's family anthem into the mus...

Egon Wellesz 'Sechs Klavierstücke' op. 26, gleichsam sechs eher kurze Charakterstücke, sind ganz im Geist der atonalen Werke der Schönberg-Schule geschrieben; so sticht im ersten sogar die Terz als we...

Dreams of Love Transcriptions of three of Liszt's own songs: Hohe Liebe, Gestorben war ich, and O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst - the third is one of the best-known Romantic melodies.

This work, based on folk songs collected by the composer early in the twentieth century, was first published in the year 1918. The first publication contained the twenty pieces without requiring octav...