Spartiti per pianoforte

Tre istantanee del modernismo americano degli anni Trenta si mescolano al fascino lirico di questa serie di miniature. Ancora alla ricerca della sua strada come romanziere e compositore, Bowles compos...

Chen Yi's exquisite PLUM BLOSSOM is a fantasy on the Cantonese children's song 'Moonlight.' The evocative title is inspired by plum blossoms which in Chinese culture symbolize nobility, elegance, pers...

Richard Wernick's third piano sonata begins as a musical outgrowth of his first; what functioned as the fading away of the earlier work is now the impetus for a whole new piece, with its first movemen...

Wernick's music often exhibits subtle wit underlying a serious exterior, sometimes with warming references to past musical heritage. The title SONATINA evokes works of Clementi and Kuhlau, typically c...

Although TOCCATA was originally conceived for harpsichord, the 6½-minute showpiece is notably pianistic. It is full of pedaling, surging and swelling hairpin dynamics, and dramatic effects in the extr...

Composed as an organ solo by the 17-year-old Ives for his own performance purposes, the beloved Variations on 'America' is a treat for any occasion, whether a holiday concert, a serious recital, or ot...

Three Fantasies is a fantastical escape from reality. The first fantasy ("Prelude") features a luscious and expressive melody accompanied by dark, romantic harmonies. The following fantasy ("Cosmic Lu...

Romantico e rapsodico fino al midollo, ROMANCE, ETUDE, AND CHORALE è una gradita aggiunta al repertorio per pianoforte a quattro mani. Sebbene il compositore abbia scritto numerosi brani per più piano...

African Sketches is a four-movement suite inspired by the composer's childhood years in Nigeria, her father's homeland. "The Village Children at Play," captures the children's joyful energy, "Dusk" is...

Il poema tonale di Chen Yi, bello e molto articolato, si ispira all'antica poesia cinese; le idee melodiche sono state sviluppate a partire da frasi musicali caratteristiche dell'opera cinese. Il vers...

Carter Pann writes, “the piece might have been titled Three Improvisations, but there is an expressive inertia baked in to these works which makes them truer as rhapsodies. This description tells us m...

DUNHUANG FANTASIA è un affascinante dramma di 12 minuti ispirato all'arte delle grotte dell'antica città di Dunhuang, nella Cina occidentale. Questi affreschi conservano immagini di scene di musica e...

Carter Pann's three songs of remembrance create freshly new colors and moods, always remaining melodic and idiomatic for the voice. The songs were born of admiration for soprano/poet Meagan Mahlberg's...

The slow opening passages belie what's to come. Restless soon launches into a frenetic and rhythmic exploration of its thematic material, while showcasing the pianist's strength and skill in an impres...

Deeply inspired by the music and mission of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Nathaniel Dett's piano music springs from the late Romantic traditions of florid texture and embellishment, along with programmatic...

Arranged by Jan Holcman. For Piano. Part.

Arranged by Vincent Persichetti. Piano. For Piano. Performance score. 7 pages.

The complete listings of Vincent Persichetti's works include several compositions that were withdrawn and have remained 'known secrets.' Not mentioned anywhere however, is this brief gem, a family hei...