Edited by Eric Werner Fingering: Hans-Martin Theopold Dimensions : 24 x 31 x 0.5 cm

The instrumental ballad was a popular musical form in the 19th century and these four pieces for piano are Brahms’s only contribution to the genre. The composer wrote the ballades during the time of his close friendship with Clara Schumann, and they exude an intimacy more typical of a vocal ballad. The pieces, which Schumann enthusiastically praised, were described by Brahms as being “not too difficult to play and even less difficult to understand.”

A critical edition of the 35 piano sonatas by Professor Barry Cooper, renowned Beethoven specialist. Created for today’s performers, teachers and scholars, this is the most comprehensive study of these extraordinary works yet undertaken.

Alongside the Chaconne for violin, the ten Chorale Preludes for organ are Busoni’s best-known piano transcriptions of works by J. S. Bach. Unlike the Chaconne, which Busoni envisaged for concert performance, he transcribed the Chorale Preludes in “chamber-music style”. A great deal of this organ/piano edition can also be played by advanced amateurs. Dimensions : 24 x 31 x 0.5 cm