Musiche per strumenti

Mountains was commissioned by the Sydney International Piano Competition, 1981, with assistance from the Music board of Australia Council. It was first performed by Gabriella Pusner in Verbugghen Hall...

. . . succinct, effective character sketches whose coruscating arpeggios and great, crashing chordsdemand phenomenal technique and reward it with phenomenal music. Joseph McLellan, The Washington Post...

Germany - a land of rivers and mountains, folklore and fantasy. A land where magnificent castles stand guard over the Rhine, where the creatures of fairytales might still lurk in caverns and forests -...

"....I had the sound of Schubert sonatas in mind while I was writing the piece; ......I was aiming at the clarity and relative spareness of Schubert's textures. There is a lot of two part wri...

The two pieces last 4 minutes.

The first performance of 'Traced Overhead' was given by Imogen Cooper at the Pittville Pump Room, as part of the Cheltenham International Festival of Music on 20 July 1996.

Peter Sculthorpe brings you 'Three Pieces for Piano', which consists of, Djilie, Calllaboma and Simori. This is prepared for the solo piano.

This piece is an explosion of John Dowland's lute song 'In Darkness Let Mee Dwell' (1610). The first performance of 'Darkness Visible' was given by the composer at the Recital Hall, Franz Liszt's hous...

'A Little Book of Hours' draws together six pieces for the elementary pianist. Beautifully evocative and with powerful simplicity, the pieces reflect on a day in the life of Aboriginal people, journey...

"…a big 20-minute work, impeccably presented, crying out for a northern hemisphere protagonist – it is certainly an important piece." John York, Piano, May/June 1999

French Romantic Repertoire' introduces the pianist to a fascinating world of charm and sophistication; a music distinguished by its balance of logic and clarity with emotion. Here the piano works of t...

'Prayer Bell Sketch' was commissioned by Ms. Masako Okamura and Mr. Motoyuki Nakagawa in memory of Toru Takemitsu. Here is the 'prayer Bell Sketch' for the solo piano.

French Romantic Repertoire' introduces the pianist to a fascinating world of charm and sophistication; a music distinguished by its balance of logic and clarity with emotion. Here the piano works of t...

This is the second of two volumes of music from the big country. Following the success of 'French Romantic Repertoire' and 'Russian Romantic Repertoire', Stephen coombs has once again selected music f...

'Groove Lab' is a series designed for the development of jazz playing and improvisation skills. While the books are aimed at individual learning, they can be flexible and can also accommodate a large...

Are you football crazy? Are you football mad? Melissa Bastin, together with Pam Wedgwood, will help any aspiring beginner pianist with two great new books with the title Piano for the Young Football F...

This anthology of pieces for solo piano and piano duet has been written to accompany the childrens story 'Lion Boy' the tale of a boy who can speak Cat. A snapshot of the story is included alongside e...

Keynotes is a new series of essential piano repertoire from across the ages which has been carefully selected and edited by John Lenehan, one of Britain's most experienced, versarile and sought-after...

Step it up! is the fun way to move your playing onwards and upwards. Packed full of original jazzy pieces by Louise Chamberlian - with imaginative arrangements of well-known tunes, and duets too - thi...

Twenty-four classic ITV themes from the past 50 years arranged for solo piano.