24 Preludes, Sergei Rachmaninov, Piano

DESCRIPTIONJust back from a trip to Leipzig in the early autumn of 1950 where he heard Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier at the Bicentennial Bach Competition played by the Russian pianist Tatiana Nikolaeva, Shostakovich began his own series of24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, based on Bach's model. He composed them quickly, starting on October 10, 1950, and finishing on February 23, 1951. While his work would pay homage to Bach, Shostakovich's work would have severalfundamental differences. First, the order of the individual pieces would be organized around the circle of fifths with a prelude and fugue in the relative minor following each major key piece rather than in ascendingsemi-tonalorder of Bach's work. Second, Shostakovich's pieces would be composed in order that is, C major - A minor followed by G major - E minor followed by D major - B minor and, more significantly, this orderwould have a sort of subliminal narrative sub-text, taking the music from the 'innocent' tonal world of the C major Prelude and Fugue to the profound and sublime severity of the concluding D minor Prelude and Fugue. Finally,Shostakovich's work, although conservative in its counterpoint and harmony that is, there are no examples of invertible or reversible themes or counterpoint and the pieces are for the most part recognizably tonal inlanguage is still clearly the work of a modernist composer; his counterpoint and harmony may be conservative but the emotional and spiritual worlds of the preludes and fugues is at once sincere and ironic. The result is awork which can not only stand comparison with Bach's Well-Tempered Klavier, it is both Shostakovich's masterpiece for the piano and one of the contrapuntal masterpieces of the twentieth century.SPECIFICATIONSComposer Dimitri ShostakovichInstrumentation PianoProduct Type Book [Softcover]Instrument Group Piano or KeyboardPublisher Sikorski EditionStylePeriodView Description Post 1901ISMN 9790003017013No. Pages 80No. SIK2124SONGLIST1. 24 Preludes And Fugues Op.87

Tango Classics for Cello og Piano, George A. SpeckertGeorge A. Speckert has arranged the loveliest Argentine tangos for cello with piano accompaniment. Among them are such classics as El choclo, gems by Eduardo Arolas and Rosendo Mendizabal, and lesser known titles such as El día que me quieras by Carlos Gardel simple but effective for the cellist, concise and stylistically apt for the pianist.Content· Vorwort· Preface· Composer / Author: Piazzolla, Astor PantaleonLibertangoInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier· Composer / Author: Mendizábal, RosendoEl EnrerrianoInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier· OdeonInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier· Composer / Author: Arolas, EduardoDerecho viejoInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier· Composer / Author: Villoldo, ÁngelEl chocloInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier· Composer / Author: Gardel, CarlosEl día que me quieasInstrumentation: Cello, Klavier