Spartiti per pianoforte

Jazz rock at a high speed! The character of the piece is clear from the title. The tremendous driving force and rocky jazz theme make this piano miniature a fun and spectacular show piece!

The Humoresque op. 75 - composed in 1994 - is considered one of the most difficult pieces by Kapustin. Presented in the standard jazz form, the variations sound like improvisations, influenced by McCo...

Kapustin composed the 3 Etudes op. 67 in 1992. The first étude, entitled Glissandi, is written in a swing jazz mood. In No. 2 Ripetizione the difficulty lies in the complexity of the rhythm. No.3 Grap...

The 6 Little Pieces op. 133 composed in 2007 are, after his Sonatina op. 100 (Schott, ED 22853), Kapustins easiest works for piano. The pieces can be played individually, the intervals are all within...

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Nikolai Kapustin (geb. 1937) ist ein exzellenter Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. Seine Klaviersonaten werden nun erstmals von Schott Music herausgegeben. Die...

Faz?l Say, to whom the International Beethoven Prize for Human Rights was awarded in 2016, reflects on the events in Istanbul in May / June 2013 in his cycle Gezi Park. Gezi Park 3, first composed as...

Igor Strawinskys Meisterwerk Symphony in Three Movements gehört seit seiner Uraufführung zum orchestralen Standardrepertoire der klassischen Moderne. Die Fassung für 2 Klaviere von Richard Rijnvos ist...

Nella III Sonata per pianoforte op. 86, Heucke esplora la questione se la forma "sonata" possa resistere al linguaggio tonale dei giorni nostri. La melodia e l'armonia devono sempre essere rivalutate...

Does anyone not know the Little Prince? Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's story has been translated into many languages and is known all over the world. Peter Wittrich (*1959) set to music those individual f...

Virtuoso jazz in classical form: A free-tempo introduction is followed by a brisk rondo sonata, which finally ends with a brilliant climax in octaves.

Kapustin beschrieb diese Fantasie als dramatisches und ernstes Stück, das aus wechselnden Episoden konstruiert ist. Der erste Abschnitt steht im freien Tempo, darauf folgen ein Bebop und zuletzt ein J...

'Spice Island' (Gewürzinsel) erhielt seinen Titel erst nach der Komposition. Die virtuose Musik bietet kontrastierende Stimmungen, aber immer reichlich gewürzt mit Jazz-Harmonien.

Yürüyen Kösk zeichnet eine bekannte Episode nach, die Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, den Gründer der modernen Türkei, als fortschrittlichen Naturfreund zeigt: Zur Rettung einer Platane ließ er 1930 ein Haus u...

A collection of 12 original piano pieces of intermediate difficulty that are easy to learn and great fun to play. This selection includes beautiful melodies and inspiring harmonies which will paint vi...

Whilst Horowitz toured across Russia with violinist Nathan Milstein, the two regularly played Pablo de Sarasate's Carmen Fantasy op. 25, for violin and orchestra, based on the opera by Bizet. Horowitz...

Eingebettet in atmosphärische Beschreibungen der quirligen Ägäis-Metropole finden sich mit türkischem Kolorit angereicherte Porträts von Chopin, Brahms und Rachmaninow: alle drei Hommage-Sätze zitiere...

The Troy Sonata, the main work of the new Warner CD Faz?l Say plays Say, will shape the world tour programme of Say in the Beethoven Year 2020 in combination with the Hammerklavier Sonata. A powerful...

Kapustin's technically demanding 9th Sonata from 1995 is full of jocular twists. It has previously been recorded for CD by Vadim Rudenko.

In the virtuosic Capriccio op. 71, composed in 1992, Kapustin returns to twelve-tone compositional techniques. Suitable for pianists looking for repertoire between modernity and jazz that sound like h...