Composer: Franz Joseph HaydnEditor: Ullrich Scheideler
Written for orchestra in 1786, Haydn also made a version of The Seven Last Words of Christ for string quartet and later adapted the work as an oratorio. Although he did not write it, Haydn praised t
Haydn's last piano work is also considered to be his most famous single work for this instrument. The minor theme is filled with emotional depth: “a melancholy andante in F minor, with variations, as only a ge
Composer: Joseph HaydnEditor: Sylvia Hewig-Tröscher
Contents: Allegretto in G Major after music from La vera costanza • Allegretto and Presto after music from String Quartet No. 29 in G Major, Hob. III:41 (IV) • Largo assai after music from String Quart
Time and again, Chopin succeeded in giving different piano music genres their own individual characters, whether etudes, preludes, waltzes, scherzi or nocturnes. The Irishman John Field had already com
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Although people might like to think that the “English Suites” were composed after the “French Suites” (HN 71), “the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of
Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Although people might like to think that the “English Suites” were composed after the “French Suites” (HN 71), “the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of the musical language of
Composer: Joahnn Sebastian BachEditor: Rudolf Steglich
Although people might like to think that the “English Suites” were composed after the “French Suites” (HN 71), “the temperamental and in part virtuoso flow of these Suites is more characteristic of
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachEditor: Rudolf Steglich
The “Goldberg” Variations are without a doubt the most important piano cycle of the 18th century. Only Beethoven's “Diabelli” Variations from the 19th century can be compared to them as far their fa
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachEditor: Rudolf Steglich
This edition with over 50 pages contains the universally known selection of easy preludes and little fugues that has proved extremely successful in teaching the piano. Bach's sons, with Wilhelm Frie
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachEditor: Ernst-Günter Heinemann
Bach gave his wife Anna Magdalena two handwritten books of music. The second one is of particular value with its gilt-edged, vellum-covered binding. In this little book of 1725 he noted dow
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachEditor: Rudolf Steglich
Each one of Bach's six Partitas features seven great single movements, predominantly in the sequence: Präludium, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, [two free dances], Gigue. These partitas can justifia
Composer: Johann Sebastian BachEditor: Rudolf Steglich
Each one of Bach's six Partitas features seven great single movements, predominantly in the sequence: Präludium, Allemande, Courante, Sarabande, [two free dances], Gigue. These partitas can justifia
