Born to a family of millers but declining the family business for a profession in music Myslivecek was for a period, one of the most successful symphonists and composers of opera serie living and touring...

In the years between 1809 and 1813 Ferdinand Ries had an almost unbroken schedule of concerts and touring and this piece, a polonaise in the brilliant style was one of the works to emerge from this period...

A student of Hiller and Salieri. Charles Blum left a significant collection of works for the guitar, flute the violin trio in the genial High Classical style but the Serenade is the only duet for guitar...

Celebrated for a prodigious output as much as for the dramatic range of his works , Raff was for many years the protege of Liszt and the influence on Raffs technique is unmistakable. The Reminiscenzen...

Son of Russian composer and pianist Alexander Skriabin, Julian drowned in the Dnieper River aged just eleven years old but he had already shown great promise as a young composer with these four preludes....

Heller took the popular Rondo from Paganini's Violin Concerto no.1 as the theme for his first composition when just sixteen year old. The work reflects the high technical ability that was required of...

Modelled with a clear deference to the Song without Words form of Mendelssohn, Loreley is based loosely on the 1801 poem by Clemens Brentano, 'Zu Bacharach am Rheine' in which the tragic heroine Lore...

Born to a family of millers but declining the family business for a profession in music Myslivecek was for a period, one of the most successful symphonists and composers of opera serie living and touring...

In the years between 1809 and 1813 Ferdinand Ries had an almost unbroken schedule of concerts and touring and this piece, a polonaise in the brilliant style was one of the works to emerge from this period...

A composer with a vastand varied catalogue of works Raff is celebrated as much for his prodigious originality as for his technical accomplishments. A former protégé of Liszt, Raff's Ungarische Rhapsodie...

Son of Russian composer and pianist Alexander Skriabin, Julian drowned in the Dnieper River aged just eleven years old but he had already shown great promise as a young composer with these four preludes....

Celebrated for a prodigious output as much as for the dramatic range of his works , Raff was for many years the protege of Liszt and the influence on Raffs technique is unmistakable. The Reminiscenzen...

A composer with a vastand varied catalogue of works Raff is celebrated as much for his prodigious originality as for his technical accomplishments. A former protégé of Liszt, Raff's Ungarische Rhapsodie...

Considered a Romantic ahead of his time, the works of Dussek are a worthy addition to the piano repertoire and this piece, a characteristic sonata which commemorates the great naval battle of Camperdown...

Fodor made his reputation as a touring violin virtuoso but in spite of his star status he mainly composed duets for violin. Of the few solo works that exist, the caprices in this edition illustrate a...

Composed to commemorate the birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert this setting for four part choir and organ takes verses from "Genesis' and 'Deuteronomy' as the...

"Back to Life', is a work that is both mercurial and resolute. It transcends the mere form of the four movement sonata with a back-story informed by a biographical reflection upon events in and around...

Admired throughout much of his short life by an influential group of composers including Rimsky-Korsakov, Asaf'yev and Rakhmaninov the works of Kalinnikov embody the Golden Age of Russian music with impressionist...

Shcherbachyov stands on the periphery of the new Russian style created by Balakirev and his followers but contributed as much to the pre-revolutionary cause with his assimilation of the musical language...

Nicknamed the Berlioz of the piano, composer and pianist Charles Valentin Alkan composed his Trois Morceux in 1837. Strikingly modern in outlook they are a massive undertaking for any contemporary player...

The "Elégie harmonique' and Marche funèbre' were composed in memoriam of Jan Ladislav Dussek a Czech piano virtuoso who had befriended Neukomm through their mutual acquaintance of the Prince Talleyrand....

Considered a Romantic ahead of his time, the works of Dussek are a worthy addition to the piano repertoire and this piece, a characteristic sonata which commemorates the great naval battle of Camperdown...

In this authoritative parallel edition of the world famous Chaconne we trace the development of the piece from its inception as a student work up to the ground-breaking Romantic arrangement made by the...

The "Elégie harmonique' and Marche funèbre' were composed in memoriam of Jan Ladislav Dussek a Czech piano virtuoso who had befriended Neukomm through their mutual acquaintance of the Prince Talleyrand....

In this authoritative parallel edition of the world famous Chaconne we trace the development of the piece from its inception as a student work up to the ground-breaking Romantic arrangement made by the...

Fodor made his reputation as a touring violin virtuoso but in spite of his star status he mainly composed duets for violin. Of the few solo works that exist, the caprices in this edition illustrate a...

Composed to commemorate the birth of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert this setting for four part choir and organ takes verses from "Genesis' and 'Deuteronomy' as the...

The Andante mit Variationen for Plano quartet is a rare musical gem of the Romantic period. Prince Louis Ferdinand the composer and pianist and soldier, was held in high esteem by Beethoven who dedicated...

The Andante mit Variationen for Plano quartet is a rare musical gem of the Romantic period. Prince Louis Ferdinand the composer and pianist and soldier, was held in high esteem by Beethoven who dedicated...

These six traditional zither tunes were arranged for easy piano by Duke Maximilian of Bavaria. The zither was an instrument the Duke was responsible for elevating to the status of National Instrument...