Joy of Music Virtuoso and Entertaining Pieces for Piano

Discoveries from the Schott Archives

Editors: Wilhelm Ohmen, Robert Schaefer

To mark its 250th anniversary, the Schott publishing house has dug up and reedited treasures from its historical publishing archives. This anthology is aimed at professional musicians and advanced amateurs interested in interesting new discoveries off the standard repertoire. It mainly contains works from the Romantic era: virtuoso pièces de résistance and encores, expressive character pieces, gems of salon music or elaborate arrangements of well-known (opera) melodies. Many of the original compositions and arrangements were written by major piano virtuosos of the 19th century.

CONTENTS:

BEETHOVEN: 24 Variations sur l'Ariette Venni Amore par Righini, WoO 65 • CZERNY: Le Désir, Op. 604/2 • HERZ: Variations brillantes sur la Cavatine de l'opéra Cenerentola de Rossini, Op. 60 • BEYER: Nocturne, Op. 81 • BURGMÜLLER: Grande valse de salon sur Le pardon de Ploërmel de Meyerbeer • LISZT: La Danza. Tarantella Napoletana • THALBERG: Home! Sweet Home! Air anglais varié, Op. 72 • ALKAN: Le Chemin de Fer. Étude Op. 27 • GOUNOD: Méditation sur le 1er Prélude de J. S. Bach • SCHULHOFF: Feuille d'Album • GOTTSCHALK: Le Banjo. Esquisse américaine, Op. 15 • TAUSIG: Siegmunds Liebesgesang aus Der Walküre von Richard Wagner • SGAMBATI: Mélodie de Gluck • MOSZKOWSKI: Tarentelle, Op. 77/6