Johannes Brahms’ summer sojourn in 1893 in Bad Ischl was productive. Alongside the pieces op. 118, he also wrote his last cycle of piano pieces, opus 119. The composer wrote to Clara Schumann of the opening work, saying that it was teeming with dissonances and that: “every measure and every note must sound like a ritardando, as if one wanted to suck the melancholy out of each single one, with lust and pleasure out of the aforementioned dissonances!

By Sergei Rachmaninoff Series: Alfred's Classic Editions Category: Piano Collection Format: Book & CD Instrument: Piano Level: Advanced

solo piano - Hungarian Rhapsodies Nos.9–19 Editor: Emil von Sauer

Composer: Camille Saint-Saëns Format: Book