Pianoforte intermedio

Eduard Pütz was inspired to write this piano piece by the poem 'Hälfte des Lebens' by Friedrich Hölderlin. In this composition, the two thoughts of the fullness of life (youth) and the expectation of...

The Sonata is one of Erkin's works which the casual listener may fail to attribute to a particular geography at a first hearing. He will however become absorbed by a unique sense of identity, surprisi...

The 'Preludio' presents soft melodies, colourful harmonies and delicate passages while the 'Fuga' captivates both the performer and the audience with its passionate samba-rumba style and its nods to t...

I devote one movement of this work to each of the two figures. I have interpreted Nietzsche's character as energetic, painful and harsh. In contrast, the second movement 'Wagner' with its calm and med...

Peter Eötvös completed his early neo-classical Hungarian piano pieces at the age of 17. Now published in one volume, they were created when he studied composition at the Budapest Music Academy between...

Although the Sonata-Fantasia Op. 39 was only the fourth composition by Kapustin for solo piano, its structure appears quite mature already. This piece consists of four movements in different jazz styl...

Sunrise was published as an orchestral piece in 1976 already, but it was not until 1982 that Kapustin arranged this version for solo piano. The piece is written in a swinging jazz style.

Virtuoser Jazz in klassischer Form: Nikolai Kapustin (geb. 1937) ist ein exzellenter Jazz-Pianist, Arrangeur und Komponist. Seine technisch anspruchsvollen Werke zwischen Moderne und Jazz richten sich...

In his compositions, He Xuntian does not want to be tied down by any cultural or academic traditions. He does not feel bound to either Western or Eastern culture. In Kalavinka Sutra he explores which...

In seinen Kompositionen möchte sich Xuntian He von keiner kulturellen oder akademischen Tradition Fesseln anlegen lassen. Nur seinem Indivudualstil verpflichtet, lotet er in Priceless Wealth Is in The...

Erwin Schulhoff was a pianist himself. So it is quite easy to understand why his oeuvre includes a particularly large number of works for solo piano in many styles, including Dadaism and jazz. Schott...

The combination of cantabile elements and tight staccato rhythm, typical of Shchedrin's piano music, makes this 'little' sonata an effective, yet quite easily playable piece. It is unmistakable that t...

Kompositionsauftrag von Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien, Brucknerhaus Linz, Centro Nacional de Difusión Musical Madrid, Gewandhaus zu Leipzig, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian Lissabon, National Cen...