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PIANO / KEYBOARD
PIANO / KEYBOARD
Korte Oldřich F.
(1926–2014)
Sonata
H 1842
Koželuh Leopold
(1747–1818)
Complete Sonatas for Keyboard
Urtext / Ed. Ch. Hogwood †
BA 9511 Vol. I
BA 9512 Vol. II
BA 9513 Vol. III
BA 9514 Vol. IV
BA 9515 Set of all 4 volumes
(special set price)
50 keyboard sonatas from
Leopold Koželuch (also Koželuh),
the foremost representative
of Czech music in the 18th
century Vienna, span his entire
career and mark not only the
transition from the harpsichord
and clavichord manner to the
fully idiomatic forte-piano
style, but also the evolution of
the “classical sonata” during
three decades (1773–1806). The
sonatas are presented chronologically
according to the date
of their first publication.
● First complete scholarlycritical
edition
● Fills a gap in Czech and
Central-European Classical
repertoire
● Suitable for amateurs as well
as professionals; ideal for
teaching purposes
● Detailed preface (Eng/Cz/Ger),
critical commentary (Eng) by
the editor and facsimile
pages
Martinů Bohuslav
(1890–1959)
Film en miniature H. 148
Cycle of six pieces
Ed. V. Kafková
H 5709
Puppets (Loutky) I-III
H. 137, H. 116, H. 92
Ed. A. Březina
H 7875 Vol. I
H 7946 Vol. II
H 7963
H 7970
Vol. III
All 3 volumes
combined
The charming pieces composed
between 1912 and 1925 differ
from one another in character.
They take characters of Italian
commedia dell´arte as their
theme: Pierrot, Colombina and
Harlequin.
● Detailed preface and critical
commentary by the editor
(Cz/Ger/Eng/Fr)
● Fingering by Giorgio Koukl
Quatre Mouvements H. 170
Rev. by I. Popelka
H 6156
Mysliveček Josef
(1737–1781)
Six Sonatas
Rev. by V. Němec
Preface on the composer
and his works by
O. Zuckerová (Cz/Ger/Eng)
H 7330
Novák Vítězslav
(1870–1949)
Sonatinas Op. 54 Nos. 1, 2
Rev. by F. Rauch
H 475
Rejcha Antonín
(1770–1836)
36 Fugues for Piano
Ed. V. J. Sýkora
Preface by R. Dykast
(Cz/Eng/Ger)
BA 9541
The Czech composer Antonín
Rejcha (also Anton Reicha)
was famous as both an
experimental composer and
a teacher and theorist. His
36 Fugues for Piano testify to
this experimentalism; they
can be seen as a type of “Well-
Tempered Piano of the new
ages”, basing the traditional
Baroque fugue on radically
new fundaments.
Simon Ladislav
(1929–2011)
Piano Sonata No. 2
H 7445
Schulhoff Erwin
(1894–1942)
Jazz Inspired Works
Urtext / Ed. M. Kube
BA 9559
Partita (1922) / Cinq études
de jazz (1926) / Esquisses de
jazz: Six pièces faciles pour
piano (1927) / Hot Music: Ten
Syncopated Studies (1928) /
Suite dansante en jazz (1931)
Sonatas Nos. 1 – 3
Urtext/ Ed. M. Kube
BA 9560
Erwin Schulhoff was a
Prague German-speaking
composer. His compositions
of the 1920s, with their blend
of traditional genres, jazz
syncopations, dance rhythms
and moderately expanded
tonality, were fully attuned to
the tenor of the times.
● First Urtext editions
● Prefaces (Ger/Cz/Eng) and
critical commentaries
(Eng) by the editor
Smetana Bedřich
(1824–1884)
A selection of Piano
Compositions III
Ed V. Štěpán, rev. by K. Šolc
advanced level of technical
difficulty
H 3374
Macbeth and the Witches
(Macbeth a čarodějnice) Op.
posth., On the Seashore (Na
břehu mořském), Bohemian
Harvest (Slavnost českých
sedláků), selection from Czech
Dances: Polka in F maj, Furiant,
Medvěd, Slepička, Obkročák
Album Leaves
(Lístky do památníku)
Urtext with fingering /
Ed. J. Novotný
New preface by J. Gabrielová
(Cz/Eng/Ger)
BA 9525
Album Leaves (Lístky
do památníku) Opp. 2, 3, Sketches
(Črty) Opp. 4, 5, Posthumous
Compositions (Skladby
z pozůstalosti), Compositions
for Various Occasions (Skladby
příležitostně uplatněné)
Czech Dances
Urtext with fingering /
Ed. J. Novotný
New preface by J. Gabrielová
(Cz/Eng/Ger)
BA 9507 (replaces H 7308)
Series I: Polkas in F-sharp min,
in A min, in F maj, in B-flat maj,
Series II: Furiant, Slepička, Oves,
Medvěd, Cibulička, Dupák, Hulán,
Obkročák, Sousedská, Skočná
Early Piano Works
Urtext with fingering /
Ed. J. Novotný
New preface by J. Gabrielová
(Cz/Eng/Ger)
BA 9527
Compositions from the
years 1840–1849: Bagatelles
et impromptus, Six morceaux
caractéristiques Op. 1, Wedding
Scenes (Svatební scény), first
Polkas: Louisa's (Louisina), Dahlia
(Jiřinková), From the Student
Life (Ze studentského života),
Souvenir of Plzeň (Vzpomínka
na Plzeň), Polka in E-flat maj
NEW 2018
Macbeth and the Witches
(Macbeth a čarodějnice)
Op. posth.
Sketch to a scene from
Shakespeare
Urtext / Ed. J. Gabrielová
BA 11537
In preparation
● First-ever scholarly-critical
edition
Macbeth and the Witches is one
of Smetana's virtuosic ‘Lisztian’
compositions. Based on motifs
from the opening scene of Act
IV of Shakespeare's tragedy, it
originated in 1859 as a piano
sketch and was probably
meant to be orchestrated. It
falls into Smetana's Swedish
period, which gave rise to three
symphonic poems, including one
on Shakespeare's Richard III. Later
the work took hold as a piano
piece and was orchestrated by
Jarmil Burghauser.
On the Seashore (Na břehu
mořském) / Concert Etude in
C maj (Koncertní etuda C dur)
/ Fantasia on Czech Folksongs
(Fantasie na české národní písně)
included also Allegro capriccioso
and Etude in A min
Urtext with fingering /
Ed. J. Novotný
New preface by J. Gabrielová
(Cz/Eng/Ger)
BA 9519
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