Recent Releases & Highlights - Hal Leonard

Solo Literature by Composer
Astor Piazzolla:
Vuelvo al Sur
10 Tangos and Other Pieces for Piano
Boosey & Hawkes
Upper intermediate level piano solo arrangements, of
the Argentinian master of the tango.
48019393$16.95
Francis Poulenc:
15 Improvisations
Pour le Piano
Salabert
An anthology of Poulenc’s piano improvisations,
each individually released by Salabert between the
early 1930s and the 1960s.
50481455$19.95
The Best of
Francis Poulenc in
Twenty Pieces for Piano
Salabert
Poulenc (1899-1963) was a French composer and a
member of the composer circle Les Six. Contents:
Valse • Valse-Improvisation sur le no de Bach •
Villageoises, Petties pièces enfantines • Humoresque
• Bourrée, au Pavillon d’Auvergne • and more.
50486583$17.95
Francis Poulenc:
Presto In B Flat
Salabert
This happy, percolating little piece was composed for
the great Vladimir Horowitz.
50485845................................................................. $5.95
Puccini for Easy Piano
25 Soaring Selections from 8 Operas
Ricordi
This collection contains easy piano arrangements of 25
songs from 8 Puccini operas: La Bohème, La Fanciulla
del West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon
Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca and Turandot, featuring
the beloved “Nessun dorma.” Includes plot notes for
each opera, information on its premiere, listings of
librettists, pronunciation guides, and more.
50484314 ....................................................................................................$10.95
Puccini for Piano Solo
38 Inspired Selections from 9 Operas
Ricordi
Piano solo arrangements of 38 inspired selections
from 9 Puccini operas: La Bohème, La Fanciulla del
West, Gianni Schicchi, Madama Butterfly, Manon
Lescaut, Suor Angelica, Tosca, Turandot and Le Villi.
Includes plot notes for each opera, information on its
premiere, listings of librettists, pronunciation guides,
and more.
50484325 ....................................................................................................$12.95
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Piano Compositions
Volume 1
Boosey & Hawkes
Inlcudes Variations on a Theme of Chopin, Op.
22; Moments musicaux, Op. 16; Moment musical,
Op. 16, No. 2 (revised edition); Lilacs, Op. 21, No.
5; Lilacs, Op. 21, No. 5 (revised edition) [Note:
both the original and revised edition of Lilacs are
included]; Polka de W.R.
48018951$35.95
Sergei Rachmaninoff:
Preludes for Piano
Authentic Edition – Revised 1992
Boosey & Hawkes
48010804$29.95
The Best of
Maurice Ravel in
Fifteen Pieces for Piano
Durand
Ravel’s best pieces are here, including: Pavane pour
une infante défunte • Gaspard de la nuit • Menuet
sur le nom de Haydn.
50564796$17.95
Maurice Ravel:
New
La Parade
First Edition
Editions Salabert
Collection of pieces Ravel composed under a
pseudonym for “choreographic entertainment.” The
piece was never published during the composer’s
lifetime and exists only in partial manuscript form.
The music is atypical of Ravel’s style, paying homage
to a more romantic sound of the previous generation.
50486884$17.95
Maurice Ravel:
New
Menuet en ut dièse
mineur
(Menuet in C-sharp minor)
Editions Salabert
Already the composer of the Menuet antique (1895),
Ravel seems to have written the Menuet in C-sharp
minor at the same period as the Sonatine for piano
(1903-1905), the latter also including, as a second
movement, a mouvement de menuet. Previously unpublished!
50486850$8.95
Maurice Ravel:
Piano Works II
Durand
These early works include Ravel’s “Sonatina,”
“Gaspard de la Nuit,” “Menuet sur le nome de Hadyn,”
and three rarely performed fragments for solo piano
transcribed by the composer from his ballet Daphnis
et Chloé. Includes extensive introductory notes.
50564737$19.95
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