Universal Edition

Jugendwerke und Stilfindung Franz Schreker war kein ausgebildeter Pianist und Klaviermusik stand nicht im Zentrum seines Schaffens, doch in seinen rund fünfzig Liedern sowie in unzähligen Kammermusik,...

Pianist and composer Marvin Wolfthal has adapted the music of Alban Berg's opera Lulu for a piano fantasy, working his way through Acts I, II, and the Suite to find fragments that seemed convincing an...

Pugno-Ausgaben

Melodische Stücke, op. 138 für Piano solo

From the composer: 'I first played music by Morton Feldman in 1959 with David Tudor. What fascinated me most about Feldman was his sensitive, gentle way of handling pitches. I found that again in Mari...

This new edition of Martin's 8 Préludes benefits from research and editing by Paul Badura-Skoda. He includes a letter from Martin which outlines several points on performance, along with a critical re...

The Klavierstücke (UE036020) and Preludes both appear on a 2004 3-CD boxed set Wolfgang Rihm Klavierwerke 1966-2000, as recorded by Udo Falkner for Telos. Rihm's music defies categorization - reviewer...

Für Bariton und Klavier.

Peter Bartók casts a fresh eye on the Petite Suite, originally published as an excerpt of five pieces from the composer's 44 Duos for Two Violins (1938). A 1943 second publication added a sixth piece,...

With an output of over 400 compositions, it helps to get an early start! Universal Edition presents a 1967 piano set from then-15-year-old Wolfgang Rihm, who would become one of Europe's leading light...

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...